Entrepreneurs Business born out of lockdown wins West Yorkshire Start Up Award Holmes & Partners Ltd, a Leeds-based Immigration and Visa specialist, has won the West Yorkshire Start Up of the Year Award at the 2023 Start Up Awards. The firm was set up in March 2021 by Michelle Holmes, a South African immigrant. After her redundancy, Michelle chose to embark on By The Editor • 1 min read
Entrepreneurs Barnsley-based branding consultant is ‘good to go’ for another ten years A Barnsley-based branding specialist has marked her tenth year in business with a renewed commitment to collaboration and her core values. Steph Cronin moved from London to Barnsley 15 years ago and has never looked back. She set up Black Bee Creative Ltd in 2013 and quickly established the business By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Young people co-design new interactive experience Women of the World, Four and The Space have come together to produce a Digital Interactive Experience that asks users to respond to the question ‘What would a world designed by women and girls look like?’ Digital studio Four have worked with a group of Year 8 students aged 12-13 By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Leeds women urged to ‘Be Unstoppable’ with launch of free business course Women aspiring to start up a business in Leeds are being invited to sign up for a free course designed to place them on the path to entrepreneurial success. Beginning on 22 May and taking place over six successive Mondays for two hours each week, the ‘Be Unstoppable’ programme will By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Over 50 and has stuff to do After a hugely successful career - The voice of Yorkshire, multi National and international award winning radio presenter, journalist and Yorkshire Businesswoman ambassador Liz Green has left the BBC after years at the top in BBC Local and Regional radio. Liz was the first woman to present a local radio By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs The Capsule 'inconversation' podcast available to customers on British Airways flights UK actress and presenter Natalie Anderson is taking her podcast to new heights… literally! From April, The Capsule 'inconversation' podcast will be available to customers travelling on British Airways flights as part of their Audio In-Flight Entertainment offering supplied by Spafax UK. This is the podcast’s first By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Polly wins Yorkshire Rose Rising Star award Axiologik’s product lead, Polly Price took home the prestigious Yorkshire Rose award at the Lean in to Excellence award ceremony. Lean In Leeds is a community of professional women empowering each other to achieve their ambitions with the Yorkshire Rose award celebrating any woman who is relatively early on By The Editor • 1 min read
Entrepreneurs AIM Security Services provider appoints Businesswoman as Non-Exec Chairman Multi-award-winning Jo Haigh is appointed to the Board of Croma Security Solutions Group plc as non-executive chairman. The firm provides services to major UK and international organisations, including those operating in government departments, education, retail, and commercial sectors plus domestic clients. Croma Security Systems Group plc is renowned for being By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Former teacher writes new career chapter A former textiles teacher with a passion for utilising traditional skills to create hand-painted fabric signs has launched her own business to supply unique backdrops for events. Sheffield-based Charlotte Scott was inspired to establish Sparrow and Thistle after herself finding it difficult to order bespoke textile signage for her own By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs 'Pawfect summer' sets up Doggies Delights for 2023 The blazing hot summer weather of 2022 was the perfect launch pad for an innovative new pet food business, Doggies Delights' ice cream for dogs. Recent animal science graduate Abbie Wills, 23, started her Doggies Delight side hustle in June 2022 and is now supplying more than 10 ice By The Editor • 3 min read
Entrepreneurs Former IoD England director pursues career in private sector Natalie Sykes, a former national director of the Institute of Directors (IoD), is to pursue a career in the private sector after taking a sabbatical from the organisation. Natalie was a management team member leading IoD England. Prior to that she was regional director for the IoD in Yorkshire and By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Calderdale College inspires women in STEM On International Women’s Day Calderdale College welcomed over 50 young women from local schools to its Engineering Centre in Brighouse to inspire them to consider the career opportunities on offer within the manufacturing and engineering sectors. The college held a panel discussion and Q&A session hosted by By The Editor • 2 min read
