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LONDON, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Premier Farnell has won the Technology Provider category in the Yorkshire Business Insider International Trade Awards. Held at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, Yorkshire, over 200 representatives from businesses across the region attended the awards dinner. This year entrants were required to describe their significant and growing sales outside the UK and explain how they plan to grow their export business. In addition...
Britton Brothers are based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire and they have three professional photography studios. Their work has included stills for TV and film productions, architectural photography, fashion shoots and commercial advertising projects. (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 Yorkshire-based photographers the Britton Brothers have been working with new film-makers funded by Creative Britain on a feature-length horror film in a famous old Manchester location. Creative England is an organisation...
LEEDS, England, September 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - With Photo Wednesday 5 September sees the launch of goodvalueformoney.com - a unique and exciting social network for savvy savers sharing money-saving hints, tips, and great deals. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120905/557333 ) goodvalueformoney.com has been developed by two mums from West Yorkshire, Helen Pickard and Samantha Holden, who since meeting at the school gates have spent the...
SHEFFIELD, England, August 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Plusnet, the Yorkshire-based ISP, has announced it will return with a new TV advertising campaign in August. To celebrate Yorkshire Day, the Sheffield-based home broadband [http://www.plus.net/residential/we_are_different.shtml ] provider will debut the first 30-second commercial during the ad-break of "Emmerdale" (ITV1) on Monday 1st August at approx. 19.15hrs. The campaign, planned and bought by Maxus, will again make...
SHANGHAI, April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The 11th China International Dye Industry, Pigment and Textile Chemicals Exhibition ("China Interdye 2011") will be held at INTEX Shanghai and ShanghaiMart from April 26th-28th, 2011. The event is organized by the China Dyestuff Industry Association, the China Dyeing and Printing Association, the Shanghai Sub-Council of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the Shanghai Chamber of the China Chamber of International...
LOS ANGELES, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate the new film adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel Jane Eyre, tourism agencies VisitBritain and Welcome to Yorkshire invite travelers to experience Bronte Country. A windswept land of heather and wild moors, it is hardly surprising that this region of Yorkshire became the inspiration for the beloved works of the Bronte sisters and fueled the imagination of Charlotte when writing her books, including Jane Eyre. VisitBritain...
By Mark Branagan The seaside town suffered a series of flooding problems when raw sewage spilled out of the port's sewer system, which was unable to cope with heavy rainfall during the wet August.Manhole covers were lifted from the ground by the pressure of the water, leaving effluent flowing into Church Street and Bridge Street.Now Scarborough Council is convening a special meeting of Scrutiny Committee members on Wednesday.It will examine the capability of Yorkshire Water's sewerage...
By DOUGLAS HAMILTON BRITISH Energy said yesterday that its power output in the first half fell compared with the same period in 2007 because of repairs at two of its power stations, although it still met management forecasts. The nuclear power generator, which has agreed to a GBP12.5bn takeover by the French state-owned power group EDF, said total output during the six months to September 28 was 22.7 terawatt hours (TWh), of which 19.2 TWh was nucleargenerated and 3.5 TWh came from the...
By Anonymous One of Britain's largest brownfields is being lined up for an overhaul the size of Sheffield, focusing on landscape, lakes and woodland. Proposals for the 4,000-home community on 300ha of land in South Yorkshire were submitted to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council last week. Mining, property and energy company UK Coal aims to transform the former coke works and mine near Catcliffe, an area bigger than Sheffield city centre. The mixed-use project with greenery wrapping...
By Colin Drury Now Ashfordly in North Yorkshire the rural market town featured in the popular Sunday evening TV police drama Heartbeat is to be recreated in York city centre next month.Cars, motorcycles and street furniture from the ITV drama, which made a major star of Nick Berry, will be set up to celebrate the launch of a book commemorating the show.The show has run since 1992 and stars including Tricia Penrose, who plays Aidensfield Arms barmaid Gina, will be dressed up in...
