The pandemic inevitably required most businesses and community organisations to reduce social contacts. However, Manningham Housing Association (MHA) took the opposite approach with the launch of Building Bridges Bradford. Spearheaded by its Community Engagement team, the project sought to bolster community resilience, enhance societal awareness across diverse communities and challenge racism, prejudices and community division…

Staff at one of the UK’s largest nurseries, Johnsons of Whixley have achieved over 11 million steps during March as part of the Cancer Research Walk All Over Cancer Challenge. The Yorkshire nursery staff involved in the challenge raised a combined amount of £736.50 for the Cancer Research Charity and achieved a combined step count of 11.4…

Green energy rollout is a significant step towards carbon neutrality.   York St John University has worked with green energy providers on a major project to reduce the carbon footprint of its sites in York.   It’s estimated that the project will mean an annual saving of 640,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) combined with a reduction of…

Starting a business requires a lot of consideration; financial, location, employees, products, to name but a few. But it isn’t just the importance of how to make a business successful and meet its client’s needs. It also requires careful consideration of the bigger picture: its environmental impact. Back in 2008, Nick Bascombe-Fox and Esmond Hastings…

In mid-November, recognition was given to businesses who strive to enhance the environment and community in which we live through the Raising the Bar Make a Pledge campaign. In March 2021, the West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce launched its Raising the Bar Make a Pledge Campaign, developed to encourage businesses to think about…

SVH Inc. is a Harrogate based business owned by Valentina and Stephen Hynes, which started operations in January, 2020. The business was built on an in person model, providing holistic wellbeing at work services through ‘Away Day Experiences’ at their destination partners – Allerton Castle, Castle Howard, Hazlewood Castle and The Cookery School at The…

I am a Registered Nurse and have been working at the Marie Curie Bradford Hospice on the In Patient Unit for 18 years. I decided to become a Palliative Care Nurse after working on a Vascular ward where I felt particularly drawn to caring for the patients coming to the end of their lives. When…

In the heart of North Yorkshire, is an ambitious business – and Chamber of Commerce member – with bold environmental goals. UNTHA UK – part of an Austrian-owned global organisation – specialises in the provision of industrial shredders that help to transform materials many people would simply consider rubbish, into valuable resources that can be…