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Trustmarque Solutions
11:40am Wednesday 3rd September 2008
ROSS Miller’s big regret is that he failed to go into business sooner in life – and that is hardly surprising.
Isotoma Ltd
11:39am Wednesday 3rd September 2008
BRAIN power equals big business. Isotoma Ltd, a bespoke web applications company with only 14 staff at Tower House in Fishergate, York, has created websites and intranets for some of the biggest names in business, including EMI, the BBC, Vodafone, Nokia, MindShare and O2, as well as local and national government.
First Stop Safety
11:39am Wednesday 3rd September 2008
NO ONE can describe businesses related to health and safety as recession-proof, but as long as everyone has to follow the rules they are recession-resistant.
d2 to love design
11:38am Wednesday 3rd September 2008
A NEW commercial retail business which sells art and design work as well as hand-crafted products from southern Africa is giving York’s art students and graduates new hope.
Varlink Limited
8:54am Monday 1st September 2008
IT CAN come as no shock that specialist IT distributor Varlink Limited on the Osbaldwick Industrial Estate is pitching for the Growth Business Of The Year title in The Press Business Awards 2008.
Native Architects
10:39am Friday 29th August 2008
FOR Native Architects, “thinking green” begins at home.
Big Ideas Collective
11:17am Thursday 28th August 2008
BIG Ideas Collective’s big ideas are coming true.
Elaine Wilson - The Clinic On The Green
10:24am Wednesday 27th August 2008
FEW centres in York and North and East Yorkshire can have such a big concentration of complementary health therapists.
Pinnacle Web Design
10:21am Wednesday 27th August 2008
IF ANYONE knows the value of Reaching For The Top – the theme for this year’s Press Business Awards – it is Phil Brighton, of Wigginton, York, and not just because his one-man venture is dubbed Pinnacle Web Design.
Comments (0)Assurant Solutions Intermediary
10:42am Tuesday 26th August 2008
A TWO-PRONGED strategy has triggered breathtaking growth for Assurant Solutions Intermediary (ASI) of Clifton Moor.
Royle Recruitment
10:43am Tuesday 26th August 2008
WORK is a Royle family business for the directors of a York recruitment firm.
DWA Architects
3:16pm Friday 22nd August 2008
IT HAS been an astonishing year for DWA Architects whose good fortune has accelerated ever since it relocated to York three years ago.
Jacqueline Baily - Virtuosity Executive
3:14pm Friday 22nd August 2008
SHE may be “virtual”, but Jacqueline Baily knows how to handle the tough, real world of big business.
Lucy Amos
2:49pm Friday 22nd August 2008
THERE’S a perfect cure for pre-school tots who reach the fidgety phase: Teach them French!
InTraining-Employability
2:45pm Friday 22nd August 2008
IT HAS been four months since InTraining-Employability started its work in the Ryedale Building, Piccadilly, York.
Jules Wyman
2:41pm Friday 22nd August 2008
AFTER years of low self-esteem, confidence, relationship and body-shape issues faced by so many other women, Jules Wyman underwent various forms of personal development training when...
Rachel Lightfoot - TR Contents
2:40pm Friday 22nd August 2008
EVEN before Government’s Tenants’ Deposit Scheme became law to protect the interests of both landlords and tenants in disputes over deposits, Terry and Rachel Lightfoot saw the gap in the market.
The Farm Shop & Café
10:55am Thursday 21st August 2008
IT’S cute. It’s cuddly. It’s competitive... And it’s a contender.
Harrison Signs Ltd
11:55am Wednesday 20th August 2008
AS HARRISON Signs Ltd, of Clifton Moor, approaches its 100th anniversary, it is living proof that family businesses are capable of being hugely resilient in the face of disaster.
The Royal York Hotel
10:53am Monday 18th August 2008
IT IS hard not to gasp at the glittering Victorian splendour of The Royal York Hotel.
The Grange Hotel
10:52am Monday 18th August 2008
STAFF at The Grange Hotel in York were today celebrating completion of a stunning six-bedroom extension.
Park Inn
10:49am Monday 18th August 2008
IF you ask Jonathan Meehan, general manager of the three-star Park Inn, whether he can win the Tourism And Hospitality title for his hotel, he will answer quickly “Yes, I can.”
York Marriott Hotel
10:47am Monday 18th August 2008
FOR the past three years, millions of pounds worth of investment has poured into the four-star York Marriott Hotel in Tadcaster Road, which overlooks York Racecourse.
Urban Construction Interiors
2:13pm Friday 15th August 2008
A NEW construction and interior fitting business in York has won a £450,000 contract.
