Finalists announced for Hull and East Yorkshire People in Business Awards

Outstanding employees from businesses across the region have been named as finalists in the 2021 Hull and East Yorkshire People in Business Awards (HEYPIBA). Taking place on Friday, July 9, the awards recognise and celebrate talented individuals and teams who are making a real difference in their workplace and contributing to their employers’ success. Finalists across 16 categories have been...

Sewell on the go operations director retires after 25 years

He has seen the business grow from a service station in Sutton to 13 highly successful forecourt and convenience stores serving more than four million customers every year. Now, Sewell on the go operations director David Craven-Jones is retiring after 25 years with the leading forecourt retailer. David’s first contact with the business was as a consultant in 1996, working with his father Bob...

Business Week webinar to explore post-Covid risks and opportunities

A business that is acknowledged as an international expert in driving sustainable change will apply its talents to post-Covid transformation as part of Humber Business Week. Agencia will present lessons learned from helping communities around the world to make the transition from reset to renewal in the face of such complex issues as pandemic diseases, terrorism, corruption and modern slavery....

Biz Week event explores how to elevate your business with Queen’s Awards for Enterprise

Recent Queen’s Award for Enterprise winner Sewell Group will be joined by the Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, Jim Dick, for an hour of inspiring business chat as part of this year's Humber Business Week. The event - Purpose beyond profit: The real impact of doing the right thing – will explore how to align business strategies to creating a sense of purpose and what impact this...

Plans submitted for £15m facility to deliver more jobs and growth at Grimsby’s Europarc

Plans have been submitted for a £15m development that will create up to 50 jobs at the leading business park on the south bank of the Humber. Developer Wykeland Group has applied to North East Lincolnshire Council for planning consent for a state-of-the-art facility at Wykeland’s Europarc business park in Grimsby, to enable a major expansion by leading food products supply chain business HSH...