Entrepreneurs Therapy sheep inspires local mum to create children's book A mum, author and therapist from Leeds is celebrating launching her third children’s book, and she hopes it will go best seller, and end up on the book shelves of children across the region, because her greatest wish is to use the income from her book sales to fund By The Editor • 3 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Countdown is on to Springtime Live 2025 Tickets are now on sale for the hugely popular Springtime Live on Saturday April 5th, which invites families with young children to celebrate the best of farming and the countryside. Springtime Live is hosted by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, organisers of the Great Yorkshire Show and held on the Great By The Editor • 1 min read
Entrepreneurs Sisters go into partnership to acquire fine-dining restaurant Sisters Alice Smith and Lily Brooke Day have fulfilled their lifelong dream of owning a restaurant business, after acquiring the popular Brook’s fine-dining eatery in Brighouse. Brook’s on Bradford Road in the town was opened in 1989 and has built up a strong reputation amongst food lovers as By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Urban Splash appoints new development manager Award-winning regeneration company Urban Splash has announced the appointment of Sian Stanhope as development manager, further strengthening its commitment to creating new homes and workspaces in Sheffield. Sian will play a key role in two major Urban Splash projects in the city. The first includes the final phases of the By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Tykes Restaurant marks 20th anniversary with interior redesign & new menu Tykes Restaurant at Sandburn Hall, near York, has been fully redesigned and refurbished to mark the 20th anniversary of this ‘popular and much loved’ restaurant. Tykes is part of the 1,000 acre Sandburn Hall estate seven miles from York that includes the 40-bedroom Sandburn Hall Hotel, Sandburn Hall Golf By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Employment Bill will wreak havoc on our already fragile economy, say small firms Small firms are tightening their belts on jobs, with potential changes that will expand the grounds for unfair dismissal and higher sick pay costs at the top of their list of worries, research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows. New data shows that in the last quarter of By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Afternoon Tea with Lexus + Harvey Nichols Join us for a delicious afternoon tea with Lexus and Harvey Nichols on Tuesday 18th March as we celebrate Mother's Day in the Fourth Floor Brasserie We have two sittings, 12 noon or 2.30pm. There will be a fabulous selection of sandwiches and cakes as well as By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle A brass concert and portraits exhibition with comedian Bill Bailey BBC Arts’ Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey and a BBC Radio 2 Loves Brass concert are just some of the latest creative and cultural highlights to come from the BBC to mark Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. With the eagerly anticipated year of UK City of Culture now in By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Northern Ballet brings literary heroine, Jane Eyre, back to the region Audiences can join one of literature’s most iconic heroines on a journey of resilience, romance and redemption as Northern Ballet’s critically acclaimed Jane Eyre heads to two Yorkshire theatres this spring as part of a new national tour. The production opens at Leeds Grand Theatre from 14 – 22 By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle The 3 Acres reveals first look at new bedroom schemes following fire The 3 Acres has shared a first look at three luxury interior schemes for its new bedrooms ahead of reopening in May. Owner Tom Truelove and wife, Lauren, have shared the schemes that will feature in three of the eight bedrooms being refurbished following severe fire damage on Boxing Day By The Editor • 2 min read
Business East Yorkshire poultry business creates new role in the operations team A Middleton on the Wolds based family poultry business has created a new role in its operations team to support its growing business. Stania Peris has joined the team at Soanes Poultry as an Operations Quality Management and ETP (Effluent Treatment Plant) Technician. Stania has relocated from Manchester to take By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Meet the Bradford district’s first female gritter driver Meet Nikki Francis the Bradford district’s first female gritter driver. At 55 Nikki who lives in Queensbury, an area of Bradford famous for its harsh winters, will become the district’s first female gritter driver. When not gritting she’s is a stock control officer for the council’s By The Editor • 2 min read
