Spring has well and truly sprung. And with spring comes the annual spring clean.
But this year’s commercial spring clean will need to go a little deeper, with thousands of places of work left dormant over lockdown meaning that workspaces are all now overdue some much-needed care and attention.
A radical new reworking of Herman Melville’s epic, classic novel, Moby Dick, will be put on at Hull’s Stage @TheDock by The John Godber Company this June.
The production is supported by Wykeland Group, a leading supporter of the arts and culture in the city, and Arts Council England, and sees the return of live performances to the stunning waterside amphitheatre.
Gyles Brandreth will be hosting The Business Day once again as organisers have announced this year will go ahead as a virtual event, live-streamed from Bridlington Spa on Friday 11 June.
A young volunteer from North Hull Estate, who helped out at Unity in Community to gain work experience and improve career prospects, has been rewarded for her efforts, with a place on the Kickstart scheme at The Standguide Group in Hull.
Hull’s new Employment Hub is off to a flying start after helping hundreds of young people into potential new careers.
Hull City Council is an approved intermediary for the Government’s national Kickstart Scheme, which creates fully funded six-month placements for 25 hours per week.
Work has started on replacing the council’s popular Belvedere chalets in Bridlington, located on the south beach towards the end of the promenade.
Preparation is underway for the return of Hull’s much-loved family festival, The Big Malarkey, this summer.
Hosted by Hull Libraries, the team is hoping to bring a smile to people’s faces and welcome families back with an invitation to come together to celebrate and experience the magic of The Big Malarkey Festival.
Matthew Grove has been selected by East Riding Liberal Democrats, to stand as their candidate in the South West Holderness Ward of East Riding Yorkshire Council on 6 May.
The creativity of Hull’s writing community is being celebrated with four new writing commissions for the Humber Mouth literature festival.
And, the new stories and poems written for radio will be broadcast through a special partnership with BBC Radio Humberside.
The Family Mediation team at Rollits will be taking part in a new government initiative launched last week which will see £1m invested in family mediation.
Under the scheme, the Ministry of Justice will provide contributions of up to £500 per family, to help families resolve issues relating to children following parental separation. The fund will reduce the costs of mediation for at least 2000 families.
A new spice importing business has joined forces with a long-established food wholesaler in a distribution partnership which is gearing up to support the hospitality sector as it bounces back from lockdown.
Tapasya Spices has added Dee Bee Wholesale to its expanding ranks of distributors as it works to deliver its exclusive range of spices, rice and pulses to retailers and hospitality businesses nationwide.
An established Hull memorials business has introduced new measures to help its clients post lockdown.
Among the initiatives introduced by G.H.Wriglesworth are innovative ‘walk and talk’ meetings, pre-booked appointments, home visits and virtual meetings.
A dyslexic entrepreneur is seeking the help of businesses and employees as he works to develop an assistive tool that will make email easier for people who share his condition.
Hull-based Dileepa Ranawake, who was diagnosed with dyslexia at 18, is drawing on his background in technology and health projects to create Jisterly.ai, which will enable dyslexic people to read and prioritise their emails up to five times faster without having to open them.
Ideal Heating, experts in heating and hot water solutions is working with recruitment consultancy Emmerson Kitney to appoint 10 skilled engineers as part of a team within the new environmental division working on the development of industry-leading products that will contribute to the UK’s net-zero target.
On Thursday 6 May 2021, Hull City Council local elections and the Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) election takes place.
Residents in Hull have their chance to vote on who represents them in their local ward area, and who represents the Humberside area as Police and Crime Commissioner.
The government’s roadmap for ending lockdown proposes 12 April for holiday parks to re-open, yet coronavirus infection transmissions remain a grave concern, as well as being a challenge for hygiene teams.
In response, an East Yorkshire static caravan manufacturer, Sunseeker Holiday Homes, has pledged to protect staff, customers and holidaymakers, by commissioning Cicada Antimicrobial Surface Protection Services.
Hull-based green cleaning company Bio-D has announced retailer Robert Dyas as the latest stockist of its environmentally friendly cleaning products.
A selection of the Bio-D range will now be available in 80 of Robert Dyas’s 92 stores, with shoppers also able to order the brand’s products from the website for home delivery.
Hospitality businesses in Hull are being urged to apply for Pavement Licences now so they are ready to serve customers when Covid restrictions ease on April 12.
The reminder to businesses comes as Hull City Council reveals it has now given out grants totalling £77m to more than 4,800 businesses in the city during the pandemic.