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Inditex: Iran-US Conflict Expected to Have Limited Impact; Lefties Offers Significant Growth Potential.

A new 46-suite aparthotel has opened in Micklegate, York, following nearly a year of delays caused by the discovery of Roman and medieval artifacts on the site. The sustainable development, designed by York-based architects brown + company, is operated by SuperCity. The hospitality operator already runs similar properties in London, Manchester, Leeds, Brighton, and Edinburgh.

The share of UK businesses classed as innovation-active fell to 34% in 2022-24, deepening concerns about a long-term decline in business innovation and the country's future competitiveness. This figure compares to 53% just a decade earlier, a drop of 19 percentage points.

Professor Sarah Brown has been appointed Governor of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of the City of York for 2026–27, continuing a tradition established since the organisation’s foundation in 1357. Having previously served as Deputy Governor, Professor Brown will now chair the trustees, overseeing seven committees and representing more than 170 members.

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) and Fenwick are bringing together over 130 charities, businesses, MPs and officials from across the North East to find solutions to the NEETs crisis. According to the latest government figures, there are nearly one million NEETs in the UK (957,000) this is almost 196,000 higher than in 2019.

Visitors have gained a behind-the-scenes insight into the present and future of heating at the Hull headquarters of Ideal Heating. The firm hosted guests from the worlds of business, education and training at its Hull site, as part of Humber Business Week, the annual celebration of business across the region.

The Data City, the Leeds-based economic intelligence company, is expanding into the US after a year of rapid growth driven by demand for AI-ready economic data. The company, which is replacing traditional industrial classification systems with its ‘Industry Engine’ product, said revenue rose 46 per cent to £1.9m in its latest financial year, while headcount increased from 17 to 31 employees.

Who remembers birthday parties in the Seventies with pass the parcel, sleeping lions, musical chairs and, to send your guests home, a lucky dip as they tumbled out the door? No one? Just me then. Fast forward to Monday morning, and I felt a nostalgic buzz of excitement as I rifled through wooden crates full of nondescript packages in Bradford’s Broadway shopping centre.

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Hydrogen technology will be vital to cutting emissions and strengthening energy resilience, but progress will stall without co-ordination of infrastructure, clearer cross-border rules and stronger investor confidence, according to a new report OEUK commissioned from DNV.

A new evidence-based health app designed to help people understand and manage physical ageing has officially launched in the UK. Developed by Sheffield-based ADL Smartcare, The LifeCurve app translates more than 30 years of research into a digital tool that helps people identify early signs of decline and take action to maintain independence.

Care provider Tunstall Healthcare has appointed Shantelle Million-Lawson as Head of Tunstall 365 to lead its new direct-to-consumer strategy. The appointment comes during a growth phase for the Yorkshire-based health technology firm under UK Managing Director Mark Hindle.

Construction and civil engineering contractors face intensifying pressure to demonstrate regulatory compliance and improve operational competency to mitigate the risk of utility service strikes.

The percentage of small businesses in Yorkshire and The Humber citing barriers holding their business back from growing has hit a six-year peak (90%) – and is the highest figure anywhere in the UK, according to Novuna Business Finance. Further, the impact of overseas conflict on energy and fuel prices in the UK is now a serious concern for one in three enterprises (31%) in the region.

Business optimism and activity across the service sector declined sharply in the quarter to May, according to the CBI’s latest Service Sector Survey. Business volumes declined further in May, marking the nineteenth and twenty-first consecutive monthly fall for business & professional and consumer services respectively.

Family-owned automotive retailer JCT600 has delivered a strong financial performance for the year ended 31 December 2025, with revenues of £1.326bn and pre-tax profits of just over £20.1m, as a sustained focus on colleagues and customers continues to translate into business success.

Businesses across the North East are continuing to invest for growth and resilience, despite ongoing cost pressures and workforce challenges, according to Barclays’ Q1 2026 Business Prosperity Index.

Although the UK’s first official heatwave of 2025 was not recorded until June 19, temperatures are already soaring above 30°C. Yet despite extreme summer heat becoming an increasingly regular occurrence, many homeowners are still caught unprepared, leaving their gardens vulnerable to damage from the sun.

Four prominent businesses from across the North of England and Scotland have been named in the prestigious Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026 list, highlighting strong workplace cultures outside the South of England.

Global supply chain and logistics consultancy, SCALA, has unveiled the line-up and theme of its 23rd Annual Supply Chain Debate.