Billingham entrepreneur launches startup following UK Steel funding
Billingham entrepreneur Graham Moore has received investment from UK Steel Enterprise to fund his personal protective equipment startup business. UK Steel Enterprise directed funds of £3,500 from...
View ArticleNorth East development firm launches second landmark project
All Saints Living have acquired a project which consists of the conversion of a former Public House & outbuildings to create 5 Executive Homes, including the 18th Century Black Rock Forge Cottage...
View ArticleLeeds-based lender enables fitness club to expand
Image source: gitsul. A fitness club operator has unveiled plans to launch 20 new sites after successfully launching a first to the UK health market. After being supported through its start-up phase...
View ArticleHalifax’s Cleaning Fabrics expands to new premises thanks to funding from...
Family-run Yorkshire Cleaning Fabrics (YCF) Ltd has purchased new premises as part of a six-figure funding deal supported by NatWest. The company, which is located in Halifax, manufactures a range...
View ArticleThis week’s South East appointments
Garry Grett, Cripps Law firm Cripps, which has offices in Tunbridge Wells, London, Kings Hill, and Discovery Park, has appointed Garry Brett as partner. Garry Brett, who has a City background and...
View ArticleNorth Shields entrepreneur launches fitness business
Image source: aberrocreative North Shields entrepreneur Tina Shaw has launched a fitness enterprise, with help from North Tyneside Council’s The Business Factory. Tina, 32, left her career as a...
View ArticleCheadle Hulme’s The Translation People on course to achieve record sales of...
The Translation People has receive more than £500k of new business, putting the company on course for a record year. The translation and language services provider, which has its headquarters in...
View ArticleFulford couple triumph with a bicycle made for two
In a year when York became the centre of the cycling universe, two city entrepreneurs have wheeled away with three prizes for their trailblazing tandem. Paul Stanton and Belinda Noda won the £5,000...
View ArticleThis week’s North East appointments
Alex Hunter, Ian Gibson and Rhiannon Griffiths, Andrew Thirlwall, Muckle LLP Newcastle commercial law firm Muckle LLP has made four new appointments into its real estate team. Solicitors Alex Hunter,...
View ArticleThis week’s Yorkshire appointments
Lucy Dobson, Henderson Insurance Brokers Henderson Insurance Brokers Ltd (HIBL) has appointed Lucy Dobson as a claims handler. Before joining Henderson Insurance Brokers, the 22-year-old worked for a...
View ArticleManchester’s Veraz receives £60k grant creating four jobs
Image source: James Cridland Manchester City Council-managed Corridor Growth Fund (CGF) has awarded Veraz Ltd with a £59,962 grant helping in the creation of four full-time positions. The CGF is a £2...
View ArticleManchester’s Little Black Dress launches own label collection after £750k...
Manchester-based online fashion retailer LittleBlackDress.co.uk has announced the launch of a new website as well as its first ever own-label collection of dresses, this month. The Little Black Dress...
View ArticleHassle.com is aiming to clean up in Yorkshire
British-based start-up Hassle.com has officially launched in Leeds, creating hundreds of job opportunities for cleaners and making it easy for northerners to reclaim their free time by finding,...
View ArticleScheme to bridge skills gap in Sheffield city region proving a success
A scheme set up to bridge the skills gap in manufacturing and engineering in the Sheffield City Region is proving a success. More than 100 companies have signed up to the Academy of Manufacturing and...
View ArticleMBO enables Elevation to take off
Image source: flazingo_photos Specialist recruitment firm Elevation today announced the completion of a six figure management buyout – with the business now acquired by newly formed parent company...
View ArticleFinance Yorkshire hits £80m funding milestone - and looks to 2015.
An investment in a successful Humber firm has taken Finance Yorkshire to a new milestone of £80 million invested in businesses – and it is on track to fully invest its £90m fund. The regional funding...
View ArticleSheffield rehabilitation specialist to expand with funding from Barclays
South Yorkshire rehabilitation specialist business More Rehab has announced its expansion plans with funding from Barclays. More Rehab , which was established in 2010 and is headquartered at Abbeydale...
View ArticlePostTea catches eye of Theo Paphitis
PostTea Tea Advent Calendar catches eye of former Dragon’s Den Entrepreneur. Surrey based firm PostTea is celebrating after receiving a business boost from an entrepreneur who starred on Dragon’s Den....
View ArticleNew premises the perfect gift for expanding North East entrepreneurs
Two North East entrepreneurs, Angela Cooper and Sarah Marshall, have expanded their online giftware business, the Dotty House, following the launch of new premises in Gateshead. The expansion to...
View ArticleWaste handlers Pakawaste enjoy overseas expansion
Lancashire-based waste handling systems manufacturer Pakawaste is enjoying a boost in trade thanks to increased export sales. Pakawaste, which provided the waste handling machinery for the London 2012...
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