Entrepreneurs Mental health awareness tackled from 360 degrees This week, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 Five female entrepreneurs from varying backgrounds across the UK have come together to unite to bring a different take on the theme of this year’s awareness campaign - Nature - to show people the power of creating your own By The Editor • 4 min read
Yorkshire-Kitchen Season is a little late Now May is here we should be in the process of potting up and planting out but with very dry and frosty April everything in the garden and allotment like commercial growers will be delayed. Based on the current forecast it looks as though the weather is starting to settle By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Hairdressers shares salon trends that are here to stay following COVID19 Throughout the pandemic, many industries have had to adapt to a new normal and hairdressing is no exception. One month after reopening, Marcello Moccia and Karen Perry, stylists from Room 97 Creative in Leeds believes that some of the changes to salon culture are likely to remain, even when all By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Local search specialist sets the gold standard in digital property transactions The pandemic geared the property sector towards ‘digital by default’ legal forms and one property data provider has become the first to set the ‘Gold’ standard for its conveyancing clients to speed up transactions during the current property boom. X-Press Legal Services South and West Yorkshire has been awarded the By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Virtual Gliterary Lunches - one year on Virtual Gliterary Lunch Hours have been running for over a year now. In that time they have welcomed thirteen brilliant writers to talk about their latest novels and why they wrote them. Over a sociable lunch, they have generously shared insights into their writing process, their journey to getting published, By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Giant dino egg hunt to hatch ahead of Rex-tacular summer event Giant dinosaur eggs will be laid across Leeds this May creating a family-friendly interactive event to herald the forthcoming Leeds Jurassic Trail 2. The free Dinosaur Egg Hunt featuring an augmented reality app will run from May 29 to June 13 when it will be revealed which full size beasts By The Editor • 2 min read
Yorkshire-Kitchen Brilliant chosen as UK social agency for US brand, SKIPPY® Peanut Butter Leeds agency, Brilliant, has been picked by Danish Crown and Hormel Foods to launch and manage the UK Instagram and Facebook pages for US-favourite peanut butter brand, SKIPPY® Peanut Butter. The appointment comes as SKIPPY® Peanut Butter, implements plans for further growth in the UK market utilising multiple media channels By The Editor • 1 min read
Yorkshire-Kitchen Launch of Digital Food Week A brand new online TV style show launching is providing a platform to celebrate the city’s amazing hospitality scene as venues throw open their doors to welcome people back. Digital Food Week will run from Monday 10th May-Sunday 16th May, putting the focus firmly on the sector to showcase By The Editor • 4 min read
Business IoD launches search for most talented business leaders The Institute of Directors (IoD) has launched its annual search for the most talented business leaders in Yorkshire and the North East. Nominations and entries are now being sought for its prestigious Director of the Year Awards which recognise the region’s top directors from the business, public and third By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Interior Design Masters star Siobhan Murphy injects her maximalist style into Junction 32 Castleford's Siobhan Murphy and finalist in the BBC’s Interior Design Masters, has brought her maximalist interior style to Junction 32 Yorkshire Outlet Shopping with a brightly coloured window display. Known for her bold choices in clothing, makeup and her 1930s Art Deco house in Castleford, which incorporates By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing Take on a challenge to improve your mental health this May A quarter of Leeds runners (25%) say running has been good for their mental health during the pandemic – with 21% saying they wouldn’t have been able to get through the last year without it. However, research by running specialists, Runners Need, shows that 10% of Leeds runners said they By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Wakefield’s Ridings Centre turns on the future of shopping The Ridings shopping centre has leapt into the future by providing 77 shops with an award-winning new App to deliver the future of shopping today. The App, called ‘Roam Local’, is supporting the #Shoplocal focus and will allow all businesses in the Riding Centre to make themselves more widely known By The Editor • 1 min read