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Dan Hallett joins Big Red Industries Board

Big Red Industries are thrilled to announce that Dan Hallet has accepted his position of non-executive board member.

Leeds Beckett University students to feature at Graduate Fashion Week

Seven students from Leeds Beckett University’s Leeds School of Arts will have their original fashion collections showcased at this year’s Graduate Fashion Week between 20 and 24 June at Coal Drops Yard, London.

The Kirkwood Business Movement gets off to a flying start as local businesses flock to join the scheme

The Kirkwood, a local charity which cares for over 1,500 patients every year, launched their brand-new business movement back in March - and they’ve already secured the support of twelve local businesses.

Quarterly Economic Survey - Q2. The Chamber survey businesses locally, regionally and nationally and feed the results back in to government to inform and influence policy decisions.

Welcome to the latest edition of the quarterly economic report and thank you to all the companies who took the time to complete the survey during the current circumstances. Whilst the numbers make for grim reading this will likely be the most significant quarterly economic survey in three decades as policy makers look to the results in helping to guide recovery plans. The results present a dramatic picture of the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on companies, jobs and the economy as a whole. Businesses across Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield are suffering – but there is more confidence here for the future than the rest of the country.