Friday, April 19, 2024

West Yorkshire

A series of free business events set up to drive the development of the region’s digital economy has shifted up a gear by securing its first corporate partnership. Organisers of the Power Hour say the deal with Lexus Hull shows the event is attracting audiences from a wide range of...
Bailie Group CEO, Fergus Bailie, has been announced as the Yorkshire and Humber regional chair of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) — the most influential organisation of its type, speaks on behalf of 170,000 businesses of all sizes and sectors, across every region and nation of the UK. Having...
Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice were delighted to welcome Core Facility Services, one of its founding Platinum Partners, to the hospice to celebrate their long-standing partnership. Forget Me Not Platinum Partner Consortium is a group of like-minded businesses who want to make a significant difference in helping Forget Me Not...
Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber’s Propel@YH Boot Camp, a five-day digital health accelerator programme, is delighted to welcome nine Nordic small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to the UK, who will bring innovative HealthTech solutions to the region’s population. The Boot Camp builds on our successful UK-focused six month Propel@YH programme...
The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) can deliver substantial environmental and economic benefits to the UK with appropriate support from Westminster and Whitehall, a University of Manchester researcher has argued. In an article published by the University’s policy engagement unit, Policy@Manchester, Dr James Jackson recalls that the Government’s flagship industrial...
Mirfield-based integrated marketing company Fishtank Agency has gained B Corp™ accreditation, having met rigorous social and environmental standards representing its commitment to goals outside of shareholder profit. The accreditation means that Fishtank Agency joins a community of 1,500 B Corps in the UK and 7,000 certified as B Corps worldwide....
Novus Property Solutions has successfully supported Manningham Housing Association (MHA) in its Wave 2.1 Social Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) bid, whereby the residents of Bradford will benefit from over £2 million of investment into retrofit installations to bring homes up to at least an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) C rating. Through...
Bradford-based brewery equipment specialist, Collective Motion Brewing, is raising a glass to a record year of business with turnover up by 60% in 2023. The company, which supplies and services a wide range of production systems, has also seen revenue rise by 60%, largely through growing demand from independent brewers...
An entrepreneur whose companies are blazing a trail in hiring apprentices and pursuing net zero urged a leading Labour figure to prioritise both as he welcomed him to the council estate in Hull where he spent much of his childhood.   Daniel Haley told Darren Jones, the Shadow Chief Secretary to...
West Yorkshire’s Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice welcomed The Myers Group to its Platinum Partners Consortium, as the Kirklees Top 100 company pledged its long-term support for the charity’s vital work across the region. With just a fraction of the funds it needs coming from the government, the charity must...