Business Ten etiquette tips event organisers need to consider As an event organiser, it’s important to consider corporate event etiquette to ensure that the event you are delivering is well-thought-out, has a respectful atmosphere, is a safe environment, and uses quality staging and production. Whether you’re organising a conference, gala dinner, product launch, exhibition or trade show, By The Editor • 4 min read
Health & Wellbeing Planned new Leeds maternity centre will be largest in the UK The largest single-site maternity unit in the UK is being planned in Leeds as part of the development of two new hospitals on the Leeds General Infirmary site – providing a revolution in patient-centred care. The centre, which will link the planned new Leeds Children’s Hospital and new hospital for By The Editor • 4 min read
Travel and Environment Calderdale College launches free green and sustainability short courses To mark World Environment Day on Sunday 5th June, Calderdale College has announced the launch of a range of free sustainability courses. These short courses are available to businesses across all sectors and are aimed at helping employers, employees and apprentices to develop a more environmentally-friendly workplace. The launch follows By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Collaboration, co-production and content creation If you’re looking at promoting and growing your organisation so that it’s sustainable you need start creating, collaborating and co-producing content. These may sound like ‘just’ buzzwords but having a collaborative model is vital for your marketing, your organisation and those they wish to serve. For this reason, By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Key appointment drives growth for data consultancy The Oakland Group has appointed Charlotte Goulding to the new role of HR director to support its growth plans. Charlotte joins the business from Infinity Works and will lead the company’s new people strategy. The Oakland Group has announced plans to double the size of its team to 80 By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle The Yorkshire Society and Milly Johnson says thank you to HM The Queen To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Queen’s reign, The Yorkshire Society asked Barnsley based novelist, poet and Yorkshire Businesswoman ambassador Milly Johnson, a popular Vice President of the Society, to write a poem on behalf of the people of Yorkshire to mark the occasion. “A job well done” By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Trinity Kitchen announces latest street food vendor take-over The new vendors include Luigi Street Food, Good Boy Burger, Mans Market, Sri Non Thai and SHOUK!, and will be trading from Wednesday, May 25th for nine weeks. The five new arrivals will take residency in a converted VW Camper Van, a Citroen H van, a horse trailer, shipping container, By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Here’s to strong women. May we know them, be them and raise them York City Knights are no strangers to strong women, both on and off the field, and we are delighted to be hosting our first-ever Women’s Day on Sunday 5th June in partnership with local charity Kyra Women’s Project. Our next double-header will see the Knights Ladies kick off By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing Disrupting the fitness industry with Body Image Fitness What if, your health and your fitness were centric to your personal wellbeing? Wait, we already know it is! Negative diet culture is impacting our mental health and wellbeing, but we’re so programmed with ideas of what ‘healthy’ looks like, or what we think we should look like, moving By The Editor • 5 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Jubilee events at Harvey Nichols Leeds Platinum Jubilee Dinner at the Fourth Floor Brasserie. Enjoy a feast fit for a queen at Harvey Nichols special event for one night only. Dine and indulge with a seven-course tasting menu, one course to mark every 10 years of the Queen’s reign. Each delicious dish is a tribute By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Bling Fling raises over £30,000 for Forget Me Not children’s hospice A Queen’s Platinum Jubilee themed fundraising event organised by a group of local businesswomen has raised more than £33,000 for Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice in Huddersfield. The annual Bling Fling, which to date has raised over £70,000, returned to The Arches at Dean Clough in By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Harrogate Scrubbers celebrate memory quilts Earlier this week, the Harrogate Scrubbers met up at Pavilions of Harrogate, 2 years after responding to Harrogate hospitals appeal for PPE and scrubs. Not only were the core team there, but dozens of volunteers who had cut fabric, delivered packs and sewn the scrubs. The first time since the By The Editor • 2 min read
