Free event to help Yorkshire food and drink businesses to create ‘gift experiences’ and grow hosted by Yorkshire Mark & Uniquely Local
Independently owned food and drink businesses from across Yorkshire are invited to attend a free event to find out how creating ‘gift experiences’ can generate new business as the cost of living crisis continues to impact consumer spending. Hosted by Yorkshire food and drink provenance brand, The Yorkshire Mark and gift experience provider, Uniquely Local,…
Work ongoing at new Yorkshire business park
Members of the newly formed North Yorkshire Council toured a construction site in Pickering as work to create a major new industrial park gathers pace. York-based Lindum Group hosted the visit to update councillors, officers and the York & North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (Y&NY LEP) on progress at Pickering Park. It comes two weeks…
York animator’s deeply personal film about the family impact of stillbirth
“We need to be able to have these conversations so bereaved parents know they’re not alone” ~ Richard Jacobs and Rebecca Wilson Jacobs are available for interview~ Animator, Director and Lecturer in Animation at York St John University, Richard Jacobs and his wife Rebecca are launching their very personal new animated film ‘For…
The Future of Innovation in YOUR business
The Future of Innovation in YOUR business Wed, 28 Jun 2023 12:00 – 17:00 BST York Guildhall Coney Street York YO1 9QL For more information and to book your FREE place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-of-innovation-in-your-business-tickets-616380780507 Innovation is key for your business to thrive, flourish and grow in uncertain times. Join Enterprise Works to build your competitive…
The University of York Enterprise Awards
The University of York Enterprise Awards Tuesday 4th July from 6.30pm The Merchant Adventurers Hall, York For more information and to book your place: https://www.york.ac.uk/enterprise-works/university-of-york-enterprise-awards/ Apply now! Introducing The University of York Enterprise Awards: honouring the region’s top-tier talent. There’s never been a more exciting time to invest, start and grow a business in York…
York celebrates diversity and equality with Pride
City of York Council will be joining communities across the city to celebrate Pride Month, join in the annual Pride parade and stand up for LGBTQIA+ residents. During Pride Month – which lasts throughout June – the city walls and Mansion House will be lit up to represent diversity in the city and the rainbow…
Newly qualified solicitor embraces new role within highly regarded property team
A graduate who couldn’t speak English when she arrived from her native Poland at the age of 12 has now qualified as a solicitor with leading law firm Rollits LLP. The firm has strengthened its commercial property team with the addition of Zaneta Andraszczyk who was admitted as a Solicitor in March after completing her…
York Racecourse launches Environmental Strategy – GREEN KNAVESMIRE 300
York Racecourse becomes first independent racecourse to sign up to UNFCCC Sport for Climate Action GREEN KNAVESMIRE 300 commits to delivering Net Zero by 2040 50% reduction in carbon emissions already achieved eight years ahead of target York Racecourse has launched its Environmental Strategy, entitled GREEN KNAVESMIRE 300, along with its commitment to reach Net…
MARIUSZ AND KARL GO THE EXTRA MILE TO MAKE BUS FIRM’S CUSTOMERS SMILE
York and Malton duo among Transdev’s award winners Meet our champion bus drivers – Coastliner’s Mariusz Losinski, and York and Country’s Karl Spencer – who are both celebrating after being named among parent firm Transdev’s award winners. Transdev revived its Pride of the North Cup following the pandemic to salute its drivers who receive the…
The estimated cost of cybercrime to the UK is £27 Billion per year. Is your company at risk?
