A Harrogate charity which promotes employer supported volunteering across the district will be displaying its services at a major business conference next month. (Monday,
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Business stories in and around Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Food offer celebrated in national awards
A food offer described as ‘quality, creative, colourful, different, versatile and value for money’ has been recognised in prestigious industry awards.
The Seafood Pub Company, which has 11 sites and recently expanded across the Lancashire/Yorkshire border, scooped the award for Best Food Offer at The Publican Awards in Battersea, London.
North Yorkshire is first council in the North to set up legal company
North Yorkshire County Council has today launched First North Law, becoming the first local authority in the North to trade its legal services.
This newly formed company has the ability to trade more widely in a range of specialist legal services to other public sector bodies as well as the private sector.
The St George in Harrogate multi-million pound refurbishment before being rebranded as the ‘Country Living St George’
A taste of the country is coming to Harrogate in July, as the town welcomes a new ‘Country Living Hotel’, part of a new collaboration between hotel group Coast & Country, and the Country Living brand.
One of Coast & Country hotels’ most iconic properties, The St George in Harrogate will undergo an extensive multi-million pound refurbishment before being rebranded as the ‘Country Living St George’.
Harrogate will be the second location to have a Country Living Hotel, joining the Country Living Lansdown Grove Hotel in Bath, which will be the world’s first when it opens in late May.
The hotel has been designed and reborn with the aim of bringing Country Living, the UK’s best selling home interest magazine, to life.
Glasgow business win for Joe Manby Limited
Harrogate-based event services specialist Joe Manby Limited has been appointed to provide event services to the 41st UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition being staged
Final tickets available for free digital knowledge conference
Organisers of a digital conference in Harrogate, exploring the potential benefits to Yorkshire businesses of the newest sound and vision technologies, have confirmed that
Harrogate wine retailer invests to launch new tasting venue
Wine merchant Harrogate Wines, which has been based in the town’s Montpellier Quarter for 33 years, has launched Harrogate’s first dedicated wine tasting event space above its shop.
The 1,500 sq ft Montpellier Street venue, which has capacity for up to 40 people, will be open for the use of corporate and private event customers following repeated enquiries for tasting events from regular customers.
Morrisons Supermarket acquires Knaresborough egg business
Morrisons has acquired Chippindale Foods, a leading supplier of free range eggs, based in Flaxby near Knaresborough.
The acquisition means that Morrisons will make even more of its own fresh food and become more competitive for customers on these important everyday products. It will also bring forward the date at which all Morrisons eggs will come from non-caged hens from the current commitment of 2025.
Andrew Jones MP visits modular housebuilder, ilke Homes, factory in Flaxby
Harrogate and Knaresborough MP enjoyed tour of ilke Homes’ new 25,000m2 factory ahead of launch this spring ilke Homes set to become a major local employer, creating 800 roles in Flaxby over the next two to three years
Wetherby-based apprentice named ‘Apprentice of the Year’
An electrical project engineer apprentice that has been learning his trade at leading power consultants and energy management company N-ERGY, based in Wetherby, has