Hull Training and Adult Education have recognised the achievements of apprentices, learners and businesses at its annual awards ceremony.
Held at the Guildhall in Hull, judges faced a difficult task in picking out the winners of the awards that celebrate apprenticeships in the region.
Flourish Hairdressing is a new, luxury hairdressing salon that is set to open in the heart of Beverley this week. Based at Wednesday Market, they say they will bring a very personalised service to the town.
The salon has been completely refurbished and professionally designed to create a stylish oasis where clients can escape and relax.
Andy’s Man Club Hull is on a high after reaching the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro following a six-day climb.
Celebrating the Club’s first birthday and achieving charity status, they climbed to the top of the mountain in Africa.
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Trinity Market and Hepworth Arcade have been shortlisted in this year’s prestigious Great British High Street (GBHS) Awards in the Champion High Street category.
The category features the best high streets in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Beverley may soon be getting more electric vehicle charging points. East Riding of Yorkshire Council says that Beverley is being considered to get additional points.
ERYC confirmed Beverley was to be considered following the installation of two electric vehicle chargers in neighbouring Driffield.
People trust local councillors five times more than their local MP, while councils are also trusted more than the government.
Survation found that 63pc of people also wanted to see tax collected locally was also spent locally.
The team at Middleton on the Wolds business are celebrating after being shortlisted in the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards .
Soanes Poultry has been named as a finalist in the Meat, Poultry and Seafood Manufacturing Company of the Year category in the annual awards that celebrate outstanding achievement within the UK’s fast-growing food and drink industry.
Children in Leven will soon have a brand new state-of-the-art play area, after over £80,000 refurbishment programme.
Work has just been completed at Leven Play Park which will be opened on the 15th September. The improvements to the site include a brand new toddler play area, swings and two climbing orbits with slides poles for both young older kids, plus new seating area for parents and much more.
A local businessman and leader of Andy’s Man Club Hull is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in October to create funds to set up clubs in other parts of the UK, in a bid to confront the biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the UK, suicide.
Leon McQuade is taking on the African mountain as he says the physical feat is small in comparison to the emotional challenges faced by many young men in today’s society.
A new independent business, Feet First has opened in Beverley on Walkergate selling affordable shoes, a concept inspired by lack of choice in the town.
Business owner, Marcos Dinsdale now says he wants to put his best foot forward and is hoping the business will prove to be a popular addition to the town.
Acklams Coaches in Beverley will take over a service previously operated by EYMS next month taking on a village bus service will increasing it from three days a week to five days per week.
Acklams Coaches , which is a local family run business will take on the 504 service, which carries passengers between Bempton, Buckton and Bridlington, will be run by Acklams Coaches from Monday 3 September.
Sportsability Fitness Training is helping would-be fitness and gym instructors onto the career ladder with qualifications in fitness instructing and personal training.
The fitness industry in the UK has never had it so good, as the 2018 State of the UK Fitness Industry Report shows, it is worth an estimated £5bn with over 7,000 official gym locations and one in every seven Brits having a gym membership.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Cabinet will be asked to approve a ninth year of free Christmas parking for the four weekends in the run up to Christmas and to also suspend parking charges for Armistice Day on Sunday, 11 November.
Events will be taking place at cenotaphs and memorials across the country, including those in the East Riding, and will focus on the centenary of the end of the First World War – a conflict that claimed the lives of more than 700,000 British service personnel.
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is pleased to have Nicola Jones joining the team as the new Fundraising Manager for South and East Yorkshire.
Around 42,300 people across the East Riding of Yorkshire are fighting a daily battle with heart and circulatory disease. Each year these devastating conditions claim the lives of more than 1048 people in the East Riding alone.
Cafe V owners Graham and Jayne Ledger have expressed their gratitude to their customers and staff as the couple celebrated a successful first year since taking on the business.
Located on Sow Hill, Graham and Jayne say support has been good over the past twelve months and they are slowly making changes personalising the Cafe.
Google has announced that it is bringing its Google Digital Garage to Beverley on 15 June, offering local people free advice and coaching on digital skills to help grow their business, career and confidence.
For the first time, the training will be tailored to local market traders from markets like Beverley Market to help them reach new customers beyond their local area and grow.
A new swim school in Dunswell is providing lessons for pre-school children and adult learners with exclusive use of a private pool.
The school is run by Suzanne Mathers from Sportsability which is a local community interest company providing inclusive exercise for everyone, as well as training for gym instructors, fitness instructors, personal trainers, swimming and sports within schools.