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Ron Dearing UTC named among England’s best schools for A-level progress
New league tables released by the Department for Education show Hull’s employer-led school is ranked 15th of all schools and colleges in England, including fee-paying independent schools, for the progress made by students who took their A-levels last summer. Excluding independent schools, Ron Dearing UTC is ranked as the sixth best for student progress, with a progress score of 0.72, which is...
Closure sets up dream chance to buy a brewery
Property agents Garness Jones are offering what many might see as the business opportunity of a lifetime following the failure of a fledgling brewery. Twisted Angel, which opened in 2017 in an industrial unit in Beverley, brewed its last pint late last year after the company ran into difficulties. But the closure was so sudden that the operators vacated the building almost overnight, leaving...
Beal submits plans for housebuilder’s biggest scheme yet
Fast-growing Beal Homes has submitted detailed plans for the first phase of a large-scale development of 800 homes in the award-winning housebuilder’s largest ever single scheme. Beal intends to build houses on a 73-acre site in Goole, East Yorkshire, over a 15-year period, creating a development with an estimated value of £130m. The development is a milestone project for East Yorkshire-based...
Designs campaign proves to be huge success
Signage and vehicle branding company Designs’ latest campaign has proved to be a huge success, after collecting hundreds of donations from Hull residents. After calling out for the public’s support as part of the company’s ‘It’s a Wrap’ campaign, Designs attracted city-wide attention, with video coverage of the donations reaching over 13,931 people across social media. The campaign called on the...
Business centre boss leads tributes to retiring industry stalwart
The head of one of the region’s foremost business centres shared centre stage with a leading industry figure after being nominated to pay tribute to mark the end of a distinguished career. Freya Cross, business and corporate manager at the Deep, made the presentation to Jennifer Brooke, who had served as executive director of the Business Centre Association (BCA) since its foundation almost 20...