Simply Devine
2:11pm Friday 15th August 2008
HATS off to Devine intervention. Former Tadcaster post woman Joy Devine and her daughter, Liz Devine-Wright, have together built up a hugely successful business, Simply Devine.
EnviroVent
2:01pm Thursday 14th August 2008
BREATHE easy. When it comes to competitions, EnviroVent has been painting the town green.
Authentix
11:28am Wednesday 13th August 2008
ALREADY York-based Authentix has been listed in this year’s Queens Awards For International Trade.
Sheppee International
9:23am Tuesday 12th August 2008
A NEW management at Sheppee International has proved that it can hit the ground running.
McBeath Property
9:17am Tuesday 12th August 2008
IN SPITE of the pressure in the housing market, McBeath Property, of Clifton Moor, York, has hit a purple patch.
Anna McAuley - Papillon
4:41pm Monday 11th August 2008
WHEN Anna McAuley told her partner, Andy: “Your free time is booked for the next three months” she wasn’t joking.
Paul Smith - Quartz Travel
11:45am Monday 11th August 2008
NO one can accuse Paul Smith of not knowing how to attract attention.
Janice Dunphy - Creepy Crawlies
1:41pm Friday 8th August 2008
BUSINESS leaders in York and North Yorkshire are being asked to back a revolutionary new venture to provide parents and children with fun exercise classes, starting in York.
Omnicom
11:22am Friday 8th August 2008
Get real! That is how Omnicom Engineering of York has saved lives and a fortune worth of expense for the rail industry.
The Japanese Shop
11:20am Friday 8th August 2008
Looking back, Jez Willard and his wife, Haromi, of The Japanese Shop in York, Harrogate and Chester, regard that Press Business Awards finals night in 2004 as the best moment of their lives.
The Balloon Tree Farmshop and Cafe
11:17am Friday 8th August 2008
THE Balloon Tree Farmshop and Café is not only pitching for its old Retailer Of The Year title, it is also targeting the new category, Family Business Of The Year and you can see why.
Jane Bond - RJB Couriers
2:09pm Thursday 7th August 2008
HERE’S a strange irony: Fuel prices have rocketed, yet last month was the best-ever for RJB Couriers of York.
Chris Chittock - Dragonfly Acoustics Ltd
2:08pm Thursday 7th August 2008
THE WORD is out and it’s loud and clear (although suitably muffled). Dragonfly Acoustics Ltd, of Cawood, Selby, is up and flying.
Rana Harvey - Dazzling Dummies
2:05pm Thursday 7th August 2008
SCIENTIST Rana Harvey’s thriving York business proves that she’s no dummy.
Coalters Estate Agency
2:01pm Wednesday 6th August 2008
THERE is no doubt Reuben Barrett of Coalters Estate Agency of York knows how to publicise his business.
Mitrefinch
10:23am Monday 4th August 2008
COULD Mitrefinch, the hi-tech Clifton Moor firm which manufactures and sells employee management systems, make it win number three?
Papillon Salon
10:21am Monday 4th August 2008
WHEN Anna McAuley told her partner, Andy: “Your free time is booked for the next three months,” she wasn’t joking.
Yorvale Ice Cream
10:25am Friday 1st August 2008
THE creators of an exotic liqueur whisky and ginger ice cream for the Ebor festival at York Racecourse this month have put themselves forward as a hot tip to win another trial of strength – The Press Business Awards 2008.
The Last Detail
1:54pm Thursday 31st July 2008
KALEY Gardiner is one of those women who likes to get every last detail of a wedding just right.
Erudine
2:01pm Wednesday 30th July 2008
There was a time when brothers Martin and Phil Rice were keeping their Harrogate IT company afloat by using as many as ten credit cards.
Iccom Ltd
1:55pm Wednesday 30th July 2008
A TECHNOLOGICAL breakthrough has allowed Helmsley-based telecoms and IT consultancy Iccom Ltd to open up markets in the Far East, India and South America.
Platinum Print
2:08pm Tuesday 29th July 2008
NEVER mind thinking outside the box. Platinum Print is very much thinking inside the box.
Green Tech
2:08pm Tuesday 29th July 2008
IF you associate green with growth, there is no surprise that Green Tech, the £6 million-plus turnover landscape and forestry supplier, has been growing like Topsy.
Home To Home Nursery (York) Ltd
11:07am Friday 25th July 2008
AS one of the youngest directors of BBC's Newsnight, Helen Gration led news teams through the death of Princess Diana, the Dunblane shootings and the assassination of Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin.
