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Yorkshire-based Quorn signs Mo Farah for multi-million 2014 campaign
Yorkshire-based company, Quorn is going for gold next year after signing Olympic Gold Medallist Mo Farah to front its multi-million marketing campaign for 2014. The 2014 advertising campaign features...
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Middlesbrough training firm secure £1.2 million contract to deliver young...
Young people across the North East can be among the first to benefit from a new Government initiative, designed to give them a real chance of employment in the country’s growth industries. And a...
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Work starts on £3 million extension to Middlesbrough College
Student numbers will double at Middlesbrough College in August as work has started on a £3 million extension to the sixth form, known as MC6. The extension will accommodate a further 500 students...
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Wharfe Bank Brewery to expand with a £50k Finance Yorkshire investment
Independent craft ale brewers at Wharfe Bank Brewery hope to increase their presence in both the UK and overseas markets with a £50,000 investment from Finance Yorkshire. The boutique brewer, which...
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Wallchimp swinging to greater success thanks to the Branson touch
A young North East entrepreneur is looking forward to an audience with global business tycoon Richard Branson. Luke Robertson launched his online venture Wallchimp just months after leaving Sixth Form...
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Women’s enterprise scheme pays dividends for Consett
Image source: photosteve101 A scheme designed to encourage entrepreneurialism among women has boosted enterprise in Consett, one of the programme’s coaches says. Derwentside’s Enterprising Women (DEW)...
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Newcastle among UK’s top growth cities
Image source: Draco2008 Newcastle has ranked in the top 20 fastest growing towns and cities in the UK, according to a national property firm’s annual guide. Lambert Smith Hampton’s research puts...
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£25k investment for Keighley engineering firm Acetarc
Engineering company in Keighley has received £25,000 funding with help from Bradford Council’s Rising Stars. This investement will enable the firm to employ new staff and upgrade its computing...
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Business growth events to help Blackpool firms forge ahead
A series of events designed to promote and assist economic growth is being launched by Blackpool Council. The events, run by business support staff, will assist local companies with implementing their...
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Deputy Prime Minister announces 300 jobs and £3 million RGF funding for West...
Image source: David Spender Hundreds of new jobs will be created in West Yorkshire thanks to a multi million pound investment from the government’s Regional Growth Fund, the Deputy Prime Minister will...
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Saltaire HR firm call upon business the increase apprenticeships
Saltaire based outsource HR firm, AdviserPlus, are calling upon business leaders to increase the number of Apprenticeship opportunities available to young people in the UK. AdviserPlus, who employ...
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North East businesses’ chance to spot future talent
The region’s businesspeople are being called upon to lend their knowledge and experience to students at the University of Sunderland, to ready the incoming workforce and spot future talent. The...
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Wetherby’s United Recruitment invited to House of Lords for services to youth...
Image source: Dave Stokes Founder of Wetherby-based United Recruitment, Andrew Pickersgill (below), was invited to the House of Lords this week for the REC Youth Employment taskforce. 200 businesses...
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Free sales training boost for North East SMEs’ workers
SMEs across the North East have the chance to boost their performance with the opportunity to have their staff trained in customer services skills, for free. The scheme offers employers customer...
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Yorkshire appointments this week
Image source: supervillain James Yates, GVA property consultants Independent commercial property consultancy GVA has strengthened its Leeds valuation consultancy division with a new appointment, as...
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£2m Yorkshire-based interest free loan fund opens for social entrepreneurs
A £2m incubator fund is offering 0% interest loans to social entrepreneurs across Yorkshire and the North. The second round of Social Incubator North will see the best business ideas receive up to...
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Leeds Met Technology Institute receives £200k EU funding to help SME’s
Leeds Met’s New Technology Institute, has been awarded £196,800 of EU funding from the Skills Enhancement Fund. nti Leeds, based at Old Broadcasting House will use the fund to deliver training...
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Business services sector to drive growth in Greater Manchester over next decade
The latest monthly analytical snapshot of Greater Manchester’s economic wellbeing, in the Manchester Monitor, produced by New Economy, shows that business services are set to drive employment and...
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Newcastle website helps mechanic gears up for expansion
A Newcastle-based motoring company is the driving force behind an independent mechanic’s plans to grow his empire, thanks to booming sales. The team at www.whocanfixmycar.com, based in Newcastle city...
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Countdown is on for entrepreneurs to win funding from Bradford’s Rising Stars
Bradford’s Rising Stars pre-start business advisor Linda Griffiths is urging entrepreneurs with a “big idea”to step forward before start-up funding runs out in March 2014. Rising Stars is a growth...
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