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Inspirational Yorkshire Women
Leeds professional dancer goes back to class
A professional dancer who has performed in the Lion King on Broadway has gone
back to class in Leeds after re-assessing her own life.
Leonora Stapleton now runs Be Body Aware, which encourages people to use dance
and exercise for their own well-being. The company, which is being supported by
‘Connections’ a hand printed linocut calendar for 2021 by Hannah Turlington
Hannah’s hand printed calendar is launched this month. ‘Connections’ is a series
of 12 original lino prints celebrating the power of connections in everyday
life. There are 16 million mass produced calendar’s sold every year.
Hannah delivers us a contrast to that mass produced product that connects us
Expion director receives award for schools programme volunteering
A director of recruitment specialist, Expion Search and Selection has received
an award for her outstanding contribution as a business volunteer to Silverstone
Park’s school’s programme for the second year running.
The Inspiration for Innovation (I4I) programme, seeks to provide students with
meaningful experiences with local employers and
On the road to crime
Local business woman turned author, Catherine Yaffe, has released her debut
crime fiction novel to widespread acclaim.
Catherine has been a prominent person within the Wakefield and Leeds business
community before stepping away in 2018 to write her first non-fiction book,
Digital Marketing Made Easy.
Writing that book inspired her
Panintelligence co-founder named among UK’s top 50 most ambitious business leaders
Zandra Moore, CEO of Leeds-based Leeds data analytics and business intelligence
(BI) software developer Panintelligence has been named as one of LDC’s Top 50
Most Ambitious Business Leaders for 2020.
Now in its third year, the programme, which is supported by The Telegraph,
celebrates the inspiring leaders behind some
Yorkshire mum launches child-friendly holiday business
A mother-of-two from West Yorkshire has used her own experiences to launch a
child-friendly holiday business.
Jo Addison’s website Kiddieholidays is designed to help families with pre-school
children find suitable accommodation and activities in the UK and Europe.
Jo, who lives in Gomersal and runs her business from a
IoD appoints new head of branches for England
The Institute of Directors (IoD) has appointed Natalie Sykes as its new Head of
English Branches.
Natalie takes up the role after being regional director of the IoD’s Yorkshire
and North East and East Midlands regions.
The role is part of a new structure for the IoD which has