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Hundreds of women to take part in a UK-first adventure!
|Fashion and Lifestyle

Hundreds of women to take part in a UK-first adventure!

The Women's End2End Relay is a hiking challenge stretching the length of the UK from Lands End to John O'Groats. Women from across the nation will help carry the baton across 2,028km and 3,6970m of elevation, launching on the 17th June 2022 in Land's End and finishing 74 days later in John O'Groats. The relay has already had over 500 participants sign up. Bex Band of Love Her Wild, is looking for women to help carry the baton, whether it is for one day or five, close to home or further afield:

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Opera North set to welcome diners to new restaurant, Kino
|Fashion and Lifestyle

Opera North set to welcome diners to new restaurant, Kino

Exciting times are on the horizon for Opera North this summer, as the company announces an opening date for its much anticipated new restaurant, Kino. Located on New Briggate in the historic, newly renovated Grade II-listed Opera North space, Kino will open its doors and start serving up a range of food and drink from Wednesday 6th July with an informal offer showcasing some of the region’s finest cheese and charcuterie over the summer. A top notch wine list, craft beer and cocktails sit along

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The Smart Works Leeds summer fashion sale
|Fashion and Lifestyle

The Smart Works Leeds summer fashion sale

Unemployed Yorkshire women’s charity Smart Works Leeds is to hold a fabulous two-day fashion event at the Corn Exchange in Leeds, selling designer labels and coveted high street brands at bargain prices. Smart Works Leeds, the charity that dresses and coaches unemployed women for job interviews, is preparing to hold its Summer Fashion Sale at the Corn Exchange in Leeds next month (June), offering designer and premium high street womenswear and accessories at massively discounted prices. The

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Ten etiquette tips event organisers need to consider
|Business

Ten etiquette tips event organisers need to consider

As an event organiser, it’s important to consider corporate event etiquette to ensure that the event you are delivering is well-thought-out, has a respectful atmosphere, is a safe environment, and uses quality staging and production. Whether you’re organising a conference, gala dinner, product launch, exhibition or trade show, experts from event specialists AYRE Event Solutions delve into the top ten etiquette tips organisers should consider for their next corporate event: Health and safety

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Planned new Leeds maternity centre will be largest in the UK
|Health & Wellbeing

Planned new Leeds maternity centre will be largest in the UK

The largest single-site maternity unit in the UK is being planned in Leeds as part of the development of two new hospitals on the Leeds General Infirmary site – providing a revolution in patient-centred care. The centre, which will link the planned new Leeds Children’s Hospital and new hospital for adults, will have the capacity to deliver up to 10,500 babies a year and will provide care for mothers and their babies from across Yorkshire and the north of England. Centralising services will als

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Calderdale College launches free green and sustainability short courses
|Travel and Environment

Calderdale College launches free green and sustainability short courses

To mark World Environment Day on Sunday 5th June, Calderdale College has announced the launch of a range of free sustainability courses. These short courses are available to businesses across all sectors and are aimed at helping employers, employees and apprentices to develop a more environmentally-friendly workplace. The launch follows the news that almost 60% of small business owners throughout Yorkshire said that improving their sustainability credentials was their top business priority for

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Collaboration, co-production and content creation
|Business

Collaboration, co-production and content creation

If you’re looking at promoting and growing your organisation so that it’s sustainable you need start creating, collaborating and co-producing content. These may sound like ‘just’ buzzwords but having a collaborative model is vital for your marketing, your organisation and those they wish to serve. For this reason, the world of business is shifting to empower ‘clients’ and ‘experts by lived experience’ to inform their products and services. Sophie Mei Lan set up Sparkle Community Media CIC to he

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Key appointment drives growth for data consultancy
|Business

Key appointment drives growth for data consultancy

The Oakland Group has appointed Charlotte Goulding to the new role of HR director to support its growth plans. Charlotte joins the business from Infinity Works and will lead the company’s new people strategy. The Oakland Group has announced plans to double the size of its team to 80 in the next 12 months. Commenting on her new role, Charlotte said: “I'm joining at such an exciting and important time for the business. I have been struck by the firms strong and authentic people-first culture, an

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The Yorkshire Society and Milly Johnson says thank you to HM The Queen
|Fashion and Lifestyle

The Yorkshire Society and Milly Johnson says thank you to HM The Queen

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Queen’s reign, The Yorkshire Society asked Barnsley based novelist, poet and Yorkshire Businesswoman ambassador Milly Johnson, a popular Vice President of the Society, to write a poem on behalf of the people of Yorkshire to mark the occasion. “A job well done” recognises all that Her Majesty The Queen has done for the nation including the many sacrifices she has made over the last 70 years whilst head of state. About the historic commission, Milly said,

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Trinity Kitchen announces latest street food vendor take-over
|Fashion and Lifestyle

Trinity Kitchen announces latest street food vendor take-over

The new vendors include Luigi Street Food, Good Boy Burger, Mans Market, Sri Non Thai and SHOUK!, and will be trading from Wednesday, May 25th for nine weeks. The five new arrivals will take residency in a converted VW Camper Van, a Citroen H van, a horse trailer, shipping container, and a J7 van, which were installed at Trinity Kitchen earlier this year. Back by popular demand is Luigi Street Food, setting up in the Citroen H van, serving deep-fried, folded calzone-style pizzas with a range o

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Here’s to strong women. May we know them, be them and raise them
|Business

Here’s to strong women. May we know them, be them and raise them

York City Knights are no strangers to strong women, both on and off the field, and we are delighted to be hosting our first-ever Women’s Day on Sunday 5th June in partnership with local charity Kyra Women’s Project. Our next double-header will see the Knights Ladies kick off proceedings on the day against rivals Leeds Rhinos in what is sure to be a battle between two teams full of strong, talented women. The men will then take the field to face London Broncos to round off the afternoon of enter

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Disrupting the fitness industry with Body Image Fitness
|Health & Wellbeing

Disrupting the fitness industry with Body Image Fitness

What if, your health and your fitness were centric to your personal wellbeing? Wait, we already know it is! Negative diet culture is impacting our mental health and wellbeing, but we’re so programmed with ideas of what ‘healthy’ looks like, or what we think we should look like, moving away from this norm is real challenge. In this article, Yorkshire Businesswoman member, Rebecca Hopwood from Youbee Media chats with Kim Stacey, founder of Body Image Fitness to understand how her ‘Health at Ever

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