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Green light for £22m Fruit Market investment
Hull City Council’s Planning Committee has given the green light to a £22m scheme by Wykeland Beal, which also includes a 350 space multi-storey car park, 34 residential units and 3,000 sq ft of retail/leisure space. The development will see Arco, the UK’s leading safety company, return to its roots in the Fruit Market where the business opened its first shop in 1893. The five-storey office...
Gin-spirational event backs campaign to bring the Viola home
Guests at the exclusive event heard from former MP Alan Johnson, patron of the Viola Trust, and from key figures at Hull City Council that a space has been reserved for the Viola trawler in the proposed Yorkshire’s Maritime City project. They were urged to support the campaign by making donations and by spreading the word about the benefits of the project, which include adding to the development...
Hull Street Food Nights herald a feast of city centre parking offers
The first Hull Street Food Night of 2019 will take place this Thursday, April 4, and sees the event return to Trinity Square, where it began in April 2017. In addition to bringing in food and drink from around the world and an eclectic mix of entertainment, HullBID has secured an incredible deal with APCOA Parking to enable visitors to the event to park for up to 13 hours free of charge. The...
Reality Solutions’ Sophie makes the ‘Top 30 Under 30’
Sophie received a call in March 2020 revealing she had been nominated and chosen to join the Top Thirty Under Thirty Hull & Humber Class 2020. Sophie's nomination included the message, “Sophie is a Reality Solutions person through and through. It is not a surprise to see Sophie working through her own time, and she does this because she has a real passion for service and delivering for her...
1884 sister restaurants embark on al fresco expansion for summer
1884 Wine & Tapas Bar, which opened at the corner of Hull Marina nearly four years ago, has revived its hugely popular green card deal as an April special and has completed an overhaul of its waterside outdoor dining area. Cucina 1884, which opened in Hessle in November 2018, will soon add outdoor seating and tables, increasing the capacity of the restaurant at the corner of Ferriby Road and The...