The death of chain stores on our high streets gives an opportunity for a new dawn for independent retail – Mark Casci
Those stores, spanning the fields of fashion, hospitality, banking and betting shops, were part of a trend that has existed and been building for years but which were pushed along at a far higher speed by the Covid crisis.
Local government purchasing to change post-pandemic
When the pandemic hit, with all of its unique challenges, local authorities were faced with a huge procurement task. The sudden requirement for masses of PPE, a stark increase in the need for food parcels, the need to support the supply chain and pressing technological requirements as a result of working from home are all examples of where additional pressures were faced by procurement teams in local government.
Leeds imam Qari Asim: Why we must embrace a different kind of Ramadan this year
And it will undoubtedly be different this year, just as Easter and Passover have been observed by Christian and Jewish communities, in ways that might feel unnatural, but almost certainly unite us all. The Coronavirus lockdown has meant that mosques are closed and that fasting, praying and Iftars will be done behind closed doors.
Rishi Sunak accused of failing to alleviate the funding gap between towns and cities and rural communities
The CPRE charity’s chief executive, Crispin Truman, said reforms were needed and more could have done to help boost funding for market towns and villages in Mr Sunak’s Budget.
MiNT music festival signs £5m deal to buy Leeds farm to give it a permanent home
The music festival, now in its 10th year, has invested £5m in a new 136-acre location at Newsam Green Farm, 10 minutes from Leeds city centre.
Jill and John William spend time on the moors above the farm on the M62 as the return to school gets closer
The worry and stress he feels about returning to the classroom has somewhat soured his last week at home.
This house near Ilkley is shortlisted for an international design award
The interiors of this beautiful Edwardian home near Ilkley have been shortlisted for a prestigious International Design and Architecture Award. It is easy to see why judges were impressed with the new-look rooms, which show a skilful blend of pattern and colour while remaining sensitive to the original Arts and Crafts features.
When will shops reopen? Date non-essential retail will open in England after Covid lockdown
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced some ‘save-the-dates’ for the next few months in his roadmap out of lockdown statement on 22 February.
Jet2.com able to access Government-backed loans thanks following MP's intervention
The Leeds-based travel operator can now apply to draw on the Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) which allows large firms to mitigate disruption to their cash flows through the purchase of short-term debt in the form of commercial paper .
WANdisco secures a partnership which opens up a distribution channel to thousands of customers
WANdisco has announced a partnership with Snowflake, the data cloud company, to automate, accelerate and simplify the migration of on-premises Hadoop analytics workloads to Snowflake’s data platform.
