Business Infiniti leads the way with Esplanade Hotel and DWP contracts Scarborough-based Infiniti Group has confirmed its status 'as one of the leading construction and building services companies in Yorkshire and the North' with a 'high six-figure' contract to refurbish the interior, exterior and roof of the coastal resort's Esplanade Hotel for the Daish Hotel By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Yorkshire electrical engineering company named as sole UK SeaBis installer Any owner of a sea-going vessel will know about the potential perils of metal corrosion and the various means of keeping it at bay, but there is some excellent news for such owners wishing to prevent electrolysis – a Yorkshire electrical engineering company has been appointed as the UK’s only By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Construction nears completion on Grade-II listed apartments Work on Centenary House, a new apartment scheme delivering 80 high-quality apartments in the heart of Leeds’s Northern Quarter, is near to completion. The ambitious scheme, brought by developer and purchaser Avenir Works, has resulted in the refurbishment of a Grade-II listed building and construction of a new build By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce welcomes new Patron The Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, which supports almost 500 member business in the region, is delighted to welcome digital agency Beanie Media as a Patron. Founded in 2018 by then 18-year-old Melissa Roberts and Daniel Atkinson, TopicUK partner, Beanie Media is now a team of five young professionals, offering By The Editor • 1 min read
Business AYRE Event Solutions invests in securing its future Leeds based AYRE Event Solutions is reacting to the ongoing challenges posed to the events industry by the pandemic with the support of the Culture Recovery Fund, which has been distributed through Arts Council England. The firm, which specialises in event production, saw 95% of its revenue wiped out as By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Property e-procurement start-up raises investment from Northern angel investors C-Link, a property procurement start-up founded in 2015 by Paul Heming and Chris Barber, has successfully raised a six figure investment from private investors through investment non-profit, NorthInvest. The C-Link platform simplifies the initial procurement process for SME construction companies and developers by connecting them with the best and most By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Promising outlook for website maintenance services in 2021 SaaS firm Glow has predicted that 2021 is set to be the year when the true importance of website maintenance is recognised after a spike in demand for its web-based maintenance app. The Leeds-based startup reported that interest in its new to market app has grown significantly as more and By The Editor • 2 min read
Business How Covid-19 vaccine will affect the financial markets There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the world’s financial markets, breathing new life into some stocks (such as Zoom [https://www.wired.co.uk/article/future-of-zoom#:~:text=For%20the%20quarter%20ending%20April%2030%202020%2C%20Zoom%20reported%20total,the%20same%20period%20last%20year. By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Easy Bathrooms announces major recruitment drive to support 2021 expansion plans West Yorkshire-based Easy Bathrooms has announced plans for a major recruitment drive and is set to increase its workforce by 60-70% in 2021; creating 250-300 new jobs. The recruitment will support its 2021 expansion plans, following a successful 2020. In the last 12 months, the firm opened 23 new showrooms By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Housebuilder signs £166m multi-site agreements in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Keepmoat Homes has announced four new land deals across Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire that will see the Doncaster-based top ten UK home builder create 1,058 new homes with a combined gross development value of £166m. The sites include two in South Yorkshire, one in North Yorkshire and one in By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Yorkshire manufacturer pledges to go carbon neutral by 2025 The UK’s leading developer of specialised leak detection and environmental protection systems, Andel, has pledged to go carbon neutral by 2025. Following the recent UK government announcement to put the country on track to net-zero by 2050, the Yorkshire manufacturer has declared it will significantly reduce its carbon emissions By The Editor • 1 min read
Business New animation shows how Leeds' £38.5m park & ride will look on completion An animation has been released by Leeds City Council to show how the brand new park and ride in Stourton will look once complete in autumn 2021. The £38.5 million project forms part of Connecting Leeds’ ambition to improve the bus network, provide better connectivity and reduce carbon emissions By The Editor • 2 min read
