Business

Key Fund Appoint New Chair

She replaces Hugh Rolo OBE, who co-founded Key Fund and has been a central figure in its development.

G7 let us down on the climate but Yorkshire stands ready to deliver – Mark Casci

While we got pledges on coal and commitments to helping developing nations reduce emissions, leaders of Great Britain, the United States, Italy, France, Canada, Germany and Japan stopped short of anything seismic.

Northern Gas Networks: Engaging local people with the green transition – watch free webinar

But high-level political discussions like these can often seem all too remote from the lives of ordinary people, writes Mark Horsley, Chief Executive Officer of Northern Gas Networks.

The Yorkshire bosses who have been named in Glassdoor's Top 50 UK chief executives

Sky Betting & Gaming’s Steve Birch, Jet2.com’s Stephen Heapy and Turner & Townsend’s Vincent Clancy all made the Glassdoor annual Employees’ Choice Awards of the country’s best leaders.

How Virgin Money is helping Yorkshire businesses go green

The word ‘sustainability’ was first coined in 1987, with the idea that “human societies must live and meet their needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Simple enough, but it has taken quite some time for those words to really be put into action.

Morrisons rejects £5.5bn takeover by CD&R

The Bradford-based grocer said it received the “unsolicited, highly conditional non-binding” proposal of 230p a share on Monday.

Home repairs firm HomeServe set to create 20 jobs in Leeds

HomeServe – which provides nationwide emergency cover for a range of home repairs services including plumbing and heating – is aiming to add another 20 customer services advisors to its Boiler Installations team based out of its Leeds offices.

Jobs boost for famous Yorkshire market town of Beverley as Sports Direct and USC arrive at Flemingate centre

The brands are to come together under one roof at Flemingate in one of the latest retail openings by parent company Frasers Group. Sports Direct and USC will occupy a 10,000 sq ft unit, which is one of the largest at the centre.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak won't reconsider the controversial loan charge and says it's 'already been through a lot of scrutiny'

Mr Sunak told The Yorkshire Post that the policy, which was designed to tackle tax avoidance schemes, had “already been through” a lot of scrutiny and been amended and adjusted.

Yorkshire firms are facing 'war for talent' to attract new generation of workers, Humber Business Week is told

Paul Sewell, who is also chairman of Sewell Group which has a workforce of 500, said the need to look after staff has never been greater at a time when young people hold all the cards.