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Lord Mayor tours Hull Trains Learning and Development Academy
Hull Trains has welcomed the Lord Mayor of Hull to its Learning and Development Academy to experience the facility’s world-class driving simulator and to discuss how it can work with Hull City Council to continue investing in skills and help the sector grow in the city. As part of the company’s 25th birthday celebrations, the rail operator invited Councillor Mark Collinson and other senior...
City’s active and sustainable travel credentials showcased at national awards
Hull has been highlighted as an example of best practice nationally in promoting walking, wheeling, cycling and the use of public transport for everyday journeys after securing two awards at a summit in London. Representatives from Hull-headquartered business Sewell Group and from Hull City Council attended the event, organised by not-for-profit sustainable travel organisation Modeshift, at the...
Hessle FinTech thankyü launches revolutionary tipping app
Hospitality, service staff, gig workers and musicians can now earn more tips, get paid faster and straight into their account with a revolutionary new tipping app developed by a Hessle-based company. Fintech-for-good start-up thankyü has developed the first decentralised peer-to-peer tipping platform, powered by payments tech pioneer Viva.com and Mastercard Move. It allows tips to be tapped by a...
How to promote walking in the workplace this Walk to Work Day
Friday, April 4, is Walk to Work Day,a national event that promotes the benefits of walking and encourages people to incorporate more physical activity into their daily routines. To help businesses and organisations prepare for the day and to highlight the benefits of walking to work for staff, Hull City Council is providing the following advice. Why is walking good for you? According to Living...
Hull’s employer-led school named as region’s top state secondary for attendance
An employer-led school backed by many of the region’s biggest businesses has been named as the leading state secondary school in Hull and the East Riding for attendance. Ron Dearing University Technical College (UTC) in Hull city centre is also ranked in the top three schools for attendance across the wider Yorkshire region. New figures published by the Department for Education for the academic...