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How to support your staff to ‘stay safe, stay seen’ this winter
Adam Fowler, senior decarbonisation management officer (transport) at Hull City Council, outlines what your business or organisations needs to know to help keep workers cycling safely during the autumn and winter. With more and more businesses and organisations incorporating sustainable travel into their mix - like Hull City Council - whether it is cycle to work schemes to improve staff health...
Civic visit signals council’s growing support for city’s rail engineering sector
Hull City Council has shown its support for growing a sector with ‘considerable potential’ for the local economy. The Lord Mayor of Hull, Councillor Cheryl Payne, along with officers from the council’s regeneration directorate recently toured Northern’s Botanic Gardens TrainCare Centre in the city. During the visit, council staff and the Lord Mayor heard from the operator about how about £10...
Hull and Fengtai celebrate 20 years of strategic partnership
A landmark dinner held this week in Hull has marked the 20th anniversary of the strategic partnership between Fengtai District in Beijing and the city of Hull. The relationship, first formalised in 2016 through a civic twinning ceremony, continues to offer powerful opportunities across education, culture and international investment. The event was hosted at the Deep, and it brought together...
Business leaders backing young entrepreneurs by promoting benefits of mentoring
A pioneering youth enterprise project in Hull is appealing for help from the regional business community to increase the support for young entrepreneurs who are trying to turn their ideas into action. Hull City Council's Youth Enterprise Team is looking to add to its network of business mentors to help young entrepreneurs aged 16 to 29 who are current or former participants of its Making Changes...
HEY Business, Growth and Skills Hub partners with HETA to host breakfast briefing
The Hull and East Yorkshire Business, Growth and Skills Hub is partnering with training provider Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) to host a free specialist breakfast briefing event covering all matters related to employment, skills and training in the regional manufacturing sector. Operated as part of the hub’s Hull & East Yorkshire Manufacturers Network, the event will...