Lifestyle The only thing we have to fear is fear itself Author: Beth Brown I’ve been thinking a lot about being scared recently. When I experienced anxiety in late 2019 and early 2020, my biggest fear became falling back into that state. It seemed to come from nowhere and it hit me like a truck. Suddenly, my greatest fear was By The Editor • 4 min read
Business NatWest doubles Female Entrepreneurship Funding to £2bn to support UK’s recovery NatWest has announced an additional £1 billion in funding to help support female-led businesses in the UK recover from the coronavirus. The aim is to ultimately help female entrepreneurs scale and grow, and builds on the £1bn announced last January, which was the largest intervention by a UK lender focused By The Editor • 4 min read
Lifestyle Garden jobs for February Author: Martin Blunn February is the month hopefully were the weather changes and as a result is the time for pruning the tree fruits other than those soft fruit with stones. Cane fruit and bush fruit like raspberries, blackberries. Blackcurrants and redcurrants should also be pruned at the same time. By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Internal promotion at Multitask Personnel as technical team grows Multitask Personnel, the Rotherham based specialist recruitment consultancy, have expanded their technical division with an internal promotion. Kimberley Earl, who has been with the business since 2019 has moved over from a resourcing position into a recruitment consultant role within the firms growing technical sector, which is still thriving despite By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Yorkshire interior business celebrates prestigious appointment Leeds-based business joins Ralph Lauren as handpicked stockist to global interiors company Yorkshire-based luxury homewares brand, Adriana Homewares, is celebrating its appointment as stockist to prestigious global interior lifestyle company ‘LuxDeco’ this January. LuxDeco is the go-to online interiors company for highly curated, luxury leading brands that provide the world’ By The Editor • 1 min read
EditorsBlog Second issue launches I am excited to announce that the second edition of Yorkshire Businesswoman launches this weekend and once again the response has been phenominal. Our cover features Dame Linda Pollard who is chair of the NHS Trust in Leeds, this is a must read article as Linda has had a career By The Editor • 2 min read
Yorkshire-Kitchen A simple, healthy lunch Looking for a recipe for a quick and healthy lunch whilst working from home today? Why not try this one out - it is packed full nutrients, simple to prepare and appealing to the eye. Stuffed vegetarian peppers Ingredients Serves: 4 • 100g rice (long grain or basmati) • 4 peppers, any By The Editor • 1 min read
Business New head of learning and development joins Leeds Building Society Leeds Building Society has appointed a new head of learning and development to support colleague growth. Kate Fisher takes up the position after more than 20 years’ experience in human resources, talent and training operations roles. Kate most recently held the role of senior director of talent and capability at By The Editor • 1 min read
Health & Wellbeing Let’s get walking Walking is a great way to improve or maintain your overall health. Just 30 minutes every day can increase cardiovascular fitness, strengthen bones, reduce excess body fat, and boost muscle power and endurance. It can also reduce your risk of developing conditions such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis By The Editor • 3 min read
Health & Wellbeing Working from home tips Seven top tips for working from home during lockdown With the UK in continued lockdown, more people are working from home than ever before. However, working from home isn’t without its challenges and hopefully, our top tips will help make working from home during this time a little bit By The Editor • 2 min read
Yorkshire-Kitchen Aubergine Curry Throughout January, we have been sharing some delicious vegan dishes and for those who enjoy curry, we feel certain that this will prove to be very appealing. Aubergine Curry Ingredients 4 tbsp sunflower oil 2 large aubergines, chopped into 4cm cubes 350g new potatoes, halved 2 tsp cumin seeds 1 By The Editor • 2 min read
Travel and Environment Being prepared By Philippa J Kaye, travel expert, and avid explorer. Well, it’s hard to know where to start this year when writing about travel. I’ve had various thoughts. Do we keep it closer to home, discovering (more) of what’s in our backyard, in which case, how fortunate we By The Editor • 3 min read
