Month: March 2021

Redcentric delivers 'excellent' performance as it sells non-core businesss

Redcentric, a UK IT managed services provider, has announced a trading update for the year ended 31 March 2021.

How I built a successful business from home without every meeting my colleagues or clients once – Anna Iveson

For years, most businesses resisted remote work.”Impossible,” they said. “How can we manage our teams when they’re working from their kitchen tables?” Almost everyone believed this story: it’s impossible for employees to be productive at home.

From haute couture to National Trust home furnishings, US weavers Abraham Moon makes the fabric of modern life

What happens at Moon is a kind of magic, an alchemy, turning raw fleece into cloths of many exquisite colours. From its Guiseley mill, Abraham Moon & Sons’ woven woollen fabrics are sent out across the world, to designers and companies who rely on its handle and quality, the attention to detail, patterns that speak both of heritage and the contemporary, their depth and tone bringing a distinctive beauty to furnishings and apparel.

Best camping sleeping bags UK 2021: enjoy your holidays with sleeping bags from Snugpak, Trespass, and Jack Wolfskin

Sleeping bags come in all shapes and sizes, but one thing’s for sure, if you find the right one it can totally transform the way you think about camping.

Duck Soup Films in Leeds becomes latest to join Channel 4 fund initiative

Leeds-based Duck Soup was founded by Bekki Wray-Rogers, Libby Durdy and Jessica Holyland with an ambition to make fresh TV dramas and feature films, championing the voices of underrepresented talent with unique stories to tell.

Having things based in Yorkshire is not enough if mindsets do not change too – Mark Casci

On Saturday mornings I would accompany my mum or dad to the local newsagent to pick up a copy of whatever football magazine I was reading at the time and I would on occasion observe big cars parked outside, belonging to successful people living in the North Yorkshire countryside who had travelled into Redcar to pick up some key items for the weekend.

English staycation: your perfect summer

After repeated lockdowns and a year like no other, many of us can’t wait for a change of scenery this summer.

Scarborough is a seaside town of splendour with a rich history of remarkable characters

In Scarborough, we know that it’s ours. For starters, it’s surely one of the most naturally blessed places in the country, with its two sweeping bays nipping the waist of a dramatic headland, all topped by a ruinous 12th-century castle.

Why Mobile Tornado in Harrogate has seen its revenue fall

The Harrogate-based firm, which can turn mobile phones into walkie-talkies, saw its total revenue decrease by 27 per cent to £2.53m for the year ended December 31, 2020, down from £3.45m the previous year.

Government plans to establish body to protect vulnerable workers following MPs' concerns over loan charge

The Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) said its report exposes significant non-compliance and malpractice in the supply chain by many umbrella companies and recruitment agencies. The APPG said this type of behaviour encourages tax avoidance schemes.