Michael Crossland

Yorkshire-based travel company Great Rail Journeys has seen its profits surge after the company was last year acquired by a large private equity firm.

Business activity rose across the majority of UK regions at the start of the third quarter, as Yorkshire and the Humber became one of only two areas to record a decrease in output, according to the latest NatWest Growth Tracker survey.

Total UK retail sales increased by just 1.3 per cent year-on-year in July, despite the final week of the World Cup boosting food sales.

A new partnership between The Piece Hall Academy and Calderdale College is aiming to create a pipeline of talent FOR the UK’s live events industry.

A pioneering research project in North Yorkshire could transform the agriculture industry with the launch of the world’s deepest vertical farm, located 1.1km underground.

Legal and professional services firm Knights has seen its revenues lift by over 25 per cent.

Korean beauty retailer Moida is set to open a new site at the Trinity Leeds shopping centre, in a move organisers said brings an “exciting new concept” to the city centre site.

Yorkshire firms have bucked the national trend as industrial businesses lead growth rankings across the region.

Work has begun on on the £6m Templeborough Business Zone development after Rotherham Council and Magna appointed HBC Construction Limited (HBC) to deliver the scheme.

A senior staff member at Fitzwilliam Malton Estate has said the company stepping away from running Malton’s famous markets was the “right thing to do” for the business, as she said the group was embarking on its “next chapter” in its efforts to promote the town.