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One month to go until Springtime Live 2023
|Fashion and Lifestyle

One month to go until Springtime Live 2023

Tickets are on sale now for the hugely popular Springtime Live on Saturday April 1, which will celebrate the best of food, farming and countryside. Families can get up close to farm animals including rabbits, goats and sheep thanks to Ian's Mobile Farm which is based in Aberford near Leeds. There’s also Peppa Pig as well as Peter Rabbit who will be making his debut and both will be on stage throughout the day. Diggerland will also be at Springtime Live for the first time. All activities are

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New infrastructure boosts trading at The Springs
|Business

New infrastructure boosts trading at The Springs

The Springs retail and leisure centre at Thorpe Park Leeds has reported a significant boost in footfall and trading for its occupiers, attributing the opening of the much-anticipated new East Leeds Orbital Route (ELOR) as a major influence. The ELOR is a key part of the East Leeds Extension to create strategic growth for the city and includes major infrastructure and plans for significant new housing. December trading figures for most stores at The Springs showed a marked increase year on ye

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Transforming Leeds City train station, work begins
|Business

Transforming Leeds City train station, work begins

The next stage in the transformation of Leeds City Rail Station’s main entrance and surrounding area will begin this month. The Leeds Station Sustainable Travel Gateway scheme will create a much-improved and more people-friendly environment which can accommodate growing rail passenger numbers, and ensure people can enter and exit the station safely. A total of £46.1 million is being invested in the scheme, which is being delivered by Leeds City Council on behalf of Network Rail as the landow

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Fund Her Leeds project launched
|Entrepreneurs

Fund Her Leeds project launched

Fund Her North has partnered with Yorkshire Asian Business Community Association (YABCA), with grant support from Leeds City Council’s Innovation@Leeds programme, to deliver the Fund Her Leeds project. Working with female entrepreneurs – particularly those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds – Fund Her Leeds will provide focused support to those who wish to make Leeds their launch and scale pad. Fund Her North, founded by NorthInvest, champions female entrepreneurship. It works

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Former Boohoo and BlueClaw employee joins Yorkshire agency Wild
|Business

Former Boohoo and BlueClaw employee joins Yorkshire agency Wild

Yorkshire-based PR agency, Wild PR has appointed Hollie Thornton (pictured left) as the agency’s first SEO Manager. The role will see Hollie lead the technical SEO development, analysis, and performance across Wild PR’s portfolio of clients. The PR and communications specialists have significant growth plans for 2023, and Hollie’s appointment will be instrumental in enhancing the agency's SEO credentials, enabling the team to provide an additional service to clients to boost their online prese

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Leeds 2023 opens new hub in Trinity Leeds
|Fashion and Lifestyle

Leeds 2023 opens new hub in Trinity Leeds

A new Leeds 2023 pop-up hub has opened on the ground floor of popular shopping and leisure destination, Trinity Leeds. Free events, activities, exhibitions and a new range of merchandise will be showcased in the heart of the city centre, 7 days a week until the end of the year, as part of the city’s Year of Culture. The first event to be held in the space gives local people the chance to express their individual style and identity. Leeds-based American photographer, Casey Orr, will be deliveri

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Aubergine grows team following hat-trick of new business wins
|Business

Aubergine grows team following hat-trick of new business wins

Leeds PR agency Aubergine has appointed its first full time employee following a record-breaking hat-trick of new business wins. Since January, Aubergine has secured £50,000 in new contracts with sustainability-focused clients Round Our Way, Be The Future and Foodsteps, helping the agency further carve a niche in this space. The business hired University of Sheffield graduate Isobel King on a permanent basis to help the directors with account support, journalist liaison, social media, copywr

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As energy prices surge, firm offers help to care homes
|Business

As energy prices surge, firm offers help to care homes

Commercial laundry expert Wolf is tackling the cost-of-living crisis within the care industry by providing expert personalised advice, comprehensive consumption figures and additional training. Barnsley-based Wolf Laundry has more than 30 years’ experience within the laundry sector and provides bespoke commercial laundry equipment across the UK to heavy users including care homes, universities, and holiday parks. Recognising the energy cost pressure facing the care home market, Wolf Laundry

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Huddersfield Business School appoints new chair of Advisory Board
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Huddersfield Business School appoints new chair of Advisory Board

Huddersfield Business School has recently appointed a new chair to its internal Advisory Board, Helen Curtis. Founder of Coterie Marketing, Helen, will work closely with the Dean of Huddersfield Business School to support the board to provide appropriate support for its stakeholders. The aim of the school’s Advisory Board is to strengthen the school’s links with industry and professions to provide input into the academic and strategic direction of Huddersfield Business School. The Advisory Boa

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Baroness Blake appointed Patron of the Institute of Economic Development
|Business

Baroness Blake appointed Patron of the Institute of Economic Development

Judith Blake, the Baroness Blake of Leeds CBE, has been appointed as the new Patron of the Institute for Economic Development (IED). She takes up the unpaid role from outgoing Patron, The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, who was in post for two years. A British Labour politician serving as a life peer in the House of Lords since 2021, Baroness Blake sits on the opposition front bench as a Shadow Spokesperson for Business and Energy. She was previously Leader of Leeds City Council from 2015 to 2021, becom

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Gift company expands with Finance Yorkshire investment
|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. In the next phase of expansion following the investment, the company is supplying its own brand keepsake products ‘Angels, Wings & Feathers’ to funeral care provi

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Six new stores and centre manager all set for Trinity Walk
|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 in a unit at the top of Teal Way. National independent jewellers, Warren James, will add even more sparkle to the centre when they open on the main mall near HMV and Clintons. Trinity Walk is looking even hea

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