Made.com plans to float in move reportedly set to value group at £1bn
Made.com – co-founded by Lastminute.com entrepreneur Brent Hoberman – is aiming to raise £100 million of new money in the initial public offering (IPO), which it plans to invest in marketing, growth across Europe and to boost its homewares range.
Sheffield-based Fulcrum lands £20m five-year energy supplier contract
Fulcrum, a net-zero focused multi-utility infrastructure and services provider, announced the five-year deal, its largest Smart Meter contract which will see it become E’s Meter Operator (MOP) and Meter Asset Manager (MAM), managing its portfolio of 320,000 UK meter points.
'Chancellor must regulate umbrella companies which are cheating taxman and workers out of billions of pounds'
The proposals call on Rishi Sunak to use regulation to halt unethical behaviour in the umbrella sector, which includes the practice of withholding holiday pay, incorrect payment of employers’ national insurance contributions, and abuse of employment allowance tax relief.
Leeds artist Judith Levin connects with nature
Yorkshire landscape and still life artist Judith Levin has spent most of her time during the pandemic working away at her Gledhow Hall home and studio, where she paints incessantly.
Dog-friendly country inn the perfect place for a post-lockdown staycation
Times have been tough through the pandemic with the prospect of venturing overseas remaining a distant target in 2021. But every cloud has a silver lining as the old saying goes and despite the dramatic decline in foreign adventures there are many UK staycation venues that could be set to prosper.
Addleshaw Goddard announces new leadership for Leeds office
Ms Kaur, who was recently recognised as Yorkshire’s Private Client Lawyer of the Year, is head of the firm’s private capital team and part of the firm’s corporate department. She has expertise in providing trusts and succession advice to leading entrepreneurs and wealth creators and their businesses across the region, as well as advising numerous high profile charitable institutions.
Banknote printer posts 61 per cent in annual earnings
The group saw underlying operating profits – the company’s preferred measure – soar to £38.1m for the year to March 27, up from £23.7m the previous year.
Yorkshire fish and chip chain The Wetherby Whaler opens new outlet in Tadcaster
The Wetherby Whaler has launched in Tadcaster with the purchase of premises on Stutton Road, taking the number of restaurants it has in the region to seven.
Chef profile – Ben Cox from the Star at Sancton
It soon looked spick and span and they’ve since grown a successful business in what is now an elegant, comfortable dining pub, serving carefully crafted traditional dishes “using the best ingredients we can find, but with a bit of a twist”.
How the US Dales Brewing Company in an old railway station gives back to local farmers
The spent grains from the barley malt used in the production of such themed ales as Butter Tubs, Drovers Arms and Bainbridge Blonde are a valuable feed resource for livestock. Micro brewery owner Rob Wiltshire said he is delighted to be able to give something back to the countryside and his neighbours.
