Entrepreneurs Yorkshire film collaboration leads to award-winning drama A Sheffield-born producer and distributor has teamed up with a writer and director from Harrogate to bring an award-winning film, ‘Provenance,’ to the UK where it will be released on Monday 13th July on Curzon Home Cinema. Amanda Atkins, who grew up in Sheffield, set up Afinia Film, following a By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Chancellor, make room at the table for women entrepreneurs By Simone Roache, Northern Power Women Women entrepreneurs, and particularly women of black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, are just what our economy needs – but women need to be invested in, involved, given a voice and given the right support. There has always been a much-discussed gender and ethnic imbalance By The Editor • 4 min read
Entrepreneurs Yorkshire tech entrepreneur launches platform to save kid’s birthdays Kidcrowd, a new platform that streamlines gift giving for children, is helping struggling parents to still make their children’s birthdays as special as possible. An estimated 3 million children in the UK* have celebrated their birthdays under lockdown so far and with many more millions more celebrating in the By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs GB Sports star helping students achieve their goals after calling on Launchpad support A former professional sportswoman who launched a unique tutoring business designed to help students gain a better understanding of the appliance of science is expanding her business after pioneering a new online support service, which she developed during lockdown. Ex-Doncaster Belles star and a former winner of the highly coveted By The Editor • 5 min read
Entrepreneurs New psychological support service launched for business A new psychological health care service has launched for organisations to enhance their mental health support systems in the workplace. Founded by award winning Leeds businesswoman, psychologist and psychotherapist, Charlotte Armitage, Outsourced Psych is a flexible, alternative provision for businesses to ensure their employees have access to qualified and trained By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Harrogate barre instructor supports multi-tasking women A fitness instructor from Harrogate is doing her bit to help stressed out women from across the region and beyond, unwind and reconnect with their minds and bodies whilst in lockdown. Elishea Boswell, a 32 year old entrepreneur who usually runs her business, Barre and Body out of the Barre By The Editor • 4 min read
Entrepreneurs Yorkshire Businesswoman meets author Milly Johnson Milly Johnson is a Yorkshire born and bred romantic comedy novelist, scriptwriter, poet, newspaper columnist, professional joke writer and after dinner speaker, the latter is where Yorkshire Businesswoman editor Gill Laidler first came across Milly. “Milly was speaking at the Yorkshire Society Awards in March, just before lockdown started,” said By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Scheme helps Yorkshire's female entrepreneurs A Rotherham entrepreneur behind an inclusive clothing brand is one of the 129 women in the North who has benefited from NatWest’s Back Her Business crowdfunding platform. Founder of e-commerce business, championing people with disabilities, Busy Life, Dr Joanna Baker-Rogers (pictured) has used Back Her Business to secure £1, By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Bringing the world into your home York based entrepreneur Leanne Pollard has demonstrated that creative talent, hard work and passion can turn a dream into reality. Our team member Mandy was intrigued by her business journey after visiting her "Hattie Lloyd Home" website which tells the story of how Leanne has turned her travels By The Editor • 4 min read
Entrepreneurs Riding the coronavirus wave Entrepreneur Claire Young was made famous by her role as the highly driven runner up of series four of ‘The Apprentice’ where she was dubbed a ‘Rottweiler’ by Lord Sugar for her tenacious approach in the boardroom and drive not to quit. She beat 40,000 candidates to reach the By The Editor • 4 min read
Entrepreneurs A new financial wellbeing initiative launched for the women of Yorkshire She Can Prosper - Helping women become the masters of their financial futures. A new female focussed initiative has been launched in Yorkshire. She Can Prosper is the brainchild of Diane Watson whose 27 years of financial planning experience has inspired her to build an enterprise that aims to help By The Editor • 1 min read
Entrepreneurs East Yorkshire support group opens celebrates first anniversary and charitable status Despite the uncertainties surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, the founder of Market Weighton based support group, Talking about Loss has reason to be optimistic as the group approaches its first anniversary and celebrates achieving charitable status. Following the death of her father, Christopher Munby, Jacqui Gunn was inspired to use the By The Editor • 2 min read
