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May 14, 2024EditorsBlog

The sun shined on our garden party at Goldsborough Hall

What a fabulous event we had a Goldsborough Hall last week in conjuntion with our partners Lexus Leeds. We were joined by around 80 members and guests for a glorious afternoon in the sunshine (yes, the weather was beautiful for our garden party) Below, we have shared a selection of images. On Friday June 7th, our networking event will be at the Hilton Sky Bar in Leeds, if you haven’t booked already, you can do so on this site. or members can book on the member area. We will be sharing detail

May 13, 2024Business

Hair salon makes waves as finalist for prestigious national business award

A unique concept hairdressing salon has been announced as a finalist in one of the industry’s most recognised prestige awards. Julian Holland nestled in the treetops on the beautiful Hesslewood Hall Estate, in Hessle, is a finalist for Independent Salon/Business Newcomer of the Year, in HJ’s British Hairdressing Business Awards 2024. The awards are considered the pinnacle business event representing hairdressing's entrepreneurs and success stories. These awards spotlight those who are making

May 13, 2024Entrepreneurs

Yorkshire Sculpture Park offers artistic development opportunity with the 2024 Yorkshire Graduate Award

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) has launched the 2024 Yorkshire Graduate Award that offers a residency opportunity for a graduate artist to develop their practice. For over 47 years, artist residencies have been at the heart of YSP, offering opportunities for emerging artists to reflect on and move forward with their creative practice Launched in 2018 to help nurture regional artistic talent, the Award attracts an eclectic mix of entries that feature a variety of mediums including sculpture, pe

May 13, 2024Health & Wellbeing

Tips for the perfect work life balance

Leading homebuilders are stressing the importance of making sure work and home life are kept separate. This year’s theme is “Movement: Moving more for our mental health”, which encourages people to find moments for movement in their daily routines. Examples include going for a walk in the neighbourhood, putting on your favourite music and dancing around the living room, or chair exercises when watching television. With a recent YouGov survey revealing 43% of people would like to work from ho

May 6, 2024Business

Tracy Brabin re-elected as Mayor of West Yorkshire

Tracy Brabin has been re-elected as Mayor of West Yorkshire. The Labour candidate, who became the region’s first-ever mayor in 2021, was re-elected after being declared the winner following the counts which took place today at the John Charles Centre for Sport in Leeds and venues across West Yorkshire. Votes were cast on Thursday in Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield, with an overall turnout figure of 32.71 per cent. Ms Brabin secured victory over second-placed Arnold Crav

May 2, 2024Business

Youbee Media honoured with National Hero Industry Award

Leeds-based marketing solutions agency, Youbee Media has received Yorkshire’s ‘Creative Marketing Agency of the Year’ award at the prestigious National Business Hero Awards. The Business Hero Awards celebrate successful regional companies and individuals who push boundaries through diversity, inclusion, and equality. The awards are a fixture in the annual Fashion Ball, a highlight in Yorkshire's business calendar. Dubbed the ‘The Go-To Event of the Year’, the Fashion Ball is now in its 27th ye

May 2, 2024What's on

What's coming to Heritage Theatres this May

From epic Olivier-Award winning musicals to intimate, unique nights out, Leeds Heritage Theatres has it all this May. Experience Come From Away and Pretty Woman: The Musical at The Grand on their first-ever UK tours. At City Varieties, choose between screenings from National Theatre Live, live music of all genres including TØKIO M¥ERS and Celine: My Heart Will Go On, variety performances such as The Magnificent Musical Hall and D-Day Darlings, or comedy from Laura Belbin, John Kearns and many mo

Apr 30, 2024Health & Wellbeing

Multi-award-winning Yorkshire Business Woman set to launch second business

The founder of successful nine-year-old PR agency, MacComms has announced details of the upcoming launch of her second business, HelloHope. Ellie MacDonald from Leeds has spent the previous year retraining as a mental health and suicide prevention trainer and is launching her Community Interest Company, HelloHope at a special event on 23rd May. Having battled mental health issues and experienced the loss of her dad to suicide when she was just four years old, Ellie is channelling her pain in

Apr 30, 2024Fashion and Lifestyle

York Fashion Week extends branded merchandise and announces 2024

York Fashion Week (YFW) has extended its official apparel in a collaboration with the charity, ‘Smart Works Leeds’. Nicky Hayer, Creative Director at YFW, was head of creative on the range, which includes four stunning T-shirts emblazoned with nods to life affirming quotes from famous people including ‘Think for yourself. Aloud,’ by Coco Chanel and “I know who I am” by Michele Obama. The T-shirts, which are available in navy and white, can also be ordered in both a casual or cinched fit,

Apr 29, 2024Business

New jobs, retailers and refreshments at White Rose

White Rose Shopping Centre has welcomed two new brands to its mix this April, CUPP and Deichmann, with a huge expansion now underway for existing retailer JD Sports. Europe’s largest shoe retailer, Deichmann, has invested £688,000 in a new store, creating 15 jobs. The footwear fashion giant stocks options for the whole family including exclusive lines from Adidas, Fila, Nike, Puma, and Skechers. What’s more, Deichmann offers a price promise – if customers find an identical pair of branded sh

Apr 29, 2024Health & Wellbeing

Leeds-based ‘White Rose Ball’ set to raise funds for MY Breast Cancer support group

Cancer support group Founder, Sara Williamson, 54, from Horbury, who was told she had a 40% chance of survival - with medical professionals stressing at the time that she would likely die of cancer or heart failure due to treatment within five years, is choosing to ‘celebrate life’, as almost a decade on from her diagnosis and receiving this initial news, she is set to host the White Rose Ball in Leeds as part of her 55th birthday milestone celebrations, in order to raise vital funds for “MY Bre

Apr 23, 2024Health & Wellbeing

Bluewater issues Earth Day warning on plastic bottle tsunami

Water purification and beverage innovator Bluewater marked Earth Day 2024 sending out a message and a warning that planetary health and the wellbeing of every child, woman, and man faces an existential threat from the plastic tsunami now sweeping across oceans, rivers, lakes, forests, fields, and mountains. “According to the United Nations, no space or living creature anywhere on Planet Earth is spared from the micro- and nano-plastic particles following in the trail of the 600 billion plastic

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