East Yorkshire's Bayram Timber set to expand after being acquired by Endless portfolio company BSW
The Endless portfolio company will take control of Bayram, a 20-year-old timber processor and manufacturer, and a key supplier into the UK caravan, leisure home and garden sectors.
Domino's looking to hire 5,000 people as temporary workers return to pre-virus jobs
The business said it is looking to hire around 5,000 people as these temporary staff members call time on their lives as pizza chefs or delivery drivers.
Brickmaker is stepping up to carbon neutral challenge
The firm, based at Alne, near Easingwold, said it is appropriate for the group to boost its green credentials because its handmade bricks are the most sustainable of all building products. It said that its bricks have a life cycle of hundreds of years and are very environmentally-friendly.
Counting down the days until school is out and there is a new addition to the pen of pet lambs at the farm on the M62
Days, hours and even seconds are counted. How many seconds in a day he asks, in a week, just the ones where I’m at school, don’t count the seconds when I’m at home.
Bank holiday travel tips: how to prepare your car and yourself for a long journey
Drivers will be making an estimated 11m leisure trips around the UK this bank holiday, with many setting off on their first long journey since lockdown ended.
Picture Post: Conistone Dib – a stunning example of US Dales ‘limestone country’
As the Yorkshire Dales National Park website explains: “The Yorkshire Dales National Park really is limestone country. Limestone is a hard sedimentary rock formed when remains of sea creatures dropped onto the sea floor. It contains fossils like corals and shells.”
York's Christmas market could be expanded into St Helen's Square this year
Councillors will be asked to approve plans for stalls to be put up in the square, which is surrounded by historic buildings including York’s Mansion House, St Helen’s Church, the former Terry’s shop and cafe and Bettys tea rooms.
AstraZeneca to appoint finance boss from new £28bn subsidiary
Alexion Pharmaceuticals’ Aradhana Sarin will become chief financial officer at Astra later this year, after the deal between the two companies has completed.
Take a look inside Hannah Hauxwell's cottage now a super stylish holiday let that pays homage to our Daughter of the Dales
When Hannah Hauxwell’s cottage in Cotherstone came up for sale two-and-a-half years ago it attracted a huge amount of interest and plenty of viewings, thanks to the legion of fans who treasure the memory of the world’s most famous Daleswoman, who was immortalised in YTV documentaries and in books. Hannah had lived in the cottage for almost 30 years after bidding an emotional farewell to Low Birk Hatt, the remote family farm in Baldersdale, which was part of Yorkshire’s old North Riding and now in County Durham.
No time to delay in race to create a green world – Beckie Hart
Recovery from the pandemic understandably topped the agenda, but there was also clear recognition of how deeply intertwined climate and biodiversity goals are to building back better. For those reasons, this year’s G7 feels more significant than ever. We face pressing global challenges that require a coordinated international response.
