Famous 18th century Yorkshire country inn set for new lease of life
The management team at the family-owned Woodman Inn, at Thunderbridge, Huddersfield, used the pandemic as an opportunity to re-shape the business.
Saltend Chemical Park owner Px Group under new management
Px Group, which also operates the critical national infrastructure sites at St Fergus Gas Terminal and Teesside Gas Processing Plant, has been acquired by Aksiom Services Group, a partnership between Ara Partners and the Aksiom Group, and px Group management.
YFM celebrates 25 years of first venture capital trust
After listing British Smaller Companies VCT in April 1996 at a value of £4m, the Leeds-based private equity firm went on to launch British Smaller Companies VCT2, with the two trusts today worth £185m and investing into dynamic, early stage businesses across the UK.
Why this new coding school has launched in Leeds
Leeds Codes will offer the opportunity to learn code software engineering from scratch, via the organisation’s Software Engineer FastTrack course, delivered through six months of part-time study by expert software engineers with industry experience.
Government urged to back decarbonising steel industry to breath new life into traditional steel making towns
Gareth Stace, UK Steel Director General, told The Yorkshire Post that the North of England was “ideally suited” to become a leading hub for producing green steel but that Government action was needed in order to make this happen.
Standard Life Aberdeen rebranding as Abrdn shows why firms should be proud of their base – Mark Casci
Many of those who fell by the wayside could attribute their failure to circumstances that they either ignored or failed to deal with and innovation will always pose a problem to industries and enterprises that do not keep pace with the times.
Scenic North Yorkshire Moors pub says trading has boomed since it reopened after lockdown
Formerly the Inn at Hawnby, the Owl has been transformed into a country pub and restaurant with rooms in the heart of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park.
Can I access the 95 per cent mortgage scheme as a former homeowner? – Gareth Shaw
Launched on Monday this week, the new 95% mortgage guarantee scheme is aimed at helping people with small deposits borrow money to buy a property. The 95% mortgage market – which requires buyers to have a minimum 5% deposit – was decimated by the pandemic. These are riskier deals for lenders, with only a small drop in property prices causing users of these deals to end up in negative equity (meaning you owe more than the value of your property). So with so much uncertainty brought by the Covid-19 outbreak, lenders retreated from the market.
Queens Hotel reports 260 per cent increase in event enquiries as it finishes £16m refurbishment
The hotel, which turns 80 years old this year, said it had seen a 260 per cent increase in enquiries over the last month, with bookings up by 103 per cent compared to March of last year.
How to avoid falling out when arranging a loved one's funeral – Sarah Coles
But sometimes even the most well-lived lives aren’t marked by the kinds of funerals people deserve. There can be fallings out over the funeral itself, where family members disagree over what their loved one would have wanted. Usually this creates a bit of tension and some strong words, but things can get out of hand.
