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Leeds Kirkgate Market hotel scheme takes a step forward
Plans for a new hotel development at Leeds Kirkgate Market have reached another important milestone.
Leeds City Council confirmed initial details of the proposed development on the George Street side of the market complex earlier this year.
Now, following a well-received community consultation process, a full planning application has been
Empowering woman unheard during menopause
In this week’s podcast, food writer, author and award-winning entrepreneur Freda Shafi talks about her work raising awareness of menopause, and recording the experiences in the Pakistani community in West Yorkshire.
Freda shares her own menopause story, and she and Dr Louise discuss key barriers women face accessing care,
Bob & Berts expands UK footprint into Yorkshire
Independent coffee and food chain Bob & Berts has expanded its footprint into Yorkshire as it prepares to open its 28th UK store in Wakefield on Monday 25th September, creating over 30 new jobs.
Situated in the city’s open-air Trinity Walk Shopping Centre, the company has transformed a 3,
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Inspirational female entrepreneur moves into Sunny Bank Mills
Michelle Hands, the founder of the inspirational female content and clothing company She Who Dares Wins, has moved into a state-of-the-art studio at Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley, near Leeds.
Michelle has taken space in the beautifully refurbished 10 Old Combing building in the heart of the mill complex.
Michelle,
A new all-female event discuss women’s sports and tech
An exciting new networking event - featuring an all-female panel discussing women in sports and the leveraging of digital tech for industry growth - is to be held on September 19th at The Wardrobe in Leeds.
This unique and free event has been arranged by Leeds-based Digital Sport North -
Only 5% of funding rounds in Leeds go to female-led businesses
Leading scale-up data consultancy, The Data City has partnered with Panintelligence, a provider of embedded SaaS analytics, to produce and implement an Inclusive Growth Dashboard on behalf of the government’s women-led high-growth enterprise taskforce.
Data insight from the Inclusive Growth Dashboard indicates that in Leeds, women-led businesses (where more