|
Top story
|
Wednesday remain in talks after rejecting offer
Sheffield Wednesday say they are in talks with a "series of potential investors" after confirming a takeover bid from Illinois-based Club 9 Sports was rejected. The club's communications manager Trevor Braithwait told Insider that Wednesday, which are facing a winding-up order for unpaid taxes, rejected the offer as it "doesn't meet the minimum requirements".
|
|
Business
|
GetSET launched in Yorkshire and Humberside
A subsidised coaching scheme for Yorkshire and Humberside has been started for professional women in the science, engineering and technology (SET) sectors. GetSET Women Coaching, the UKRC scheme backed by the government, has recruited Yorkshire-based coaching staff to provide up to six hours of subsidised training for each student.
|
Chartered surveyors wanted for Yorkshire board
Yorkshire and Humber members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) are being invited to apply for places on the organisation’s regional board. RICS is the professional body for qualifications and standards in land, property and construction.
|
Do you need help sourcing new clients?
Insider’s Yorkshire Top 500 Companies 2010 Database: Our accurate and comprehensive business marketing list. Request a free sample today.
|
Sheffield hospitals hire ISG
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has hired Interior Services Group (ISG) to provide refurbishment, extension and new build schemes at its five sites. These include the Northern General Hospital, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Jessop Wing, Weston Park Hospital and the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital.
|
Sheffield Hallam's Chinese link praised
Sheffield Hallam University has been named one of the UK's top five most creative businesses operating in China at the British Business Awards. It is also the only university to be included on the shortlist for its "creativity award".
|
Pupils pass ESF-based Lifeskills course
Twenty Doncaster school pupils have completed a new programme aimed at bridging the gap between education and the world of work. The Lifeskills scheme is a four-month programme introduced by Business & Education South Yorkshire (b&e) and funded by the European Social Fund.
|
Jobs cull risk at Sheffield Futures
Up to 95 jobs are at risk at charity Sheffield Futures due to funding cuts, it has been revealed. The charity runs the city's Connexions youth careers service but almost a quarter of its 368 staff are now facing unemployment.
|
Made in Sheffield award joy for students
Two students from Sheffield Springs Academy have won the second annual Master Cutler’s Made in Sheffield Innovation Competition. DavyMarkham set the brief - to design a station to organise the safe storage of tools in a workshop.
|
