Year: 2021

Call centre provider ResQ poised to create a further 200 new jobs in Hull

Hull-based ResQ, which operates call centres for telecommunications and energy companies, is already in the process of recruiting 120 new staff after taking the first floor in the former House of Fraser store in the Hammonds of Hull building. The move will help increase capacity for its partnership with Vodafone UK.

Prospects for Yorkshire's economy are very bullish, according to CEO of Julius Baer International

David Durlacher said the region was poised to benefit from being at the centre of global plans to create a more sustainable economy.

Research reveals Covid effects on ethnic minority children

Leeds-based Emis said the observational analysis of 2.6 million healthcare records – the largest population study of Covid-19 in children to date – suggests a link between ethnicity and Covid-19, with important implications for global public health strategies to combat the virus, such as access to tests.

Therapies brought Claire Greenwood back from the brink, now she wants to use them to change people's lives

For most entrepreneurs their business is a calling and represents their place in life.But for Claire Greenwood, her business represents not just her passion, it literally changed her life.

Review: The Social Distortion, Hull

First proper sit-down meal in ages, first time enjoying food and drink made by skilled professionals. A balmy June night, a comfy seat and, finally, a chance to bathe in the relief of being double-jabbed and safely returned to the warm embrace of bacchanalia. Deep breath, and relax.

Wentworth Woodhouse exhibition tells story of first generation of Pakistani women who came to live in South US

That question is explored in a thought-provoking exhibition at the private chapel in Rotherham stately home Wentworth Woodhouse this month.

Why Morrisons is rewinding the clock to bring back glass milk bottles

The glass milk bottles hold a pint of milk and are priced at 90p. They will be available in seven trial stores across Kent and four stores around Sheffield.

Jobs boost for York as communications agency Camargue opens office on science park

Based on York Science Park, which is owned and managed by the University of York, the office will be used to service recent client wins, grow Camargue’s business and deliver communications consultancy work across the North of England.

Green list destinations: what countries you can fly to from Leeds Bradford, Doncaster Sheffield and Manchester airports

For a country to be added to the green list it has to meet set criteria regarding factors such as levels of infection rate, ‘variants of concern’ and vaccine rollout.

Tarmac are 'drinking at the last chance saloon' after being given permission to use quarry for another 13 years

A clear majority of Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority members voted in favour of allowing the £2bn turnover firm to extract 4.4 million tonnes of gritstone from Dry Rigg Quarry, near Horton-in-Ribblesdale, before restoring the area in 2035 with a 225-metre deep lake that would take about 30 years to fill.