The head of a leading engineering training business says his organisation is “fighting with one hand tied behind our back” because of a lack of funding to support its work with learners and employers.
Iain Elliot, Chief Executive of Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) said the government should seize the opportunity presented by the new Skills and Post-16 Education Bill to channel more funding to independent providers, and particularly to Group Training Associations (GTAs).
£850 million worth of COVID-19 support grants are still available nationally and firms in England have been encouraged to apply by Business Minister, Paul Scully.
The funding has been made available by the government to councils in England for them to provide to businesses in need in their local area. Businesses are encouraged to apply to their local council for funding.
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Thanks to the continuing popularity of the ‘Reflections of Japan in East Yorkshire’ exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery, artist Laura Boswell has added some brand new works to the exhibition.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is supporting a closed road motor rally heading for East Yorkshire when Beverley & District Motor Club host the East Riding Stages at the end of February.
The event, running on 27 February 2022, follows in the footsteps of the successful Clacton Rally which first ran in 2018 after Motorsport UK gave the green light for competitive events to take place on closed public roads.
This half term – from 19 to 26 February – East Riding Archives are looking for local Minecrafters to make their mark on history.
Young Minecrafters can book a time slot to visit the Minecraft workstation at Bridlington and Beverley where an Archivist will be collecting pandemic experiences for the Archive collections.
A host of fun activities for the family are on offer at Beverley Minster during the half-term holiday.
Youngsters are being encouraged to make their way around the minster on the Sanctuary Trail, a specially designed route around the historic building where they can find answers to questions and complete puzzles as they explore.
Travel writer and adventurer, Simon Parker, will kick off his Riding Out tour this Spring with a series of theatre and literary festival appearances around the UK.
The show will come to Beverley on 30 March with the event being held at East Riding Theatre.
Leading internet provider Quickline Communications has announced it is the first company in the UK to offer standalone 5G technology, bringing superfast and ultrafast speeds to rural communities.
Beverley-based entrepreneur Lewis Nightingale has unveiled his new product – Acquisition Launch, a radical new approach to customer acquisition.
Acquisition Launch helps service-based companies that are struggling to acquire new customers.
For those unsure what to do with the little ones or not so little ones this February half term, East Riding Leisure centres are running activities throughout the holiday.
Beverley-based Fabspot hospitality app is to launch UK-wide providing the whole UK hospitality industry ‘on one app in one place on your phone in your purse or in your back pocket’.
Free to consumers, Fabspot has comprehensive, up-to-date profiles and details of restaurants, hotels, pubs and leisure facilities in towns and cities across the UK.
Not a day to remember. Or at any rate not for the rugby. Persistent heavy rain and a fierce downfield wind meant that from start to finish this game never developed into anything much more than a relentless forward slog. Expansive running rugby was out of the question.
On a dry day, this might have been an enthralling encounter between these old rivals. Goole arrived on the back of an upturn in form and an impressive victory the previous week against the league leaders.
With more than 300 people, including more than 40 children*, waiting for a heart transplant this Valentine’s Day, NHS Blood and Transplant is calling on families to have a heart-to-heart about organ donation.
While heart transplants have continued throughout the pandemic, with only 7% less in 2020/21 compared to the year before, the waiting list for a heart transplant has risen 85% in the last decade, from 169 patients in March 2012 to 313 in March 2021. It is more important than ever that families share their decisions around organ donation to save more lives.
An independent boutique offering stylish and affordable womenswear, jewellery and accessories has opened at Beverley’s Flemingate centre.
Jo Ja Be Boutique has operated as a successful online business since last summer and owner Jo Briggs has now taken the leap to open her first bricks-and-mortar shop, bringing sought-after fashion brands to the high street.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s public health team first launched the Inclusion Health vehicle back in November 2021, as part of the wider East Riding Inclusion Health service.
This project brings together council services including public health, leisure and libraries, as well as external partners such as the Humber NHS Foundation Trust, the Food Poverty Alliance and the foodbank network, working with community groups and organisations, all with the aim to become a trusted and supportive presence within the local authority.
Iconic film music will reverberate around the City Hall when the Hull Philharmonic plays a programme of requested music next month.
The February 26 concert features John Williams’ Jurassic Park, Hans Zimmer’s The Lion King and Morricone’s Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission, taking the audience on a journey through some of the most popular soundtracks of the 20th century. John Williams’ Summon the Heroes written for the 1996 Summer Olympics will also be played.
The Pasture Masters responsible for Beverley Westwood have recently planted trees in Newbegin Pits on the Westwood.
They have an ambitious tree-planting programme of which this is the start and there are plans to involve local schools and community groups to help form new plantations on the Beverley Commons.