Business Wanna-bee part of a jobs revolution? There’s a growing buzz about new tech platform Worker Bee and Yorkshire based managing director Robert Lorne wants you to be a part of it. Robert is launching a new app which will revolutionise the job market for employers seeking temporary staff. It will connect employers and workers on By The Editor • 1 min read
Business The Rt Hon David Gauke becomes first patron of ex-offender recruitment firm * Offploy counts 62% of workforce as ex-offenders * Reoffending rates cost the UK £15 billion annually~ * “There is always more that needs to be done to make the case for the positive benefits of employing ex-offenders.” – Rt Hon David Gauke Former Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, the Rt By The Editor • 2 min read
Business purebroadband joins CityFibre’s networks launching Gigabit-capable broadband services in nine locations * Residents across the North in Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley, Bradford, Sheffield, Halifax, Batley & Dewsbury, Leeds and Huddersfield to be offered services this year * The first customers are expected to be connected in early 2021 * purebroadband is the latest consumer ISPs to join CityFibre’s open access networks offering full fibre By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Yorkshire-based start-up firm on a mission to save business borrowers money and ensure fairness An experienced financial expert is striking a blow for business borrowers by checking commercial loans and mortgages for any overcharged interest or incorrect application fees. Yorkshire-based Secured Lending Audit is a start-up business aimed at helping ensure borrowers are correctly compensated for any mismanagement of a loan or mortgage. Over By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Almost 40,000 Yorkshire businesses now in financial distress as third lockdown bites Across Yorkshire, business distress has surged by 29% since the end of 2019, with more than 38,000 of the region’s firms now in financial trouble, a year-on-year increase of almost 9,000 businesses. Distress levels had also soared by 14% since the previous quarter, with a further 4, By The Editor • 2 min read
Business BDO’s Leeds office invests in trainees Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has welcomed 17 new trainees with a further 17 roles available to start later in 2021. BDO’s team in Leeds welcomed its 2020 cohort in November compromising both graduates and apprentices. The new joiners took part in virtual inductions while BDO’s workforce By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Leading security provider expands into new space) Today the commercial security firms Oracle Vision and Oracle Fire relocated into larger premises in the first step of its ambitious growth plans. Oracle Vision, and Oracle Fire which provides security, fire detection and data services to large, complex organisations across Yorkshire and the North West, intends to fill the By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Housebuilder launches first graduate scheme Top ten national and leading Partnership homebuilder Keepmoat Homes has launched its first ever graduate scheme as it looks to find six new recruits ready to follow in the footsteps of its chief executive officer Tim Beale who started in the industry as a graduate trainee. The Doncaster-based company, which By The Editor • 2 min read
Business A deal made in Sheffield with a local cast A company which is a world leader in its field is poised for significant growth following a management buyout from the University of Sheffield, which has concluded alongside fundraising to take the company to its next phase of growth. Castings Technology International Ltd (CTI) is a world-leading provider of manufacturing, By The Editor • 4 min read
Business Former 3M Chairman officially launches new Yorkshire University leadership Centre The University of Huddersfield’s Sir George Buckley Leadership Centre, named after a great Yorkshire-born leader, was officially launched. The Centre aims to support aspiring and senior leaders in the region looking to develop their leadership skills in 2021 and beyond. The Sir George Buckley Leadership Centre has been developed By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Green light for £85m investment is hailed a major boost Leeds City Council has hailed confirmation that work is set to start on a major office development in City Square as a vote of confidence for its drive to breathe exciting new life into this key gateway area. City Square House will stand on the Wellington Street side of the By The Editor • 4 min read
Business Yorkshire specialist PR agency appointed by national financial advisor Lucky North, which was co-founded in December 2019, will work with Tenet&You to position the firm as a high street destination for wealth management support; delivering against a brief that encompasses regional PR. Natalie Yarwood, marketing consultant at Tenet&You commented: “It’s an exciting time for By The Editor • 1 min read
