Business Housebuilder secures £5m funding for second phase development Yorkshire housebuilder Erris Homes has secured £5m in funding for phase two of its £15.9m 37-home development off Rochdale Road in Greetland, Halifax. Called Calder Mews, the development’s second phase has been given funding by Paragon Bank's development finance division. It will feature six of Erris By The Editor • 2 min read
Business ACS further strengthens award winning team Leeds-based ACS Stainless Steel Limited (ACS) has welcomed its largest intake of apprentices to date – expanding its team with eight new colleagues. The appointments at the award-winning manufacturing business based in Cross Green include Usman Saeed, 18, as apprentice software engineer and Rachel Flannery, 20, who joins as an accounts By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Specialist education school purchases grade 11 listed Moorfield House in Leeds Children’s service provider Polaris has swooped to purchase the iconic Grade II listed Moorfield House building in Headingley, to transform it into a special educational needs school. The unique opportunity to acquire approximately 20,000 sq. ft on a 1.5-acre site will allow Polaris to cater for up By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Xpand celebrate 1 year success for 80x20 networking events Saltaire-based digital marketing agency, Xpand, is celebrating 12 months of successfully running its 80x20 networking events, bringing together the local business community to network and learn. The events, held every 6 to 8 weeks, consist of 40 minutes of informal networking, a 20 minute learning slot on a marketing subject By The Editor • 2 min read
Business LBA achieved highest score to date from The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) has achieved its highest score to date from The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), achieving a score of 95% and being awarded a 5-star rating. An independent organisation, GRESB provides validated Environmental, Social and Governance data for real estate and infrastructure businesses globally. To achieve By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Newly formed Azxtec Construction signs up to Pennine Five in Sheffield Aztec Construction, a recently launched design and building specialist, is set to open its new Northern headquarters at Pennine Five in Sheffield City Centre next month. Set up by Russell Sumner earlier this year, the team of construction professionals at Aztec have over 30 years of sector expertise behind them By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Hawley Group Holdings Limited embarks on further expansion at Parkview House, Brighouse Hawley Group Holdings Limited has undertaken its latest expansion at Parkview House, on Woodvale Office Park in Brighouse. The company has signed a new lease for the ground floor office suite, strengthening its presence in this historic and beautifully developed former 1800s silk mill. The self-contained office space spans an By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Yorkshire businesses ‘pushed to the brink’ by escalating financial distress High interest rates, together with persistently high inflation and a weakening economy, are combining to push increasing numbers of businesses across Yorkshire to the brink, according to the latest Red Flag Alert data from leading independent business rescue and recovery specialist Begbies Traynor. The report found that in Q3 of By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Bradford garden centre group reaches final in three categories of a regional business award The team at a Bradford-based garden centre group is celebrating after reaching the final of three regional business awards. Yorkshire Garden Centres, owner of Tong, Tingley, Bingley and Otley Garden Centres has been shortlisted in the Community, Sustainability and Medium Business categories of the Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards. By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Bedmaker in new collaboration with Wild Ingleborough Fifth-generation family-owned Yorkshire bedmaker, Harrison Spinks, has joined the Wild Ingleborough programme to help restore and maintain nature across the region. As part of the long-term commitment, the Leeds-based luxury bedmaker, will focus its substantial five-figure investment on high-quality climate work, which includes natural regeneration and restoration of land around By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Key South Yorkshire stakeholders represent the region overseas Sheffield Chamber of Commerce’s chief executive Louisa Harrison-Walker has visited the American state of Missouri as part of a delegation led by South Yorkshire Mayor, Oliver Coppard. The trip’s aim was to start conversations about boosting trade between South Yorkshire and the city of St Louis. Leaders from By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Shipley Town Council launch new green grants scheme Shipley Town Council is inviting members of the public to have a say in how it spends its budget for mitigating and adapting to climate change. The town council is running a ‘participatory budgeting’ scheme where local people and organisations can apply for funding to run projects that address the By The Editor • 1 min read
