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August 5th will see us return to beautiful Dakota Hotel Leeds for our member networking. Guests will enjoy listning to our two speakers, Mike Lukic and member and style mentor Lisa Darwin from 3pm to 5pm. Network with likeminded businesswomen whilst enjoying a welcome drink in the beautiful surroundings of Dakota Hotel. Save the date. More details to follow. Book Here
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On Friday 1st July Yorkshire Businesswoman will team up with John Lewis Partners to bring members and guests a very special event. Moving away from our original time, this event takes place from 7.15pm to 9.30pm at John Lewis & Partners Leeds store. Members are invited to join us within the personal shopping area on the first floor where we will learn styling tips from the team, try on some amazing clothes (optional), enjoy mini make-overs from some of their cosmetic counters then shop in th
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The Piece Hall will be turning red, white and blue for four fun filled days of free events to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee. Her Majesty The Queen is the first British Monarch to reign for 70 years and this historic occasion is being marked with a special extended bank holiday weekend from Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 June. Their iconic courtyard will be decked out with flags and bunting as they join with communities across the UK to honour this significant milestone with music, song, dance and spe
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York Fashion Week (YFW) returned in style this week as designers and creatives descended on the city for the five-day festival of fashion. Over 25 events took place across York including runway shows, styling workshops, exhibitions, film screenings and guest lectures. From 1930’s elegance, ocean-inspired jewellery, eco-conscious fashion to country chic clothing, the eclectic mix of events showcased some of the region’s brightest stars. Nicky Hayer, founder and director, explained: “Our vision
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Throughout April Greenpeace Huddersfield volunteers have been speaking to members of the public from across Kirklees about The Big Plastic Count. Volunteers showed passers-by a photo of the six months’ worth of plastic used by Everyday Plastic founder Daniel Webb (attached), and asked them to guess how many people’s plastic this was. Hardly anyone guessed correctly and most people were shocked when they realised how much plastic one person could generate. The Big Plastic Count, a collaboration
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Fabrication Crafts have been based on Coney street since November 2018, when they took on a 4 month pop up on the street, skip forward several years and their lease was finally up on the 31st May. Fabrication Crafts is a social enterprise set up initially in Leeds 2008 to support local artists and makers with work and retail space and a special interest in heritage crafts. The York-based social enterprise has sold work by and worked with over 100 local artists and makers in the three and a half
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Asma Iqbal, a partner at Yorkshire law firm Chadwick Lawrence has won the Outstanding Business Leader Award at the Yorkshire Hero Awards, part of the FB Fashion Ball. The awards celebrate businesses and individuals for outstanding achievement and contribution, recognising those that are doing good work in the region through diversity, inclusion, and equality. Asma was recognised for her ongoing work around diversity and inclusion at the firm and her charity endeavours. Asma says: “I’m truly h
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“The power and influence that fast fashion brands have gained in the past 2 years is frightening. It is simply not sustainable to continue enabling over consumption. We have an obligation to nurture alternative ways of enjoying fashion” – Maria Loria, Wear My Wardrobe Out Founder WearMyWardrobeOut is a unique service offering highly curated on-demand garment, accessory and shoe rentals out of the company’s Bristol HQ. Founder, Maria Loria, created the startup in order to offer sustainable, ear
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THE ROOFTOP, on top of 10-12 East Parade, is back for the Summer of 2022. The popular Leeds City Centre rooftop bar will once more be bringing back the DJ nights, fresh beers and killer cocktails. Refreshed and reinvented for a new summer season, the bar will be open to the public on Friday, April 29th from 2pm. As always, the only way to enter is via a unique daily code revealed on THE ROOFTOP’s Instagram, @eastparaderooftop. Getting there early is advised as no bookings can be made - walk-in
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The Institute of Directors is offering fully-funded memberships for local businesses, with support from Harrogate Borough Council using Government Covid-19 business recovery funding. IoD members receive a wide range of benefits including events, access to UK business hubs, expert advice, discounted professional development and an influential lobbying voice on policy matters. Members include directors from across the business spectrum - from large corporations to entrepreneurial start-ups. The
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Solicitor Maureen Cawthorn is celebrating after marking thirty years’ service at law firm Wilkinson Woodward. After studying at Manchester University and the College of Law in Chester, Maureen qualified as a solicitor in 1989, specialising in litigation and employment law. Following short spells at legal practices in Manchester and Leeds, Maureen joined the Litigation department at Wilkinson Woodward in April 1992. In 2007 Maureen achieved her notarial qualification from Cambridge University,
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Property search provider, X-Press Legal Services South and West Yorkshire has recently been awarded a National Land Information Service (NLIS) channel licence – a government approved and regulated, electronic land and property searches portal, the only one of its kind in the property searches market. The new license gives the company, owned by sisters Claire Ide and Helen Foster, direct access to authoritative conveyancing search data, direct from every local authority in England and Wales, the
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