Business A booming data sector drives salary inflation A booming data industry in Yorkshire has driven up salaries across the region by up to 40%, according to a new study from SPG Resourcing. The study examined salary data in January against the same month last year across a number of job roles. Project managers saw average salaries rise By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Green Claims Code expansion The newly announced expansion of the Green Claims Code (GCC) guidance, which now includes FMCG household essentials, gives vital clues to the future direction of sustainable business, says B2B print and packaging communications specialist, PHD Marketing. The Green Claims Code, spearheaded by the UK Government’s Competition & Markets Authority, By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Profit warnings issued by Yorkshire’s listed companies more than doubled year-on-year Profit warnings issued by listed companies in Yorkshire more than doubled in 2022, rising from 12 in 2021 to 30, according to EY-Parthenon’s latest Profit Warnings report. The increase in warnings in the region came as businesses felt the effects of significant ongoing economic and geopolitical headwinds. The retail By The Editor • 4 min read
Business HMi Elements starts 2023 with multimillion pound orders and rewards staff HMi Elements, the specialist technology company that manufactures hazardous area computers for the oil and gas industry, is forecasting a bumper year of growth. It has started 2023 with a multimillion-pound order book and, as a thank you to staff for their hard work and dedication over the past few By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Gregory receives the go ahead to develop 'green' business park Gregory Properties (Leeds) Limited has secured reserved matters planning approval to deliver 124,700 sq ft of industrial and logistics space at Rockingham in Barnsley. The ten-acre site is well located fronting the A6195 Dearne Valley Parkway with direct motorway access to Junction 36 of the M1. Gregory Properties plans By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Kirklees Mayor officially opens Harron’s latest showhome Harron Homes recently welcomed the Mayor of Kirklees, Councillor Masood Ahmed, to officiate at the launch of its new showhome at the Victoria Heights development in Fixby, Huddersfield. The Mayor was met by Yorkshire managing director Tony Lee and senior sales manager Amanda Thomas, who were on hand to give By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Work starts on new £4.5m business park that will create new jobs in York Marrtree Investments has begun work on a new 2.4 acre business park on the site of the former B&M store at Clifton Moor in York. The developer will have invested £4.5m in the scheme on completion, which will create 27,000 sq ft of modern business By The Editor • 2 min read
Business EY’s dealmakers in the North advise on transactions worth nearly £3.8bn in 2022 EY’s Strategy and Transactions teams in the North of England advised on deals worth a total of nearly £3.8bn in 2022. The top deals acted on in 2022 by the firm’s experts in the North included three worth more than half a billion pounds each, with the By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Inseego makes tracks to south central The Leeds office of global property consultancy Knight Frank has brokered a significant deal at the South Central development in the city. Inseego, a provider of fleet tracking software and business solutions, is taking of 5,000 sq ft of newly refurbished space By The Editor • 2 min read
Business BDO advises on sale of foodservice supplier Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP has advised on the sale of foodservice supplier, Thomas Ridley Foodservice. The company was acquired by Bidcorp UK for an undisclosed sum – a market leading foodservice and product distributor. By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Web Specialist invests in local area Wakefield-based digital agency, Feel Created has moved offices and expanded its team in response to new client wins, including a project with the University of Liverpool. Under the leadership of Ian Long, Feel Created has relocated to a larger office on The Nostell Estate Business Park in Wakefield, employing digital By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Heat recovery system continues to deliver savings for Yorkshire farm shop As the seventh anniversary of the installation of Keelham Farm Shop's heat recovery system approaches, the team at DK Heat Recovery has recalculated the cost savings based on today's fuel price cap. Keelham Farm Shop is now saving £16,000 and over 72,000 kWh per By The Editor • 2 min read
