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June 21, 2021|Business

Women in West Yorkshire have a vital role to play in gas industry

To mark International Women in Engineering Day 2021 on 23 June, West Yorkshire employer calls on women to achieve their potential as engineers Northern Gas Networks (NGN), the North of England’s gas distributor and a major employer of engineers in West Yorkshire, wants women to explore the amazing career opportunities available in this exciting industry. As well as being an employer, NGN also trains the engineers of the future and runs a successful apprenticeship programme. The most recent int

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June 21, 2021|Business

IoD seeks vice-chair for West Yorkshire

The Institute of Directors (IoD) has launched the search for a vice-chair for its West Yorkshire team. The vice-chair will play a key role in supporting chair Poonam Kaur in driving forward the branch strategy and building a community of members who help each other to grow and succeed. Poonam is managing director of corporate finance firm fds, based in Wakefield. The IoD provides connections, professional development and an influential lobbying voice that presses for change where it is needed

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June 21, 2021|Fashion and Lifestyle

For the love of friendly fashion

March 2021 saw the launch of the new swap, buy and sell sustainable fashion app Clobber SwapTM. Born from a private Facebook group pre-covid before lockdown, last January, the business idea grew into a successful Facebook community and has now evolved further by members’ request into their very own Clobber SwapTM app. “Clobber SwapTM is the celebration of women and fashion!” explains the founder, Camille Johnson. “Whilst I may have started this, the ladies who signed up to this, have taken real

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June 21, 2021|Yorkshire-Kitchen

Boutique catering company popping the colour back into communal dining

Whilst the hospitality sector has undoubtedly been affected by the pandemic, some businesses have forged ahead, diversifying their offering to continue providing incredible food for their clients. One such business is Oula – a boutique catering company serving delicious food that looks out of this world. Despite launching at a time when catering for events was very much off the menu, founder of Oula, Megs adapted, offering Friday Night Feasts (FNF) which consisted of a meal for two delivered str

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June 18, 2021|Entrepreneurs

Calderdale businesswoman supporting the next generation of women leaders

Nicky Chance-Thompson DL, CEO of The Piece Hall Trust has been appointed chair of the #WECAN steering group, a project aimed at building the leadership skills, capabilities and opportunities of women in the Leeds City Region. Led by Leeds Beckett University, the three-year #WECAN (Women Empowered through Coaching and Networking) project aims to increase the skills and opportunities for women who are self-employed or working for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and social enterprises acr

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June 18, 2021|Business

Business members’ club now open following 18-month renovation

A luxury business members’ club has now opened in Huddersfield – and is offering complimentary passes throughout June, before applications officially open on 1st July. Following 18 months of renovation work, Empire House is the first business members’ club in the region, offering an alternative to the serviced office and hot desking models. For a £150-per-month fee, members will gain access to the newly renovated building – which has been designed as an exclusive, social space, complete with a

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June 17, 2021|Fashion and Lifestyle

Award-winning festival moves outdoors for the ultimate Underneath the Stars experience

Paul Carrack (Friday), Saving Grace featuring Robert Plant & Suzi Dian (Saturday) and Kate Rusby (Sunday) announced as headline acts for the 7th Underneath the Stars festival. After a year out, award-winning family festival, Underneath the Stars, is set to return for its seventh year on Friday 30th July – Sunday 1st August 2021 bringing live music, performance arts and delicious dishes to the stunning rural setting of Cinderhill Farm, Barnsley. Within Covid guidelines and new for this year, fe

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June 17, 2021|Entrepreneurs

Yorkshire Water appoints Vanda Murray OBE as chair

Yorkshire Water has appointed Vanda Murray OBE to its board as non-executive director and chair designate. She will join the board with effect from 1 July and will take up the role of chair following a handover in the next few months. She will succeed Anthony Rabin who has been chair since September 2016 and will also become chair of Kelda Holdings Ltd and Kelda Eurobond Co Ltd. Vanda is non-executive director and chair of Yorkshire-based Marshalls plc and is also senior independent director a

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June 15, 2021|Fashion and Lifestyle

FB Fashion Ball is back

The renowned FB Fashion Ball is set to return to Yorkshire this year, with hundreds of business professionals, fashion and lifestyle influencers across Yorkshire signed up and attending! This legendary event, to be held at New Dock Hall in Leeds on 21 October 2021, brings the business community together for an evening of recognition and celebration as part of a glitzy black-tie charity gala fashion show dinner dance. Seeing Business Leaders and their employees take to the catwalk for their chos

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June 15, 2021|Yorkshire-Kitchen

Charlie & Ivy's to launch three new products at Farm Shop and Deli

Yorkshire artisan business, Charlie & Ivy's has developed three new products that will launch at Farm Shop and Deli Show on 5 to 7 July. Charlie & Ivy's are entering the marinades market for the first time with rapeseed oil-based marinades in three flavours: Spicy Chorizo, Jerk and Peri-Peri. All three have been designed to be used as marinades for vegetables, fish and meat before roasting, grilling and barbequing and are suitable for vegans, vegetarians and coeliacs. The base for the Spicy C

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June 14, 2021|Business

Wakefield Bounce Back Week announces line-up of local entrepreneurs

Wakefield Bounce Back Week is aiding Wakefield-based businesses come back stronger than before, with a jam-packed week of informative webinars. The webinar series will kick off on the 21st June, including 11 free insightful webinars scheduled throughout the week. Each one will be delivered by experts in their industry and includes a broad range of business-related topics. Below are the core events running throughout the week. Monday 21st June - Wakefield Is Bouncing Back 12:00PM - 1:30PM Monda

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June 14, 2021|Business

Key appointments at PFF Group

PPF Group is expanding with the appointment of Samantha Lee (right) as health and safety officer and Abbie-Leigh Alderson as junior data analyst. PFF is one of the UK’s largest independent food packaging manufacturers, providing packaging solutions to supermarkets, multi-national food manufacturers, food service and fresh produce companies across the UK. It recently launched a health division following the company’s move into the production of PPE, having been awarded a contract by the Departm

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