QualitySolicitors Lockings In WH Smith High-Street Deal

May 14, 2011

QualitySolicitors (a group of independent solicitors firms) has signed a deal with high-street retailer W H Smith to provide access to legal services in branches of their high street books, stationery and travel stores. The deal means that QualitySolicitors will be present in 150 branches this summer, set to increase to 500 nationwide, fast becoming a house-hold name. In store, a QualitySolicitors client representative will book appointments online, provide quotes…

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Murray Hills Solicitors Open New Office in Railway Street, Beverley

May 13, 2011

Murray Hills Solicitors have opened a new office in Beverley as their East Yorkshire business continues to grow. Mayor Bessie Foot was at their new office, at 12 Railway Street, to officially open the business and welcome the staff to the town. Guests enjoyed drinks and canapés as part of the launch. Murray Hills are a well-established company and have added their office in Beverley to their current offices in…

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New Facial Treatment At De Lacy Spa

May 13, 2011

De Lacy Spa previewed their new range of facial treatments at their Saturday Market shop recently. With many customers unsure as to the benefits and, in fact, the whole procedure behind anti-wrinkle and anti-ageing treatments, new practitioner Lisa Patrick was on hand at the Beverley salon to demonstrate the treatments. These include juverderm fillers, which are used to plump up lines and wrinkles, as well as wrinkle-relax treatment, which freezes…

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Pink Night At Longcroft School

April 30, 2011

Friends of Longcroft School (FOLS) will paint the town pink at a special night at the school in July. A number of Beverley businesses have already confirmed they will attend the first ever ‘Pink Night’ held at the school, which aims to promote health, beauty and well-being to the girls and their female relatives. FOLS also hope to raise money to buy a much-needed minibus, and promote the hard work…

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Queen’s Head Launch Curry And A Pint Night

April 25, 2011

Wednesday Market pub The Queen’s Head is once again leading the way in a bid to entice more customers to the area. Les and Chris Willicombe have been in charge of the popular, family-run pub for the past six and a bit years, and have in recent times helped bring some real vibrancy to Wednesday Market, so much so that during the day the area is a honeypot for hungry…

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Beverley Company gets MCS Accreditation for Solar PV Installations

April 23, 2011

Beverley Company receives accreditation to install solar panels MCS Solar is delighted to be able to offer a Government Funded Feed-in Tariff on Solar panel Installations. John Dixon Hart explains: “We are the only Company in Beverley with this demanding qualification.  The Company has been inspected and our procedures were approved.” “The standard also requires that we are members of REAL the consumer code, which offers consumers insurance backed guarantees…

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East Yorkshire Opticians Wins Best Fashion Practice in the UK!

April 15, 2011

Eyesite Opticians is officially the best Fashion Practice in the UK after winning a top national award at the 2011 Optician Awards. Known for being the home of designer eyewear in East Yorkshire for over twenty five years, Eyesite has always been at the cutting edge of quality and style. After sifting through 200 nominations, 30 judges picked out the very best UK Optics has to offer, with Eyesite beating…

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MP Joins All-Party Parliamentary Group for Family Business

April 8, 2011

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has joined the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Family Business. Says Graham: “We know the importance of small, family-owned businesses to the wellbeing of the British economy, and we have seen the devastating impact the recession had on them. He added: “Family-owned businesses account for 65% of all private sector enterprises, and employ over 9.5 million people. I’m delighted to be able to…

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Tribfest to Generate £1m to the East Riding Community

April 7, 2011

The 5th Tribfest music festival is on course to generate £1million to the East Riding economy during August. The event has grown over the past five years from its launch in Driffield in 2007 and this year’s event is on course to sell out with 5,000 festival fans coming to Beverley and create a big boost to the local economy. The average spend of each person attending the event is…

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Local Publishing Giant Announce Decline in Advertising Revenues

April 5, 2011

Shrinking advertising revenues at two of the country’s leading regional newspaper groups could have an impact on Beverley. Northcliffe Media, who own titles like the Hull Daily Mail and the Beverley Advertiser,  have announced a drop in advertising revenues of 12 per cent in their second quarter, compared to last year. According to financial website’s Northcliffe, owned by Daily Mail General Trust (DMGT), is considering options for the business which…

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The Golden Touch: Shaun Atkinson

April 1, 2011

Recently I had the privilege of watching a craftsman at work. There are not all that many craftsmen about these days and the particular craft that I refer to is the manufacturing of jewellery. Shaun Atkinson is the Master of this ancient art, his father and grandfather were both Jewellers in Beverley and he has worked in the trade all his

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Perfect 32 Dental Practice: Supreme Customer Service

April 1, 2011

The Mary Portas TV programme highlighted how bad customer service is in the UK and how we accept it as the norm.   So when it’s exceptional it makes you stand back in amazement and from experience, a visit to Perfect 32 Dental Practice is the latter – they demonstrate a level customer of service beyond expectation. When I visited with my young family, one the many things that impressed us…

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Beverley Gift & Interiors Shop Shortlisted for Retail Award

March 29, 2011

Amanti, a Beverley based gift, home & interiors shop, has been acknowledged as one of the UK’s best gift retailers in the prestigious Greats Retail Awards.  The premier awards for the gift industry, the Greats have become the ultimate accolade, recognizing the top independent and multiple gift retailers nationally and regionally.  Amanti is one of only five shops to make the shortlist for ‘Independent Gift Retailer of the Year’ for…

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Under New Ownership: Ye Olde Pork Shoppe

March 25, 2011

Peter Brinham from Hull has relocated his butchers shop from Newland Avenue in Hull to Beverley taking over the Ye Old Pork Shop which he reopened this week. Peter who is 40 years old has been a butcher since left school some 25 years ago, has now taken over the shop located near Wednesday Market where he will sell meat that is sourced from within the East Riding. Peter said;…

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Beautiful Freaks Modelling Agency

March 17, 2011

Beautiful Freaks Modelling is a brand new agency set up by partners Kirsty Mills and Ben Fisher. The agency provides models for magazine shoots, catwalk shows, promotional and corporate events and their books feature a variety

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Tickton Hall: Open Day & Horse Auction

March 14, 2011

Tickton Hall Stables has one of the best facilities in the North England. Facilities cover a 110 acre site and include a 40 by 80 floodlit indoor ecotrack arena, outdoor arena, canter track and cross country course, training room with audio visual equipment, stable yards housing up to 60 horses, 3 polo pitches and stunning grazing paddocks. The facilities were built predominately as a polo facility catering for a local…

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Guest & Philips: A Family Business

March 4, 2011

Times change, but standards do not. So say one of Beverley’s best-known and most iconic shops, and who are we to argue? Guest and Philips are as synonymous with Beverley as the Westwood and the Beverley Minster. While stores come and go, the local jewellers rightly enjoy a reputation for providing high-quality goods with high-quality service. The Saturday Market store’s owners Michael Guest and wife Anne this year bring up…

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A Meeting of the Minds

February 26, 2011

Alternative therapists invited to “A Meeting of the Minds” networking group Following the success of last months meeting, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Sheila Granger is inviting alternative therapists and other health professionals to the monthly networking group on Monday 28th February at the Village Hotel. Sheila Granger says: “We have found previously that typically, health practitioners stay within their niche and rarely mix with other therapists.  But we are now onto our…

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