Business Bradford garden centre secures planning permission for next growth phase The team at a Bradford garden centre have secured planning approval for a second site as part of their ambitious growth plans. Leeds City Council's South and West Plans Panel voted to approve Tong Garden Centre's plans to transform a former golf club into a £14m By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Leeds named among top UK locations for international investment The city council has welcomed a new report that names Leeds as one of the UK’s go-to destinations for major international investors. Professional services firm EY’s latest UK Attractiveness Survey shows Leeds was the seventh best performing place in the country for foreign direct investment (FDI) projects during By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Quantum Group builds QS team with investment in next generation Pontefract-based quantity surveyors the Quantum Group have strengthened their team with the appointment of a young construction professional and investment in the development of another key team member. Formed of three divisions – Quantum Consult, Quantum CPM (Cost & Project Management) and Q-Meruit – the Group provides quantity surveying, specialist business and By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Food industry veteran joins Troy Foods as non-executive director Norman Soutar, former CEO of William Jackson Food Group, has been appointed as director of fast-growing Leeds-headquartered vegetable, salad and mayonnaise producer Troy Foods. Dating back to 1921, Troy Foods is a fourth generation family business, now employing 400 people across its four Yorkshire sites. With over 25 years’ experience By The Editor • 1 min read
Business The different types of safety bollards available Bollards are an effective and easy way to protect a business, property, warehouse or even a car park. They are also an effective way to divide and separate different areas of a premise from each other. If you are in the United Kingdom and are looking to invest in some By The Editor • 2 min read
Business AYRE Events secure first conference project of 2021 Leeds-based events specialist AYRE Event Solutions has strengthened its relationship with wealth management company, St. James’s Place Wealth Management after being asked to deliver their Liverpool conference on 8th July 2021, at the Park Royal Hotel. With government restrictions beginning to lift, and all event limitations due to be By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Doncaster Sheffield Airport asks for clarity and support to unlock jobs during Ministerial visit Robert Courts MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport (DfT), met with representatives from TUI, Don Valley MP, Nick Fletcher, Damian Allen, Chief Executive of Doncaster Council and the Chairman of Peel Airports, Robert Hough MBE and leadership team of Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) in a visit to the airport, yesterday. By The Editor • 4 min read
Business Yorkshire holds steady in UK foreign direct investment league table amid pandemic Yorkshire’s attractiveness as an investment destination has proved resilient amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as its ranking as the UK’s sixth most popular place for foreign direct investment (FDI) projects held steady in 2020, according to EY’s latest UK Attractiveness Survey. Yorkshire and the Humber secured 55 FDI By The Editor • 6 min read
Business Welcome to Yorkshire golf launch With ‘links’ to the country’s best golf clubs right here in Yorkshire, Welcome to Yorkshire, in partnership with SGH Sporting Events, are set to drive golf tourism with a brand new membership scheme and website at golf.yorkshire.com, promoting a whole host of international tournaments across the county. By The Editor • 4 min read
Business Sheffield’s flagship hotel development gets underway McLaughlin & Harvey appointed as construction contractor for city centre development McLaughlin & Harvey, the construction firm that worked on the recent renovation of The Moor, has been appointed on the flagship Radisson Blu hotel development on Pinstone Street – with work on site getting underway this week. A key element By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Airmaster appoints new senior contracts manager Lee Martin, 31, from Sheffield, joined #TeamAirmaster at the end of March as senior contracts manager in the Maintenance Department. Lee had previously worked with Airmaster colleagues Michael Archbould and Ross Blackwood as their apprentice at SES in their Sheffield office and was approached by Ross to join the team By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Yorkshire's construction industry hit hard by shortage of materials The impact of building materials running short in the UK is certainly being felt in Yorkshire, where prices have soared for a wide range of common materials in recent months, according to Gent Visick’s (GV) building consultancy division. The company’s figures reveal that steel prices in the region By The Editor • 2 min read
