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DVSA suspends HGV and PSV testing for three months
THE DVSA has suspended HGV and PSV testing for three months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Read moreLoan schemes still slow to help many cash-strapped firms – but furlough scheme preventing redundancies
RESULTS from the latest BCC Coronavirus Business Impact Tracker reveal the majority of businesses surveyed ahead of changes to the scheme announced on 27 April did not intend to seek financial support through CBILS bank loans
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Further support needed urgently to prevent an additional 378,418 unemployed in the Yorkshire & Humber Region
New research that we have conducted during April shows that 378,418 people in the Yorkshire and Humber region are potentially at risk of unemployment.
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Healing Manor appeal for support to provide 1,000 meals a week for charities and essential workers
staff and patients at charities like St Andrew's Hospice and for other essential workers.
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Creativity can't be closed
Hull Truck Theatre announce their next wave of creative and entertainment projects as part of Hull Truck at Home.
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Chamber’s Northern Lincolnshire business leaders call on MPs ‘to have a sensible conversation’ on coming out of lockdown
Northern Lincolnshire business leaders have called for a “sensible conversation” on how the region can be successfully brought out of lockdown as people begin to return to work in the coming weeks.
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Chamber supports charity turning its hands to making essential PPE for health workers
THE Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce has made a donation to support the Avocet Trust team who are turning their hands to making essential PPE equipment for care workers who may be exposed to the coronavirus.
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Regeneration works to resume in Cleethorpes
Regeneration works on Alexandra Road in Cleethorpes will resume next week (Monday April 27) having been temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 crisis.
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Accountants highlight Healing Manor's Ingenuity in the face of adversity to keep show on road
HAVING an agile business model and being responsive to market conditions is something that most businesses build into their strategy, however the Coronavirus pandemic has torn into those plans in an unforeseeable way.
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Bus company spell out thanks to NHS
Hull-based bus company East Yorkshire have spelt out their thanks to medical staff by using their buses to outline the letters ‘NHS’ at their depot.
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From piggy bank to financial independence – Informed Financial Planning launches free videos for teens
Don’t know your interest rates from your APRs? The mystery of monetary terms is being unravelled in a series of short animated films for young people created by Informed Financial Planning
Read moreHSE advice to distribution centres and other sites on maintaining social distancing for drivers
Loading and unloading goods vehicles can put drivers and other workers at risk. It is important to consider all risks to the health, safety, and welfare of drivers delivering to and collecting from sites, and take reasonable and practical steps to safeguard drivers and mitigate risk to their health and safety.
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Managing Director of the iNNiTi effect has been appointed to Renewable World’s Board of Trustees
Alexandra Poole, Managing Director of Hull based, the iNNiTi effect, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees for Renewable World.
Read moreBCC welcomes 'encouraging progress' in Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme applications
Commenting on the latest UK Finance update on the number of firms successfully accessing CBILS, the BCC’s Head of Economics Suren Thiru said:
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Cock of the Walk cuts through red tape to supply hospital with PPE
A SAVILE Row-trained tailor has turned her talented team and their mean machines over to making much-needed PPE after cutting through the red tape of NHS procurement.
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