Awards that reward the region’s best, brightest, most successful and innovative tourism businesses have been given a significant boost with the news that they will also now be a route to national recognition.
The 2020 Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards, the REYTAs, organised by tourism body Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY), are officially launched.
The East Riding Festival of Words includes the ever-popular Children’s Festival, and this year will see Drama Workshops for children delivered by She Productions in Beverley Library.
These interactive and inclusive drama workshops will encourage children to be creative, dynamic and empathetic, whilst also having great fun at the same time!
When Beverley Town Council organised the first Food Festival in 2006, little did they know it would go on to be an annual success enjoyed by thousands of people.
The original idea was to bring a few producers from Beverley’s rural hinterland into the town centre to help celebrate local food, so on a crisp Sunday morning in 2006, thirty-five producers set up their stalls along with a small Food Theatre.
Following the great success of their charity concert last December, the East Riding & Hull Rock Choir will once again be performing at St Mary’s Church in Beverley on Saturday, June 22nd.
The East Riding & Hull Rock Choir are one of the hundreds created nationwide over the past decade and 28,000 people currently sing within a Rock Choir.
The RICS Hull and East Yorkshire Local Member Group is hosting its annual CPD morning and networking lunch for property professionals on 26 June at KCOM Stadium.
Organisers of RICS local events research interesting speakers and this year will provide a broad range, covering topical material.
A Fit4dogsUK employee has been shortlisted for an award at the 2019 Hull & East Yorkshire People in Business Awards.
Competing against the best talent in the region, Zofia Thompson, Canine hydrotherapist at Fit4dogsUK has beaten the competition to make the official shortlist for the First-class service award.
The ‘Big Beverley Pancake Race’ is back again, after its revival last year. Some residents may remember it from several years ago when it was a regular calendar date, organised by the then, Beverley Arms Hotel.
Beverley Town Council in partnership with the Rotary Club of Beverley is running the event. The aim is to raise money for local charities.
Pat Maguire Chair of Hull & East Yorkshire For Europe says that people in the region are starting to worry when it comes to Brexit.
Mr Maguire and members of his movement were in Beverley where they were giving people from all sides a chance to express their views.
Tourism businesses across Hull and East Yorkshire are being urged not to miss out on the chance to grab an industry “Oscar” and put themselves firmly in the spotlight.
The “go for glory” fanfare was sounded by Visit Hull and East Yorkshire tourism manager Andy Gray with the deadline for this year’s Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards – the REYTAs – fast approaching.
Cherry Burton Residents are celebrating after they finally got a safe footpath in the village following a wait lasting over 10 years.
Funding for the project to install the ‘Cherry Burton Trod’ was awarded by the EU LEADER project, together with a contribution from the Parish Council.
The Culture Train and Bus Tour 2018 will once again bring a taste of the Hull music scene to communities in East Yorkshire located both alongside the railway lines and accessible by EYMS buses.
The ‘Culture Train and Bus tour’ will bring musicians from Paragon Station to play free concerts at eight venues including the station itself as part of a project.
Around 100 delegates have attended a major rural tourism event to help make connections, grow their businesses and celebrate some of the region’s finest food and drink producers with the launch of a new guide.
Held at Tickton Grange Country Hotel, near Beverley, the event encouraged those attending to harness the wide range of marketing opportunities available with the aim of increasing the profile of their businesses and grow the number of visitors to the area.
The RICS Hull & East Yorkshire Local Member Group is hosting a CPD breakfast seminar on the subject of Insolvency in the Construction Industry along with Leeds-based law firm, Shulmans at Sewell Studio in Hull on 25 April.
In light of recent news with Carillion entering into liquidation, the seminar will deal with insolvency during a project and the measures contractors can take to mitigate the risks to their business, when negotiating the terms of a building contract and during the construction phase of a development.
Beverley has been awarded a top accolade at the British Coach Tourism Awards 2018, at a ceremony at the National Motorcycle Museum at the NEC Birmingham.
The town secured the coveted title of being the UK’s most coach friendly destination –seeing off stiff competition from Bournemouth, Burnham-on-Sea, Devon, Guildford, Otley and Wells.
Beverley has been shortlisted for an award as a ‘Coach Friendly Destination’ for the third year running.
Having narrowly missed out on winning the accolade from the British Coach Tourism Awards, the council say it is exciting that the town has been shortlisted again.
Bethan Willoughby, a stylist at De Lacy Spa in Beverley has raised over £1,500 for the charity Hull & East Yorkshire Mind by having her head shaved.
Her fund raising efforts were beamed live through the social media platform Facebook with thousands of viewers tuning in to watch as she had her hair shaved off.
International Pianist, Ross Jutsum who’s played in over 500 cities worldwide is coming to the East Riding in this month.
Ross has kindly offered his services to hold two special concerts. The first to be held at Sewerby Methodist Church on Thursday 12 October featuring Bay Primary School Choir, and the second on and 14 October at the Hornsea United Reformed Church.
The RICS Hull & East Yorkshire Local Member Group is hosting a breakfast CPD session to be held at Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP in Hull, on Wednesday 29 November 2017, at 8:30am.
The seminar will include two topics on Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) 2016 and Construction Contracts Dispute Resolution.