Transatlantic trade partnership could contribute €120 billion a year says CBI
Image source: Sheffield Tiger A Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership could contribute €120 billion to the EU economy every year according to the CBI. The CBI hosted talks in Brussels with...
View ArticleBradford’s Driver Hire on recruitment drive after record £2.1 million weekly...
Bradford-based transport and logistics recruiter Driver Hire is set for further recruitment after hitting record weekly turnover of £2.2 million turnover. The final two weeks in November saw the...
View ArticleGloves off as St Helens firm breaks into NHS market
Leanvation, the St Helens-based company that produces types of surgical gloves, has broken into the main NHS market just a year after it was first established. The company has won a place on two key...
View ArticleSheffield e-learning firm targets smaller firms in training partnership
Sheffield elearning firm, Training Post, is targeting small businesses with the launch of new online training developed in partnership with local business experts from across the City Region. Training...
View ArticleThis week’s Yorkshire appointments
Gordons, Jay Radley and Rebecca Whitehouse Yorkshire law firm Gordons has strengthened its team with the appointments of solicitors Jay Radley and Rebecca Whitehouse. Miss Radley has joined the...
View ArticleThis week’s North East appointments
Esme Founders & Alan Dickinson, Press Ahead North East marketing communications firm Press Ahead has appointed Esme Flounders as marketing and communications director and Alan Dickinson as...
View ArticleCumbrian preserve producers relish overseas
A range of preserves made in the Lake District is proving to be a global hit this December, with a Christmas condiment selection from Hawkshead Relish. The Cocktail Gift Box, containing items inspired...
View ArticleNewcastle-based female entrepreneurs launch PR company to support young North...
A young North East woman whose career started in a call centre, has taken communication to a whole new level, by starting her own PR company. English graduate Amy Armstrong, from Newcastle, joined...
View ArticleBarnsley business support project creates 1,000 jobs in 2014
1,000 Barnsley jobs have been created in 2014 as part European-funded business support programme. Enterprising Barnsley, which is run by Barnsley Council, provides free business coaching to...
View Article2014 in the North: A year in review
2014 has been an eventful year in Northern business, as almost 15 million people eagerly await the announcement of Cameron’s ‘Northern Powerhouse’ with the inclusion of a multibillion pound high-speed...
View ArticleCheadle-Hulme based translation services on track for revenues of £4 million
Cheadle-Hulme based The Translation People is on track for revenues of £4 million for its financial year to December 31, an increase of £500k million for the same period last year. The company is used...
View ArticleNorth Shields named 2014’s North East property hotspot
Image source: p_a_h 2014 house prices in town rise by region’s fastest rate of 6.8% Newcastle, South Shields, Whitburn and Tynemouth see North East’s biggest annual increases – slowest rises in...
View ArticleTraders at Leeds’ Kirkgate Open Market to receive a 20% rent cut in 2015.
All traders with a regular licence to trade at Leeds Kirkgate Open Market will be granted the significant reduction in their base rent by Leeds City Council from January 1 2015 until 31 December 2015....
View ArticleSeasons greeting from the Bdaily team!
Image source: Gresham College We’d like to thank our subscribers for their continued support and interest throughout 2014. Our email bulletin will return Monday 5th January. In the meantime, we hope...
View ArticleExport success early Christmas present for UK businesses
Image source: mariaeklind UK businesses are jingling all the way after a season of export success. Christmas trees grown in the UK are sold nearly exclusively in the UK, but growers are increasingly...
View ArticleWigan’s Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls are a hit overseas
Wigan-based Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls have been shipped, along with other Uncle Joe’s favourites, to a new export customer in Nigeria in readiness for Christmas. This is the latest in a range of overseas...
View ArticleGoody Good Stuff has a very Sweet Christmas
Image source: EEPaul Turnover at Heysham-based sweet manufacturer Goody Good Stuff is set to double next year on the back of several large scale deals secured this Christmas with USA retailers....
View ArticleHumber LEP marks 2014 as ‘a year of significant progress’
2014 has marked a year of significant progress by the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), according to Humber LEP Chair, Lord Haskins. Lord Haskins said: "Since our inception three years ago,...
View ArticleCBI chief outlines government priorities for 2015
John Cridland, CBI Director-General, will spell out in his New Year message how to create a stronger economy, deliver a better future for our young people whilst securing Britain’s place in the world....
View ArticleFinance Yorkshire fully invests £90 million fund
Image source: p_a_h Finance Yorkshire has announced that it has fully invested its £90 million fund into companies in Yorkshire and Humber before its investment period was planned to finish. The Fund...
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