Month: April 2021

How to get an MOT for £10

Motorists around Britain are being offered the opportunity to secure an MOT for just £10 as part of a new partnership between a price comparison company and a garage services website.

Meet the chief operating officer of the new coding school Leeds Codes

The clean cut world of tech provides exciting opportunities for people looking to be at the vanguard of development.

European Super League controversy shows the importance of listening to fans – Rashmi Dube

We all understand the difference, but as a business starting out, particularly if a start-up involving one or two people, inevitably a person’s personal brand becomes intertwined with the corporate brand.

Farmer likely to be refused permission to store 38 shipping containers in village of Ampleforth in the North York Moors National Park

Mixed arable and livestock farmer Simon Dunn’s scheme to create an L-shaped secure self-storage compound off Ampleforth High Street will be considered by the National Park Authority’s planning committee next week.

Travel announcement: what time is green list published – and how to watch Grant Shapps press conference today

England is set to find out which holiday destinations will be assigned green status this summer with transport secretary Grant Shapps will host a press conference later today.

Irish restaurant chain Elephant & Castle picks Doncaster for its first UK outlet in a move that will create 20 jobs

Frenchgate has been chosen as the first ever UK location for Elephant & Castle and diners will be able to get their hands on the world-famous wings from May 18th.

'Biggest' ever research project into farming mental health by farming help charity RABI gets off to "outstanding" start with more than 15,000 responding to survey

In January farming help charity, RABI (Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution), working with the Centre for Rural Policy Research at the University of Exeter, launched the Big Farming Survey – the largest ever research project into the health and wellbeing of the agricultural community.

Raymond Blanc on his narrow escape from Covid, eating hospital food for a month and his excitement at restaurant reopenings in Leeds and beyond

Raymond Blanc is in excellent spirits. Outdoor dining is back on the menu, meaning the chef’s Brasserie Blanc restaurants are reopening – and despite the “freezing” conditions, the Blanc empire has “created some beautiful open marquees” complete, of course, with heaters.

Leeds-based Perfect Storm secures work in connection with FIFA World Cup in Qatar

Perfect Storm, which launched in 2016 has recorded a turnover of £1.4m in the last financial year.The agency has won several new projects from B2B, pharmaceutical and travel clients including TheCityUK, PGL Travel, Silverstone Events, and has also created a new hospitality website for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

Revealed: Two new low energy homes near Bradford built using Passivhaus principles

Developer Pure Haus has revealed further details about its ambitious plans to scale up and roll out a series of carbon zero home schemes after completing its first low energy project in West Yorkshire.