Five advantages Yorkshire small businesses have over big business
Yes, your competitors may have an established customer base. And yes they may have the money and capacity for solid and sophisticated marketing campaigns. But don’t be disheartened.
Multi-storey car park opens at Hull’s Fruit Market
The £5m building is another key part of the transformation of the waterfront area and provides a major new asset for Hull city centre.
Morrisons donates half a million meals to pet rescue centres
Last year saw an unprecedented rise in pet ownership. With more people at home than ever before, the desire for a companion reached peak levels with over two million dogs bought between March and September.
Yorkshire retailer Maxwell-Scott faces £100,000 loss over Covid and Brexit delays
Maxwell-Scott said a combination of Covid-19 restrictions and delays caused by new trading regulations as part of the new UK-EU trade deal, meant that it is facing delays of several weeks getting hold of stock.
Pickering's The White Swan pub sold in £540,000 deal which will see major upgrade of its caravan park
The 30-cover pub and 42-pitch caravan park at Newton-on-Rawcliffe is now owned by Bridlington-based Guy and Melissa Hornby who are carrying out an intensive first phase of refurbishment ahead of the Government’s planned April 12 reopening of holiday accommodation and beer gardens.
Cranswick to see benefits from outbreak of swine fever in China
Leading analyst Clive Black at Shore Capital said that the deterioration in the African Swine Fever position in China could beneficially influence Hull-based Cranswick’s 2022 financial results. Cranswick is the UK’s leading pig processor with over 30 per cent self-sufficiency.
The SimplyBiz Group in Huddersfield will now be known as Fintel
The group said that Fintel has been created to “harness the combined strength and reach of the established businesses within it, including SimplyBiz”, which provides intermediary business support and Defaqto, the research, ratings and fintech business.
How insurer Legal & General was impacted by a slowdown in housebuilding
The FTSE 100 company told investors that its operating profits dipped 3 per cent to £2.2bn for 2020.
How Just Eat's earnings jumped from £15m to £219m last year
Dutch-based Just Eat Takeaway.com reported earnings of £219m for 2020, up from £15m in 2019 thanks to a 42 per cent leap in orders.
Why the owner of Frankie & Benny's is asking investors for £175m
The London-listed hospitality firm revealed that total sales dived by 57 per cent to £459.8m in 2020 after its sites were forced to close their doors for large periods.
