Business

Former garages site is turned into 14 affordable homes in Batley

Howley Walk and Corfe Close are former disused garage sites in Batley. They are being transformed to provide seven, two-bed homes on each site, all of which are for affordable rent.

Gulliver's Valley boss looking at creating new jobs and hopeful for staycation boom in Yorkshire

Julie Dalton, managing director of the Gulliver’s Valley attraction in Rotherham, said that an expected boom in staycations in 2021 could help the hospitality sector recover faster from the months of damage suffered during lockdown.

Costa Coffee and Burger King to provide jobs boost for historic market town of Beverley

Aldermore bank has provided a £1.3 million commercial development finance loan to Cookridge Estates LLP, the West Yorkshire property developer, to fund the construction of two detached drive through units built as part of a larger roadside and retail development.

Number of age discrimination complaints to tribunals increased by 74% in last year

Rest Less, which offers advice to over-50s on getting the most from life, said the number of cases reached 3,668 in 2020.

Profile: the building society boss who believes in the benefits of mutuals

But increasing numbers in the East Riding are finding the answers to their financial needs behind the door of a narrow shop on Saturday Market in Beverley.

Jobs boost for Leeds as Wex Photo Video opens new store

Bosses at Wex said the store in the Moor Allerton District Centre, which is the company’s tenth in the UK, will create multiple full and part-time job vacancies and is part of a strategic move to increase its market share in the North of England.

Extended Ripon business park could create 80 new jobs

Canalside Developments, which owns Ripon Business Park, on the B6265 Boroughbridge Road, is seeking planning permission to develop a further 25,000 sq ft of land for light industrial and warehousing use.

How Leeds's historic Victorian Cookridge Hospital has been transformed into housing

The hospital had operated in Leeds from 1869 as a Hospital for the Convalescent Poor in Leeds. However it closed in 2007 and fallen into disrepair.

Bramley Shopping Centre sold to investors for £10m

LCP purchased Bramley Shopping Centre, Bramley on behalf of Sheet Anchor Investments, one of the LCP Group of managed companies.

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.