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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
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
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
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
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
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
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’