Designer to put city on the style map with Hull Fashion Week

A clothing design entrepreneur is spearheading plans to stage an annual Hull Fashion Week. Seguntuyi Onakoya, the founder and creative director of fashion brand HOUSEOFTUYI – which blends cultural storytelling with contemporary design – has outlined his bold vision for the event. Since moving to the UK from Nigeria in 2022 to complete a master’s degree in advertising and marketing at the...

Humber Business Week highlights links with culture as actors join programme launch at Hull Truck Theatre

The value of a vibrant arts and culture scene to a thriving business environment was underlined as key figures behind a forthcoming production at Hull Truck Theatre took to the stage in front of a corporate crowd. Stephen Tompkinson, a newcomer to Hull, confessed “it’s knocked my socks off” as he told how his first week in the city had made a lasting impression. Adrian Hood, who appears...

Manifesto challenges mayoral candidates to put culture at heart of region’s future

Candidates to be Hull and East Yorkshire’s first mayor have been urged to put culture and creativity at the heart of their plans for the region. HEY Creative, a multi-sector partnership that supports cultural growth across Hull and East Yorkshire, has published a manifesto setting out an ambitious agenda for the new mayor to make arts, culture and heritage a driving force of devolution. The Hull...

Quickline bring Hull City stars to village school for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ coaching session

Children at a village primary school were put through their paces by Hull City players in a special coaching session, thanks to rural broadband provider Quickline. Quickline is collaborating with the Championship club to deliver benefits to communities across the East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, where it operates. Eastrington Primary, near Goole, was selected as one of the schools to...

Rovers return as Latus Group founders join board of Super League club they served as players

Two brothers who harnessed their passion for sport to build a business that is an emerging force in the UK occupational health market have become the latest appointments to the board of the Super League club that first sparked their ambitions. Jack and Sam Latus have joined the heavyweight line-up at Hull Kingston Rovers with a pledge to drive the further growth of the club they served as...