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Leeds-based digital creative agency, Tall, is celebrating a new global client win.

The company has announced that it will be working with HGF, an intellectual property specialist, to create a sector-leading, multi-lingual website for its large, global customer base.

A fast-growing Yorkshire digital firm has announced that it has signed a deal with a headline sponsor for a series of events in 2019. Leeds-based digital design house, LightStart, has confirmed that national recruitment firm, Sanderson, has come on board as the headline sponsor for its ‘Change’ category of events for the new year.

Yorkshire-based gin and whisky distillery, Cooper King Distillery, has made its second donation to plant 100 new trees in the Yorkshire Dales through its partnership with a local environmental charity.

Following the success of the debut women’s networking afternoon during Leeds Business Week 2017, the Yorkshire Mafia confirmed a second session as the week-long celebration of business returned to the city from 8th – 12th October 2018. The event was a huge success with over 100+ attendees and the group intend to roll out even more 'women only' events in 2019 to meet demand.

Bringing together industry experts to debate the topics that matter to them most, the North of England’s premier senior stakeholder technology event, Think Yorkshire, returned to Leeds on 9th October 2018 as part of the city’s week-long celebration of business, Leeds Business Week.

Yorkshire homeless charity, Simon on the Streets successfully ran its annual Christmas raffle featuring an array of prizes.

The charity, which works with local people who are affected by homelessness and rough sleeping in Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield, hosts the raffle every Christmas with the support of businesses kindly donating prizes.

The prizes included a box for Disney on Ice at Leeds First Direct Arena (donated by KPMG), two return flights to any European destination with Jet2, a one-night stay at the Double Tree Hilton in Leeds, Penhaligon’s new Portraits fragrance and many more.

Gordon Laing, general manager of Simon on the Streets commented:

The Yorkshire Mafia (YM) has further strengthened its team with the appointment of Jessica Coates as Marketing and Events Manager and Janie Gonsalez as Business Development Executive. Kate Hutchinson rejoins the team as a consultant to support the growth of the new team.

Culture can mean different things to different people and that is why a team from the Leeds City Region brought together an eclectic and impressive mix of performance, dance, music, food, fashion, literature and design to provide a showcase to rival all others in a fight to become European Capital of Culture.

In 2017, The Yorkshire Mafia pulled together to raise £8,465 to support rough sleepers in Yorkshire!

Johnny Caddick, Director at the Caddick Group, a leading property company that was founded in Yorkshire in 1979, took to the stage for the first time in 2017, joining the well established Billion Pound Panel, a question time style session, that returned to the Buy Yorkshire Conference in 2017 for a seventh year.