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October 29, 2020|Yorkshire-Kitchen

Raisthorpe wins Great British Food award

Artisan drinks producer Raisthorpe Distillery has won a Great British Food Award for one of its premium Yorkshire Tonics. Its Pink Grapefruit tonic triumphed in the fruit juice and mixers category of the prestigious awards for 2020. The category was judged by critic and food writer William Sitwell who said: “This was an exquisite drink, beautifully made with a really natural taste. It gets the balance perfectly between the grapefruit and the sugar content of the tonic, you get that wonderful,

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October 29, 2020|Business

Employment lawyer launches Fair Redundancy Pledge

A Yorkshire-based employment lawyer is calling on the UK’s major employers to be more open and transparent on their redundancy plans for 2020-21 and beyond. Hannah Strawbridge, founder of Halifax-based Han Law, an employment law and HR specialist, wants big companies to sign up to the Fair Redundancy Pledge. Government figures showed that in the first five months of the Covid-19 pandemic 498,000 people were made redundant in the UK. In August, 966 employers told the Government they planned to

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October 29, 2020|Health & Wellbeing

Yorkshire charities’ collaboration helps over 400 people stay socially connected

Huddersfield-based Yorkshire Children’s Centre (YCC) has partnered with Age UK Calderdale and Kirklees (C&K) to deliver a telephone befriending service for the district’s most vulnerable people, as well as an app to help manage demand. Since the service was set up – during the start of the lockdown period – in April, the charities have recorded over 1,600 calls, provided 800 hours of support, welcomed 150 new volunteers on board, and matched more than 260 people with ‘befrienders’. The new sch

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October 28, 2020|Travel and Environment

Is there wildlife in Yorkshire

Author: Philippa Kaye We tend not to think of Yorkshire as having much wildlife, other far flung destinations have secured the monopoly on that. Africa is an obvious choice, famous for the Big 5, lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant and cape buffalo, and of course there are also zebra and giraffe; I always wonder what the early explorers must have thought when faced with these strange looking creatures. Naturally, being the author of a book set in a wildlife reserve in India, I strongly advocate

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October 28, 2020|Health & Wellbeing

Unify PR & Marketing promote gift giving with Kidcrowd

West Yorkshire-based marketing and PR agency, Unify, has been appointed to raise the profile of tech brand, Kidcrowd, over a six month period. A traditional PR campaign targeted at families of teenagers and young children, Unify will position the young tech brand as the ultimate online gifting service that teaches children the value of money and helps them to save for a gift of their choosing. The gifting platform, created by 21 year old entrepreneur Melissa Roberts, is a modern solution for t

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October 27, 2020|Lifestyle

Running routes, you need to try in the UK.

This time last year, we hated running. Then the pandemic hit, and lockdown changed outdoor activities into a luxury with many people turning to jogging during the crisis, just to be outside. On 13 October, the UK Government announced that the UK would be placed into a set of local COVID tier systems. Will this affect your runs? To put it simply, no. The systems still allow us to meet others to run as long as you are not running in a group of more than six. Why not reignite your passion for run

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October 26, 2020|Lifestyle

Leeds Heritage Theatres welcomes Government funding

Leeds Heritage Theatres is thrilled to announce that their application to receive a grant of £1,545,163 from the Government and Arts Council England’s Culture Recovery Fund has been successful. The grant is part of a £1.57 billion rescue package announced by the government in July 2020, specifically created to help UK arts, culture and heritage industries deal with the impact of COVID-19. The fund offers financial support to cultural organisations that were financially stable before the pandemi

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October 26, 2020|Lifestyle

Yorkshire Sculpture Park announces the reopening of its award-winning gallery, restaurant and shop, ‘The Weston’

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) announces the reopening of its award-winning building The Weston, comprising a gallery, restaurant and shop. Following a period of closure due to the COVID-19 outbreak, YSP is pleased to welcome visitors back to The Weston from Tuesday 10 November 2020. The Weston will offer an especially warm welcome during the forthcoming winter months, with menu deals and activities mindful of those who might be making solo visits. Unveiled in 2019 at the East Entrance to YSP,

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October 26, 2020|Health & Wellbeing

Locations across Leeds to access free school meals during half term + Leeds United donation

Leeds City Council, charities, community organisations and businesses have come together to provide 36 locations where struggling families can access free school meals during the October half term. Sparked by footballer Marcus Rashford’s campaign to extend free school meals over the holidays, the city’s business community has rallied to support struggling families by offering free meals to those in need. In addition to the city’s business community, the Leeds Community Foundation’s Healthy Hol

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October 26, 2020|Health & Wellbeing

Weight training for women

By Fitness Expert, Personal Trainer and Online Coach Adam Batchelor of NRG FOR LIFE. Women and Weight training Many women still worry that weight training will somehow transform them into Hulk like men, so they spend their precious and hard earned exercise time performing purely cardio in a quest to achieve or maintain their ‘feminine’ figure. This is one of the biggest myths and mistakes I see with members at the gym. But times are changing... The science. The truth is women just don't ha

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October 23, 2020|Entrepreneurs

On the road to crime

Local business woman turned author, Catherine Yaffe, has released her debut crime fiction novel to widespread acclaim. Catherine has been a prominent person within the Wakefield and Leeds business community before stepping away in 2018 to write her first non-fiction book, Digital Marketing Made Easy. Writing that book inspired her to pursue her lifetime dream of writing a fiction book. The Lie She Told, a contemporary crime thriller set in the Highlands of Scotland was released on 1st October

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October 22, 2020|Entrepreneurs

Panintelligence co-founder named among UK’s top 50 most ambitious business leaders

Zandra Moore, CEO of Leeds-based Leeds data analytics and business intelligence (BI) software developer Panintelligence has been named as one of LDC’s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders for 2020. Now in its third year, the programme, which is supported by The Telegraph, celebrates the inspiring leaders behind some of the UK’s most successful and fast-growing medium-sized firms. There were more than 350 nominations and those profiled hail from every corner of the country, operate across a m

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