News TopicUK and TopicUK Woman App has arrived! The new TopicUK amd TopicUK Woman App has arrived. You can now have all the Yorkshire business news including Women and lifestyle, on your mobile devices, ensuring you are always fully up-to-date. TopicUK partners can use the App for free to promote all their news and offers with just a By The Editor • 1 min read
Lifestyle Bride discovers 'perfect' wedding dress in charity shop A bride who made it to the battle rounds of hit BBC show the Voice brought tears to her mother’s eyes after discovering her dream “Grace Kelly” wedding dress in Bluebell Wood’s Rotherham charity shop. It came after a devastating few months where Ruth Lockwood-Sorsby and her husband-to-be By The Editor • 3 min read
Lifestyle Partnership for bookshop and Huddersfield Lit Fest The thriving independent bookshop based in Holmfirth will be hosting book stalls at HLF2020 events across the town this March A new partnership has been announced between the Huddersfield Literature Festival and independent bookshop, Read, for the March 2020 Festival. Read, which opened in Holmfirth in February 2019, recently featured By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing Five ways sleep improves your health We all know that a poor night’s sleep can leave us feeling less than our best. However, a regular lack of sleep can have wider implications on our physical and mental health. In fact, a recent study by Sealy UK, the world’s biggest bed brand, found that 1-in-6 By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Ten changes that will improve your life Leeds based research scientist, and detox and fasting coach, Dr. Sara Pugh has launched a new life optimising guide focused on lifestyle, food and drink changes that hold the key to enhancing your mental and physical wellbeing in 2020. Sara says: “We live in a high paced, ‘have it right By The Editor • 1 min read
What's on World Première: Geisha Northern Ballet kicks of new 50th anniversary season with haunting tale of sisterhood and sacrifice Coming in March 2020, Northern Ballet will première an evocative original ballet, Geisha, by choreographer Kenneth Tindall. The first new production of the Company’s 50th anniversary year, Geisha sees the lives of two young By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Shaping the future of tourism in Yorkshire Yorkshire’s profile has never been higher but what needs to happen to make sure the county remains a number one visitor destination? That’s the question being asked by a new independent tourism study which goes fully live today. The broad ranging consultation, commissioned by Welcome to Yorkshire (WtY) By The Editor • 1 min read
Entrepreneurs Turning down the latest Bond movie has been rewarded Laura Hepburn, of Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire, has been named in the Northern Power Women’s Future List for 2020 in her role as director of Greenology in Saltburn. The entrepreneur has seen off the challenge of thousands of nominations to be recognised for being an influencer By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Fashionistas gather for expanding Harrogate Fashion Week Leading fashion brands and independent retailers from across the UK will gather for Harrogate Fashion Week later this week. The flourishing event is being held at the town’s Convention Centre on 26-27 January and will feature fashion-forward independent brands seeking to showcase their designs in the North. Harrogate event By The Editor • 1 min read
News Routes for 2020 Tour De Yorkshire announced The full routes for the 2020 Tour de Yorkshire and Asda Tour de Yorkshire Women’s Race have been unveiled at Leeds Civic Hall. Both routes will be the toughest in the history of the race and feature more climbing than ever before, including the Côtes de Buttertubs and Grinton By The Editor • 6 min read
News CBI role for commercial finance boss Finance company boss Alex Beardsley has been elected to serve on the CBI’s Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Council. Alex is Joint Managing Director of ABL Business, commercial finance brokers in Cleckheaton. She was elected in a ballot of CBI members across the region and will serve on the By The Editor • 2 min read
News The iNNiTi Effect supports women in business in China The iNNiTi Effect MD and senior business coach Alexandra Poole joined a group of British women entrepreneurs to Zhejiang Province, China to help create a robust and long-term foundation between women in the province and the UK. Other members of the delegation included Anna Bollinger from APPT and Heba Bevan By The Editor • 2 min read
