Charity Harmony Works Vision gains momentum with £1.6 million Canada House purchase Harmony Works Trust is celebrating a key project milestone following its recent purchase of the 35,000 sq.ft Grade II* Listed Canada House in Sheffield City Centre. The £14m Harmony Works project will restore and revitalise Canada House, one of Sheffield’s grandest buildings. The building will be transformed By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Luma brings a bright future for sick children The Yorkshire Children's Hospital Fund has relaunched as Luma Foundation and will be chaired by local businessman Alex Duckett. Mr Duckett's daughter had vital surgery in Leeds. He has set ambitious plans for the charity to raise money to purchase essential robotic equipment and advance medical By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Yorkshire garden centres awarded membership of prestigious Garden Centre Association Two members of a Bradford-based garden centre group have been accepted as members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA), joining an elite group of 200 garden centres nationwide. Tingley and Otley Garden Centres were awarded membership of the GCA, which champions professionalism in garden centre retailing, after passing a stringent By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Knight Frank establishes 'finance centre of excellence' Global property consultancy Knight Frank has established a finance centre of excellence in Leeds for its UK Property Asset Management team. The brand-new team will be based at Knight Frank’s offices at 9 Bond Court in the heart of the city’s professional quarter. The new team members are: By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Rob Burrow: Statement on behalf of Leeds City Council The following is a joint statement by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Abigail Marshall Katung, the Leader of Leeds City Council Leader, Councillor James Lewis, and chief executive Tom Riordan, on the passing of Rob Burrow: "We are deeply saddened by the passing of Rob Burrow – a freeman of our By The Editor • 1 min read
Businesswoman FB Fashion Ball heads to First Direct Arena Spring 2025 Encapsulating on the amazing success of this year’s event in Yorkshire, FB FASHION BALL is moving to First Direct Arena; to host the Arena’s first ever Fashion Show on 24th April 2025. The glitzy black-tie Gala Awards Dinner will feature a bigger fashion show and live entertainment to By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Harrogate wealth manager honoured with charity donation A leading Harrogate wealth management firm has honoured the memory of a much-loved and much-missed former partner with a donation to mental health charity Wellspring Therapy & Training. Williams Investment Management LLP has given £1,000 to the Starbeck-based charity in memory of Robert Ash, who died tragically last September. By The Editor • 2 min read
National How to protect your business from white-collar crime White-collar crime is arguably the costliest crime in modern society – and yet one with remarkably low conviction rates attached to it. The term is a transplant from US culture, where ‘blue-collar’ and ‘red-collar’ similarly denominate social- and class-based cultures or communities. According to a recent survey, nearly a third of By The Editor • 2 min read
Business On-stage celebration of South Yorkshire’s long-running BBC football radio show Fans are in with a chance to tune into BBC Radio Sheffield’s Football Heaven podcast show like never before – as the show is broadcast in front of a live audience for the first time. Get your praises and grumbles ready as presenters Andy Giddings, Adam Oxley and Rob Staton By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Leeds Grand Theatre to close from June-September for planned maintenance Leeds Grand Theatre will close for essential planned maintenance work from Mon 10 June - Thu 5 September 2024. The extended dark period (when a theatre closes for maintenance) has been diarised for some time and will focus on three major improvement schemes (with other work also taking place): Future-proofing By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Newly appointed operations director to drive recycling business to new territories Yorkshire owned and operated waste and recycling company Divert appoints a new operations director, set to bring a fresh direction to the business. Sam Goodall has extensive experience in business operations within the recycling and waste management industry, spanning 20 years. After he drove his last company forward from just By The Editor • 1 min read
Business MRP’s magnificent Leeds city centre office building is now complete MRP’s City Square House, the stunning new 140,000 sq ft office building next to Leeds Station, is now complete. This major landmark, which has been speculatively developed by MRP and built by McAleer and Rushe, is the most significant new office building in Leeds for a generation. It By The Editor • 2 min read