Lullaby Babies
10:44am Wednesday 23rd July 2008
MUSICIAN Richard Jenkinson went from rock to rock-a-bye-baby and big profits.
Wallis Business Services
2:12pm Monday 21st July 2008
IT was a dilemma which always faced York-based Wallis Business Services, but one which was easily parried.
Andrew Loftus - Weeton’s
2:10pm Monday 21st July 2008
ANDREW Loftus is the man who broke free from a lucrative London job to start a retail miracle in Harrogate.
Face etc…medispa
12:20pm Friday 18th July 2008
BIGGER is beautiful when it comes to Sharon Moore’s Face etc…medispa aesthetic and beauty clinic.
The Beauty Room
12:14pm Friday 18th July 2008
IF YOU think you recognise Sophie Cleminson’s face, then you probably watch Sky One.
Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Forces Memorial
2:10pm Thursday 17th July 2008
HANDS up all who know that the first manned flight in a fixed-wing aircraft was achieved by a Yorkshireman?
Quest Public Relations Ltd
2:07pm Thursday 17th July 2008
HAVING already proved that Quest Public Relations Ltd is the Small Business Of The Year – an accolade it received in 2005 – former BBC and Sky TV journalist Sharon Cain is going for the same title again.
Acorn Commercial Finance
11:35am Wednesday 16th July 2008
NEVER mind the background of falling house prices, scarcity of mortgage deals and constant warnings of recession, one York-based specialist commercial finance broker is doing very nicely, thank you.
Clive Wilson - Primeast
11:33am Wednesday 16th July 2008
A WORLD atlas on the office walls of North Yorkshire’s international management consultancy Primeast is dotted with regional, national and global names seeking its help.
flymenow.co.uk
11:09am Friday 11th July 2008
A FLEDGLING business, based in Pocklington and with a York sales office, is not just flying – it is positively soaring.
Woodlands MS Resources and Respite Care Centre
11:21am Thursday 10th July 2008
STUDENTS who regularly visit Woodlands MS Resources and Respite Care Centre in York are often inspired to consider health and social care jobs as a meaningful career.
Flourish Innovations Ltd
10:33am Wednesday 9th July 2008
IT WAS a brilliant idea conceived by two entrepreneurial customers in a York pub over a bag of pork scratchings.
The Yorkshire Hussar
11:12am Tuesday 8th July 2008
DOWN with posh and trendy. Let’s raise the Union Flag to darts, wholesome pies and pork scratchings, Vera Lynn nights on Remembrance Sundays and domino dab-hands.
PureNet
2:17pm Friday 4th July 2008
HAVING conquered one mountain, the bosses of PureNet, the design and e-commerce company based at York Science Park, are hoping to reach another pinnacle.
My High Street Card
2:00pm Thursday 3rd July 2008
AT the best of times everyone loves a bargain – even more so in these not so good times.
William Anelay Ltd
11:36am Wednesday 2nd July 2008
KEEPING our architectural heritage alive and fresh is hard but profitable work, whatever the economic climate.
Paul Ellis - Skelwith Group
10:26am Tuesday 1st July 2008
HAVING just launched one of the most ambitious developments in the north of England at the age of just 29, York businessman Paul Ellis deserves the right to pitch for the title of Young Business Entrepreneur Of The Year.
TSYS
10:24am Tuesday 1st July 2008
SO MANY ventures perfectly fit the profile of Reaching For The Top – this year’s theme – that The Press Business Awards judges are going to have a tough time deciding. Here are two of them who share little except their feistiness, determination… and unswerving vision While other firms in York have put on hold their plans for expansion, or are even considering downsizing, one financial firm in the city is growing at a breathtaking pace.
Redworth Construction
1:11pm Monday 30th June 2008
QUITE simply, Redworth Construction is enjoying the most successful year in its history.
Ainsty Farms Direct
11:51am Friday 27th June 2008
Ainsty Farms Direct is celebrating its tenth anniversary next week by inviting customers to its farm shop in York Road, Green Hammerton, to “meet the producer” at a tasting session and to watch working sheepdog demonstrations.
Cleaners4all
10:39am Thursday 26th June 2008
REACHING for The Top – the theme of The Press Business Awards 2008 – could not be more apt for Andrew Nelson as he does some long distance DIY cleaning at MFI in York.
In Form Design Services
1:21pm Wednesday 25th June 2008
YOU would expect a brilliant designer to design a way out of the myriad cash-flow problems that are besetting small businesses just lately.
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