Rishi Sunak says UK Infrastructure Bank in Leeds will be in 'very good company' as city is leading financial services centre
Mr Sunak said the new bank, which will unlock more than £40bn of investment in the UK, was a “really tangible sign of us making progress on delivering our ambitions for levelling up”.
Hotel Chocolat takes full control of beauty range Rabot 1745
Rabot 1745 was established in 2016 as a joint venture between the group and Andrew Gerrie (its non-executive chairman) to develop a beauty product range inspired by Hotel Chocolat’s cacao farm and rainforest spa retreat in St Lucia.
How Starbucks slumped to a £41m loss in the UK
Despite the pandemic, Starbucks continued to pay staff in full and did not take any Government furlough money for its non-franchised stores. The firm saw a limited recovery when stores were allowed to reopen last summer, with UK city centres trading at 34 per cent of levels the previous year, rising to 56 per cent by September 2020.
Doncaster Sheffield Airport supports 'Travel Day of Action'
Led by travel and aviation trade bodies such as Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), the day of action will call upon UK Government to allow a safe return to international travel by properly implementing the Global Travel Taskforce’s plan for a traffic light system, expanding the Green List in line with the scientific evidence and making restrictions more appropriate, whilst following a strong Red list to guard against variants.
Can an Amazon parcels hub, a new hospital and potential city status kickstart sleeping giant Doncaster's revival?
Doncaster’s town motto, ‘Be Steadfast’, might well have been written for Richard Smith. The 55-year-old opened a high end, luxury shoe shop in the heart of Doncaster town centre in 2017, and almost four years on he knows the first question on most customers’ lips. .
How Covid-19 affected business sectors boosted the economy in May
Eleven of the 14 sectors monitored by the Tracker reported faster output growth month-on-month during May, up from nine in April, as the UK moved further out of lockdown.
This luxury cat hotel in Barnsley is a retreat for pampered pets
Jennifer Ryder, inset, started developing plans for her five star cat hotel in Barnsley in 2018 and, after noticing a dramatic rise in pet ownership since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the site is running at close to full capacity in its first year.
Long-serving staff save Barnsley menswear store Frank Bird from closure after buying 80-year-old family business themselves
The group of three now own Frank Bird in Barnsley town centre after the 82-year-old business fell into receivership just a few months before the pandemic.
Explainer: Who wants to buy Morrisons and why
Shares in Morrisons soared on Monday morning following confirmation of the rejection at the weekend, as the chain said potential bidder Clayton, Dubilier & Rice “significantly undervalued” the grocer with its 230p-per-share enquiry.
Historic neon Woollen sign preserved ahead of Sheffield’s £300m development
The neon sign, measuring 21 metres in length, remains attached to the dilapidated former headquarters building on Love Street for Woollen Signs, a company that still represents the prosperity of Sheffield during the Victorian era when Sheffield became an internationally renowned city for steel makers, cutlers and silversmiths.
