Despite all the problems 2020 has been throwing at us, ethical shopping is continuing to grow in Hull. On Saturday, 25th July, Julie and Richard of the Fair Trade shop Near & Fair were joined by the Lord Mayor of Hull to cut the ribbon to their shop's new, much larger home in one of Trinity Market’s biggest non-food retail units.Social distancing rules dictated that a large crowd could not gather in the space outside…
“Social” the newly revamped venue on Humber Street, formerly known as Fruit, will open its doors to the public for the first time on Friday August 14th Social will be operated by Sesh Events UK, which runs the hugely popular annual Humber Street Sesh grassroots festival, as well as The Sesh Weekly music nights and Made in Hull, Trinity Live and Hull City Sesh Events. Original plans to open in April this year with a…
City Group X is a boutique fitness experience located inside the K2 Tower on Bond Street. Having closed its doors for the lockdown, it has now reopened thanks to a variety of new measures that make it a safe space for the whole family. Despite closing for four months, the team at City Group X remained dedicated to delivering premium customer service. Member payments were frozen as soon as the building became inaccessible and its…
A Hull-based specialist arts and health consultant who has helped businesses back creativity and culture across the country has made a national impact with a pioneering project to support wellbeing among the most vulnerable children in Calderdale. Arts Drop, which uses social workers and other outreach teams to distribute activity packs to children and young people, seized the attention of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Arts, Health & Wellbeing as one of only…
Hull soft play centre, Little Monkeys, has been busy trying to drum up signatures to a petition to Government demanding clarity on a reopening date and extra Covid financial support required. Little Monkeys, the soft play centre based at Active+, just off National Avenue, is one of many soft play providers around the country desperate to know when it will be allowed to reopen its doors again. They appeared, with other children’s play providers, on…
Leading engineering specialist Spencer Group will begin work next month to refurbish and rebuild one of the world’s oldest suspension bridges. Hull-based Spencer Group will carry out a programme of essential works to preserve the 200-year-old Union Chain Bridge linking England and Scotland. With a single span of 449ft (137m), the historic crossing over the River Tweed from Horncliffe in Northumberland to Fishwick in Berwickshire was the longest wrought iron suspension bridge in the world…
22 June 2020: Barratt Developments Yorkshire East, which includes the Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes brands, is celebrating retaining its five-star rating for the eleventh consecutive year by shining a light on five outstanding members of the community across East Yorkshire. To mark maintaining its title of the UK's most recommended housebuilder for over a decade, with over 90% of customers saying that they would be happy to recommend Barratt Developments to friends and…
Restaurants, cafés and bars in the Fruit Market are working together as they prepare to welcome customers back to Hull’s favourite place to eat, drink and socialise. Hospitality businesses in the waterfront urban village are putting in place extensive arrangements to ensure diners and drinkers enjoy a safe and enjoyable experience from this weekend. Owners say they can’t wait to welcome their staff and customers back after more than three months of closure and are…
18 July 2020: Alongside the good news that Barratt Developments is back constructing and selling homes, six site managers from Barratt Developments Yorkshire East have won a top national award for the quality of the homes they are building from the National House Building Council (NHBC). Amongst the winners, Paul Dearnley, Senior Site Manager at David Wilson Homes’ Tranby Fields development in Hessle and Mark Greenley, Senior Site Manager at Barratt Homes’ Harrier Chase development…
The Rabbit Hole will be selling a range of Wrecking Ball titles in addition to other titles from indie publishers, national publishers, alongside events, book token offers and more to celebrate Indie Bookshops during the week. It will be one of hundreds of shops and events taking place at independent bookshops across the UK to mark Independent Bookshop Week. The Rabbit Hole has just re opened after three months and is looking forward to the week to continue promoting Diversity…
Hull City Council has agreed to buy Bradbury House in Porter Street, Hull.The building has been used as the headquarters of charity Age UK Hull since it was built in 2001. The charity is to relocate to a more prominent city centre location in summer. The building has been closed to the public since Tuesday 23 March due to the coronavirus pandemic. The acquisition will allow the local authority to move staff from older properties…
A business which provides a linguistic lifeline for patients using the NHS in Hull and East Yorkshire has now stepped up with support for frontline staff by donating 1,000 re-usable water bottles. AA Global Language Services, based in King Edward Street, Hull, came up with the idea to help hard-pressed staff working at Hull Royal Infirmary, Castle Hill Hospital and Beverley Community Hospital. The company also donated 500 water bottles to hospitals in the Worcester…
Digital agency, Strawberry, has recently announced it is establishing a new base in Manchester. The eCommerce-focused agency, which has recently celebrated its 25th year in business, has a strong emphasis on working with retailers and is one of a handful of Shopify Plus Partners in the UK.Strawberry have chosen the XYZ Building in Spinningfields, a contemporary and dynamic hub for businesses. James Greenwood, Joint MD explains:“Whilst we will always call Hull our home, we feel…
A young woman who built a successful company with her partner after they initially met in a care home has scooped an international business award – reaching the top of the tree for her efforts to look after the bottom line. Sarah Fenwick, who with Gareth Pennington set up Tree Fellas Hull Ltd in 2019, has been named Student of the Year by the International Association of Bookkeepers (IAB). But as the couple celebrate they…
A Savile Row-trained tailor has turned her talented team and their mean machines over to making much-needed PPE after cutting through the red tape of NHS procurement. Gill Long, owner of Cock of the Walk, is confident of producing 250 surgical gowns a day with her international staff of six working variously from home and from their tailors shop in Grimston Street, Hull. The gowns are disposable, but Gill is also working on a prototype…
A financial services firm has marked its tenth anniversary with a rebrand to reflect the growing range of expertise which has driven the company’s expansion. Turpin Accounting Services made the change from Turpin Bookkeeping Services to emphasise the diversity of the family firm’s offer, which now includes payroll, pensions and various tax functions. Liz Turpin, who founded the company in her spare room, said: “The name change came about because we realised we are now…
A cleaning and facilities management group is investing in specialist equipment and chemicals to help protect essential services and businesses in the fight against Covid-19. Fox Group has adapted vans normally used for more routine cleaning tasks to transport and dispense sodium hypochlorite to the external areas of prominent sites in and around Hull. The company is also collaborating with a partner which specialises in cleaning internal areas by applying an anti-viral mist also in…
Leading developer, Barratt Developments, which includes the Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes brands, is encouraging the East Yorkshire community to pitch in during this time of need following donations to hospitals, doctors and care homes across the region. Barratt Developments Yorkshire East has provided all its stock of protective masks, alongside much-needed antibacterial hand gel and soap to NHS staff as they continue to run low on essential supplies. Based in York, the housebuilder…
Local housebuilder Barratt Homes Yorkshire East is celebrating its ongoing partnership with RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) by donating £500 to Cottingham High School for pupils to create their own wildlife-friendly garden. The donation follows an activity at the housebuilder’s Poppy Fields development in Cottingham, which saw the students take part in an educational activity learning how to care for local wildlife. The £500 will fund the school’s own wildlife-friendly garden to…
The team behind a drive to create face shields for at-risk key workers is calling on the local education community to unite in the fight against coronavirus. Hull’s employer-led school, Ron Dearing UTC, is working with the University of Hull’s Aura Innovation Centre in Hessle to design and 3D print the protective equipment and is calling on other schools and colleges with 3D printers in Hull and the East Riding to support their goal. Glenn…
