Avacta denies Covid test rumours
The Wetherby-based group saw its shares plunge following Twitter speculation that the MHRA had rejected its application on May 20.
DVSA sets deadline for learners to rebook on-hold driving tests
Learner drivers who have put their practical driving test on hold have been told they will need to choose a date or risk losing their booking.
Saltburn beach named the best in the country by holiday website
The beach, in North Yorkshire, came top of the poll by users of holidaycottages.co.uk, which has seen a huge surge in demand for breaks by the coast.
£20m Rolls-Royce Boat Tail is the world’s most expensive new car
Rolls-Royce has revealed what is thought to be the world’s most expensive new car – a coachbuilt grand tourer estimated to be worth around £20 million.
Working from home isn't working, why it is time to get back to the office – Bird Lovegod
Technically it’s do-able. People can sit at their kitchen tables, or in bed, or in a recently converted home office space, and type away on computers and have endless and largely pointless Zoom calls, and businesses still operate and sales get made and stuff still happens.
Ilkley decking firm Composite Prime launches nationwide recycling programme
Working alongside We are Futures, which runs the National Schools Partnership (NSP), Ilkley-based Composite Prime’s Message in a Bottle Top campaign inspires key stage one and two pupils, from participating schools, to collect and repurpose their own bottle tops into art murals and sculptures – showcasing the creatures they’d love to protect from plastic pollution.
Record levels of buy and build activity by Northern private equity-backed businesses
The latest analysis from the corporate finance firm, conducted in partnership with Experian Market iQ, reveals a 56 per cent rise in the figures seen in the corresponding quarter last year. The first quarter of 2020 saw 16 deals completed, before the first Covid-19 lockdown, with the latest figures more than double the 11 deals in Q1 2019.
Channel 4's Steph McGovern set to highlight case for Northern investment at Humber Business Week
Ms McGovern will use the platform presented by the Elevenses series of interviews at Humber Business Week to shine the spotlight on the case for increasing the amount of public investment in northern towns and cities.
Partial solar eclipse set to be visible in US this week
On Thursday morning (Jun 10), skygazers will be able to see nearly a third of the Sun being blocked out by the Moon in what is known as an annular eclipse.
Barratt Developments confirms plans to build more than 1,518 homes in Beverley, Honley and New Waltham in move that will support 1,232 jobs
New sites across the region will include homes in the East Riding town of Beverley and in the villages of Honley in West Yorkshire and New Waltham in North Lincolnshire.
