Business Bus Alliance takes students on skills journey Bus operators from across the regional transport sector and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, including Arriva, First and Transdev, have teamed up with social enterprise Ahead Partnership to deliver an important skills initiative to open up career opportunities whilst highlighting the need for greener travel. The West Yorkshire Bus Alliance By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Former Blueclaw SEO Senior Lead launches new digital marketing agency A new digital marketing agency aimed at helping SMEs across the UK has been launched by former Blueclaw SEO Lead Sam Raife (Pictured). Together with business partner Robin Hetherington, the pair have decades of digital, marketing and advertising agency experience between them. Brand Ambition was created after the duo saw By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Intellectual property: protecting your business & brand Thu, 25 March 2021 09:00am – 11:00am The second event of the XPLOR Seminar Series, Intellectual Property: Protecting Your Business & Brand, launches on the Thursday 25th March from 9am to 11am. For this event, Production Park have partnered up with intellectual property experts, UDL, to deliver an event By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Barnsley-based global arts college joins DMC creative business community A global distance learning college which has seen a 30 per cent increase in student enrolments in the past year has moved its headquarters to Barnsley’s Digital Media Centre. The Open College of the Arts (OCA) delivers a wide range of open access distance learning courses to more than By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Despite almost a 50% drop in insolvencies, Yorkshire businesses face challenging times ahead Insolvency figures released by the Government’s Insolvency Service show an almost 50% drop in insolvencies compared to February 2020. The number of registered company insolvencies in February 2021 was 686, 49% lower than the number registered in the same month in the previous year (1,348 in February 2020) By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Further growth for recruitment firm as team expands again Glu Recruit, the South Yorkshire based specialist recruitment consultancy, have added three new members to their team as they plan for further growth in 2021. Strengthening the team across a number of different disciplines, the Rotherham headquartered business predicts an increase in confidence amongst local businesses as lockdown restrictions start By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Polypipe help Wentworth Woodhouse lay plans for a greener future Leading Doncaster manufacturer Polypipe has stepped in to help Rotherham’s Grade I listed stately home Wentworth Woodhouse lay the way for a green energy heating system. The company has donated over 160 metres of structured wall pipe and fittings which means the Preservation Trust can divert modern sewerage pipes By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Doncaster Sheffield Airport increases community investment fund for grassroots charities Community groups around Doncaster Sheffield Airport have less than three weeks left to apply to a £10,000 project funding pot. The airport owner and developer of the adjacent GatewayEast project, Peel L&P, has doubled its Community Investment Fund (CIF) value this year to £10,000. This gives By The Editor • 2 min read
Business electro-cargo bike scheme for sustainable deliveries begins Leeds businesses are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to trial an electric-cargo bike for their deliveries. A new free trial scheme launches in Leeds offering businesses the chance to borrow electric-cargo (e-cargo) bikes for deliveries. Leeds city council’s ‘try-before-you-buy’ electric-cargo bike loan scheme will be the first By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Ascensor Digital Agency receives global recognition by Google Leeds’ digital marketing agency Ascensor has been featured by Google in a global showcase of web design firms which are successfully using Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) web code. Andrew Firth (MD) of Leeds-based Ascensor explains: “We are delighted to be included by Google in their best practice providers By The Editor • 2 min read
Business IDS Group announces £2m tech accelerator scheme Leeds-headquartered software development and systems integration specialist, IDS Group, has announced a £2m tech accelerator scheme to fuel the growth of UK SaaS businesses. Eight pots of £250,000 are available for innovations irrespective of sector or geographical location. The financial pledge augments IDS Group’s already proven tech accelerator By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Transport recruitment company urges young people to consider a career in logistics Bradford-based logistics experts, Driver Hire, are urging people to consider a career in logistics following what has been a record year for transport drivers. Thanks to the continued growth of internet retailing there's an increasing need for logistics and supply chain experts across the country, although industry professionals By The Editor • 2 min read
