Fashion and Lifestyle Former teacher writes new career chapter A former textiles teacher with a passion for utilising traditional skills to create hand-painted fabric signs has launched her own business to supply unique backdrops for events. Sheffield-based Charlotte Scott was inspired to establish Sparrow and Thistle after herself finding it difficult to order bespoke textile signage for her own By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Tingley garden centre celebrates its first gardening season with a spring launch weekend A Tingley garden centre is celebrating springtime and its first gardening season with a celebration launch weekend next month. On the 1st and 2nd of April, visitors to Tingley Garden Centre will be able to see the changes that owners, Yorkshire Garden Centres, have made since it opened in September By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Queen Elizabeth Grammar School to provide additional bursaries thanks to alumni gift of over £1million Queen Elizabeth Grammar School to provide additional bursaries thanks to alumni gift of over £1million Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (QEGS) has announced it will be able to provide additional bursaries to students as a result of a generous gift of over £1m left by Anthea Denton, wife of Anthony Albert By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Sheffield’s new city centre park set to open this Easter Sheffield City Centre’s brand-new public space, Pound’s Park, is set to open early to the public on 3 April, so that the new park can be enjoyed over the Easter weekend and school holidays. Named after Sheffield’s first chief fire officer, Superintendent John Charles Pound, the park By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Wakefield Girls High School announces empowHER conference The event, which will deliver empowering messages to girls aged 10, comes to the school on the 23rd June 2023. Wakefield Girls High School (WGHS) has announced the launch of its new #empowHER conference, to be held on the 23rd June. The event is for girls aged 10 and will By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Leeds College of Building principal joins CEO Sleepout The principal and CEO of Leeds College of Building has joined a growing list of senior managers taking part in CEO Sleepout. Nikki Davis, the first female principal in the history of Leeds College of Building, will be sleeping under the stars to raise awareness of homelessness across the UK By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Be inspired to take your look from rut to rocking at This is Yorkshire Beauty Event This is Yorkshire Beauty Week is taking place in May this year, when a host of events will take place 22-26 in Leeds, Bradford, Harrogate and York celebrating the region’s love of all things beauty. Created by Yorkshire Businesswomen member, Dr Lubna Khan-Salim the aim of the week is By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing The ultimate way to reap health and financial benefits of growing your own As more people are becoming conscious of the benefits of healthy living, growing your own vegetables is fast becoming a popular trend. In a world where access to fresh produce is not always guaranteed, growing your own vegetables has become a means of improving one’s health and reducing food By The Editor • 1 min read
Travel and Environment 84 more vehicle charge points coming to Leeds' residential areas Drivers of plug-in vehicles will soon find topping up their mileage even more convenient, thanks to 84 new plug-in vehicle fast charging bays being installed in Leeds. By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs 'Pawfect summer' sets up Doggies Delights for 2023 The blazing hot summer weather of 2022 was the perfect launch pad for an innovative new pet food business, Doggies Delights' ice cream for dogs. Recent animal science graduate Abbie Wills, 23, started her Doggies Delight side hustle in June 2022 and is now supplying more than 10 ice By The Editor • 3 min read
Health & Wellbeing My Expert Midwife named in E2E Female 100 Lesley Gilchrist, registered midwife and co-founder of Harrogate-based My Expert Midwife has been named in the 2023 E2E Female 100 list in association with The Independent newspaper. The list, which was independently verified by data from Experian and Go Live Data, celebrates the most influential, fastest growing and highest performing By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Former IoD England director pursues career in private sector Natalie Sykes, a former national director of the Institute of Directors (IoD), is to pursue a career in the private sector after taking a sabbatical from the organisation. Natalie was a management team member leading IoD England. Prior to that she was regional director for the IoD in Yorkshire and By The Editor • 2 min read
