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HullBID excited to bring Hulloween Steampunk Festival to city centre
A combination of science-fiction, fantasy and history, with a Halloween twist, will transform Hull city centre for a weekend of spooky and spectacular tomfoolery. The Hulloween Steampunk Festival, which runs from Friday, October 28, until Sunday, October 30, is expected to attract thousands of visitors to the city, in addition to the global Steampunk community. The Hull public is encouraged to...
East Yorkshire success story Agencia marks 25 years in business
A family business in East Yorkshire is celebrating a quarter of a century of paving the way for British interests overseas by transforming health and justice to build confidence and attract investment. Agencia, which is based in Hessle, works with international governments and other organisations on challenges from tackling corruption and financial crime in Bosnia Herzegovina to delivering...
Jupiter IT steps up cybersecurity after space probe leads to new offices
An IT support business has reinforced its status as a cybersecurity specialist by making protection the priority with a move to a new home. The relocation by Jupiter IT to a site at Priory Park in Hull enables the company to more than double its capacity to host cybersecurity training. Overall the purchase of the two-storey Jupiter House in Henry Boot Way provides a four-fold increase on the...
Employee-owners of animal feed company have an appetite for growth
An animal feed trading business is bullish about its prospects for the future after riding out the challenges of Brexit, Covid and the war in Ukraine. Daniel Chilvers, managing director of Thomas Mawer, said the company was motivated by a move to new premises, a buoyant balance sheet and the responsibility from a switch two years ago to employee ownership. It is also inspired by a crucial shift...
Sport and community hub unveils major improvements
A regional sport and hospitality hub that began as a village rugby club has unveiled the latest phase of a major improvement programme worth almost £500,000. The investment by Hull Ionians RUFC over the past six years has helped to provide floodlights, an all-weather cricket wicket and refurbishments to changing rooms, with the enhanced facilities driving increased activity in rugby, rounders...