Business Employment Bill will wreak havoc on our already fragile economy, say small firms Small firms are tightening their belts on jobs, with potential changes that will expand the grounds for unfair dismissal and higher sick pay costs at the top of their list of worries, research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows. New data shows that in the last quarter of By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Afternoon Tea with Lexus + Harvey Nichols Join us for a delicious afternoon tea with Lexus and Harvey Nichols on Tuesday 18th March as we celebrate Mother's Day in the Fourth Floor Brasserie We have two sittings, 12 noon or 2.30pm. There will be a fabulous selection of sandwiches and cakes as well as By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle A brass concert and portraits exhibition with comedian Bill Bailey BBC Arts’ Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey and a BBC Radio 2 Loves Brass concert are just some of the latest creative and cultural highlights to come from the BBC to mark Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. With the eagerly anticipated year of UK City of Culture now in By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Northern Ballet brings literary heroine, Jane Eyre, back to the region Audiences can join one of literature’s most iconic heroines on a journey of resilience, romance and redemption as Northern Ballet’s critically acclaimed Jane Eyre heads to two Yorkshire theatres this spring as part of a new national tour. The production opens at Leeds Grand Theatre from 14 – 22 By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle The 3 Acres reveals first look at new bedroom schemes following fire The 3 Acres has shared a first look at three luxury interior schemes for its new bedrooms ahead of reopening in May. Owner Tom Truelove and wife, Lauren, have shared the schemes that will feature in three of the eight bedrooms being refurbished following severe fire damage on Boxing Day By The Editor • 2 min read
Business East Yorkshire poultry business creates new role in the operations team A Middleton on the Wolds based family poultry business has created a new role in its operations team to support its growing business. Stania Peris has joined the team at Soanes Poultry as an Operations Quality Management and ETP (Effluent Treatment Plant) Technician. Stania has relocated from Manchester to take By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Meet the Bradford district’s first female gritter driver Meet Nikki Francis the Bradford district’s first female gritter driver. At 55 Nikki who lives in Queensbury, an area of Bradford famous for its harsh winters, will become the district’s first female gritter driver. When not gritting she’s is a stock control officer for the council’s By The Editor • 2 min read
EditorsBlog Editor tries revolutionary skin treatment None of us are getting any younger and if you’re like me, I yearn for the days of my youth when I didn’t have to worry about wrinkle lines, dark spots or a saggy jaw. That said, I am grateful to have got to the age that I By The Editor • 3 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Hair straightener trade-in scheme incentivises consumers to recycle old gadgets An Otley-based hair products business is helping consumers to earn money whilst reducing electronic waste, thanks to a hair straightener recycling scheme. Luxury Hair Products is offering environmentally conscious consumers the chance to earn cash by simply trading in their old GHD or Cloud 9 straighteners, working or not. Luxury By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Natural wool mattresses that support local farming Yorkshire-based wool bedding brand, Floks, has partnered with fellow luxury Yorkshire bedmaker, Harrison Spinks, to create a premium range of responsibly-sourced wool mattresses. United by a shared passion for ethical manufacturing, quality, and support for British farming, the collaboration combines Floks’ expertise in sustainable wool bedding with Harrison Spinks’ heritage By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Housebuilder donates £500 to local school Barratt and David Wilson Homes Yorkshire West has donated £500 to Southroyd Primary School to help improve the school’s ‘The Cabin’ project. The school, located near the developer’s The Bridleways development in Bradford, received £500 to buy four interactive screens that will be used in ‘The Cabin’, which By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Opportunity to beat stamp duty increase in West Yorkshire West Yorkshire housebuilder Barratt and David Wilson Homes is advising buyers looking to move home in 2025 to consider doing it now to avoid the rise of Stamp Duty fees from April. Currently, home buyers don’t have to pay the land tax on properties up to the value of By The Editor • 3 min read
