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Businesses invited to take part in TeenTech 2019
TeenTech programmes help teenagers refocus their thinking about school subject choices and consider career paths they never knew existed. Girls in particular are enthused to reconsider their options by attending a TeenTech festival, with 81% saying they are now fairly or very interested in a career in STEM. Students then take their new-found enthusiasm further, with girls now accounting for more...
Award-winning leisure park targets record turnover
Multi award-winning Patrington Haven Leisure Park has grown its team from 35 employees five years ago to more than 70 today. With a growth in turnover from £2.7m in 2014 to £5.6m last year, the owners-only park close to the East Yorkshire coast is forecasting a new revenue high of £6m for 2019. The leisure park is also experiencing its highest ever occupancy rates, with just 15 of 485 plots...
Gin guru nominated for new business award
Competing against the best talent in the region, Simon Pownall, director at Hotham’s Gin School and Distillery has made the official shortlist for the Start-up Entrepreneur of the Year award. Recognising and rewarding businesses as a whole as well as their individual employees, the brand-new awards encompass companies from all areas of work, across all industry sectors. The Start-up Entrepreneur...
New name for retail park in Kingswood
The destination in Wawne Road, developed by Priority Space, will be known as Monks Way Retail Park. The name was selected by judges because of its links to the area’s Meaux Cistercian Abbey and the Monks of Meaux, who were influential in the area nearly 900 years ago. It was put forward by Peter Fenwick who has lived in Bransholme for 50 years. He will receive £250 in high street vouchers...
Online property auction proves a resounding success
The current national situation did not impede the auction taking place this week, but due to social distancing restrictions it took place online, instead of at its usual venue, Beverley Racecourse. Online bidding, similar to that on eBay, opened at 9am on Monday, May 11, and 72 interested buyers registered to bid – which resulted in strong competition for all the lots. Simon Dee, business...