Business Senior matrimonial finance barrister joins Leeds Parklane Plowden Chambers Parklane Plowden Chambers (PLP) has announced that nationally renowned matrimonial finance barrister, Francesca Fothergill, has joined the set. Francesca, who was called to the Bar in 1994, joins the Leeds and Newcastle-based chambers from St Philips Chambers, where she was joint head of the family finance team. She practices across By The Editor • 1 min read
Business New era begins at popular Huddersfield Nursery & Forest School A manager at one of Huddersfield’s leading private day nurseries has stepped down after 25 years. Samantha Richmond leaves Oakwood House Nursery & Forest School in Edgerton to be replaced by experienced childcare professional Gail Howarth. Oakwood House is part of the Portland Nurseries group which has four sites By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Scarborough Spa to reopen this month The first phase of Scarborough Spa's reopening will take place later this month. The South Bay venue, now back under the management and operation of Scarborough Borough Council will reopen Farrer’s Bar and Restaurant on Monday 29 March. Farrer's Bar and Restaurant’s reopening will By The Editor • 1 min read
Health & Wellbeing Treading carefully! Muddy Boots offers safe path out of lockdown for eager tourists Many people's pent-up desire to resume travel will be tempered by lingering concerns about the spread of coronavirus, but a family-run Yorkshire business is offering a safe path out of lockdown with covid-friendly walking holidays and guided ‘Discovery Walks’ designed and planned to avoid the crowds. Founded by By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing Female homelessness highlighted ahead of International Women’s Day Simon on the Streets, a West-Yorkshire homelessness charity is raising awareness of female rough sleepers ahead of International Women’s Day this year. Monday 8th March marks International Women’s Day and the theme for 2021’s campaign is #ChooseToChallenge. Support workers from Simon on the Streets have come together By The Editor • 4 min read
Travel and Environment ‘Say Yes to Summer’ with Wizz Air, flights from DSA to destinations including Palma de Mallorca Passengers finally have the good news they’ve all been waiting for, with international travel back on the cards for Summer 2021. Thanks to Wizz Air, we can happily ‘Say Yes to Summer’, as they are set to deliver 1,000,000 low-cost seats from DSA to favourite family-friendly holiday By The Editor • 2 min read
Yorkshire-Kitchen Time to sow seeds Author: Martin Blunn, Solutionize Global. As March approaches and the days get longer and hopefully the last of the cold spells have passed all our winter tasks including pruning should be completed, if not do it as soon as possible. With hopefully all your orders of seeds arrived now is By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Welcome to Yorkshire and LNER’s “Song for Yorkshire” fab four finalists revealed – vote now The Welcome to Yorkshire and London North East Railway (LNER) competition to discover a new song to celebrate the county reveals its fab four finalists. Competition has been tough, with an exceptionally high standard of entries, but the final four have now been revealed and it’s up to the By The Editor • 4 min read
Business Specialist Yorkshire legal practice celebrates third Birthday with positive growth Leeds-based employment law specialist practice Thrive Law – headed up by solicitor and leading mental health campaigner Jodie Hill – is celebrating its third birthday, hot on the heels of experiencing a surge in enquiries as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, and following Jodie’s active media presence as the go By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Celebrate 15 Years of Gliterary Lunches It's World Book Day today, International Women's Day on Monday, Mother's Day a week on Sunday and Gliterary Lunches' 15th Birthday at the end of the month. Could there be a better time to celebrate good books and sparky women in the excellent By The Editor • 1 min read
Entrepreneurs Socialsendr explores new marketing methods to increase sales leads Influencer marketing. An ideal channel for a brand looking to raise awareness and grow its consumer base, but can influencer marketing work in a B2B setting? According to Yorkshire-based tech start up, socialsendr, yes it can, with the business seeing an immediate increase in platform sign ups following a campaign By The Editor • 2 min read
Business KC Communications welcomes two new staff after a series of client wins Huddersfield based PR and marketing agency KC Communications has welcomed two more members of staff and four more clients to its roster. Frankie Lyons has joined the agency as a senior digital PR Manager from Leeds based Jaywing PR, bringing over 5 years of experience working with a number of By The Editor • 2 min read