In recent years, cyber security has become an increasingly important concern for individuals, businesses, and governments alike. With the rise of digital technologies and the internet, the potential for cyber-attacks and data breaches has grown significantly, leading to increased attention and investment in cyber security measures. In 2022 around four in five (82%) of boards…
Castle Howard takes home prestigious accolade at national 2023 Museum + Heritage Awards
The North Yorkshire stately home won Marketing and Communications Campaign of the Year for Christmas at Castle Howard 2022 Iconic North Yorkshire stately home Castle Howard was celebrated at the Museum + Heritage Awards in London on the evening of May 10th, winning Marketing and Communications Campaign of the Year. The campaign was for Into…
HARROGATE’S LEADING BUS OPERATOR TEAMS UP WITH SPA TOWN’S NUMBER ONE LOCAL RADIO STATION
Harrogate’s leading bus operator, The Harrogate Bus Company, is teaming up with the spa town’s number one local radio station Your Harrogate to promote listening to its unique blend of local information and great music on the move. A specially-liveried bus is to encourage customers travelling on the firm’s routes across Harrogate, Knaresborough and beyond…
Colenso marks business growth with new shareholder appointment
Colenso Property, the York-based commercial property and asset management specialist, has welcomed Lucy Glasby as a shareholder and partner in the business following a period of significant growth for the company. Lucy first joined Colenso in 2018, and is now the business’s Head of Facilities Management, overseeing its health and safety compliance, and the management…
Andrew Jackson Solicitors advises the Kexgill Group on multi-million pound purchase for student accommodation expansion
Regional law firm Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP is delighted to have advised Hull-headquartered Kexgill Group, one of the largest private owners of student houses and halls in the UK, on the multi-million purchase of Raleigh House, located close to Nottingham Trent University City Centre Campus. Raleigh House provides over 20,000 sq. ft of floor space,…
Helmsley Group to host accessibility forum for Coney Street Riverside
York-based property developer Helmsley Group will be hosting a drop-in session at the Hilton in York on Tuesday 9th May from noon until 8pm for those with accessibility queries to attend to discuss its Coney Street Riverside scheme. Open to all with Equality Act protected characteristics and specifically aimed at people who have physical, mobility,…
He’s my hero! Grateful Jan praises shuttle driver mark’s quick thinking in Bradford bus drama
Driver leaps into action as customer collapses on Keighley-bound bus “I want to thank you so, so much … you’re my hero!” The words of Jan Greenwood, from Addingham in West Yorkshire, as she came face to face with quick-thinking Transdev bus driver Mark Adams, whose rapid actions may have saved her life. Jan, 57,…
Interactive workshop to teach skills for better communication and career progression in York
York-based HR consultants McMillan & Associates is holding a workshop for businesses and individuals to better understand communication styles in the workplace. The ‘Insights Discovery’ workshop will be held on 14 June 2023 at the Alternative Workspace, in York city centre, for a maximum of 12 people with the aim of helping them to develop…
National Ukrainian theatre company granted special permission to leave war zone to perform at the York International Shakespeare Festival 2023
York St John University proud to partner on the festival which returns this week The biennial York International Shakespeare Festival returns to York on Friday 21 April 2023, with world and UK premieres, storytelling in schools and libraries, book launches, seminars, lectures and exhibitions. One of the most historic cities in Britain and backed…
C-Kore units easy to use for Equinor & DeepOcean in Norway
C-Kore Systems recently completed a deployment with DeepOcean AS for Equinor. The C-Kore testing tools were used to quickly and simply confirm the status of subsea electrical jumpers on the Tordis field in the Norwegian waters of the North Sea. The C-Kore team provided easy to follow training prior to the mobilisation to give the…
C-Kore units easy to use for Equinor & DeepOcean in Norway
C-Kore Systems recently completed a deployment with DeepOcean AS for Equinor. The C-Kore testing tools were used to quickly and simply confirm the status of subsea electrical jumpers on the Tordis field in the Norwegian waters of the North Sea. The C-Kore team provided easy to follow training prior to the mobilisation to give the…
West Yorkshire busman Barry’s final stop on a journey full of memories
Friendly bus chief retires after 30 years with The Keighley Bus Company West Yorkshire busman Barry Nichol can look back to countless happy memories throughout his 30 years with The Keighley Bus Company – a career journey that has now reached its final stop. Barry, 65, has been an early riser for most of his…
Families enjoy Easter egg-stravaganza at Drax’s Skylark Centre
Hundreds of visitors are joining the fun at the Skylark Nature Reserve this week for a special Easter-themed set of events including egg decorating and a scavenger hunt. The three days of events during the Easter half-term holidays feature activities to suit children of all ages including exploring the science behind the melting points of…
Region’s Head of Nursing opens state-of-the-art health simulation suite at York St John University
