Yorkshire Times RSS Feed RSS news feed from the Yorkshire Times yorkshiretimes.co.uk Record Number Of Organisations Achieve A British Safety Council International Safety Award In 2024 A record number of organisations around the world have once again received a highly prized accolade for their work in health, safety, and wellbeing, with British Safety Council today (Thursday) revealing the 1124 winners of its prestigious annual International Safety Awards.]]>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 01:01:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Record-Number-Of-Organisations-Achieve-A-British-Safety-Council-International-Sa- Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 15th March Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week.]]>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Silver-Screen-Weekly---Whats-Coming-Up-At-The-Cinema-From-Friday-15th-March Pressure Of Interest Rates On Business Revealed BCC survey of more than 1,000 UK businesses finds one third (33%) are negatively impacted by the current Bank of England interest rate. Small and mid-sized firms (39%), manufacturers (36%) and business to consumer firms (37%) are more likely to report a negative impact. Just one in 10 firms (9%) say they are positively impacted by the current interest rate – relating to higher earnings on surplus funds. ]]>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Pressure-Of-Interest-Rates-On-Business-Revealed Quarry Leads The Way Nationally With Pioneering New Safety Trial A Cumbrian quarry has become the first in the UK to trial new live air monitoring equipment, as part of a trial to improve safety for staff. Burlington Stone, in Kirkby-in-Furness, is one of six businesses taking part in the industry-wide initiative, but has spearheaded the trial thanks to the broad range of minerals, products and applications.]]>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Quarry-Leads-The-Way-Nationally-With-Pioneering-New-Safety-Trial Nominations Open For The 2024 Cllr Awards Do you know a councillor whose unwavering dedication deserves national recognition? Nominations are now open for the 2024 Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) and CCLA Cllr Awards - the only ceremony that celebrates the outstanding contributions of councillors across England, Wales, and Scotland.]]>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Nominations-Open-For-The-2024-Cllr-Awards Home Office Funded Arts Project To Support Survivors Of Child Sexual Abuse Is Running Creative Events In Leeds UpFront Survivors, a Home Office funded, three-year programme of creative changemaking to support adult survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA), is presenting a free series of creative workshops and events for adult survivors of child sexual abuse, friends and allies from Wednesday, 20th to Sunday 24th March at East Street Arts in Leeds.]]>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Home-Office-Funded-Arts-Project-To-Support-Survivors-Of-Child-Sexual-Abuse-Is-Ru- The Return Of The Metal Masters – Saxon And Judas Priest The early eighties were a fertile period for British heavy metal music; the birth of the so-called New Wave of British Heavy Metal brought bands like Saxon and Judas Priest to the fore. Admittedly, the latter band had already had moderate success, though it was the 1982 album Screaming for Vengeance that catapulted Judas Priest to a higher level.]]>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 21:54:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/The-Return-Of-The-Metal-Masters--Saxon-And-Judas-Priest Flu And COVID-19 Surveillance Report Published - 14 March 2024 Weekly national influenza and COVID-19 report, COVID-19 activity, seasonal flu and other seasonal respiratory illnesses.]]>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:44:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Flu-And-COVID-19-Surveillance-Report-Published---14-March-2024 Latest Measles Statistics Published - 14 March 2024 Regular measles statistics updates issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).]]>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:39:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Latest-Measles-Statistics-Published---14-March-2024 Pint Of Guinness Will Cost You More This St Patrick’s Day, Despite Freeze On Alcohol Duties The latest analysis by finance company RIFT, has revealed that a pint of the black stuff will cost St Patrick’s Day revellers 69p more per pint this Sunday when compared to three years ago, with the price of a pint of stout also creeping up since November of last year, despite the continued freeze on alcohol duty.]]>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:33:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Pint-Of-Guinness-Will-Cost-You-More-This-St-Patricks-Day-Despite-Freeze-On-Alcoh- Sleuth Perfect Escapism Written a little over 50 years ago you may expect this dark psychological thriller full of twists, turns and dead ends to be old and stale, but it is as fresh and engaging as ever. A true mystery thriller about human nature full of conflict, resentment, and influence.]]>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:18:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Sleuth-Perfect-Escapism Turner & Townsend Raises Inflation Forecasts And Urges Clients To Get Ahead Of Expected Recovery Curve Turner & Townsend is urging its clients to start proactively planning for a resurgence in construction activity, while also revising up its inflation forecasts for the UK industry.]]