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2025 Yorkshire Rainmaker Awards winners revealed

1 day ago | thebusinessdesk.com | Sheryl Moore

Home / Yorkshire / Awards / 2025 Yorkshire Rainmaker Awards winners revealed Squire Patton Boggs’ Paul Mann was named Rainmaker of the Year at TheBusinessDesk.com’s Yorkshire corporate finance awards. Mann thanked his team and said: “It is humbling because it is voted for by the market, and really I am accepting the award on behalf of the team. “I’ve a wife and two young kids at home and they are really important to what I do. My boy had a cricket match tonight and took three wickets, so it...
Major government investment in South Yorkshire's transport network

3 days ago | thebusinessdesk.com | Miran Rahman

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the government’s Transport for City Regions funding is to include £1.5bn for South Yorkshire. This allocates £530m to renew the region’s tram network, providing a fleet of new, replacement vehicles, modernising tram stops, as well maintenance to improve reliability. And it includes £350m to reform South Yorkshire’s buses, with franchised buses due to operate in Sheffield, Doncaster and Rotherham by 2027 and across the whole of South Yorkshire by 2029.
Fresh investment set to mould the future of manufacturer

3 days ago | thebusinessdesk.com | Ellie Hollinshead

Home / West Midlands / Business news / Fresh investment set to mould the future of manufacturer RP Technologies, a Midlands-based manufacturer specialising in aluminium tooling, injection moulding, and CNC machined components, has secured new investment to support its future development. A group of investors, led by Alistair Schofield, who has over 30 years of experience in the precision engineering sector, has joined the business. Schofield will now serve as Chairman, working alongside the...
New plans unveiled to transform derelict Kirkby site into town gateway

3 days ago | thebusinessdesk.com | Ellie Hollinshead

Home / East Midlands / Property / New plans unveiled to transform derelict Kirkby site into town gateway A long-neglected part of Kirkby is set for transformation as part of one of Ashfield District Council’s largest Towns Fund projects to date. The North Kirkby Gateway scheme will breathe new life into the derelict Pond Hole site and surrounding land on Ellis Street, bringing new homes, business units, and community spaces to the town centre. Plans include 55 retirement living units, 24...
Final works in progress on £100m airport terminal expansion

3 days ago | thebusinessdesk.com | Miran Rahman

Home / Yorkshire / Infrastructure / Final works in progress on £100m airport terminal expansion Phase one of the £100m terminal expansion at Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) is almost complete. LBA says selected flights and passengers will have an exclusive first look and arrivals experience in the new terminal building in the coming weeks, ahead of the building officially opening to the public. Some passengers arriving at the airport will be selected to go through the new arrivals process as a...
Insurance firm cements commitment to high street with latest branch opening

3 days ago | thebusinessdesk.com | Miran Rahman

Home / Yorkshire / Financial Services / Insurance firm cements commitment to high street with latest branch opening Insurance broker, Howden, has launched another branch in York. The business currently has more than 200 branches and office locations. Located at 11-13 Feasegate, the new York branch opened in mid-May. As well as branch manager George Clark, who has been a part of Howden for 10 years, the team includes Liam Snaith, Jack Liddle, Donna Wise, Dylan Muggeson-Forbes and Jamie...
Brownfield sites transformation creates more than 600 homes

3 days ago | thebusinessdesk.com | Miran Rahman

Home / Yorkshire / Property / Brownfield sites transformation creates more than 600 homes Housebuilder, Keepmoat, has completed two large housing developments in Bradford, delivering 603 homes. Both schemes were delivered by the developer in partnership with Bradford Council and three local housing associations to regenerate almost 70 acres of brownfield land. In Eccleshill, the housebuilder transformed a former quarry site off Harrogate Road to create 311 two, three and four-bedroom homes....
£105m scheme to develop more than 500 homes

3 days ago | thebusinessdesk.com | Miran Rahman

Home / Yorkshire / Property / £105m scheme to develop more than 500 homes Residential builder, Beal Homes, is this month launching its Highfields development of more than 500 homes in Immingham on the south bank of the Humber. Beal is investing £105m to bring 525 two, three and four-bedroom homes to a site off Stallingborough Road, near Immingham town centre. It says the project complements increased investment in northern Lincolnshire from major employers such as Ørsted, Phillips 66,...
Growing artificial intelligence firm snaps up office space at innovation centre

3 days ago | thebusinessdesk.com | Miran Rahman

Home / Yorkshire / Property / Growing artificial intelligence firm snaps up office space at innovation centre An expanding AI business support company has secured new offices at The Globe Innovation Centre in Slaithwaite, near Huddersfield. AIMAI has secured a five-year lease for an 800 sq ft office on the fourth floor at The Globe Innovation Centre, where a number of technology focused SMEs operate. AIMAI was established in 2023 to help businesses transform by leveraging AI to automate...
Restaurant reborn from the ashes following £2m project

3 days ago | thebusinessdesk.com | Miran Rahman

Home / Yorkshire / Property / Restaurant reborn from the ashes following £2m project Radcliffe Construction, a Huddersfield-based specialist construction project management firm, has completed a £2m project to rebuild and refurbish The 3 Acres restaurant in Huddersfield, after the venue was devastated by fire. The firm was appointed as principal contractor for the project in September last year and has since overseen an eight-month programme of works to the entire building. Paul Radcliffe,...