Arco leads the way in ethical sales with top award

Hull-based Arco, the UK’s leading safety products and services company, has been awarded the Investor in Sales Award from the Institute of Sales Professionals (ISP), recognising the commitment the company has made to ensuring its sales staff provide a professional and ethical service to its customers. With a deep commitment to keeping people safe at work and as the first company in its sector...

Three more leading businesses partner with Ron Dearing UTC

Three more leading businesses have teamed up with Hull’s employer-led school to open up further exciting opportunities for students and help shape their potential future employees. Graphics and signage experts Designs Signage Solutions and specialist pipework fabricators and steelwork erectors CDS Energy Services have become major partners of Ron Dearing University Technical College (UTC), while...

Growing college moves into restored Flemingate House

A historic building in Beverley has undergone major refurbishment and restoration work to enable a growing college to expand its operations in the town. Flemingate House, which is almost 200 years old, has undergone a £525,000 transformation to bring it back into use as the Beverley base of Linkage College, part of Linkage Community Trust. The Lincolnshire-based charity supports people with...

Businesses step up to help Hull children with access to laptops

Local businesses have stepped forward with donations to help ensure every Hull pupil, aged eight to 16, has access to a laptop. Several businesses have made financial contributions and donated laptops following a plea from Hull City Council asking local businesses if they could help bridge the digital divide. Allenby Commercial, Hull Esteem Consortium and the Spencer Group have all made...

Boulevard Academy pupils get innovative to mark major milestone on new school extension

Year nine students at The Boulevard Academy had a creative morning to celebrate the beginning of steelworks to their new school extension. Sewell Construction has recently been working alongside Mark Swallow, a senior lecturer in construction project management at Sheffield Hallam University, to test the use of virtual reality applications to facilitate discussions around safety and logistics...