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Meehan Media hires communications director to accelerate growth
Rick Lyon has joined Meehan Media & Comms as communications director from Bishop Burton College, where he was marketing director and a member of the Strategic Leadership Group. Rick will work closely with managing director and founder John Meehan to build on the agency’s exceptional track record of supporting businesses at the heart of the region’s exciting resurgence and to accelerate the...
Future ‘positive’ as buyer sought for Scunthorpe metalworks site
Bonds Heavy Castings previously employed 77 people at the Dawes Lane site, which was well known for manufacturing high-integrity steel and high-chrome iron castings. The business is currently being wound down by the joint administrators while it finalises a number of outstanding contracts, but is expected to close in the next three months. Duncan Willey, divisional director for PPH Commercial in...
Tech Week plans revealed at launch event
Attendees heard that the event would run from November 9-13, encompassing multiple venues across the region. The launch event was opened by David Keel, chairman of C4DI, who painted a picture of what the region has to offer and importance of promoting it. He then talked about legacy and the potential Tech Week Humber has to shape the future of our region. Antonio Tombanane, founder of Tech Week...
Instructors make move to train engineers of the future
Two colleagues who traded expertise in a remarkable reversal of roles are urging others to make the move from industry to instructing and train the engineers of the future. As a workshop supervisor at Daifuku Logan in Hull, Matt Shackleton relished the task of passing on his skills to apprentices including Sean Edwards, who at the time was a young learner from Humberside Engineering Training...
Landmark office site to undergo mixed-use conversion
Industrial and leisure options have been added to the mix for the renovation of a landmark company headquarters built in Beverley more than 30 years ago. Work will start soon on converting offices at Waltham House into three industrial units, with agents Garness Jones reporting strong interest in the riverside site because of its location, flexibility and substantial car park. Charles Parkinson,...