Business Event management agency promotes Adele Woods to COO As First Event continues to evolve their agency proposition, Adele Woods has been promoted to the role of chief operating officer, where she will set a clear vision for the agency ready for the next phase of their journey. With a career spanning 23 years and roles including head of By The Editor • 2 min read
Business New group to support ethnic minority women in tech launches in Leeds The inaugural West Yorkshire Ethnic Minority Women in Tech roundtable has been held at the recently refurbished Leeds Media Centre in Chapeltown. Hosted by Unity Enterprise in collaboration with partners Cognizant, Leeds City Council, AD:VENTURE, WiLD Digital, Digital Enterprise and the Yorkshire Asian Business Association (YABA), the gathering brought By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Yorkshire accountant shortlisted for multiple awards Yorkshire-based Parsons, Chartered Accountants has been shortlisted in no less than five categories at the Yorkshire Accountancy Awards 2024. The awards, now in their seventh year, are the benchmark by which professionals and organisations within the accountancy, audit and finance sectors judge themselves and the service they deliver to clients. By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Business members club expands as food venue for pop-up restaurants Empire House, the business members club established three years ago, has announced an expansion as it transforms into a unique food venue on Thursday and Friday evenings, starting in 2024. The club is opening its doors, for free, to aspiring and fledgling food businesses, providing them with an opportunity to By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Dean Clough sets precedent for Calderdale's year of culture Dean Clough, the 22-acre mixed use destination in Halifax, has reported a successful year in business as it prepares to play a key role in Calderdale’s 2024 Year of Culture celebrations. The historic venue has enjoyed a period of evolution with new flexible working and wellbeing initiatives that have By The Editor • 3 min read
Entrepreneurs Yorkshire writer announced as recipient of the Kay Mellor Fellowship with Leeds Playhouse Bradford poet and spoken word artist Kirsty Taylor has been announced as the new Kay Mellor Fellow. The Fellowship was created in partnership with the award-winning Leeds writer Kay Mellor in 2019 and was first awarded to Bradford writer Kat Rose Martin in 2020. It continues in memory of Kay, By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Event management agency appoints head of sales Louise Gee has joined the First Event team from YES (Your Event Solutions) as head of sales. Throughout previous senior leadership positions in sales and marketing, Louise has helped sales teams apply a dynamic and strategic approach, and is looking forward to bringing this experience to the exciting opportunities on By The Editor • 1 min read
What's on January workshops ‘a must’ for UK crime writers Highly experienced criminal psychologist, guest lecturer, radio host, podcaster, and blogger Linda Sage is teaming up with family-run business Writers Retreat UK in Beal, North Yorkshire, to host two workshops on 20 and 21 January. Linda has spent forty years working with some of the UK’s most notorious criminals, By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Gemma Horner celebrates promotion at Levi Solicitors Levi Solicitors is delighted to confirm the promotion of Gemma Horner to partner in the firm’s highly respected dispute resolution team. The promotion brings the firm’s total number of partners to 12. Gemma has been with the firm since she qualified as a solicitor in 2019. Altogether, Gemma By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Family-run housebuilder is the perfect place to work for sisters Janette and Jackie Sisters Janette Ager and Jackie Ward are now both working as sales advisors for the same housebuilding company – having both initially applied for the same job. Jackie, 60, and younger sibling Janette, 58, recently joined Jones Homes and are selling new-build properties at different developments in Yorkshire. Janette, who lives By The Editor • 3 min read
Business North Yorkshire firm celebrates client wins and promotions An award-winning North Yorkshire marketing agency has made two promotions and is recruiting following several client wins and a recent shortlisting for its diversity and inclusion policy. Peachy Digital, based in Northallerton has welcomed a range of new clients including Derwent Training, Yorvik Homes and Spring House Farm Shop, as By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Life-time achievement award in YPW centenary At the Yorkshire Publicity Association (YPA) Centenary Ball current chair Shirley Cummings was presented with a unique Life-Time Achievement Award. The Ball held at Rudding Park was attended by a ‘Who’s Who’ of nearly 250 executives from the media world from TV, Radio, Press and agencies across the region By The Editor • 1 min read
