Vet-AI, an award-winning Leeds-headquartered business which gives pet owners access to affordable and convenient veterinary care via its app Joii Pet Care, has appointed a Chief Operating Officer (COO) to its growing team. Matt Elcock joins the company with more than a decade of experience in building high growth, innovative technology companies. Elcock founded Push DoctorRead more
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Thousands of primary school children across ten Leeds schools are set to take part in a Christmas inspired fundraising event to raise funds for local homelessness charity, Simon on the Streets. From 6th December almost 3,000 pupils will take part in an ‘Elf Run’ around their schools and local areas dressed as Christmas elves inRead more
National employee wellbeing platform Champion Health has partnered with R;pple Suicide Prevention to improve mental health and reduce the incidence of suicide, both inside and outside of the workplace. Champion Health, which is headquartered in Sheffield, provides data-driven health and wellbeing solutions, tailored to each individual employee. Founded in 2018, the company draws onRead more
A West Yorkshire law firm has chosen West Yorkshire homelessness charity Simon on the Streets as its charity of the year to support throughout 2021. Schofield Sweeney supports SMEs, PLCs, and large multinationals, who value the firm’s technical expertise and collaborative approach. It also provides legal services for charities, the education sector and advises individualsRead more
Leeds-based Sound Leisure, Europe’s only classic jukebox manufacturer, has teamed up with world-renowned audio experts Marshall Amplification to manufacture a Marshall branded, vinyl playing jukebox. An iconic British brand, integral to the worldwide music scene, Marshall has been producing amplifiers for more than 55 years and has been celebrated by leading musicians around the worldRead more
Anxious, nervous and stressed. Just some of the feelings associated with non-essential shops opening up from the 15th June, according to a new survey. 1,452 UK residents were asked their thoughts on the easing of lockdown, online shopping habits, reopening of high street stores and how they expect to shop in the future. 72% sayRead more
Call-out for owners to loan their car to frontline workers in grass-roots fightback against COVID-19 Inspired by the efforts in the Leeds community, a company has launched a brand new, free community car share scheme to help move essential services around Leeds as the crisis intensifies. Karshare aims to establish a fleet of 10,000 cars, on loan from members ofRead more
Digital training experts have responded to the coronavirus pandemic by rapidly making new personal protective equipment (PPE) training for NHS staff. Experts in training and human performance from Cineon Training and the University of Exeter switched focus several weeks ago to help the NHS. The new online training is based on VR tuition which teachesRead more
Our ‘meet the journo’ feature allows you to meet the faces behind the names and get to know the journalists, editors and key influencers at some of Yorkshire’s leading publications. We were delighted to interview award-winning Yorkshire Post journalist and deputy business editor, Greg Wright this month who talks about how he got intoRead more
Have you heard the news? Read the latest MacComms press release below to find out more about our team expansion! – A Yorkshire-based PR agency has appointed two new team members to support the company’s fast expansion. MacComms, based in the Digital Hub on Whitehall Road, Leeds, has appointed sales director Chris Rabbit andRead more
