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City centre businesses beat lockdown with collections and deliveries
Furley & Co unveiled its new collection service on the doorstep of its bar in Princes Dock Street, Hull, last weekend and is now looking forward to a busy bank holiday. The Furleys team collected orders by phone and WhatsApp for dishes including four different beef burgers, four different chicken burgers and the veggie option of a halloumi and honey burger. Also available are wraps, salads and...
Joint Humber partnership sees essential workers supplied with 1,000 face shields
Ron Dearing UTC, Hull’s employer-led school, has been working with the local business community and education establishments to design and manufacture the protective equipment. The school has worked in partnership with local companies including G F Smith, Ideal Boilers, Luxinar Lasers and the University of Hull’s Aura Innovation Centre to produce and donate more than 10,000 face shields to local...
Covid-19 simulator helping to predict life after lockdown
The Covid-19 Resurgence Simulator assesses how easing lockdown measures over different timescales could affect the chances of a second spike of the virus. As well as providing a valuable educational tool, the simulator is being used by partner organisations as far away as Canada and Africa. Amar Ramudhin, director at the Logistics Institute, said: “In recent weeks, we have seen the topic of...
Joinery team praised for work on new NHS Nightingale hospital
Kingston Joinery was approached by main contractor Interserve last month to work on converting the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), which is now able to take up to 500 coronavirus patients at a time should hospitals across the Midlands become full. As yet the extra space has thankfully not been required as England has seen a steady fall in the number of coronavirus patients requiring hospital...
Goole ‘becoming the go-to place for business’
Phoenix Signs has become the latest addition to the hugely popular Larsen Trade Park, joining the likes of LW Print Finishers, SAS Autoparts, Graham plumbers, DHL and Jewson builders’ merchants. The signage contractor, which acts for a larger number of national clients, was previously based in nearby Eggborough and the move should allow it to achieve its long-term growth ambitions. Yorkshire...