How Sheffield-based SIG plc has made an encouraging start to the year
The Sheffield-based firm said that after a solid start in January and February sales volumes then picked up strongly, and March and April traded ahead of management’s expectations.
Sainsbury's benefits from its essential retailer position in the year of Covid
Sales in the year to March 6 jumped 7.8 per cent, including an 8.3 per cent rise in non-food business as shoppers were unable to head to non-essential retailers for large parts of the year.
Dates revealed for when Yorkshire's last remaining Debenhams stores will close for good
The group had already confirmed that 52 of its remaining 101 stores will shut on Saturday May 8.It said the remaining 49 stores will shut for good on May 12 and May 15 following its liquidation.
Leeds-based equity release provider Age Partnership attracts one million customers
Steve Auckland, the CEO of Leeds-based Age Partnership, said the broker wanted to “clear up” misconceptions about the industry as the equity release provider prepares for growth as the economy emerges from the pandemic.
Huddersfield textiles firm Antich collaborates with AMRC for weaving process
Huddersfield-based Antich, which has three decades of experience weaving fine worsted cloth and making bespoke tailored suits, has been collaborating with the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to create lighter, stiffer and stronger components for the aerospace and automotive sectors.
Yorkshire firm Avacta to begin rolling out its highly accurate rapid delivery virus test from May
The Wetherby-based group said data from a clinical study in Europe on 98 positive Covid-19 samples demonstrated excellent performance in identifying the SARS-CoV-2 virus across a broad range of viral loads.
How the Bank of England's Leeds hub could help the region's economy bounce back – Richard Davies
Following recent plans to locate the new National Infrastructure Bank in Leeds and the Treasury’s northern campus up the A1 in Darlington, it is another sign of the ‘levelling up’ agenda being taken seriously and suggests policy makers are looking at innovative and fundamental ways for the economy to ‘bounce back better’.
Business is learning that social media is key to their brand, but how much can they control it? – Rahsmi Dube
Then we have influencers who also wade in, making statements about their interpretation of content or actions taken by business.
Bleak outlook for pubs with over 2,000 likely to remain closed
New research from Stint, which connects pubs with students who want short, flexible shifts, has revealed the pub hotspots and local economies which will be hardest hit by the slow reopening of pubs.
MPs check on progress of 7,000-job Doncaster coalfield scheme
Robert Jenrick MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and local Government, was joined by Nick Fletcher, Conservative MP for Don Valley, and James Hart, Conservative mayoral candidate, for the visit to Unity, a private-sector scheme led by joint venture partners Hargreaves Land and Waystone.
