Travel and Environment TUI launches winter 2021/22 and summer 2022 programmes TUI UK has launched winter 2021 and 2022 holidays from Doncaster Sheffield and is set to put summer 2022 holidays on sale from 5th November, including thousands of free kids’ places, low deposits from £75 per person and £0 deposit on direct debit bookings made online on offer. This comes By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Wakefield care home manager nominated in prestigious industry awards A care home manager in Wakefield has been nominated for an award in one of the care sector’s most prestigious awards. Marsha Tuffin from Lofthouse Grange & Lodge in Lofthouse has been shortlisted in the Registered Manager category of The Great British Care Awards Yorkshire & Humber region - By The Editor • 1 min read
Yorkshire-Kitchen Raisthorpe wins Great British Food award Artisan drinks producer Raisthorpe Distillery has won a Great British Food Award for one of its premium Yorkshire Tonics. Its Pink Grapefruit tonic triumphed in the fruit juice and mixers category of the prestigious awards for 2020. The category was judged by critic and food writer William Sitwell who said: By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Employment lawyer launches Fair Redundancy Pledge A Yorkshire-based employment lawyer is calling on the UK’s major employers to be more open and transparent on their redundancy plans for 2020-21 and beyond. Hannah Strawbridge, founder of Halifax-based Han Law, an employment law and HR specialist, wants big companies to sign up to the Fair Redundancy Pledge. By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing Yorkshire charities’ collaboration helps over 400 people stay socially connected Huddersfield-based Yorkshire Children’s Centre (YCC) has partnered with Age UK Calderdale and Kirklees (C&K) to deliver a telephone befriending service for the district’s most vulnerable people, as well as an app to help manage demand. Since the service was set up – during the start of the By The Editor • 2 min read
Travel and Environment Is there wildlife in Yorkshire Author: Philippa Kaye We tend not to think of Yorkshire as having much wildlife, other far flung destinations have secured the monopoly on that. Africa is an obvious choice, famous for the Big 5, lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant and cape buffalo, and of course there are also zebra and giraffe; By The Editor • 5 min read
Health & Wellbeing Unify PR & Marketing promote gift giving with Kidcrowd West Yorkshire-based marketing and PR agency, Unify, has been appointed to raise the profile of tech brand, Kidcrowd, over a six month period. A traditional PR campaign targeted at families of teenagers and young children, Unify will position the young tech brand as the ultimate online gifting service that teaches By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Running routes, you need to try in the UK. This time last year, we hated running. Then the pandemic hit, and lockdown changed outdoor activities into a luxury with many people turning to jogging during the crisis, just to be outside. On 13 October, the UK Government announced that the UK would be placed into a set of local By The Editor • 5 min read
Lifestyle Leeds Heritage Theatres welcomes Government funding Leeds Heritage Theatres is thrilled to announce that their application to receive a grant of £1,545,163 from the Government and Arts Council England’s Culture Recovery Fund has been successful. The grant is part of a £1.57 billion rescue package announced by the government in July 2020, By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Yorkshire Sculpture Park announces the reopening of its award-winning gallery, restaurant and shop, ‘The Weston’ Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) announces the reopening of its award-winning building The Weston, comprising a gallery, restaurant and shop. Following a period of closure due to the COVID-19 outbreak, YSP is pleased to welcome visitors back to The Weston from Tuesday 10 November 2020. The Weston will offer an especially By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing Locations across Leeds to access free school meals during half term + Leeds United donation Leeds City Council, charities, community organisations and businesses have come together to provide 36 locations where struggling families can access free school meals during the October half term. Sparked by footballer Marcus Rashford’s campaign to extend free school meals over the holidays, the city’s business community has rallied By The Editor • 5 min read
Health & Wellbeing Weight training for women By Fitness Expert, Personal Trainer and Online Coach Adam Batchelor of NRG FOR LIFE. Women and Weight training Many women still worry that weight training will somehow transform them into Hulk like men, so they spend their precious and hard earned exercise time performing purely cardio in a quest to By The Editor • 5 min read