Professor Laura Serrant OBE, Health Education England’s Regional Head of Nursing (North East and Yorkshire), officially opens new health education facility for nursing, paramedic science, physiotherapy and occupational therapy courses. York St John University celebrated the opening of its new health simulation suite yesterday alongside an audience of NHS partners and providers, University staff…
Dancing on the Waves: Kyiv City Ballet Sets Sail with City Cruises York
York’s business community is gearing up to welcome the Kyiv City Ballet company once again, as a diverse range of businesses have joined hands to make the upcoming visit a memorable one. As part of their visit to the city, the performers were invited to board City Cruises York’s River Duchess for an early evening…
York entrepreneurs learn routes to Start-Up Success
York’s budding entrepreneurs were given a boost on Saturday 11 March as they benefited from a packed day of activities to help them pursue their goals in business. Attended by more than 60 ambitious local entrepreneurs, the StartUp Saturday event took place in the city’s historic Guildhall, and included an address from Councillor Ashley Mason,…
Researchers gather experiences of harassment with pop-up dancefloor events
The Dancefloor Project: a unique research collaboration that aims to reduce unwanted behaviour in public spaces and make nights out safer “Every woman has a dancefloor story, a walking home alone story, a workplace story, a bus journey story” A unique collaboration between psychology researchers at York St John University and York based community projects…
Region’s Head of Nursing to open York St John University’s new health simulation suite for nursing and allied health courses
Professor Laura Serrant OBE, Health Education England’s Regional Head of Nursing (North East and Yorkshire), will officially open York St John University’s new health simulation suite on Thursday 30 March, alongside an audience of NHS partners and providers, University staff and students, and other invited guests. The specialist teaching facilities, which opened for students in…
Another £5,000 donated to York’s Special Care Baby Unit by Register Office
The team at City of York Council’s Register Office has raised another £5,000 for York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity, thanks to the generosity of new parents in the city, which will benefit the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) at York Hospital. Parents registering a birth are offered a folder in which to keep their new…
Rollits welcomes new Compliance Officer
Leading York law firm Rollits LLP has announced the appointment of David Richardson as its new Compliance Officer. A qualified solicitor, David worked for a prominent Newcastle-based personal injury firm for almost 20 years, specialising in cases which included disputed liability, alleged fraud RTA and employer and public liability. He moved into an IT development…
City Cruises and York’s Chocolate Story bring an Easter Egg-stravaganza to York
City Cruises and York’s Chocolate Story are teaming up this Easter to bring an exciting Easter egg hunt to York. The two companies have collaborated to create an egg hunt that will see 16 eggs hidden around the city over a two-week period from April 1st to April 16th. One egg will be hidden at…
Helmsley Group makes further public realm commitment at Coney Street Riverside
Yorkshire property specialist Helmsley Group has submitted a second planning application for its ambitious Coney Street Riverside masterplan. The plans, submitted to City of York Council (CoYC), feature numbers 3-7 Coney Street and include proposals to create a new snickelway connecting Coney Street to the riverside walkway outlined in the initial planning application. This new…
Transdev offers unique bus sponsorship deals to drive Yorkshire’s business success
Operator’s move to promote local firms from city to coast follows successful trials with prestige retailer John Lewis Yorkshire-based bus operator Transdev is giving local firms a chance to take their message onto the road with a unique new bus sponsorship deal – following a successful trial with one of Britain’s most prestigious retailers. Transdev…
Government Minister sees Transdev team battling heavy snow to keep buses on the move
Buses Minister Richard Holden salutes Yorkshire-based firm’s hard work in wintry weather Buses Minister Richard Holden has enjoyed an access-all-areas tour of North of England bus firm Transdev’s Harrogate base – seeing for himself how hard work behind the scenes kept the Yorkshire spa town on the move following heavy snowfall. Mr Holden, who was…
A life in BBC News revealed in new lecture series
BBC News presenter Reeta Chakrabarti to welcome journalist Ben Brown for York St John University lecture on Thursday 2 March With a career spanning over 30 years, the University’s Chancellor Reeta Chakrabarti will introduce a lecture entitled ‘From the frontline to the studio: A life in BBC News’. Reeta will be joined by fellow BBC…
Britain’s most scenic bus route saved as customer numbers soar
Coastliner route 840 across the North York Moors to Whitby to continue The Coastliner 840 route linking Leeds and York with the historic port of Whitby – named Britain’s Most Scenic Bus Route in a national poll – has been saved after the Government confirmed further funding to support buses. The funding extension means more…
Charity and social enterprises encouraged to apply for university community research grants worth £54,000