>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 01:01:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Turner--Townsend-Raises-Inflation-Forecasts-And-Urges-Clients-To-Get-Ahead-Of-Ex- Housing Is Way Too Far Down The List Of Government Priorities The Budget has left the property market 'underwhelmed” and won’t encourage developers to start building the homes to solve Britain's house supply crisis. That’s the view of the National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) who say tackling housing is “too far down the list” of the Government priorities.]]>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Housing-Is-Way-Too-Far-Down-The-List-Of-Government-Priorities Weak Start To 2024 For UK Exports Responding to the yesterday's Office for National Statistics data on UK trade for January, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the BCC, said: “There was a slow start to the year in export volumes for both goods and services, with a modest rise in volumes of goods imports. But the UK is not alone in experiencing this, with US and major European markets experiencing similar trends.]]>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Weak-Start-To-2024-For-UK-Exports Is The UK On The Move? Housing Activity Showing Upward Shift From Buyers And Sellers The February 2024 RICS UK Residential Survey shows a more upbeat picture for sales than was the case for most of last year. Near outlook is still cautious, in part due to the suspicion that the recent easing in mortgage rates is likely to stall on the back of ongoing uncertainty about the timing and speed of interest rate reductions.]]>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Is-The-UK-On-The-Move-Housing-Activity-Showing-Upward-Shift-From-Buyers-And-Sell- Farce, Pantomime, And Puzzling Plots Cluedo 2 Graveny Manor 1968: “Who did it? In which room did they do it, and with what weapon?” We’ve all played the game, and we already felt familiar with the characters that were brought to life in this cleverly written stage production of Cleudo 2.]]>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 20:53:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Farce-Pantomime-And-Puzzling-Plots-Cluedo-2 Endurance Horse Riding On Friday the 8th of March the North and East Yorkshire branch of Endurance GB held an 'Introduction to Endurance' talk that proved highly popular. Endurance horse riding enables people of all ages to ride across the countryside covering distances of approximately 5km all the way through to 160km in a day.]]>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:57:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Endurance-Horse-Riding Paris 2024 On Track To Welcome The World And Deliver An Exceptional Games Vision Like athletes around the globe who are preparing for the upcoming Olympic Games, Paris 2024 is diligently working towards reaching peak performance this summer.]]>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:16:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Paris-2024-On-Track-To-Welcome-The-World-And-Deliver-An-Exceptional-Games-Vision National Science And Media Museum Celebrates Photography Pioneers For Women’s History Month To mark Women’s History Month, the National Science and Media is celebrating female photography pioneers, Anna Atkins and Julia Margaret Cameron who were both instrumental in the development of modern photography.]]>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:58:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/National-Science-And-Media-Museum-Celebrates-Photography-Pioneers-For-Womens-His- Urgent Call To Smokers To Make A Quit Attempt For No Smoking Day Smokers in England are being urged to make a quit attempt this No Smoking Day to improve their health and wealth.]]>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:10:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Urgent-Call-To-Smokers-To-Make-A-Quit-Attempt-For-No-Smoking-Day Sheffield Gets New Boxing Venue - Fightzone Arena The city of Sheffield gets its own new boxing venue on April 6th when the Fightzone Arena hosts its first show and, to mark the occasion, boxing superstar Roy Jones Jr is also set to be in attendance!]]>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:10:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Sheffield-Gets-New-Boxing-Venue---Fightzone-Arena Signs Of Economic Green Shoots, But Still A Strong Case For An Interest Rate Cut ONS data showed monthly GDP rising by 0.2% in January 2024, following a fall of 0.1% in December 2023. Here's what business says:]]>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:42:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Signs-Of-Economic-Green-Shoots-But-Still-A-Strong-Case-For-An-Interest-Rate-Cut Pioneering Firm Engineers Export Success In Ireland An engineering company that diversified into the supply of advanced pipeline robots for the utility sector has doubled its exports to Ireland.]]>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Pioneering-Firm-Engineers-Export-Success-In-Ireland Top Spring Money Tips For Homes And Holidays With research from 2023 revealing that families are spending on average £635 on summer holiday activities, it’s never been more important to find cost-cutting tips for spending quality time together. Novuna’s personal finance people have shared top tips for making some nifty cost savings this spring when it comes to homes, holidays and having a great time with the family.]]>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Top-Spring-Money-Tips-For-Homes-And-Holidays IoD: A Manifesto For Business Ahead of the forthcoming General Election, the Institute of Directors has launched its Manifesto for Business – A Policy Roadmap for the next UK Government. The Manifesto puts forward policy recommendations relating to key areas of concern for IoD members.]]