Specialist, ultrafast broadband provider Quickline Communications Limited (“Quickline”) and Northleaf Capital Partners (“Northleaf”), a global private markets investment firm, are pleased to announce the appointment of two new Board members to support Quickline’s plans to bring full-fibre and all-new 5G technology to approximately 500,000 premises in rural Britain.
Businesses Invited To Go Head-To-Head In October Fitness Challenge
360 Chartered Accountants are throwing down the gauntlet to local businesses to join them in their October Fitness Challenge.
In April, the firm introduced a month-long fitness and wellness challenge to encourage its team to look after both their physical and mental health – while raising money for charity at the same time! It was so successful, they repeated it in June and August – and now want other businesses to get involved.
Cllr Boynton Intervenes With Traveller Camp In Beverley
Beverley St Mary’s councillor, David Boynton has acted swiftly following the encampment of travellers on School Lane car park in Beverley.
Hull 4 Heroes Able To Respond Quicker With New Corporate Card Solution
Hull based financial technology firm Expensemate has given Hull 4 Heroes the ability to respond quicker to veterans’ needs with three pre-paid cards, which speed up and monitor the transactions that are essential to running the charity.
Expensemate, which is part of the Rix Group, launched the only corporate expense card to offer credit in 2020. They have gifted the charity with three of their pre-paid cards – worth £252 a year in usual fees – to enable members of the Hull 4 Heroes team to respond quickly when supporting veterans.
Beverley Festival Of Christmas Will Go Ahead This Year
One of the leading Christmas market events in the UK returns to Beverley on Sunday, 12 December with The Beverley Festival of Christmas 2021, proudly sponsored by The Beverley Arms.
The festival returns following last year’s cancellation due to the pandemic and will light up the historic market town for the 25th year.
Beverley Minster Choir – Celebrating Success And Building For The Future
Beverley Minster Choir hosted two events as they made a return for the first time in over a year as a result of the pandemic. They are now seeking young people to join their ranks as they look to build for the future.
The first of these, a celebratory evensong saw the return of the full choir for the first time since March 2020 earlier in the month.
Celebrated Hull Historian And Photographer Gifts His Life’s Work To City
Hull historian, author and photographer Dr Alec Gill MBE has gifted his extensive research – representing 50-years of documenting the city’s Hessle Road Fishing culture – to Hull History Centre.
Almost one hundred large box files, containing tens of thousands of pages, have been deposited at the archive in Hull.
Man Charged With Two Counts Of Arson
A 26-year-old man has been charged in connection to two incidents that occurred in Beverley on Wednesday 8 September.
The man was charged with arson with intent to endanger life and arson with criminal damage in relation to two fires that destroyed two vehicles on Swinemoor Lane and Grove Hill Road.
East Riding Of Yorkshire COVID-19 Vaccination Bus A Success
The vaccine roll-out throughout East Riding of Yorkshire has been very successful with 90% of people receiving their first and 84% their second.
This is due, not only to the number of vaccination clinics throughout the large geographical area, but also the health and wellbeing bus that is touring East Riding of Yorkshire, offering the lowest-vaccinated areas in the region easier access to COVID-19 vaccine.
Hull Recycles Right – Residents To Receive Packs Offering Recycling Tips
Hull residents will receive their new waste and recycling packs over the next few weeks which include hints and tips to help them recycle as much of their waste as possible.
The packs contain information on what can and cannot be recycled and includes:
Man Charged With Theft Of Distinctive Bike
A man has been charged with the theft of a valuable bike from Saturday Market in Beverley on Tuesday 17 August.
He was charged with theft and later released on court bail pending a later hearing.
Law Firm Marks Milestone By Sharing In Camera Interviews With Colleagues
A law firm that is celebrating its 180th anniversary is turning to a combination of tradition and technology to share the stories of its rich history.
Rollits still has copies of the hardback book published in 1991 by the then Senior Partner Tom Farrell to celebrate 150 years of the firm. Thirty years on the practice is adding to the archive by filming interviews with members of its team from offices in Hull and York.
Middlesbrough Recover To Secure Victory Against Beverley
Middlesbrough kicked off on a bright sunny afternoon at Beaver Park and the Beavers immediately set up camp in the visitors 22.
After 5 minutes Rob Smith scooted over for a try which Phil Duboulay converted (7-0). He followed this 2 minutes later by making a fine break and putting Jake Boardman in for a try which Duboulay again converted to make it 14 points to nil and to set their supporters cheering after last week’s disappointing result at Old Crossleyans.
WISHH Charity Launches £40,000 By Your Side Appeal
Hull Hospitals are here, by your side when you need them, from the delivery of exceptional care to supporting families and loved ones.
They are a team we can truly depend on when we need them most. Many of us will have our own story to tell on how hospital staff have touched our lives and gone above and beyond to make a difference.
Micro-Enterprise Charter To Support Start-Up Boom Triggered By Pandemic
Hull City council has launched a strategy, action plan and charter to support micro-businesses in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
The global pandemic triggered a record number of business start-ups, which is expected to break the one million mark.
Incentive Launched By Housebuilder To Support Education Professionals
A local housebuilder is supporting the teachers, tutors and lecturers who play such an important role in their communities by launching a new incentive designed to boost their efforts to buy a new home.
Barratt Developments Yorkshire East, which has developments across Hull, including Fleet Green and Hesslewood Park in Hessle, Poppy Fields and Harland Park in Cottingham, Queens Court and Minster View in Beverley, and Harrier Chase in Brough, is offering a discount of up to 3% off the price of a new home for anyone who works at a nursery, school, college or university.
Bridlington Kite Festival 2021 A Flying Success
This year’s Bridlington Kite Festival drew in big crowds at the weekend with kite-enthusiasts treated to a range of different shapes and designs in the air.
More than 100 kites took to the skies, including Oscar, the world’s largest teddy bear, Bertie Bassett, a stingray, Mario, and a 100m-long dragon made by hand in Bali, according to owner Malcolm Goodman who brought it along to Sewerby Fields in only its second outing.
Campaign Shows The Consequences Of Abuse In Primary Care
A campaign has been launched to help tackle a rise in abusive behaviour towards healthcare workers in primary care across the Humber area.
The initiative is led by Humberside Group of Local Medical Committees Ltd (Humberside LMC) with the support of the Clinical Commissioning Groups in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, and Northern Lincolnshire, and a range of partners who are standing together to say that abuse of primary care workers in any role will not be tolerated.