Business 200 Degrees Coffee roasters to open in Barnsley Acclaimed coffee roasting experts, 200 Degrees Coffee, is the latest brand to join The Glass Works, in another exciting addition to Barnsley’s booming café scene. The new 101-seat coffee shop, which will feature a stylish and bespoke fit out, will open on Cheapside at the entrance point to The By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Ripon's flourishing arcade is now fully let New tenants Yorkshire Physio and Gladrags Ripon have just taken the final two units in the popular arcade in the heart of the city. These two deals follow hard on the heels of Yorkshire Cancer Research moving into to the city’s arcade, which has recently undergone a £100,000 By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Golden ticket opportunity as Leeds Playhouse searches for Charlie Bucket Leeds Playhouse is launching an open casting to find four young people to star in the leading role of Charlie Bucket in its magical festive show CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY – THE MUSICAL opening this November. The Playhouse is working with leading Leeds-based casting directors Keston & Keston to find By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Doctor launches new event to champion pro-age beauty North Yorkshire doctor, Miss Lubna Khan-Salim is on a mission to challenge the anti-age rhetoric of the beauty industry with the launch of a new inclusive event series. This first Beauty Briefing event will be hosted at the stunningly renovated Queens Hotel on 24th March, celebrating The Age of Beauty By The Editor • 1 min read
Business BGF named most active investor in women-led scale-ups BGF, the UK & Ireland’s most active growth capital investor, has been named the most active institutional investor in women-led businesses for the second year running. The accolade comes following the launch of the ScaleUp Institute’s annual Female Founders Index which shines a light on ‘visible’ scaleups in By The Editor • 3 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Lush pop-up at Trinity Leeds: Mother's Day weekend The Lush Fresh, Skincare & Gifts Pop-up will bring luxury gifting to Trinity Leeds from 24th to 27th March. An on-site team of Lush gifting experts will help visitors find an ethical gift truly tailored to their loved one. The pop-up will have elements of the Fresh & Flowers concept By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Charity gala raises £2,300 for Breast Cancer Now Local sisters and owners of X-Press Legal Services South and West Yorkshire, Helen Foster and Claire Ide, recently organised a charity gala which raised over £2,300 for national charity, Breast Cancer Now. The event which took place on in early March at The Old Rishworthians rugby club, invited Helen By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Annapurna Indian Dance to perform at this year’s Huddersfield Literature Festival Halifax based Annapurna Indian Dance will be performing Indian Tales of Love and Wisdom, a rich cultural evening of Indian dance, music and stories at this year’s Huddersfield Literature Festival. The event, which will be taking place at Huddersfield’s Lawrence Batley Theatre on Thursday 31st March 2022, will By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Big Ideas by the Sea Festival returns for 2022 The ideas festival, Big Ideas by the Sea, returns to Scarborough for a ten day extravaganza of culture, music, discussion and activism from 20 May - 3 June 2022. Following its triumphant debut festival in 2021, which saw over a thousand people attend, festival Directors Kane Cunningham and John Oxley By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Housebuilder advocates equality on International Women’s Day Jackie Priestley, assistant site manager at Harron Homes’ Highfield Manor development in Fixby, Yorkshire – which won Harron development of the year 2022, can attest to the progress made in the construction industry mindset over the past few decades. Jackie got her start in the industry as an apprentice plasterer over By The Editor • 1 min read
Entrepreneurs Message from female entrepreneurs around breaking the bias this International Women’s Day This week, as part of International Women’s Day, six online female entrepreneurs from varying backgrounds across the UK are uniting to start conversations they feel are important to bring to the table, as part of their efforts to #breakthebias on diverse subject areas which affect the quality of women’ By The Editor • 3 min read
Entrepreneurs Female innovators from Yorkshire and the Humber win prestigious national award Today, in celebration of International Women’s Day (Tuesday 8 March), three trailblazing female entrepreneurs from Yorkshire and the Humber have been recognised by Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation Awards for their game-changing innovations which are tackling some of society’s biggest challenges. Jennifer Turner, Ali Gordon (pictured) and By The Editor • 3 min read
