Entrepreneurs Lawyer receives entrepreneurial accolade Hannah Strawbridge, Founder and CEO of Han Law Co has been crowned ‘Entrepreneurial Businesswoman of the Year’, at the third annual Great British Businesswoman Awards. She was the only lawyer to take home an accolade. The awards recognise and celebrate the inspiring women innovating and leading the way in their By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs City's inspiring women set for Leeds Civic Hall tribute Inspirational women who have made their mark on Leeds are set to have their names etched in history at Leeds Civic Hall. People across the city are being asked to help decide which remarkable women from history will have their names inscribed on the walls of the building’s prestigious By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Yorkshire writer announced as recipient of the Kay Mellor Fellowship with Leeds Playhouse Bradford poet and spoken word artist Kirsty Taylor has been announced as the new Kay Mellor Fellow. The Fellowship was created in partnership with the award-winning Leeds writer Kay Mellor in 2019 and was first awarded to Bradford writer Kat Rose Martin in 2020. It continues in memory of Kay, By The Editor • 3 min read
Entrepreneurs Cooper King Distillery launches England’s first net zero energy whisky Yorkshire’s Cooper King Distillery has produced the first whisky in England distilled using net zero energy. The trailblazing distillery’s inaugural whisky, First Edition – Fruit + Spice, is the first release in its Expedition Series and every energy-related greenhouse gas emission from its production has been removed from the atmosphere. By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Leeds business named U.K. and Europe’s most innovative company Georgina Fairhall, Founder and CEO of WAC, a forward-thinking worker-tech company based in Leeds, has been named as TechRound’s number one 29Under29 Winner. The annual list was judged by Kat Wellum-Kent (Fractional Finance), Namrata Sandhu (Vaayu), and Kimberley Waldron (SkyParlour) and celebrates the UK and Europe’s most innovative By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Commercial director shortlisted in Forward Ladies Leadership Summit & Awards Leading housebuilder, Barratt Developments Yorkshire West’s commercial director, Lindsey Sills, has been named as a finalist in the Forward Ladies Leadership Summit & Awards 2023. Forward Ladies is a community of like-minded women dedicated to advancing leadership opportunities for the next generation of ladies coming into the workforce. Currently By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Leigh continues to pave the way for females in fashion Leigh Unwin, the founder of fashion retailer The Style Attic, had never dreamed of launching her own fashion brand until the premature birth of her daughter and the maternity discrimination that she experienced. In 2014 Leigh welcomed her daughter Edie to the world at just 25 weeks. After a long By The Editor • 4 min read
Entrepreneurs Uunretirement expert launches digital platform supporting over 50s in workforce Harrogate-based unretirement expert, Next-Up, has launched a new digital platform to support the often overlooked demographic of over 50s in the workplace, providing inspiration on what they can continue to achieve in retirement — the first benefit of its kind for this age group. Launched on 1st November, the online course By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Growing UNTHA appoints global marketing director Austrian-headquartered UNTHA shredding technology has appointed a new global marketing director, as the engineering specialist plans a significant growth over the next five years. Katie Mallinson joins the €80m turnover company following almost 15 years working with the business as a supplier. Until recently, she was managing director of global By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Personalised gift business successfully pivots to corporate market A Leeds-based manufacturer and retailer of personalised gifts has pivoted, to beat the economic crisis, by focusing on the corporate branded merchandise market. Perfect Branded Gifts has successfully changed its focus to the corporate market to counter a slowdown in demand from personal customers. Yorkshire business owner Kathryn Wright says By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Conference Leeds appoints experienced conference officer to bolster city promotion Conference Leeds has welcomed a new addition to the team as Cindy Williams, who has international experience in events and conferencing joins as conference officer. Cindy joined Conference Leeds in September 2023 after 11 years in the events industry, including roles in event organisation and promotion at Village Hotels, Doubletree By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Pocklington Farm Shop pivots in response to changing market conditions A Pocklington farm shop has remodelled its business in response to the challenging retail environment. The team behind The Mile Farm Shop have repurposed the shop to create a ‘Showcase and Sell' Emporium for local creatives and makers to sell their products. Jo Barnes owns the long-established business with By The Editor • 2 min read
