Business York textile artist is perfectly suited to Sunny Bank Mills York-based textile artist Ealish Wilson is currently exhibiting her work at the prestigious Sunny Bank Mills Gallery in Farsley, near Leeds. Ealish is a member of the renowned textile artist collective, the 62 Group, whose new exhibition Tailored runs at Sunny Bank Mills until July 2. Tailored celebrates textiles and By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Just three months left to benefit from free apprenticeship support and training With only three months left of the Collaborative Apprenticeships project, employers across Calderdale and the surrounding areas are being encouraged not to miss out on free training courses, services and support. Designed to help SMEs to improve their existing apprenticeship provision, and increase the number of apprenticeships that they offer, By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Get it Made launches 2023 women in engineering grant A grant scheme is now open to female-led enterprises operating in the UK engineering sector to help scale up production and progress to the next level of development. Applications are being accepted for the 2023 Women in Engineering Grant provided by manufacturing services company, Get It Made. First launched last By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Leeds City Council launches host of events for financial wellbeing week Leeds City Council is hosting a week of free online sessions this month offering guidance and support to help with the current cost of living crisis. Leeds Financial Wellbeing Week, which begins on Monday 12 June, is aimed at anyone who works in the city with helpful ways of improving By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Charity Ball supporting young people and orphans Be Happy for Nothing believe that every child/young person should have access to basic resources food,clothing and education without worry or concern. So following the success of their charity ball in 2022, to help support this amazing cause, guests are invited to the 2023 charity ball which promises By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Scanlans recruits property manager to further bolster leeds team Property management and surveying firm Scanlans has expanded its team in Leeds following further growth in demand for its services. Neve Burnley has joined as a property manager to manage sites at locations including Leeds city centre and suburbs, Wetherby, Ilkley and Selby. In her previous role she was responsible By The Editor • 1 min read
Business New regional director for Northern in Yorkshire and the Humber Kerry Peters has been appointed regional director for Northern in Yorkshire, Humberside and the East Midlands. She takes up her new post at the end of the summer, when the current regional director, Tony Baxter, leaves to become operations director at Chiltern Railways. Kerry, who was born in Lancashire and By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Cloud no longer new kid on block Small businesses need to conquer their fears of cloud technology if they are to thrive in the next decade, experts have warned. Experts from HostingSystems.co.uk claim many small companies still remain wary of using cloud technology and perceive it as something new and untested. But the reality is By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Scriba PR launches new strategic comms service Scriba PR — the Huddersfield-headquartered B2B communications agency with clients across four continents — has launched a new proposition as demand for the firm’s strategic expertise continues to rise. The ‘Marketing Director as a Service’ (MDaaS) offering represents the company’s ability to become a truly bolt-on comms department for clients’ By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Insolvency-related activities in Yorkshire and the Humber see first fall since January As hopes grow that a UK recession can be avoided, the number of businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber experiencing insolvency-related activity fell by 7% in April compared with March 2023, the first decrease since January. The research from insolvency and restructuring trade body R3, which is based on an By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Beverley Building Society’s new Chair appointment - the first female leadership duo in its history Beverley Building Society welcomes Karen Wint, who succeeds Stuart Purdy as the new Chair. Karen joins Society CEO, Janet Bedford, as the pair become the Beverley’s first female leadership duo in its 157-year history and one of a small, but growing number, across the UK’s building society network By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Women in Leeds’ tech sector join forces to ignite female students’ passion for digital Inspiring tech role models recently met with 135 female secondary school students from across Leeds to share their experiences of working in tech, discuss digital skills and galvanise local young women with the confidence to pursue careers in the sector. In early May, the city’s fifth GirlTechLeeds event took By The Editor • 3 min read
