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‘5 on the Farm’ Festival – trader applications now open
|Fashion and Lifestyle

‘5 on the Farm’ Festival – trader applications now open

*Priority to be given to regional artisans, food and drink producers, crafters, activity specialists and market stall holders * Organisers behind the ‘5 on the Farm’ festival have announced that applications are now open for traders at the major summer event being held over August Bank Holiday. Market stall owners, crafters, food and drink businesses, artisans, rural and outdoor activity providers, are all encouraged to submit online applications via the website. Over 10,000 people are expect

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Experienced head of people bolsters Force24’s leadership team
|Business

Experienced head of people bolsters Force24’s leadership team

Force24 has appointed senior HR professional Helen Charlesworth to prioritise employee engagement, company culture and in-house processes, ensuring the business is an “employer of choice” for emerging tech talent. Excited by organisational challenges and opportunities that marketing automation platform Force24 presents, Helen can draw on her experience as the former head of HR for sustainable modular home start up, ilke Homes. Despite being the enterprise’s first ever employee in 2017, she was

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Northern Power Women celebrate their annual awards ceremony
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Northern Power Women celebrate their annual awards ceremony

On Monday 8 March inspirational women and men from all over the North came together virtually to celebrate this year’s Northern Power Women Awards. The Awards celebrate the incredible achievements of women and men working together to accelerate gender diversity across the North and on a global scale and serve to re-connect us all after a year of lockdown, social distancing, and working from home. This year’s awards have witnessed a record-breaking 1480 nominations, and had over 900 people in a

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Foundations of opportunity: how construction can embrace the female workforce
|Business

Foundations of opportunity: how construction can embrace the female workforce

Construction has a reputation as an industry which has done little to address the shortfall in its female workforce, but there is evidence of positive change and huge potential for further progress in the coming years. Katherine Naisbitt, Commercial Director at C80 Group, discusses the challenges and the opportunities for women in construction. Having worked in various other sectors, from manufacturing and waste management to recruitment and consulting, I somewhat stumbled into construction by

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Power systems technology specialist appoints Yorkshire businesswoman as non-exec chair
|Entrepreneurs

Power systems technology specialist appoints Yorkshire businesswoman as non-exec chair

Jo Haigh has been appointed to the Board of Fundamentals Limited as non-executive chair. Fundamentals is a power systems technology specialist with bases in the UK and Australia. Jo joins the Board to support the continued growth and assist in realising the company’s vision of becoming a world-class business and to further exploit their leading market position in electricity grid technology. Jo is an experienced non-executive director, having served on over 40 boards throughout her career. She

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Senior matrimonial finance barrister joins Leeds Parklane Plowden Chambers
|Business

Senior matrimonial finance barrister joins Leeds Parklane Plowden Chambers

Parklane Plowden Chambers (PLP) has announced that nationally renowned matrimonial finance barrister, Francesca Fothergill, has joined the set. Francesca, who was called to the Bar in 1994, joins the Leeds and Newcastle-based chambers from St Philips Chambers, where she was joint head of the family finance team. She practices across all aspects of matrimonial finance provision, with an emphasis on high-value cases. These often involve contested business valuations, complex trust and tax struct

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New era begins at popular Huddersfield Nursery & Forest School
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New era begins at popular Huddersfield Nursery & Forest School

A manager at one of Huddersfield’s leading private day nurseries has stepped down after 25 years. Samantha Richmond leaves Oakwood House Nursery & Forest School in Edgerton to be replaced by experienced childcare professional Gail Howarth. Oakwood House is part of the Portland Nurseries group which has four sites across Lindley, Edgerton and Birkby. Samantha joined in 1996 working with then owner and founder Rosemary Murphy OBE, who founded the National Day Nurseries Association. Samantha help

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Scarborough Spa to reopen this month
|Fashion and Lifestyle

Scarborough Spa to reopen this month

The first phase of Scarborough Spa's reopening will take place later this month. The South Bay venue, now back under the management and operation of Scarborough Borough Council will reopen Farrer’s Bar and Restaurant on Monday 29 March. Farrer's Bar and Restaurant’s reopening will follow the government’s roadmap and will reopen in stages: with takeaways available from Saturday 27 March before offering outside dining within a new extended outside seating area from Monday 12 April. Internal din

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Treading carefully! Muddy Boots offers safe path out of lockdown for eager tourists
|Health & Wellbeing

Treading carefully! Muddy Boots offers safe path out of lockdown for eager tourists

Many people's pent-up desire to resume travel will be tempered by lingering concerns about the spread of coronavirus, but a family-run Yorkshire business is offering a safe path out of lockdown with covid-friendly walking holidays and guided ‘Discovery Walks’ designed and planned to avoid the crowds. Founded by two passionate walkers, Helen and Matt Coppin (pictured), Muddy Boots arranges self-guided and guided walks throughout the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The couple - who are raising a y

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Female homelessness highlighted ahead of International Women’s Day
|Health & Wellbeing

Female homelessness highlighted ahead of International Women’s Day

Simon on the Streets, a West-Yorkshire homelessness charity is raising awareness of female rough sleepers ahead of International Women’s Day this year. Monday 8th March marks International Women’s Day and the theme for 2021’s campaign is #ChooseToChallenge. Support workers from Simon on the Streets have come together to challenge misconceptions surrounding homelessness which is often mistaken to be a male-orientated problem. The charity says that women who are homeless are often considered to

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‘Say Yes to Summer’ with Wizz Air, flights from DSA to destinations including Palma de Mallorca
|Travel and Environment

‘Say Yes to Summer’ with Wizz Air, flights from DSA to destinations including Palma de Mallorca

Passengers finally have the good news they’ve all been waiting for, with international travel back on the cards for Summer 2021. Thanks to Wizz Air, we can happily ‘Say Yes to Summer’, as they are set to deliver 1,000,000 low-cost seats from DSA to favourite family-friendly holiday destinations like Palma de Mallorca, with flights commencing from 18th May 2021. Thanks to their Wizz Flex offer and reduced cost COVID testing, customers are able to book with confidence. Since launching DSA as thei

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Time to sow seeds
|Yorkshire-Kitchen

Time to sow seeds

Author: Martin Blunn, Solutionize Global. As March approaches and the days get longer and hopefully the last of the cold spells have passed all our winter tasks including pruning should be completed, if not do it as soon as possible. With hopefully all your orders of seeds arrived now is the time to start to germinate. My mum many years ago introduced me to an electric propagator and I’ve never looked back with starting my plants from seed. Irrespective of the surrounding temperature the seeds

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