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February 4, 2020|Health & Wellbeing

Step into Spring and be your best self

Thrive Women is a mixture of quarterly events aimed at helping business women be their best selves! Previous events have include raising your profile, building your personal brand and now Thrive Women: Roots and Shoots will help you step into Spring, learning all about how you can elevate yourself through your style and fashion! Harry Purewal and Nikki Alderson will teach you how to influence performance and progression through positive mindset, ensure your visual impact is reflective of you a

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February 4, 2020|News

Chadwick Lawrence department head nominated for award

Chadwick Lawrence are delighted that Partner and Corporate Recovery and Insolvency department head, Asma Iqbal, was a finalist for the Professional in Business Award at the 2020 British Muslim Awards held in Manchester this weekend. Asma has been recognised for her significant contribution to business in the community as a professional, and was nominated anonymously. The British Muslim Awards are a celebration of the achievement of highly talented and inspiring individuals in the Muslim commun

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February 4, 2020|Lifestyle

Perfect for Glamping– Go Eco Adventure5 Stove

Glamping this Summer? Why not think about setting up your own home from home in your garden. Think of cosy summer evenings with the warmth of a stove, perfect for that hot chocolate or tasty snack. The Ultimate in Warmth, Character, Ambience, Practicality, and Versatility – Adventure 5 really the mark. A new fresh design by an experienced team over at Charlton and Jenrick, this highly specified little stove provides much more than others can in both function and styling. DEFRA exempt for smoke

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February 3, 2020|News

TopicUK and TopicUK Woman App has arrived!

The new TopicUK amd TopicUK Woman App has arrived. You can now have all the Yorkshire business news including Women and lifestyle, on your mobile devices, ensuring you are always fully up-to-date. TopicUK partners can use the App for free to promote all their news and offers with just a small charge for non-partners. To get yours, visit the Apple Store and type: TopicUK Business Magazine.

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February 3, 2020|Lifestyle

Bride discovers 'perfect' wedding dress in charity shop

A bride who made it to the battle rounds of hit BBC show the Voice brought tears to her mother’s eyes after discovering her dream “Grace Kelly” wedding dress in Bluebell Wood’s Rotherham charity shop. It came after a devastating few months where Ruth Lockwood-Sorsby and her husband-to-be Mark brought their wedding day forward so her seriously ill dad could be by their side. The pair married at his Rotherham Hospice bedside last summer, a week before he passed away of stomach cancer. In his fin

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January 31, 2020|Lifestyle

Partnership for bookshop and Huddersfield Lit Fest

The thriving independent bookshop based in Holmfirth will be hosting book stalls at HLF2020 events across the town this March A new partnership has been announced between the Huddersfield Literature Festival and independent bookshop, Read, for the March 2020 Festival. Read, which opened in Holmfirth in February 2019, recently featured in a Guardian article: ‘People are so happy we exist: indie bookshops grow despite retail slump’. The bookshop will be supplying books and hosting stalls for ev

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January 31, 2020|Health & Wellbeing

Five ways sleep improves your health

We all know that a poor night’s sleep can leave us feeling less than our best. However, a regular lack of sleep can have wider implications on our physical and mental health. In fact, a recent study by Sealy UK, the world’s biggest bed brand, found that 1-in-6 people have seen their GP in the last 12-months because of illnesses related to a lack of sleep, equating to 9.5 million appointments. However, sleep can be as important to our health as what we eat and drink. Here, Natalie Armstrong, sle

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January 30, 2020|Entrepreneurs

Ten changes that will improve your life

Leeds based research scientist, and detox and fasting coach, Dr. Sara Pugh has launched a new life optimising guide focused on lifestyle, food and drink changes that hold the key to enhancing your mental and physical wellbeing in 2020. Sara says: “We live in a high paced, ‘have it right now’, technology driven world which is not how our ancestors lived. Our genetics were not designed for this type of lifestyle and we can often disrupt our circadian rhythms (body clocks), leading to an epidemic

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January 24, 2020|What's on

World Première: Geisha

Northern Ballet kicks of new 50th anniversary season with haunting tale of sisterhood and sacrifice Coming in March 2020, Northern Ballet will première an evocative original ballet, Geisha, by choreographer Kenneth Tindall. The first new production of the Company’s 50th anniversary year, Geisha sees the lives of two young women torn painfully apart as encounters from beyond the grave unleash an unexpected vengeance on their world. Geisha premières at Leeds Grand Theatre in March 2020, followed

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January 22, 2020|Lifestyle

Shaping the future of tourism in Yorkshire

Yorkshire’s profile has never been higher but what needs to happen to make sure the county remains a number one visitor destination? That’s the question being asked by a new independent tourism study which goes fully live today. The broad ranging consultation, commissioned by Welcome to Yorkshire (WtY) wants to hear from members, partners and the wider tourism industry about their hopes and aspirations for the sector and their ideas on the best ways to promote and market the county in the futu

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January 22, 2020|Entrepreneurs

Turning down the latest Bond movie has been rewarded

Laura Hepburn, of Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire, has been named in the Northern Power Women’s Future List for 2020 in her role as director of Greenology in Saltburn. The entrepreneur has seen off the challenge of thousands of nominations to be recognised for being an influencer and change maker who is already making a significant impact to the environment and communities. Laura began looking into the plastic problem ten years ago while studying a Masters degree in Future design at Teessi

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January 21, 2020|Fashion and Lifestyle

Fashionistas gather for expanding Harrogate Fashion Week

Leading fashion brands and independent retailers from across the UK will gather for Harrogate Fashion Week later this week. The flourishing event is being held at the town’s Convention Centre on 26-27 January and will feature fashion-forward independent brands seeking to showcase their designs in the North. Harrogate event services specialist Joe Manby Limited will provide integrated event services for the show, from graphics and shell scheme to electrics. Organiser Wendy Adams said: “Harroga

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