>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/IoD-A-Manifesto-For-Business UKs High Economic Inactivity Rate Highlights Urgent Need For Comprehensive Workforce Strategy New figures released today revealing that more than a fifth of adults in the UK are not actively looking to work, underscore the urgent need for a comprehensive government strategy to address workforce preparation and training.]]>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/UKs-High-Economic-Inactivity-Rate-Highlights-Urgent-Need-For-Comprehensive-Workf- Easter Football Clinics - Maldives Former Premier soccer star, Steve Sidwell, will be running a series of football clinics at Seaside Finolhu Baa Atoll, one of the Maldives’ best family resorts, this Easter.]]>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Easter-Football-Clinics---Maldives Euro Train Shuttle March Discounts The rapid ‘Chunnel’ service to France, LeShuttle, is offering 20% off* Day Trip and Short Stay Saver tickets when you book before 24th March. The popular cross-channel service takes just 35 minutes to transport vehicles and their passengers under the Channel from Folkestone to Calais.]]>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Euro-Train-Shuttle-March-Discounts Jack Lunn Appoints Three Board Directors Leeds-based construction company, Jack Lunn Ltd has promoted three of its senior team members to its board of directors. The appointments not only reward three high performing individuals but also form part of a strategic plan to grow the business across key performing areas.]]>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:11:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Jack-Lunn-Appoints-Three-Board-Directors Lisa Zooms In On The Magnificent Bishops’ Palaces Of England As part of a series of Zoom lectures, the Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust (YHCT) is delighted to be joined by Lisa McIntyre at 7pm on Thursday 21 March, who will be presenting on The Bishops’ Palaces of England. Lisa graduated with distinction from the Architectural Association in 2012.]]>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:11:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Lisa-Zooms-In-On-The-Magnificent-Bishops-Palaces-Of-England Aira Launches State-Of-the-art Heat Pump With Smart Home Energy Solution Swedish clean energy-tech champion, Aira has launched the Aira Heat Pump, complete with the latest smart technology to take Europe off gas and accelerate the electrification of home heating. In the UK there are still 25 million oil and gas boilers heating homes.]]>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:59:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Aira-Launches-State-Of-the-art-Heat-Pump-With-Smart-Home-Energy-Solution Plethora Of New Hires And Promotions At Blacks Solicitors The Real Estate team at Blacks Solicitors is celebrating a strong start to 2024 with the announcement of a series of new appointments and promotions. The team has recently appointed Rowan Thomas as Senior Associate Solicitor and Lucy Storey as Associate Solicitor, along with Joshua Ackroyd as a Paralegal.]]>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:47:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Plethora-Of-New-Hires-And-Promotions-At-Blacks-Solicitors Help Wildlife With A Big Green Hike For the third year running, the People's Trust for Endangered Species is taking part in the Big Green Hike, and they are hoping you can join hundreds of others in this event to raise funds for wildlife. The Big Green Hike is a nationwide sponsored walk on the weekend of Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th April 2024. Whatever kind of hike suits you, you can do.]]>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:06:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Help-Wildlife-With-A-Big-Green-Hike Skipton Music Season Finale: Connaught Brass Skipton Music’s season finale features Connaught Brass, winners of the inaugural Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition (2019) and the Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Competition (2022). Frank Finlay, Chair of Skipton Music, said: “We're thrilled to welcome Connaught Brass to Skipton for what promises to be a resounding finale to our season.]]>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:52:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Skipton-Music-Season-Finale-Connaught-Brass Opera North Hits The High Notes In Hull Opera North returns to a Hull this spring with a range of opportunities for people of all ages to engage with opera and live performance both on and off the stage. Comedy is the order of the day on Thursday 4 and Saturday 6 April when Opera North brings Così fan tutte to Hull New Theatre.]]>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 08:57:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Opera-North-Hits-The-High-Notes-In-Hull Labour Market Cools, Yet Skills Shortages Persist For Businesses This morning’s release of labour market statistics showed a slowing of annual wage growth and a drop in the number of vacancies in the three months to February 2024. What does it mean?]]>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 08:38:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Labour-Market-Cools-Yet-Skills-Shortages-Persist-For-Businesses Shakespeare’s Most Magical Comedy Comes To Life Like Never Before The Cheltenham Everyman Theatre staging of Shakespeare’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which comes to York Theatre Royal from 9-13 April, puts a twist on the familiar tale by casting comedy clown Tweedy in the iconic role of Bottom – and also making him ‘comedy advisor’ on the production.]]