Business Huge virtual festival for the North’s creative sector returns Hundreds of creative industry professionals are being invited to join a two-day virtual event this month - the only one of its kind in the North of England. The Creative Leaders Festival 2021, organised by GC Business Growth Hub on behalf of The Growth Company, will take place from May By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Local search specialist sets the gold standard in digital property transactions The pandemic geared the property sector towards ‘digital by default’ legal forms and one property data provider has become the first to set the ‘Gold’ standard for its conveyancing clients to speed up transactions during the current property boom. X-Press Legal Services South and West Yorkshire has been awarded the By The Editor • 1 min read
Business IoD launches search for most talented business leaders The Institute of Directors (IoD) has launched its annual search for the most talented business leaders in Yorkshire and the North East. Nominations and entries are now being sought for its prestigious Director of the Year Awards which recognise the region’s top directors from the business, public and third By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Wakefield’s Ridings Centre turns on the future of shopping The Ridings shopping centre has leapt into the future by providing 77 shops with an award-winning new App to deliver the future of shopping today. The App, called ‘Roam Local’, is supporting the #Shoplocal focus and will allow all businesses in the Riding Centre to make themselves more widely known By The Editor • 1 min read
Business New solicitor for Irwin Mitchell in the North A new solicitor has joined leading national law firm Irwin Mitchell’s Tax, Trusts and Estates teams in Leeds. Helen Webster (pictured) joins the team as a solicitor from Ridley and Hall. Bringing 15 years of experience to the team, Helen is an expert in protecting people’s assets through By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Agency growth sees promotion to director and shareholder opportunity Brilliant, Leeds-based Marketing agency, has announced an addition to its director board with Lynne Ella Pearson stepping up from her role as head of client services to studio director. The promotion will also see Lynne become a shareholder in the company as it continues to build on its previous growth. By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Carter Jonas announces new appointment in Leeds Office Harriet Frank has joined the Leeds office of national property consultancy Carter Jonas, as a senior planner. Harriet joins from Stone + Associates and previously Nineteen47, where she was a senior planner and planner respectively. Prior to that, she was a planning officer at the North York Moors National Park Authority. By The Editor • 1 min read
Business IoD appoints North Yorkshire ambassador The IoD has appointed marketing expert Angela Brown as an ambassador in its North Yorkshire team. Angela is the founder of Meteoric Marketing and has more than 25 years of B2B marketing experience. She works with founders and directors of SMEs to help them build their brand profile, drive sales By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Sky opens largest shop to date at Trinity Leeds Trinity Leeds, the Landsec retail and leisure destination in the heart of Leeds, has announced the opening of a new permanent shop for Sky, Europe’s leading media and entertainment company. The new shop forms part of Sky’s strategy to move into bricks and mortar retail, to deliver an By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Biggest issues faced by women in the workplace and how remote working has changed them Research from Yoppie, the pioneers of personalised, organic period care delivered through your letterbox, has found that while remote working has improved pressures around appearance and PMS for women within the workplace, issues of fair representation and equal pay remain prevalent. When surveyed by Yoppie, nearly a quarter of the By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Newport Land and Law supports young talent Newport Land and Law is supporting young talent with the launch of an internship programme for young lawyers and a Kickstart scheme for administrative roles. The first intern is 20-year-old law student Georgia Beckett from Wakefield. She is studying law at the University of Sheffield and will graduate next year. By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Modo25 adds House of Baukjen to their growing collection of fashion clients Leeds-based global digital marketing provider and MarTech SaaS firm, Modo25, adds another new growth client to its portfolio with a new brief from sustainable fashion retailer, House of Baukjen. Modo25 are providing ongoing PPC management and SEO strategy to support House of Baukjen’s existing inhouse team. As part of By The Editor • 1 min read
