Business Yorkshire Water opens over 20 apprenticeship vacancies Yorkshire Water is recruiting over 20 apprentices to fill a range of roles as part of a wider plan of investment. Available roles at the utility span Mechanical, Electrical & Instrumentation, Automation & Control as well as Data Science, Data Analytics, I.T. Asset Management and Water Process Engineering. Ann By The Editor • 1 min read
Business HMRC customer service levels need urgent improvement, say small firms Responding to the National Audit Office (NAO)’s report on HMRC’s customer service levels, Tina McKenzie, Policy Chair, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), said: “The finding by the NAO that nearly half of all calls to HMRC go unanswered says a lot. Tax compliance is a huge headache for By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Leeds Trinity University teams up with one of the UK’s leading investigative journalism newsrooms Students from Leeds Trinity University’s MA Journalism programme are participating in a new Northern Big Story Week in collaboration with expert staff from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) – a not-for-profit company who co-publish stories with major media outlets around the world. The event, held at the University’s By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Yorkshire digital marketing agency sponsors Climb24 Festival in Leeds West Yorkshire digital marketing agency Bobble Digital is sponsoring this year’s Climb24 Festival in Leeds. The agency will be the digital marketing sponsor for the second annual Climb Festival, working alongside Climb CEO Gordon Bateman to drive awareness of the event. Climb24 is the UK’s only festival dedicated By The Editor • 2 min read
Food&Drink Top industry names announced for cheese and dairy section Top names in the cheese world will head up a packed stage programme over at the Cheese & Dairy section of the Great Yorkshire Show. The Show has lined up a cast of stellar cheese experts to help bring the subject to life, covering everything from what it takes to By The Editor • 4 min read
Business Batley-based furniture maker HSL awarded top industry accolade HSL, a family business which employs more than 500 people and has been making and selling upholstered chairs, sofas and adjustable beds in Batley since 1968, has been awarded the prestigious Manufacturing Guild Mark for business excellence by The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and furnishing By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Ofwat awards robot contracts to reduce leaks The fourth round of Ofwat’s Water Breakthrough Challenge has awarded two contracts worth £5.8m to Synthotech and its innovation division, Synovate. Harrogate-based, utilities engineering company Synthotech, will use its latest robot technology to identify and repair links from within live water mains without requiring extensive excavations and minimising By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Falconer Print 'swoop' for new premises Falconer Print and Packaging Limited are expanding their operations into Unit H5 Premier Way a modern 15,000 sq ft detached warehouse unit on the Lowfields Business Park in Elland, near Leeds. The asset, which is managed by York-based Citivale, and owned by a Nuveen segregated mandate, was formerly occupied By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Summer savings family day at Shepley Leading northern residential developer Yorkshire Country Properties (YCP) is holding a special Family Day at one of its prime West Yorkshire sites. This Summer Savings day will take place at YCP’s award-winning Knowle Grange development in Abbey Road, Shepley, near Huddersfield on Saturday May 25 from 11.00am until By The Editor • 3 min read
Arts&Culture Stunning new exhibition highlights the raw power of textiles A thrilling new exhibition, which highlights the power of textiles to explore and explain key personal and political issues, has opened at the acclaimed Sunny Bank Mills Gallery in Farsley, near Leeds. Tangled Up is a powerful yet playful expression of the history and flexibility of textiles ranging from the By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Pioneering Wakefield Business Park now fully let Balme Business Park, the second phase of the successful Flanshaw Way development in Wakefield, is now fully let. The business park, which has been masterminded by West Yorkshire’s number one multi-let developer, Frank Marshall Estates of Bradford, comprises 26,000 sq ft of brand-new, high-quality units ranging in size By The Editor • 3 min read
Business West Yorkshire set to benefit from major investment at UKREiiF Over 12,000 business and political leaders will flock to Leeds today (21 May) for the major international investor conference UKREiiF. Opening the three-day event at the Royal Armouries Museum, West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin will welcome delegates to the region “where opportunity lives”, leading a high-profile exhibition showcasing everything By The Editor • 2 min read
