Month: April 2021

What to do when a cohabiting relationship breaks down

The Office for National Statistics states that approximately 60 per cent of the population in the UK live as a couple and while the majority are married, around one in five are cohabiting couples.

How Wakefield's Conservatory Outlet Group has enjoyed such rapid growth

The Wakefield-based firm sells conservatories, extensions, doors, windows and orangeries through a network of 27 retail businesses across the UK. It employs 250 people and reached record sales in 2020 of £44m.

Playhouses for kids 2021: the best outdoor children’s playhouses, from Smoby, Little Tikes, TP and Argos

Whether you’re after a wooden playhouse, play centre with a slide, a portable tent, or even a pirate’s galleon, we’ve found the best playhouses on the market

The best beer gardens in US as chosen by readers of The Fond News

Here are a list of your top beer gardens for an outdoor, socially distanced drink.

Government's bus strategy must be refined to include smaller bus services – Mark Clissett

The strategy, we’re assured, describes a shared vision of the future of bus travel with the promise of improved, more sustainable services for all. £3bn is budgeted to spend on public transport infrastructure, with cash specifically set aside for bus manufacturers to build zero-emissions buses. Another good thing, of course, but, always check the small print.

Riesling is a world class wine and here are some great bottles to try

You may not have even tasted it but even so, you might still think you hate it.Why? Can it be that the over-sulphured, over-sweet wines of decades ago are still casting a shadow over the wines of today, or is it just that reliable crisp, fresh zesty Sauvignon Blanc seems to do much the same job as Riesling.

Rare earth firm Pensana targets sustainable supply chain for its Humber processing plant

Rare earth, a crucial component for both the electric vehicle and offshore wind industry, is traditionally made in China but Pensana has plans to process the element in East Yorkshire in a move which will create 100 jobs and establish the first such facility in Europe and only one of three outside China.

Why business activity in Yorkshire hit a seven-month high in March

The NatWest Yorkshire & Humber Business Activity Index, a seasonally adjusted index that measures the month-on-month change in the combined output of the region’s manufacturing and service sectors, registered 60.2 in March, up from 51.8 in February.

Hopes for our high streets as US’s shops reopen

Coney Street was for decades York’s flagship shopping destination. It was there that the biggest brands set up shop: BHS, Burton’s, Dorothy Perkins and HMV were among those selling their wares from behind vast plate glass windows.

Back to the East coast for Stewart Calligan in search of 'flatties and sea bass'

This area is known for its flatties and sea bass.I also managed a local church service for Easter and obeying Covid rules we relived the Easter story. It was well told by the vicar, 16 weeks into a new hip. The hymns and seeing the church flowers, candles and sunny stained glass was somehow reassuring in these trying times.