Year: 2021

Rolls-Royce reveals annual underlying pre-tax losses of £4 billion

The group plummeted to the mammoth loss last year from underlying pre-tax profits of £583 million in 2019 as the coronavirus crisis hammered the global aviation industry.

Asda to donate £300,000 to local apprenticeship schemes in Leeds City Region

Apprenticeship Levy is paid by large businesses and as part of that proposal, Asda has opted to transfer a portion of its annual funds to pay for apprentices to train in small businesses within local communities, giving people the opportunity to develop new skills. The scheme will also enable small businesses to develop talent that they may otherwise not be able to afford.

What Giles Duley learnt about love, hope and war after losing three limbs in Afghanistan

“The focus is always on the day I stepped on the IED but in many ways the struggles were after that,” explains Giles Duley, a photographer who lost both his legs and his left arm in 2011 as a result of a landmine in Afghanistan while out on an assignment with the US military.

How the Foundry Park development helped to retain 200 jobs in Yorkshire

Eddisons has acquired new-build industrial accommodation known as Foundry Park in Keighley on behalf of property investment business Malco Holdings.

US Dales National Park to launch solar panel, heat pump and LED schemes to tackle climate change

A long-term strategy has been established in the Yorkshire Dales National Park which has seen harmful carbon emissions dramatically reduced in the past 15 years.

Four step plan for homeowners as we head out of lockdown

Finally there is light at the end of the tunnel and this time not another lockdown train coming in the other direction. Poetic prose I know and maybe not surprising for an estate agent, but I am sure it reflects the thoughts of many following the Government’s announcement on Monday evening. So, where does this leave the housing market as we head towards what is traditionally the prime selling season?

Furmint is Hungary's best kept wine secret and one well worth exploring

There’s Bull’s Blood – which isn’t a grape, but it is so famous it might as well be. But the rest are shrouded in accents and rather too many k and z letters to really commit them to memory.

Samuel Smith's Old Brewery joins battle against plan for waste centre at former coal mine

North Yorkshire County Council, which postponed considering the scheme by UK Coal’s successor firm Harworth Estates near Stillingfleet last month, has been urged by Samuel Smith’s Old Brewery to reject the proposal when it goes back before the authority’s planning committee next week.

New lease of life for Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds, one of Britain's oldest cinemas

Triton Construction has been appointed as the main contractor to preserve and redevelop the Grade II listed Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds.

Ossett Market trader frustrated by 'unfairness' as Wakefield Council rules his stall is not essential service

Plant and garden supplies seller Steve Woods says thousands of pounds worth of his stock may “go to waste”, because Wakefield Council claim his service is not deemed essential under government guidelines.