Business Tips for attracting top tier talent to your SME The best potential hires will need to be blown away before they apply for any job that you offer. Concerns of an increasingly widening skills shortage [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-36783460] began to air as early as 2016 from the BBC, with employers regularly worried that they would By The Editor • 3 min read
Business 25 years of celebrating local businesses Eaton Smith’s Business of the Month Award celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The awards were set up by Eaton Smith to show case and celebrate the hard work and innovation of businesses in Kirklees, Calderdale and Wakefield. The awards, which are run in conjunction with the Mid Yorkshire By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Salamander Fabrications welcomes accomplished rail specialist Sheet metal manufacturer Salamander Fabrications has appointed an expert rail consultant to further bolster its stance within the transport sector and secure large-scale project work. Phil Brown is a highly qualified sales director – with more than 30 years’ experience in the UK rail and automotive industries – and has worked with By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Civic Engineers appoints regional director and senior structural engineer Leading engineering design practice Civic Engineers has appointed Martin McGovern as regional director for Leeds, alongside Hannah Keighley as senior structural engineer. The two new appointments follow a pattern of steady and successful growth for the practice throughout the Yorkshire region and beyond, since opening its Leeds office in 2016. By The Editor • 2 min read
Business New electrostatic device launched to fight Covid-19 Knaresborough-based hygiene and pest control product manufacturer Pelsis Group has launched a new device to help stop the spread of Covid-19. The business has created a new electrostatic hand-held fogger, called the Hurricane ES, which can be used to disperse disinfectant across potentially contaminated surfaces quickly and easily. It uses By The Editor • 1 min read
Business New support for start-up businesses in Yorkshire Budding entrepreneurs in the Leeds City Region are being offered a helping hand with a new free business support programme. Founders Forge is aimed at people who have an idea and passion for a new business, and want guidance to set them on their way. The programme, which is being By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Live in the moment at your Peril. Author: Jonathan Kattenberg The place we call home is changing and the problem is relatively simple. Too much carbon is being pumped into our atmosphere and it is causing the Earth’s temperature to rise. It is a bit like us wearing too may jumpers on a hot day. The By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Covid has accelerated the online market by five years The consequences of Covid 19 have transformed the development of the Ecommerce market from an evolutionary pace to a revolutionary speed, according to digital agency Ascensor. The Leeds-based firm estimate that Covid has accelerated the online market by five years. Ascensor MD Andrew Firth explains: “We have seen the enquiries By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Leeds company takes support specialist to cloud nine Camb IT Support, is the latest IT reseller from across Europe and beyond, to offer its clients one of the world’s most advanced backup services for Microsoft 365, known as CloudCover 365 from Leeds based cloud computing and disaster recovery specialist, virtualDCS. CloudCover 365 is specifically designed to enable By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Avant Homes launches two new developments Yorkshire housebuilder Avant Homes has launched the first homes at two new developments, which will deliver 190 new-build properties in the region. The developments have a gross combined development value of £39.7m and are located within close proximity to some of Yorkshire major towns and cities. The new sites By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Eorl Crabtree joins EV3 Power as sustainability ambassador to tackle climate change Yorkshire-based sustainable energy business, EV3 Power [http://ev3power.co.uk/], has signed former Rugby League powerhouse Eorl Crabtree at its Sustainability Ambassador. Former prop forward Eorl, who played over 400 times for the Huddersfield Giants and 14 times for England Rugby League, met at EV3’s headquarters in Wakefield yesterday By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Propriety direct to consumer (D2C) offering launches Hexagon team up with world class partners to launch Centricity™. Centricity™, the end-to-end Direct to Consumer offering which puts the customer at the heart of every D2C journey, has launched. Covid 19, lockdown and the high street being closed have caused a boom in online and digital trading – and a By The Editor • 2 min read