York St John University’s Institute for Social Justice (ISJ), established in 2020 to pursue positive change through research, is now accepting applications for its second year of Community Research Grants. Voluntary, charity and social enterprises (VCSE) can now apply to the innovative scheme that invites community groups to work in partnership with university academics. The…
Rollits adds to its ranks with appointment of dispute resolution specialist
A lawyer with more than 20 years of dispute resolution experience has joined leading law firm Rollits LLP as an associate based in the York office. Emma Farrell, who lives in York, draws on an extensive background of advising in all areas of commercial and general civil disputes. She will work closely with colleagues in…
Tang Hall SMART CIC has expanded their business this year
Tang Hall SMART CIC, a social enterprise that was established 2014 in the grounds of the former Burnholme Community College, and that has been operating from The Centre @ Burnholme since its opening, has expanded their business this year so that they are also delivering out of The Jam Factory in The Groves. The set…
Leave those car keys at home! £2-a-trip price drop boosts Yorkshire bus firm Transdev as money-saving motorists switch from cars
Operator’s unique ‘Spill The Beans’ research reveals almost six out of ten customers on its buses have access to a car … but choose the bus instead An extended Government-backed low fare deal to attract customers back to the bus is helping Yorkshire-based bus operator Transdev to attract record numbers of motorists to leave their…
C-Kore’s new product, Topside Wireless Modem, improves safety on the back-deck during umbilical installations
C-Kore Systems is launching a new product, their Topside Wireless Modem at GUH’s Subsea Expo Exhibition in Aberdeen. This latest product completes their line of test tools to now offer a complete solution for Umbilical Installation Monitoring. The Topside Wireless Modem improves safety on back-deck operations by reducing the risk to offshore personnel while monitoring…
International project AgriLoop is launched to accelerate the future of circular agriculture by converting residues into high-value, eco-friendly products
Thirty-five academic and private partners from across Europe and China are now working together on the AgriLoop project, which will develop sustainable processes to convert agri-food residues into high-value, eco-friendly products for use in food, feed and bio-based materials. This new collaboration will find new uses for agri-food residues: currently an underexploited resource for both…
Sustainable Hosting that won’t cost the Earth
Sustainable Hosting. One of the easiest but most important changes to make to minimise your online carbon footprint and improve your reputation. Yet it’s a consideration a lot of companies overlook when developing their sustainable strategy. But sustainable hosting doesn’t have to cost the Earth. Neither environmentally nor financially! York based web hosting company, HA,…
Holiday lettings specialist Yorcation celebrates successful launch
Yorcation, a holiday lettings specialist designed to help owners of holiday lets to reach their full potential and to create the best possible guest experience, has launched. The York-based company is headed up by Michelle Bailey, head of residential lettings, with 18 years’ experience, who joins from City Lets in York. It forms part of…
Strategic appointment marks next phase of ambitious Yorkshire-wide growth plans
Leading recruitment agency Castle Employment Group is pressing ahead with its West Yorkshire growth plans through the strategic appointment of Gemma Watmough to head up its Leeds office. Gemma, a highly experienced accountancy and finance recruiter, joins a 5-strong team and will be responsible for driving Castle’s expansion ambitions in West and South Yorkshire. Building…
C-Kore work with Cranium Engineering on another successful Nigerian deployment
C-Kore’s Subsea Testing tools have successfully completed a complex subsea electrical integrity campaign for a major oil operator in Nigeria, via VAYCO Oil Tools and their Nigerian partner, Cranium Engineering. C-Kore was selected as fast and accurate measurement was essential to minimise disruption during Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) on the FPSO and remove the need…
Embracing Equity and Empowering Women in Business
York’s businesswomen have been invited to join City of York Council for the first of three events planned for 2023, aimed at supporting entrepreneurs in the city. This event, Empowering and Inspiring Women in Business in York, will take place at York St. John University’s Creative Centre, Lord Mayor’s Walk, YO31 7EX, on Thursday 2 March from 10 am to 2 pm….
Employment law update: what lies in store for 2023?
Whilst there are no imminent major changes in employment legislation for the start of 2023, there have been plenty of talking points for employers and employees alike. Nick Wilson, employment partner with Andrew Jackson Solicitors, considers three of the biggest employment law topics at the moment. Strike Action Update In October 2022, we looked at…
Cost of Living – A timely archive film with an uncanny sense of déjà vu
York St John University partners with Yorkshire and North East Film Archives to highlight social issues of the past that feel uncomfortably contemporary “How does it feel to be homeless? Terrible. You know, I never thought it would happen to me.” “We have cut down. We have!” “I’ll make do without during the week, in…