THE UNIVERSITY OF HULL launched its Institute for Creativity and Innovation yesterday. The institute  iHull began its social media training programme…

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…The affect that a LINk can have has been demonstrated in Hull. The Hull LINk network has published a report on Hospital Transport based upon speaking to patients, carers and hospital visitors…

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The Spirit of Australia team win the 35’000 mile clipper race around the world and was welcomed by 50’000 people  as all the yachts sailed into Hull Marina.

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Government Scraps Infrastructure Planning Commission

THE 30th JUNE 2010 was the deadline date that DONG Energy set to receive responses to its initial proposals to build a biomass power station…

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DONG ENERGY has announced the dates and venues for a series of public exhibitions that will give people an opportunity to learn more about its proposals to build a biomass power station near Queen Elizabeth Dock…

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DONG Energy has produced a set of reports inviting comments on its Humber Renewables Project proposal to build a ‘green’ power station at at Queen Elizabeth Dock, Hull, near Paull and Hedon….

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Find out more about Alex’s disappearence on the special Facebook Group:

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Press Release:

New film highlights wealth of investment in region

As a city that is on the up, Hull has made some real progress in terms of its regeneration and consequently there is a high demand and opportunity for businesses to invest in Hull & East Yorkshire.

• A city centre apartment in Hull can now sell for 500,000
• 800,000 people are within a 45 minute drive of Hull, including 220,000 ABC1′s with a comparison spending power of 1.9bn
• Hull’s hotels are at over 80% occupancy mid-week
• Hull & Humber has the largest ports complex in the UK, handling 16% of all UK’s seabourne trade
• World Trade Centre Hull & Humber connects into more than 90 countries and 750,000 businesses

Find out how you can be part of Hull’s success:

Opportunities in Hull City centre for:

• Bistro/cafe bar on landmark footbridge
• Restaurants
• Hotels
• Offices
• Retail
• Conference and entertainment

As everyone is well aware of the new big ‘Wind Mill’ of Croda standing 408ft (124.5m) a local company CARAFAX are running trials on their premises with a scaled down caravan park version of Croda’s wind turbine only a few meters high.

CARAFAX have been operating for over 25 years and have slowly built up a comprehensive range of caravan products including Sealants, Plumbing, Roadlighits, Roofing and Extrusions.

John Cummings of CARAFAX said

The latest caravan trial will help us decide whether wind turbines.

1. Are cost effective
2. Will allow caravanners to use LED lighting, electrical sockets for charging phones powering laptops and the occasional kettle boil without problems.

All energy would normally be piped or cabled in from the National grid throughout caravan parks, but with a wind turbine all energy is stored into batteries ready for use as and when it’s needed. This would then supply the site free, clean and renewable energy.

Croda’s main achievement was to have a renewable energy source and further reduce the site’s carbon emissions which is becoming more of an issue with today’s climate.

Want more information about the wind turbine call Croda’s helpline on 0800 9155263.

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Carafax Limited
Rotterdam Road
Sutton Fields
Industrial Estate
Hull
HU7 0XD
ENGLAND

TEL +44 (0)1482 825941
FAX +44 (0)1482 878357

Date Monday 9th March Time 1:30pm – 4:00pm
Place The Guildhall, Hull

The Mayor and Hull Community Care Services would like to invite you to come and have tea with us.

We want you to share your ideas about how we can improve our services and what you think we could do in the future to help you.

We’d like to chat about our Older People’s Strategy for Hull and how you can become more involved and how you can help us.

Come and meet people and find out more about:

• Local clubs and activities for older people
• Council Services
• Support and advice to help carers and families
• Designing and delivering our services and how you can be involved
• Home improvements and repairs services
• How you can become a volunteer

Please come to Tea on: Monday 9th March from 1.30pm to 4pm at the Guildhall. For further details and to reserve a place please phone Dan on 01482 616035

Source: HULL LINk

PRESS RELEASE

Hull City Council is supporting the latest business venture of Dave Garbera (aged 20), managing director of KH Smilers, as he launches his new book which aims to inspire young people to become the entrepreneurs of the future.

The book, entitled ‘Smilers’ tells the story of how Dave took part in the Young Enterprise Company Programme and went on to establish a successful business whilst at Kelvin Hall School. Now at university, Dave is keen to share his experiences with other young people, including the highs and lows of running a company at such a young age.

The book will be part of a trilogy being developed with the support of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership and Hull Training.

Councillor Christine Randall, lead member for children and young people’s services at Hull City Council, said:

“We are pleased to support Dave’s latest business venture, and we hope that many of our young people will find it of interest. In Hull we are pleased to be in a position to be able to support young entrepreneurs like Dave, as he himself inspires young entrepreneurs of the future.”

Maureen Foers OBE, Chair of Hull’s Youth Enterprise Bank, said:

“We have seen how Dave Garbera has developed over the years since he started out as managing director of a Young Enterprise Company and were pleased to be able to support this latest venture from the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank. Dave has also agreed to be one of our first business supporters for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009, which is fantastic news.”

