York tops list of potential staycation destinations in 2021 holiday searches
Marketplace website Onbuy.com compiled a list that found York has received nearly 170,000 searches in the past month.
Government urged to consider taking Liberty Steel into public ownership
The future of Liberty Steel has been thrown into turmoil after Greensill Capital, a group that lends money to businesses so they can pay their suppliers, filed for administration last week.
Provident Financial says home credit business is under regulatory probe
The Bradford-based firm said an ongoing review has made it clear that the business needs to address the issue of rising customer complaint volumes.
Jack Lowe and his epic journey to photograph every RNLI station and their crews
“I had one of those lightbulb moments,” he says. “I was staring at our RNLI tea towel, one of the famous ones with a map of all the lifeboat stations, and it just dawned on me whether anyone had been to all these stations to make a photographic journal, a modern snapshot of the RNLI family.”
How Peter Easterby landed Cheltenham festival double with Little Owl and Sea Pigeon
“It was alright, was that,” the indomitable and still irascible 91-year-old tells when reminded about the landmark. “I think I had a big bet. Never ever drank so much Champagne in my life.”
Petition to save John Lewis Sheffield hits 11,000 signatures in a day
John Lewis Partnership confirmed the closure of eight of its stores on Wednesday, including its Sheffield firm which was first established in 1847 as Cole Brothers. John Lewis York is also set to close.
Jobs boost for Mirfield as work begins on phase two of Moor Park 25
Five industrial buildings providing a total 180,000 sq ft at Moor Park 25 in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, will be built by the third quarter of this year.
How sweet story of Sheffield-based family firm Thorntons turned sour
High Street stores up and down the country were already facing plenty of challenges before the pandemic hit – but the impact of Covid and lockdown measures has seen online purchases rocket and thousands of physical shops decide to call it a day.
Bettys announces closure of York tearooms on Stonegate with dozens of jobs at risk
The café on Stonegate in the centre of York will not re-open after the branch has been deemed to be no longer financially viable.
Mini to launch its last combustion engine car in 2025 ahead of all-electric future
Mini has confirmed that it will become an all-electric brand by the early 2030s after announcing that its final combustion-engined car will be launched in 2025.
