Business Starbucks to open in The Springs, Leeds Global coffee brand, Starbucks is to become the latest offering at The Springs retail and leisure centre at Thorpe Park Leeds with its new store opening in the coming weeks. Starbucks has secured a 2,500 sq ft unit at The Springs as part of its continuing growth plans in By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs People of Leeds call for city's inspirational women to be etched in history The names of trailblazing women who made historic contributions to Leeds will be officially put forward to be etched on the walls of Leeds Civic Hall, it was announced today. The people of Leeds were asked to help decide which women from an initial list of six should become the By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Chadwick Lawrence celebrates its female real estate management team Chadwick Lawrence, Yorkshire's leading law firm, takes pride in acknowledging the accomplishments of its female-led Real Estate Management team and commending their exceptional contributions. The Real Estate team operates across multiple Chadwick Lawrence sites in Yorkshire, spanning Leeds, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Halifax, Morley, Horbury, Bradford, and Guiseley. Recently, the By The Editor • 1 min read
Entrepreneurs York Biotech Campus celebrates Women in STEM this International Women’s Day The leading hub for bioscience in Yorkshire, York Biotech Campus (YBC), is celebrating women in STEM this International Women’s Day (IWD). With the theme of ‘Inspire Inclusion’ for this year’s IWD, YBC is promoting some of the incredible, and successful women, that work onsite at the science park By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Acting conference to take place with industry heads in Leeds Actors union Equity is hosting a special industry panel event in Leeds examining the viability of the screen acting career including two of the city’s leading film and TV companies, YAFTA International and Rollem Productions. The event is in the wake of a tumultuous year for the screen acting By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Budget comment from a lender Mel Hird, director and founder of Fresh Thinking Capital, said in regard to today's budget: "Churchhill said courage is rightly esteemed as the first of human qualities, and this was a budget without that quality. I mentor young people, and their biggest issue is confidence, which I By The Editor • 1 min read
Entrepreneurs Women at Northern urge others to consider a career in rail ahead of International Women's Day To celebrate International Women’s Day on Friday 8 March, Northern is turning the spotlight on the women who work for one of the UK’s biggest train operators. While the industry has been historically dominated by men, Northern has taken a different approach to recruitment in recent years to By The Editor • 4 min read
Entrepreneurs New arts director appointed at Sunny Bank Mills Anna Turzynski has been appointed as the new arts director at Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley. Anna was a senior producer at LEEDS 2023: Year of Culture and responsible for some of the year’s most successful events, including The Awakening, The WOW Barn and The Gifting. Anna, who was By The Editor • 2 min read
Business The awards are almost upon us We are excited that it's almost time for the inaugural Yorkshire Businesswoman Awards at the Leeds Marriott Hotel on 8th March. All tickets are now sold out and we are making final preparations. On the night, we will have a bank of professional photographers and videographers capturing the By The Editor • 1 min read
Health & Wellbeing Leeds’ Evolve Medical returns smiles to breast cancer survivors’ faces A Leeds-based aesthetics clinic has helped to put smiles back on the faces of two breast cancer survivors by offering free medical tattooing to give them natural looking pigmentation following reconstruction. Evolve Medical, in Pudsey has a team made up of qualified consultants, GPs, nurses and beauty therapists, headed up By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Visionary growth for optician thanks to £50,000 NPIF - BEF loan A Leeds-based optician and eyewear business has invested in stock and people following a £50,000 loan from NPIF – BEF & FFE Microfinance, which is managed by BEF and FFE Microfinance, and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund. Established in 2017, Eye Room has been a beacon of eye By The Editor • 3 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Larger-than-life portrait of artistic director on display to mark International Women’s Day A portrait of a theatre founder and artistic director, captured after a chance meeting with well-known US artist Kehinde Wiley, is set to go on display to celebrate International Women’s Day 2024. Kehinde Wiley’s vibrant portrait of CEO and artistic director of Utopia Theatre, Mojisola Kareem, was created By The Editor • 2 min read
