ONS data continues to suggest the jobs market held steady in Spring, with the unemployment rate falling again to 4.9% from 5.2% over the latest three months.The employment rate was very slightly down to 75.0 % from 75.1% Redundancies fell by 13,000 to 113,000 in the latest three-month period.

Fishmongers, chefs and their budding successors are putting on a seafood show as part of Grimsby’s Festival of the Sea, taking place this weekend. The town’s vital industrial cluster has got behind what promises to be an incredible extravaganza of craft and graft, hosting an afternoon of fish-focused entertainment to interest foodies and champions of the town’s proud status.

Food manufacturer Greencore has signed a 15-year lease at Broad Gate with a 10-year break. Broad Gate, a 300,000 sq ft mixed-use development, comprises Grade A office space and a suite of penthouse offices, together with four prime retail units.

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Spotless Water has announced a £6.35m in new investment led by YFM Equity Partners to accelerate the number of pure water stations in its network. Spotless water plans to substantially grow the number of pure water stations in its network in the next 12 months, and expand 24/7 access to pure water for the professional cleaning and detailing businesses that rely on it.

Danny Sullivan, Founder and CEO of Nomada Digital, a B2B search and cross-platform visibility agency, shares his insights on the quiet shift in how customers now find businesses online – and the five-minute test every owner should run to see whether AI is recommending them, or their competitors instead.

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Employee-owned law firm Ison Harrison has launched a new office in Penistone, marking its 25th regional branch and its first foothold in South Yorkshire. The expansion into the historic Market Street site follows a period of growth for the firm, which transitioned to a 100% employee-owned model in 2022 and reported revenues surpassing £35 million for 2025.

Artificial intelligence is becoming part of everyday business, with tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot now supporting tasks from research and writing to coding, data analysis and customer service. Claude is one of the strongest AI tools currently available and many organisations are understandably considering it as part of their digital strategy.

Young people in Yorkshire are increasingly turning to AI tools and social media to guide their careers, and in some cases replacing advice traditionally provided by parents and teachers, according to a new report published by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO.

Hull & East Yorkshire Fashion Week has concluded its latest edition following a series of events designed to connect the region’s creative industries, education sectors, and local businesses.

Partington’s Holiday Parks, a family-owned leisure operator in the North West of England, has introduced a corporate training initiative to develop its next tier of management staff. The Hospitality Associates Programme offers structured operational training across the company’s portfolio, which spans caravans and holiday parks in Lancashire, the Lake District, and the Yorkshire Dales.

Yorkshire-based firefighter PPE manufacturer FlamePro has been awarded a place on the UK’s biggest framework to supply life-saving kit to fire services. FlamePro has been named on the National Firefighter PPE Framework, overseen by the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC).