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Hull’s employer-led school named as region’s top state secondary for attendance
An employer-led school backed by many of the region’s biggest businesses has been named as the leading state secondary school in Hull and the East Riding for attendance. Ron Dearing University Technical College (UTC) in Hull city centre is also ranked in the top three schools for attendance across the wider Yorkshire region. New figures published by the Department for Education for the academic...
Football legend Harry Redknapp announced as keynote speaker for sold-out sports lunch
Harry Redknapp has been announced the keynote speaker at this year’s Sailors’ Children’s Society Sports Lunch. The event in October, one of the most anticipated dates in Hull's business and sporting calendar, has once again sold out, with more than 710 guests set to attend and a growing waiting list. Redknapp, legendary footballer, manager and media personality, will headline the afternoon,...
Manifesto challenges mayoral candidates to put culture at heart of region’s future
Candidates to be Hull and East Yorkshire’s first mayor have been urged to put culture and creativity at the heart of their plans for the region. HEY Creative, a multi-sector partnership that supports cultural growth across Hull and East Yorkshire, has published a manifesto setting out an ambitious agenda for the new mayor to make arts, culture and heritage a driving force of devolution. The Hull...
Council leader backs HETA with call for employers to boost economy by recruiting locally
A company that has launched the engineering careers of thousands of young people has calculated that its apprentices are injecting nearly £1bn into the regional economy every year. Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) said the learners who start their careers at the company’s three sites in the Humber region go on to make a lifetime contribution of around £900m. Iain Elliott, CEO...
Quickline bring Hull City stars to village school for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ coaching session
Children at a village primary school were put through their paces by Hull City players in a special coaching session, thanks to rural broadband provider Quickline. Quickline is collaborating with the Championship club to deliver benefits to communities across the East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, where it operates. Eastrington Primary, near Goole, was selected as one of the schools to...