Charity gala raises £2,300 for Breast Cancer Now
Local sisters and owners of X-Press Legal Services South and West Yorkshire,
Helen Foster and Claire Ide, recently organised a charity gala which raised over
£2,300 for national charity, Breast Cancer Now.
The event which took place on in early March at The Old Rishworthians rugby
club, invited Helen
Annapurna Indian Dance to perform at this year’s Huddersfield Literature Festival
Halifax based Annapurna Indian Dance will be performing Indian Tales of Love and
Wisdom, a rich cultural evening of Indian dance, music and stories at this
year’s Huddersfield Literature Festival.
The event, which will be taking place at Huddersfield’s Lawrence Batley Theatre
on Thursday 31st March 2022, will
Big Ideas by the Sea Festival returns for 2022
The ideas festival, Big Ideas by the Sea, returns to Scarborough for a ten day
extravaganza of culture, music, discussion and activism from 20 May - 3 June
2022.
Following its triumphant debut festival in 2021, which saw over a thousand
people attend, festival Directors Kane Cunningham and John Oxley
Housebuilder advocates equality on International Women’s Day
Jackie Priestley, assistant site manager at Harron Homes’ Highfield Manor
development in Fixby, Yorkshire – which won Harron development of the year 2022,
can attest to the progress made in the construction industry mindset over the
past few decades.
Jackie got her start in the industry as an apprentice plasterer over
Message from female entrepreneurs around breaking the bias this International Women’s Day
This week, as part of International Women’s Day, six online female entrepreneurs
from varying backgrounds across the UK are uniting to start conversations they
feel are important to bring to the table, as part of their efforts to
#breakthebias on diverse subject areas which affect the quality of women’
Female innovators from Yorkshire and the Humber win prestigious national award
Today, in celebration of International Women’s Day (Tuesday 8 March), three
trailblazing female entrepreneurs from Yorkshire and the Humber have been
recognised by Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation Awards for their game-changing
innovations which are tackling some of society’s biggest challenges.
Jennifer Turner, Ali Gordon (pictured) and
Firm strengthens team with two appointments and a promotion
Finance recruitment consultancy Headstar has made two appointments and a
promotion to its Leeds-based team following record demand for its services.
Sharon Phillips has been appointed to head up the company’s transactional
finance division, which is experiencing surging demand as employers look to
strengthen their finance functions through the