>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 06:58:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Shakespeares-Most-Magical-Comedy-Comes-To-Life-Like-Never-Before Insurance Expert Calls On The Public To Stay Safe And Support Farmers Through Critical Spring Season A rural insurance expert is urging the public to help ease the burdens faced by farmers across the region during the busy lambing and calving season. Anderson Fossett, of rural insurance broker Lycetts, has called on walkers, ramblers and families visiting the countryside to be mindful of the additional pressures that livestock farmers face at this time of year.]]>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 06:52:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Insurance-Expert-Calls-On-The-Public-To-Stay-Safe-And-Support-Farmers-Through-Cr- Blood Perfect: Part Ten ''Send me Parx's number, yeah?'' Flick pulls on a pair of high-waisters that were waiting for her in the closet. ''I'll need to speak to him while I'm out.'' ''What's the plan?'' says arKhana from the bath. ''You coming back?'' ''I'll make sure of it.'' She dangles her tits over his face so he can have a final nibble then pulls away.]]>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Blood-Perfect-Part-Ten Black Sheep Brewery Looks To Future With Major Rebrand Black Sheep Brewery has announced its biggest rebrand since it was founded over 31 years ago, as it looks to begin the next chapter in its storied brewing history. The rebrand follows the announcement that £1m would be invested in the brewery’s Masham site, ensuring it will become the centre for brewing excellence in the region and beyond.]]>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Black-Sheep-Brewery-Looks-To-Future-With-Major-Rebrand Manufacturing M&A Activity Drops In 2023 But Appetite For Deals Remains Robust M&A deals fall by 11% in 2023 but encouraging resurgence in the latter half of the year brings optimism for 2024.One in four manufacturers saying they are looking to make acquisitions in the next two years]]>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Manufacturing-MA-Activity-Drops-In-2023-But-Appetite-For-Deals-Remains-Robust Wildlife Trust Plea For Dog Owners To Keep Dogs On Leads During Nesting Season Paws for thought! The Wildlife Trusts and Dogs Trust encourage owners to keep their pooches on leads during nesting season from March until August ]]>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Wildlife-Trust-Plea-For-Dog-Owners-To-Keepdogs-On-Leads-During-Nesting-Season Law Firm Gordons Appoints Three New Solicitors Law firm Gordons has appointed three new solicitors to further strengthen its commercial teams. Ed Strudwick, Brogan Ward and Ibrahim Alyas have joined the firm’s commercial litigation, commercial property and construction teams respectively. Ed completed his training at Gordons and qualified as a solicitor in 2017.]]>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:53:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Law-Firm-Gordons-Appoints-Three-New-Solicitors Parseq Continues Team Expansion With Senior Appointment South Yorkshire-based business services and IT provider Parseq has strengthened its senior team as it targets further growth. Gordon MacKinnon has been appointed as Director of Growth and Client Services.]]>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:40:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Parseq-Continues-Team-Expansion-With-Senior-Appointment Digital Consultancy Acquires Healthcare Product Specialist Answer Digital has strengthened its healthcare division with the acquisition of Interneuron, a provider of specialist healthcare digital systems. Leeds-based, Answer is an employee-owned digital consultancy that works extensively across the NHS to support everything from deploying AI at scale to GP interoperability.]]>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:37:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Digital-Consultancy-Acquires-Healthcare-Product-Specialist Ne-Yo: Giving Everything Tomorrow Considering that soul and R&B star Ne-Yo has not had a UK chart hit for a number of years, his popularity showed no signs of waning as the singer arrived at the Leeds Arena for a sold-out concert.]]>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Ne-Yo-Giving-Everything-Tomorrow 10 In 10: Nick Marsden Nick Marsden, Senior Director, CBRE’s Rating team is the latest regional professional in the hot seat as the p.ublished group of newspapers gives him just 10 minutes to answer our 10 burning questions.]]>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 01:01:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/10-In-10-Nick-Marsden The Crucible There are those who say that Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’ is far and away his best work and the production at the Sheffield Crucible more than does justice to that sentiment.]]>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/The-Crucible Serbian First As Hotel Brand Launches In Belgrade Radisson RED Belgrade has opened its doors as a new upscale lifestyle hotel, marking the debut of the Radisson RED brand in Southeast Europe. Located on Takovska Street near the House of the National Assembly in Serbia’s capital, Radisson RED Belgrade offers a unique blend of tradition and contemporary style, following a complete renovation and rebranding of the existing hotel building.]]>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Serbian-First-As-Hotel-Brand-Launches-In-Belgrade How To Save Money On Bills For A More Financially Free Year Although we are now well into the year and spring is supposedly here or on its way, temperatures across the country have dropped, and the thought of how much you might spend on bills during the year can be overwhelming and scary, especially after a pricey Christmas.]]>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 01:00:00 GMT https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/How-To-Save-Money-On-Bills-For-A-More-Financially-Free-Year