Dave Garbera, managing director of KH Smilers, said:

“I am grateful for all the support that Hull City Council and the Youth Enterprise Partnership have given us in developing our business, and now in my new business venture. I want to put something back in order to inspire the entrepreneurs of the future and tell them that if you dream dangerously you can achieve what you want in life.

“As part of my personal campaign to support young entrepreneurs I will be donating some of the profits from sales to the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank so it can continue to support young entrepreneurs like myself.”

KH Smilers produce a range of high quality naturally-grown bedding plants, hanging baskets and decorative arrangements in their own greenhouses and polytunnel, for both individual orders and larger events.

In December, KH Smilers became the youngest nominees in Business Week magazine’s annual European Young Entrepreneur Contest, and the only UK entry to reach the short list. The results are yet to be announced.

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PRESS RELEASE  (Source – Yorkshire Forward)

The best of Yorkshire and Humber’s Healthcare Technologies industry has been put on show to a delegation of global trade advisors this week to help raise the region’s profile for inward investment.

The delegation of 14 UK Trade and Investment advisors from the United States, Japan, Europe and the Middle East were in the region last week as part of a fact finding tour of the North.  As part of their tour the delegates visited Hull, the regional hub of Smith and Nephew, the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham and the University of Leeds, home to leading experts in healthcare innovation. These advisors work in international markets, advising businesses who are looking to invest in the UK of the different opportunities on offer in the regions.

One of the delegates, Nadeem Ali-Khan from the United States commented; It has been extremely impressive to see Yorkshire and Humberside’s capabilities within the healthcare sector and obtain a first hand view of how these translate into opportunities for organisations in our market.’’

The group were given an overview of the assets and investment opportunities in the region’s healthcare technologies sector by Yorkshire Forward’s healthcare technologies sector manager Andrea Scully. She explains; “The regional industry is one of the strongest in the UK with major players including Smith and Nephew and Johnson and Johnson DePuy based locally.

“We have particular commercial and research strengths in orthopaedics and wound care, and as the market for new technologies is remaining relatively strong in the current downturn, there are some excellent opportunities for international companies to develop links with the regional industry base.”

Delegates were also given an introduction to the opportunities for overseas investors to develop links into the NHS through Yorkshire and Humber, as well as the opportunity to find out more about the growing regional market for assistive technologies that can support the increasingly aging UK population.

Theresa Lindsay, Assistant Director of Marketing and Business Development for Yorkshire Forward comments; “In the current global economic situation it is critical that we showcase the investment opportunities in our leading regional markets so that Yorkshire and Humber can continue to attract its share of overseas investment.

“We have shown them firsthand the excellent work being done by our region’s businesses in conjunction with our world class universities. This will enable them to advise overseas companies looking to expand into Europe.”

Date: 18 February 2009

Time: 10.00 am to 4.30 pm

Venue: Hull City Hall

Type of event: Your Future Exhibition – many local employers offering full-time, part-time and seasonal vacancies, together with training, recruitment and development ideas all under one roof.

Contact Details: www.thisisyourfuture.co.uk

Source: Job Centre Plus

All are welcome at the next Hull Bus Forum, which will be held on Wednesday 28 January at 12 noon at the Guildhall, Room C1, Alfred Gelder Street.  There is disabled access.

The forums have been held regularly for nearly 10 years, and give passengers an opportunity to meet bus operators and representatives of the Council to air their views and improve the quality of the local bus network.

The Forum is chaired independently by City of Hull Environmental Forum, a charity specialising in public transport issues.  Bus operators benefit from feedback, whilst it helps the City Council obtain a strategic view of services in the area.  The Forum is also a useful means of updating the public on developments.

Local businesses have decided to ignore talk of doom, gloom and recession and are meeting up fortnightly to see if there are opportunities for them to work together, or to create business through joint ventures.

Tom Salter of thebestofhull explains “business has slowed down for all of us, but instead of moaning about it, a few of us decided to get together with other likeminded local businesses. The truth is that there is still business out there, you might just have to look a bit harder for it. Sitting down over an informal breakfast and talking to each other, we often find opportunities that, individually, would have passed us by”.

“To be honest, we could get really bogged down by talk of a recession, but we decided months ago to see if, by sticking together, we could continue to thrive, and, so far so good, some of our members are actually doing better than they did last year.”

Instead of going it alone, the local businesses involved decided to sign up with national networking group 4Networking – “rather than just concentrating on local businesses, 4Networking has put us in touch with like minded business people all over the country, all of whom are determined to fight through any recession, rather than just accept it! Members here in Hull can go out to any other meeting anywhere in the country to pitch for business and we have a regular stream of visitors from all over the country to our meeting, some of whom end up buying services here”.

A simple solution to a national problem? As Tom tells us “what’s the worst that can happen? Rather than sitting waiting for the ‘phone to ring, at the very least I get to lift my spirits and share a joke and breakfast with the others. And any local business is welcome, they can call me, or just turn up on the day”.

Our next meeting is at 8am on Friday 13th February at the Brewers Fayre in Hessle.
For further information contact:
Tom Salter – 4Networking Area Leader, Yorkshire