Entrepreneurs Team take over ownership at finance boutique The existing team at fds Director Services, based in Yorkshire, have taken ownership of the business via an Employee Ownership Trust. Jo Haigh, CEO and Founder of fds, has passed ownership of her business support and director training business to the Managing Director Poonam Kaur, and the existing team, as By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle 50 years ago this month - when Sheffield became cabaret king The city had truly seen nothing like it when the doors of Club Fiesta opened for the first time in August 1970. Though the Arundel Gate cabaret club was renowned for its palatial décor and Las Vegas-style glitz, it was probably just as well known for a simple dish that By The Editor • 2 min read
Yorkshire-Kitchen Ripon pizza & pie makers sales rocket during lockdown Making pies has always been in James Sturdy’s blood following his great-grandfather making them for a village store back in 1930. Despite two major setbacks with a fire at the Ripon factory in 2019, and then lockdown impacting their supply chain of restaurants and bars earlier this year, Sturdy By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Recession will drive record levels of Divorce A forthcoming recession could see divorce rates surge, impacting tens of thousands of dependent children, according to divorce lawyers at Parker Bullen solicitors. With financial prosperity comes relationship harmony and a drop in divorce rates. But following the last two recessions, divorces rates rose by around 5%. In 2010, divorce By The Editor • 1 min read
What's on Collaboration brings children’s theatre back to Leeds Leeds theatre-makers tutti frutti, Wrongsemble, Unlimited Theatre, 154 Collective, Blah Blah Blahs, Alive & Kicking, Interplay, Fidget Theatre and Slung Low have joined forces to bring theatre back to children in the city, delighting them with a live experience on their doorstep. Live Little Stories for Leeds saw the companies By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Leeds receives £18.6m from Getting Building Fund to support Covid recovery Leeds City Council has secured more than £18m from the government’s Getting Building Fund to deliver three regeneration projects that will boost economic growth and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, help to tackle climate change, and improve residents’ wellbeing. The council will receive a total of £18.604 million By The Editor • 3 min read
Lifestyle From Paris to Yorkshire When Leanne Pollard of Hattie Lloyd Home suggested she would like to interview Natalia Wilmott the Parisian turned Yorkshire business woman who expertly guides people towards meaningful gifts and interiors, we didn't hesitate to say "yes please". Natalia Wilmott shared her incredible journey from The Louve By The Editor • 6 min read
Lifestyle SLBPR win a London client SLBPR appointed by Little Flickers London SLBPR has been appointed by Little Flickers London, an environmentally-friendly, vegan and hand-crafted online candle retailer. Little Flickers London boutique candlemakers create each candle by hand, meaning that every candle is truly individual. All candles are handmade to order using natural, clean burning coconut By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Lessons learnt in lockdown Diane Watson has 27 years’ experience in the financial planning and advisory sector and after becoming one of a handful of female UK Principal Partners at St. James Place Wealth Management, thought it was time she shared her knowledge and insight with women of all ages to help them to By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Tackling racism in the workplace Sharon Pegg, Director and Founder of the Northern Powerhouse Consulting HR organisation offers general and specialist advice in Wellbeing and Inclusion. Born and educated in Huddersfield, this respected business woman will be sharing a number of articles over the coming weeks. A Question of Bias: Tackling the scourge of racism By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Meet the author Michelle Rawlins has been a national journalist for 25 years, as well as writing two books and teaching in the Journalism Studies department at the University of Sheffield. This has proved to be a particularly busy couple of months for Michelle with the launch of her book "Women of By The Editor • 5 min read
Yorkshire-Kitchen Vegan Festival Goes Online With A FREE Summer Special VegfestUK Summerfest Online is a full weekend programme of live streams and presentations from some of the UK’s leading vegan experts and a growing contribution from speakers based overseas. Cookery Demos and Plant Based nutrition take centre stage at this online vegan extravaganza, with an array of tantalizing recipes By The Editor • 2 min read
