A trio of tech businesses that were set up to drive the development of digital businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire have secured a prime city-centre site as the home for a technology education and training centre.
Kingston House in Myton Street, Hull, will become the home for The Edge Hub, which was set up earlier this year by tech recruitment and event specialists who identified a skills gap in their sector.
Hull City Council has unveiled £1.5m plans to create a stylish new parade of seven business units at the Boulevard Unit Factory Estate.
The successful estate is the largest council factory estate in the city and home to over 30 small businesses. The Estate will be extended by the new parade with units that have fully glazed frontages onto Goulton Street and rear loading bay areas.
Hull has missed out on becoming the new home of Channel 4. The city had put together an ambitious bid for the broadcaster’s new national HQ, or one of its two creative hubs. After more than 30 submissions, Channel 4 has revealed that Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Greater Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and West Midlands have been shortlisted for the national headquarters or creative hub. Six other cities or regions – Belfast,…
