Entrepreneurs Gift company expands with Finance Yorkshire investment A gift company specialising in personalised keepsakes is expanding into new markets following a £300,000 investment from Finance Yorkshire. The investment will enable Brough-based The Lovely Gift Group to purchase new machinery, stock and employ additional staff as it eyes opportunities in the funeral care and pet memorial sectors. By The Editor • 3 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Six new stores and centre manager all set for Trinity Walk A West Yorkshire shopping centre is set to welcome six new stores – and a centre manager – in a successful start to the year. Trinity Walk in Wakefield will play home to Europe’s biggest sports and fitness retailer, Sports Direct, who will take over a prominent space across two floors By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Robust Christmas for Jo Browns Joe Browns, the Leeds-based fashion and homes retailer, has announced what it called a ‘robust Christmas’ with sales up +19.5% in the four weeks to 25 December 2022. The strong figures were delivered against a backdrop of external economic factors including the on-going cost of living crisis, which continues By The Editor • 2 min read
What's on 10cc’s Graham Gouldman UK tour comes to Holmfirth It is only between 10cc’s sell-out, bi-annual UK tours that the band’s co-founder Graham Gouldman is able to fully indulge his Heart Full of Songs project and take it on tour. The semi-acoustic four-piece performs a broad spread of Graham’s song-writing catalogue, including chart hits for 10cc, By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Leeds-based Parklane Plowden grows team with new barrister Leeds based Parklane Plowden Chambers has welcomed a new tenant to its 40-plus strong family team. Naomi Hartridge, who was called to the Bar in 2017, specialises in both public and private work in relation to family matters. She joins the set from Leeds-based Spire Barristers where she practiced for By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Design Tonic completes stunning office refurb for Mackinnon Bruce A Leeds-based commercial interior designer has completed a stunning office refurbishment for Mackinnon Bruce at its Park Row offices. Design Tonic completed the refurb for the international executive recruitment company to support the business as it grows from 50 to 85 employees. The new design brings four separate business units By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing Leading holistic health clinic appoints Wild PR to drive business goals PR and communications specialists Wild PR has been appointed by Altered Health Solutions Ltd, a leading specialist in holistic health and functional approaches to well-being. Over the past 15 years, founder of Altered Health Solutions Ltd, Carley Mellors-Blair, has grown a very successful clinical practice. Aspiring to champion people’s By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle New Sunny Bank Mills exhibition is a source of joy A brand-new exhibition, featuring the work of the talented members of the West Yorkshire Print Workshop, has opened at the Sunny Bank Mills Gallery in Farsley near Leeds. The exhibition, which launches the gallery’s 2023 programme, showcases how the artists respond to the word “source” and what it means By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Louise O’Reilly appointed general manager of new Courtyard by Marriott Sheffield With plans well underway for the opening of Courtyard by Marriott Sheffield in early summer 2023, RBH Hospitality Management (RBH) has appointed Louise O’Reilly as general manager. Louise initially joined RBH in 2002 and brings a wealth of industry experience to this role having previously managed five hotels within By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Flying the freelance flag for York York-based businesswoman Helen Reynolds has reached the final of the prestigious FSB Freelancer Of the Year awards for Yorkshire and The Humber. "I'm incredibly chuffed to be a finalist," says York resident Helen. "I'd worked on digital platforms since 1997, but always as By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Kebabs by candlelight for Valentines Day Think Valentine’s Day, think fancy restaurant or home cooked gourmet cuisine, but the team at I am Doner know that’s simply not the reality for the majority of their customers. Between late running Zoom meetings, putting kids to bed and an endless list of domestic chores, the average By The Editor • 1 min read
Health & Wellbeing Daters in Leeds urged to 'Ask for Angela' if needed this Valentine's Day In the run up to Valentine’s Day, people in Leeds are being urged to ‘Ask for Angela’ if they feel unsafe or uncomfortable. Anyone can say the code word ‘Angela’ to staff at participating venues to signal that they feel uncomfortable or are in a difficult situation and would By The Editor • 2 min read
