Year: 2018

#FoodbankNomination is “a Christmas miracle”

“It’s a Christmas miracle” says Katie, young Gypsy Traveller, Leeds, aged 12 A new craze is spreading quickly amongst West Yorkshires Gypsy and Traveller communities:  #FoodbankNomination, a phoneme where, once you have filled a shopping trolley full of food and donated it to your local foodbank or homeless charity you

New initiative helps Leeds residents get online

Leeds City Council is working with leading social change charity Good Things Foundation to deliver an ambitious new programme that will ensure residents of the city have the digital skills they need. Across Leeds, tens of thousands of adults still lack the basic digital skills they need to participate in

New Belle Isle florists are flourishing

Three new businesses on the former Shokar Mini Market site on Middleton Road in Belle Isle have opened and can provide for all your wedding needs! As we reported previously Nicci McCulloch and Kirsty Oxley, the women who left bouquets on remembrance benches in Belle Isle and Hunslet, have extended

Harrison Spinks officially launches new Innovation Centre in Beeston

Harrison Spinks, a large bed manufacturer in Leeds launched its official Innovation Centre based at Westland Road in Beeston on Friday 7 December 2018. It is the latest development from the award winning bed manufacturer, which employs over 600 people. The Innovation Centre was officially opened by the Managing Director

City park at Tetley’s site gains planning permission

Vastint UK gains important planning consent which will unlock the transformation of the South Bank. Today (14 December 2018) developer Vastint UK gained planning permission for the first phase of Brewery Site (the former Tetley’s brewery in Hunslet). This project makes a significant contribution to a new city park for