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Dec 3, 2025Business

Major new care home takes shape in Adel, creating 80 jobs in Leeds

Construction of a major new care home in Adel is moving into its final stages, with St Mary’s Care Homes confirming that Adel Square Care Home is on track to start welcoming new residents in early 2026. The 86-bed home will provide residential, dementia and respite care for families across North Leeds and the wider region. Its opening comes at a time of growing pressure on local care provision. Leeds has the second highest number of people diagnosed with dementia of any local authority area in

Dec 2, 2025Business

Yorkshire Talks is back. Bigger, braver and more unmissable than ever

Christine Talbot & Matt Jameson return with a blockbuster podcast line-up Yorkshire Talks, the hit podcast hosted by award-winning TV presenter Christine Talbot and Married at First Sight UK star Matt Jameson, is back this week and this new series is its most emotional, funniest and star-studded yet. The season opens with Lisa Riley, Emmerdale royalty and current fan favourite in the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! jungle. In a conversation that swings from laugh-out-loud to lump-in-the

Nov 26, 2025Business

Global restaurant group choose Leeds for first India Bistro

Hospitality Investment company AVT Capital has partnered with Foodlink Global Restaurants (UAE and India) to bring its celebrated India Bistro concept to the UK for the first time. The first UK restaurant will be located in Leeds, in the vibrant suburb of Chapel Allerton and is set to become a destination dining venue for Leeds and beyond. UK-based AVT Capital has taken a 4,150 sq ft venue on Harrogate Road and has invested £1.2million into the project. It also plans to expand the India Bist

Nov 13, 2025Business

Tickets now on sale for 2026 Great Yorkshire Show

Tickets for next year’s Great Yorkshire Show have gone on sale, organisers have announced. Tickets for the 167th Show on Tuesday 14 – Friday 17 July 2026 are available to purchase in advance only, with visitor numbers capped at 35,000 a day. Membership of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society which organises the Show and is a registered charity, went on sale from Monday 10 November. The Great Yorkshire Show has sold out a week before the event every year since tickets went to advance sales onl

Nov 3, 2025Business

2025 “Elizabeth” steel soldier stands proud

The fifth annual Steel Soldiers Remembrance campaign is bringing communities together nationwide, with a poignant new silhouette inspired by Queen Elizabeth II now taking pride of place in hundreds of gardens, schools, and public spaces across the country – raising a total of £5,978.25 including Gift Aid, in charitable donations so far. The campaign, created by Yorkshire-based manufacturer ACS Stainless Steel Fixings with logistics support from DX Group, invites individuals, schools, and commu

Nov 3, 2025Business

Bed Kingdom donates 70 mattresses to The Rainbow Baby Bank amid funding cuts

Bed Kingdom, part of the Flair Furniture Group, has donated 70 brand-new mattresses to local charity Rainbow Baby Bank, in a show of support for families in need following the charity’s recent funding cuts. The donation will help ensure that local children and families have access to safe, comfortable sleeping arrangements during difficult times. In addition to the mattresses, Bed Kingdom has pledged to donate cots in the coming weeks to further support the Baby Bank’s mission to provide essen

Oct 27, 2025Business

Fodder first with fresh milk vending machine

Fodder is the first retail outlet in North Yorkshire to offer fresh milk from a vending machine with innovative dairy farmers Milk from the Hills. This exciting new collaboration means customers can now purchase fresh cow’s milk and delicious flavoured milkshakes from a vending machine inside Fodder – Great Yorkshire Food Hall at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate. As well as benefiting from fresh farm milk, customers can also purchase with sustainability in mind, using Milk from the

Oct 22, 2025Business

Boutique appointed to spark ValueLight’s next phase of growth

Independent Leeds-based agency Boutique has been appointed by lighting ecommerce specialists ValueLights to support its ambitious growth plans. This partnership marks a new milestone for ValueLights as it enters its 17th year, strengthening existing marketing tactics while also exploring new opportunities that will drive the brand’s next chapter forward. Founded in 2009, ValueLights is a Northern interiors-powerhouse based in Cheshire, with over 5,000 products and new launches every season.

Oct 13, 2025Business

MD Law solicitor unveiled as new President of the Sheffield and District Law Society

MD Law employment partner Lindsey Gaimster has been appointed as the new President of the Sheffield and District Law Society. Lindsey takes up her year-long position as head of the professional association for solicitors practising in Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Chesterfield and the surrounding area, following the end of Dr Claire Young’s time in post. The appointment reflects Lindsey’s dedication to the local legal community and her vision while in post is for the society is to continue

Oct 13, 2025Business

Female-led Leeds marketing agency celebrates fifth anniversary

Marketing agency Youbee Media, which was founded during the peak of the pandemic in 2020, to help businesses not just ride out the challenging landscape ahead, but to thrive even during the trickiest of times, celebrates its fifth year in business this month. This milestone comes at an exciting time for the firm, which has just achieved its best year of growth yet, with turnover up 62% compared to last year. This substantial growth has primarily been driven by an increase in retainer clients a

Oct 8, 2025Business

Source strengthens its team and marks the next exciting chapter

Leeds-based performance-led marketing communications agency, Source Marketing , has strengthened its growing team with the appointment of two new PR and social media executives. Annabel Wales and Ella Adams, both bring bold ideas, creativity and new energy to the business and will work across a wide range of clients including MERKUR, Bellway Homes, Skipton Business Finance and the British Engines Group. In their roles, they will be responsible for everything from building strong client relat

Oct 8, 2025Business

Founder celebrates after reaching the national finals of the Woman Who Awards

Katie Geddes, founder of The Dance Studio Leeds, who champions the benefits of dance for mental health and wellbeing, is celebrating after reaching the finals of the Woman Who Solopreneur Awards 2025. Katie has been supporting the local dance community for the last 16 years, sharing her passion for dance and the positive impact it has for both body and mind. Her most recent projects - 'Let's Dance Leeds' and 'Lunchtime Boogies' – which launched earlier this year, have seen Katie introduce danc

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