Hessle FinTech thankyü launches revolutionary tipping app

Hospitality, service staff, gig workers and musicians can now earn more tips, get paid faster and straight into their account with a revolutionary new tipping app developed by a Hessle-based company. Fintech-for-good start-up thankyü has developed the first decentralised peer-to-peer tipping platform, powered by payments tech pioneer Viva.com and Mastercard Move. It allows tips to be tapped by a...

Field of dreams for Northern Accountants targeting £1m turnover just two years after launch

Ambitious Hull accountant Ricky Field is on course to achieve a £1m-plus turnover just two years after being appointed to lead a new Hull accountancy – and believes his tech-led practice can shake up the city’s financial sector. Since becoming the managing director of Northern Accountants Hull in the summer of 2022, the Bransholme-born finance expert has successfully steered the app-based...

Arco announces return to profit and latest growth plans

Arco, the UK’s leading safety expert, has announced a return to operating profit, with financial results ahead of target, one year into its ‘Destination 2030’ transformation plan. The Hull-based company’s annual results show a profit increase of £4.4m for the year ended June 30, 2024 (FY24). Excluding exceptional items, the business made a pre-tax profit of £1.3m, compared with a pre-tax loss of...

HEY Credit Union thanks colleagues, volunteers and partners in 25th anniversary celebration

An organisation that has generated millions of pounds for the regional economy by offering a fairer banking alternative to savers and borrowers celebrated its 25th anniversary by looking forward to the next quarter-century. HEY Credit Union took over Hull Guildhall for the occasion and welcomed members, volunteers and staff from a branch network stretching from Bridlington to Grimsby and Goole...

RSM UK staff hailed for Olympian fundraising effort

Poverty-hit children will get help to keep warm this winter and bereaved families will be supported in coping with their loss thanks to the fundraising efforts of staff in the Hull office of global audit, tax and consulting advisers RSM UK. The 100-strong team raised more than £25,000 from events ranging from food challenges to fitness training with Olympians and have handed it over to the...