Business Event management agency appoints head of sales Louise Gee has joined the First Event team from YES (Your Event Solutions) as head of sales. Throughout previous senior leadership positions in sales and marketing, Louise has helped sales teams apply a dynamic and strategic approach, and is looking forward to bringing this experience to the exciting opportunities on By The Editor • 1 min read
Events February networking event Our February networking event, the first of 2024, takes place on Friday 2nd February at Banyan Bar & Kitchen in Leeds City Square from 3pm to 5pm. We have two fabulous speakers, writer Claire Kenny, and Jowita Penkala. This is not one to be missed and guests are welcome alongside By The Editor • 1 min read
What's on January workshops ‘a must’ for UK crime writers Highly experienced criminal psychologist, guest lecturer, radio host, podcaster, and blogger Linda Sage is teaming up with family-run business Writers Retreat UK in Beal, North Yorkshire, to host two workshops on 20 and 21 January. Linda has spent forty years working with some of the UK’s most notorious criminals, By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Marathon maestro Beth completes a magnificent 12 Bethan Pritchard, who runs the successful Bethan Sian beauty salon in the heart of Malton, has completed a magnificent 12 marathons in 12 months. Thirty-year-old Bethan has successfully run the marathons across the UK this year in aid of two charities very close to her heart. Her first six marathons By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Gemma Horner celebrates promotion at Levi Solicitors Levi Solicitors is delighted to confirm the promotion of Gemma Horner to partner in the firm’s highly respected dispute resolution team. The promotion brings the firm’s total number of partners to 12. Gemma has been with the firm since she qualified as a solicitor in 2019. Altogether, Gemma By The Editor • 1 min read
Health & Wellbeing Nourish Winter Retreat Day Join yoga practitioner Lisa Middleton and nutritionist Faye Thompson for a winter day retreat this February. Date: Saturday 10th February 2024 Location: White Skye Fields, Sand Hutton Price: £95 During the day they will be guiding guests to explore ways to enable them to bring balance back into their lives By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Family-run housebuilder is the perfect place to work for sisters Janette and Jackie Sisters Janette Ager and Jackie Ward are now both working as sales advisors for the same housebuilding company – having both initially applied for the same job. Jackie, 60, and younger sibling Janette, 58, recently joined Jones Homes and are selling new-build properties at different developments in Yorkshire. Janette, who lives By The Editor • 3 min read
Business North Yorkshire firm celebrates client wins and promotions An award-winning North Yorkshire marketing agency has made two promotions and is recruiting following several client wins and a recent shortlisting for its diversity and inclusion policy. Peachy Digital, based in Northallerton has welcomed a range of new clients including Derwent Training, Yorvik Homes and Spring House Farm Shop, as By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Life-time achievement award in YPW centenary At the Yorkshire Publicity Association (YPA) Centenary Ball current chair Shirley Cummings was presented with a unique Life-Time Achievement Award. The Ball held at Rudding Park was attended by a ‘Who’s Who’ of nearly 250 executives from the media world from TV, Radio, Press and agencies across the region By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Bradford equestrian specialist takes the reins with more than 100 per cent revenue growth Bradford-based specialist equestrian brand, Harry Hall, is ending the year lengths ahead of its competitors after recording an increase in revenue growth of more than a quarter (26 per cent) over the past 12 months, taking the brand to a total revenue increase of 109 per cent since the start By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Fully funded training pathway launched to boost farming careers A new agricultural training programme to support the development of farming’s next generation has been launched by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society. Ambitious farmers aged under 35 are encouraged to apply for a place on the Goodall Agri-Development Pathway which has been developed thanks to a legacy left to the By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Caddick turns focus to sustainability with senior hire Caddick Construction Group is set to enhance its operational efficiency with the appointment of Alison Brough as environmental and sustainability manager, becoming the latest senior hire as the business eyes continued expansion. Alison joins Caddick from Willmott Dixon where she spent nine years in various regional and national environmental management By The Editor • 2 min read
