As the World Cup clashes for the first time with a Danish Christmas tradition that has been an annual event in the region for nearly 50 years, this year’s celebration will take on a football theme.
Denmark and France’s big match will be screened live on TV during the Scandinavian Christmas Market on Saturday 26 November.
The UK’s No. 1 homewares retailer, Dunelm, is coming to Beverley’s Flemingate centre.
Dunelm is bringing its new superstore format to Flemingate and will take over the former Debenhams department store to become the centre’s new anchor operator.
Behavioral scientists and productivity experts will tell you that the environment in which you work has a significant impact on your work performance and your overall state of mind.
Even the small things such as the amount of space you have on your desk, the number of windows you have in your office, the ambient temperature, and even the number of people you are sharing the space with, all have an impact on your workflow.
A sandwich shop which has been feeding business people and shoppers in Hull city centre for more than 20 years is set to expand its range of fantastic food after the success of its lockdown specials.
One of Beverley’s most exciting new deli-restaurants of recent times, Harrisons of Beverley is now open and offering a taste of what’s to come post-lockdown.
Harrisons, on Saturday Market, is serving high quality locally sourced food on street food-inspired menus, plus culinary rarities such as North Sea lobster and in-house cooked salt beef.
A baker with shops across Yorkshire and the North East has pledged to work towards having 100% green packaging with the launch of a new compostable bag – a first in the industry.
Replacing all of its plastic carriers from January, Thomas the Baker will instead be offering customers TUV-certified compostable bags made from potato starch.
A writer and an artist who discovered the stories of the Viola trawler by way of a cultural competition have now been inspired to use their work to spread the word about her exploits and the campaign to bring her home.
The pair took first place in their respective categories in the “One Thousand Words” competition organised by the Viola Trust, challenging creatives to paint a picture or write a short story.
Pizza Baby, a new New York, Italian-style family restaurant, Gelato cafe and evening wine bar, has just re-opened in Beverley’s Flemingate following a full, lockdown refurbishment.
The redesigned family-owned and run pizza, burger and pasta restaurant has now taken full advantage of its large floor space and spacious patio area with a new floor, champagne flower wall, added screens, and booths, revised table layout as well as a revamped heated outdoor area to the front.
The Viola Trust, which is working to bring the Viola trawler back to Hull from her current location on the beach at Grytviken, South Georgia, has issued a lockdown challenge to artists and writers to create their interpretation of the ship and its remarkable history.
The Trust is inviting entries now for The Viola Trawler 1,000 Words Competition, drawn from the famous quote that a picture is worth a thousand words.
Faced with the more people in Beverley self-isolating local businesses are fighting back.
The Queens Head on Wednesday Market in Beverley is one of those businesses. Owner, Claire Martin who is more used to serving food in the pub is now offering a delivery service.
The Orchard Community Cafe on North Hull Estate celebrated its official opening this week with special guest cruiserweight boxer, Sonny Taylor.
This new-style cafe is run by community interest charity, Unity in Community (Unity) subsidised by the Community Led Local Development Fund. It provides a local hub for residents of HU6 and workers in the area who can enjoy delicious home-cooked food at subsidised prices.
August proved to be a busy month for Beverley based World Championship sidecar team of Sam and Adam Christie.
They have taken part in back to back rounds, firstly at Assen in Holland and also then on to Rijeka in Croatia.
A popular vegan market is returning to Hull’s Old Town this month.
Trinity Market hosted its first Trinity After Dark vegan market in February, with hundreds of people turning up to grab a bite of vegan food or browse one of the vegan-friendly pop-up stalls.
Tesco Beverley say they are pleased to be working with the East Yorkshire Foodbank, Beverley Cherry Tree Community Centre and Leven Charity Pre-school in their Community Food Connection Programme.
The supermarket giants are now using technology to link local groups with in store systems say they can be alerted to and food waste.
Skidby Mill will be taking part in the Heritage Open Days 2018, on Saturday and Sunday 8 and 9 September.
Visitors will be able to enjoy free admission to the mill on both days between 10am and 4.15pm to the usual facilities on site.
Neil Harris, owner of the independent record shop Bug Vinyl in Beverley says he is really looking forward to Record Store Day which takes place later this month.
Neil, who opened Bug Vinyl in 2017, will be taking part in Record Store Day on 21 April for what will be the second time and he is confident it will be a smash hit again as record fans look to get their hands on some exclusive material for their collections.
One of the UK’s leading social entrepreneurs, Josh Littlejohn MBE will be joining the speaker line-up for The Business Day at Bridlington Spa on Friday 8 June.
This latest announcement follows that of headline speaker Joanna Lumley, along with Geoffrey Boycott and host of the event, journalist and broadcaster Naga Munchetty.
Opening this Friday on 12 January, Snap Steakhouse is the all new Yorkshire themed Steakhouse that is promising ‘a reight good feed’ at a price that will not break the bank.
Owner Jason Rowe says his move from a smokehouse to causal dining steakhouse will add something new to the town as they look o specialise in steak.