Specialist tech company appoints new CEO with an eye on business growth

Sewell Estates has announced Claire Harrison as the new CEO of Parallel Data Intelligence. Sewell Estates invested in Parallel alongside its public sector partner Community Health Partnerships in November 2020, after using its mapping tool on behalf of NHS and local authority customers. Parallel supports public sector clients across England to make decisions about their services, estates and...

Peer networks: business boost for Hull and East Yorkshire companies

In the latest fightback against the impact of coronavirus on business, the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) is delivering its second series of Peer Network groups, aimed at helping SMEs tackle problems, identify opportunities and grow. Peer Networks is a free national initiative, created by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), managed...

HullBID secures funding to step up fight against city centre graffiti

Residents, workers and visitors are set to benefit from further investment in keeping Hull city centre free of graffiti as part of a joint commitment by HullBID and the Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner. Kathryn Shillito, the executive director of HullBID, confirmed that funding from the PCC would be used to improve the equipment used for removing graffiti and for clearing the streets and...

Founding members to share stories from 25 years ago as Women in Business celebrates silver jubilee

A group that was formed more than 25 years ago to bring together women holding senior roles in the Hull and East Yorkshire business community will turn back the clock next week for a belated silver jubilee celebration. The current members of Women in Business will welcome six of the people who launched the group in 1994 to enable women to support each other professionally and socially. The...

MP and Police and Crime Commissioner join forces to back HullBID in ballot

Hull Business Improvement District received a resounding endorsement from its constituency MP and its Police and Crime Commissioner as it set out its stall for a further five-year term. Emma Hardy, Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle, said HullBID operated free of political bias: “If it did not exist it would be necessary to invent it!” Jonathan Evison, the Conservative elected in...