Posts by yorkshire reporter

Yorkshire based apprentice Gabriel Lynch, from Barratt Developments Yorkshire West, has been crowned Great Britain Apprentice of the Year at the prestigious Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Awards 2018. As well as the overall title, he also went home with two other awards; Regional Apprentice of the Year for North…

Leeds based winter maintenance firm GRITIT, has warned that businesses may be doing too little too late when it comes to protecting staff, visitors and the public this winter. According to GRITIT, who provide gritting and snow clearance services to help keep businesses, hospitals, schools and retail outlets safe and…

Plans for major transformations and redevelopment of public spaces in Leeds for the next decade have been launched as the first ever Leeds Our Spaces Strategy has been revealed. The draft strategy, focuses on the city centre of Leeds identifying a number of key projects such as City Square and…

The Leader of Leeds City Council Councillor Judith Blake has announced the city’s proposal to proceed with a “pragmatic two-step solution” to provide enhanced flood protection measures for Leeds. Councillor Blake was responding after receiving a letter from Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey replying to her proposal put forward in October…

Leeds City Council is set to deliver one of its most ambitious council housing programmes over the next three years, with an estimated 358 new homes being built across several sites in the city. The Council Housing New Build Programme has seen almost 1000 new council homes for rent successfully…