Hull Ladies Choir and Hull Male Voice Choir are presenting a Gala Concert in celebration of Hull being the UK City of Culture in 2017.
These two established choirs have represented the City of Hull nationally for a joint total of 186 years. With the support from Hull City Council’s Arts Development team, the event will take place on Thursday 11 May, in the magnificent Banqueting Hall in the Guildhall, in Hull city centre, surrounded by the evidence of Hull’s culture, tradition and history.
A pedigree beef business from Driffield is aiming to conquer the snack market with its new range of biltong made from one of the world’s most highly prized meats.
The launch of The Yorkshire Wagyu Company’s Biltong marks the firm’s first foray into the charcuterie marketplace and is in response to the growing market for heathy, high protein snacks.
National Apprenticeship Week 2017 is a key period for the Apprenticeship Industry, being a week to celebrate the success of, and increase awareness of, Apprenticeships for both Apprentices and their employers.
2017 has already been an eventful year and has identified skills development and the growth of the UK economy to be crucial. Brexit is beginning to take form and the announcement of a modernised Industrial Strategy reinforces the importance of skills development for the growth of the UK economy.
Cash for Kids, in partnership with Motor Depot have launched their new fundraising campaign, 500 faces, bringing the community together in a fresh and engaging fundraising initiative.
The idea is a simple one; it is Cash for Kids mission to find 500 people to raise just £100 across twelve months, with the overall aim of raising £50,000 by the end of the year.
An NHS trust has won a contract to provide GP services at a surgery in Hull.
Humber NHS Foundation Trust will begin running primary care services at Northpoint GP practice, located within Bransholme Health Centre, from 1 April.
Nearly all East Riding parents of children moving to secondary school this year have got places for them at their preferred school.
Letters to parents telling them the outcome of their applications for secondary places in September are being sent out. All local authorities in England have to send the letters out on the same date.
The team at Lincoln & York is celebrating after Coffee Buyer and Taster, Rebekah Kettrick, became the first and only female Q Arabica and Q Robusta licensed coffee grader in Europe.
At the UK’s first ever Q Robusta course, held at the end of 2016 in Edinburgh, Rebekah experienced a rigorous six days learning about the Robusta bean’s attributes and flavours, alongside calibrating, cupping and scoring the coffee.
The Height of the Reeds is a major new sound installation by Opera North for the iconic Humber Bridge, running 1 – 30 April 2017 as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017. Tickets are now available.
The installation is an adventure in sound featuring the Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North; an original piece of music heard through headphones during a walk across the bridge, alongside the resonances of the bridge and its weather and traffic.
Leading Beverley accountancy firm cbaSadofskys has appointed Katy Booth as its new Head of Corporate Finance.
Katy joins cbaSadofskys from an independent York-based practice, where she has been a Corporate Finance Associate since 2010. In addition to this role she acted as lead advisor on a large client portfolio of businesses, including UK SMEs, small groups of companies, LLPs and partnerships.
After what’s been universally accepted as a hugely successful inaugural festival, the team behind Stage4Beverley has confirmed the festival will go ahead in 2018 and hopefully become a permanent fixture on Beverley’s calendar.
Sell-out concerts on all three nights of the festival, which was held at the East Riding Theatre in Beverley across the weekend of February 17 to 19, plus healthy audiences at daytime concerts and workshops has given the volunteer team behind the event enough confidence to start planning for next year.
In recent years there has been a trend in housebuilding in the UK to build larger new homes with more bedrooms. It’s a trend that has seen major changes in the house designs from our regions builders.
One company who have certainly embraced these layout changes is Peter Ward Homes. The company’s Managing Director, Peter Ward takes a lot of interest in market developments and he had this to say about how they had affected his business.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 336 is out and features a selection of content from the HU17.net Web Site. The magazine can be purchased from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way.
This week features coverage of BE.THE.CHANGE the fund raising event organised by local girl Rebecca Bennett. Also there is round up of local news.
M & Co in Beverley are holding a fashion show on 16 March at their town centre store in aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research.
Tickets, which are priced just £5 each can be purchased in store with proceeds going to support the charity.
360 Chartered Accountants is pleased to announce the appointment of a new senior personal tax advisor.
Joanne Wilkinson, from Hedon near Hull, has 20 years’ experience in personal tax having worked for one of the world’s largest international practices as well as a number of large regional accountancy firms.
JetSkiWarden is solution from a a leading boat and marine technology company to deal with the thousands of watercraft being stolen every year, with jet skis being the main target.
JetSkiWarden uses the latest state-of-the-art technology to digitally connect owners with their jet skis, using an app on their mobile phone or tablet which allows them to track, recover and even immobilise them when necessary.
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the Treasure House in Beverley – is proving so popular that is to be opened additionally on three Sundays in March.
A first major event as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017, the free exhibition is currently open Mondays to Saturdays in the Treasure House until 22 April, and features 100 awe-inspiring images, from fascinating animal behaviour to breathtaking wild landscapes.
The LGBT+ community in Hull are being invited to contribute towards Pride in Hull by sending in photographs for an exhibition which celebrates the 2017 theme – Through the Decades.
The exhibition, A Moment in Time, is one of many events Pride in Hull, in partnership with Hull UK City of Culture 2017, have planned to take the community on a journey exploring how life has changed for the LGBT+ community in Hull.
Hull will be at the forefront of national events to mark 50 years since the start of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK, when it hosts the biggest LGBT+ celebrations ever held in the region.
Hull 2017 is joining forces with Pride in Hull and the iconoclastic queer collective Duckie and a host of partners to create LGBT 50, which will take place from 22 – 29 July.