Why Yorkshire firms must use Humber ports to reach the world – James Newman
These ports are part of ABP’s larger Humber ports complex – the busiest in the UK, which is responsible for 17 per cent of the UK’s trade as a whole.
‘Crack down on the rogue business rate advisers’: Boss’s plea as small firms face being tricked
Deborah Spicer is the latest business leader to raise concerns about the activities of unscrupulous surveyors who are persuading business people to sign long-term contracts, which are not in their financial interests, and then pursuing them through the courts for payments.
Devolution has got to be made real, says Shadow Business Secretary Ed Miliband
Mr Miliband, who is Labour MP for Doncaster North, told a major business event that meaningful devolution of powers was also required to help Britain’s economy level up as the country emerges from the pandemic.
Why Leeds escape rooms firm Tick Tock Unlock is resetting its business model
Leeds-based Tick Tock Unlock at one point had four different sites across the North but has shut them all to focus on a new site in the city centre.
Surgical Innovations in Leeds sees optimistic signs of recovery
The Leeds-based firm added that it was clear that the pent-up demand for surgery was continuing to increase and healthcare providers “are under pressure to find innovative ways of increasing productivity and reducing waiting times and costs”.
Law firm Harrowells advises on deals valued at over £50m in the past year
More than 20 deals for clients throughout the North of the UK, including a third with an individual value of more than £5m, have been completed by the team led by partner, Susie Mortonson.
Ripon's long-term hospitality and retail vision to be launched in June in a bid to boost tourism to historic city
The strategy has been drawn up to help entice more visitors to Ripon in North Yorkshire with a host of measures set to improve the ancient city’s shops, cafes and restaurants as well its tourist attractions.
Holiday home lodges with starting price of £110,000 are launched in Yorkshire Dales
The new development, Ingleborough Heights, is in the Yorkshire Dales Country and Leisure Park in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, which has more than 30 acres of landscaped grounds, woodland and old quarry walls. Prices for the lodges start at £110,000. Ingleborough Heights, is pet-friendly and open all year.
International Personal Finance upgrades market expectations after faster than anticipated improvement
In a statement, IPF, said that, since delivering its trading update in April, the group’s operational performance had continued to be positive.
Surveillance firm Synectics narrows its projected losses by more than £1m
The Sheffield-based firm said it now expects losses of around £800,000, down from a loss of £2m, following action last year to reduce the group’s operating cost base.
