Business Plan ahead as City Square preliminary highway work begins Work has begun to transform City Square into a more people-first environment, and motorists are being advised to plan their journeys in advance to avoid being affected by any disruption. Traffic management works are diverting all through-traffic away from City Square, ahead of its permanent closure to traffic in February By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Twenty-five days have never looked so good at Harvey Nichols This Christmas marks a very special holiday season at Harvey Nichols Customers will be able to count down 25 Beauty-Full days with the much-anticipated arrival of the first Harvey Nichols Beauty Advent Calendar. Featuring an expertly curated edit and packed with 30 of our most iconic brands, the Advent Calendar By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle American sports retailer ‘Lids’, signs lease at The Broadway The Broadway, Bradford has announced a new lease has been signed at the Centre with retailer Lids, creating six new jobs locally. Located in the Petergate Mall, Lids is set to open in September. The 1,200sq ft store in The Broadway will be the brand’s twentieth store in By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Northern to reward 1000 commuters with 'free' journeys Hot on the heels of their £1 ‘Flash Sale’ last week, Northern has now announced plans to reward 1,000 of its season ticket customers with the cost of their commute. The train operator, which serves major cities across the North of England including Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle The stars have arrived at Cineworld Barnsley Cineworld has unveiled four stars of Barnsley, who have been recruited to welcome the local community to their new local cinema at The Glass Works, opening on Friday 23rd September. This brand new next-generation cinema will boast 13 screens, offering the best technology available on the market, including IMAX with By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Band, Wet Wet Wet set to storm the Firecracker Ball stage Wet Wet Wet will be treating guests attending the Firecracker Ball at Rudding Park Hotel, Harrogate on Saturday, 15th October 2022 to a medley of their greatest hits including their number ones Goodnight Girl, Love is all around, and With a Little Help from My Friends. Wet Wet Wet announced By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle History Prize renamed to honour Harry Gration The Yorkshire Society, a not-for-profit membership organisation for people who love Yorkshire, has relaunched its History Prize competition after a three year break due to the covid pandemic. The annual competition for essays on the history of Yorkshire was first held in 1987 and will now be known as The By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Double century surprise as records reveal market's milestone A fascinating surprise discovery in Leeds this week has revealed the city’s historic Kirkgate Market is believed to have its 200th anniversary. Material pulled from the archives suggests traders first set out their stalls on what is now Europe’s largest undercover market way back on 31st August 1822. By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Majority of European SMEs forced to take a loan due to missing payments A new independent survey of more than 2,000 European SMEs has found: * 54% have been forced to take out a loan as a result of missing and delayed payments * 62% contend that delayed and unpredictable cashflow is the biggest challenge their business currently faces * 35% claimed that payments take By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing Author and businesswoman to host event to open up discussion on domestic abuse When Scarborough resident and author, Ros Jones signed up to do the McCain 10k run in the North Yorkshire town this October, there was only one charity she had in mind to support, IDAS (Independent Domestic Abuse Services) – the specialist Yorkshire charity supporting people experiencing domestic abuse and sexual violence. By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing New TV ad campaign hails perimenopausal women as warriors FemTech company, Forth have launched a new TV campaign to support the launch of MyFORM®, a ground-breaking female hormone mapping blood test The ‘Warrior’ campaign, which launched on TV and social media this week, fights against the societal pressure on women to soldier on and brush off any symptoms of By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Nominations open for office makeover in Yorkshire BlindsbyPost is calling on people from across the Yorkshire region to nominate businesses, charities, schools and other organisations that deserve to have their office space or building upgraded. The Shipley-based online blinds retailer will invest in the building or workspace of a worthy organisation in Yorkshire with a raft of By The Editor • 1 min read
