Yorkshire Network Weekly

Top 10 - Yorkshire Universities

#10 - Leeds Beckett University Leeds Beckett can be traced back to 1824, when the ‘Leeds Mechanics’ Institute’ was founded, this would later become ‘Leeds Institute of Science, Art and Literature’. By 1927, it was renamed again to the ‘College of Technology’. 40 years later, Leeds College of Technology merged with the Leeds College of Commerce, a part of the …

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Weekly Cartoon: “I Thought They Said It Wasn't Personal?”

Illustration by Steve Spencer - Yorkshire County Cricket Club faces controversy over Sir Geoffrey Boycott's intentions to be elected to the board cast a dark cloud over what should have been a positive week for the club.

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It's All Very Taxing

Tax is a really boring subject, yet it's one of the most important factors that govern our financial lives, from workers, to managers to bosses and business owners; individuals, sole-traders, micro-companies, SME's and Large Multinationals: Tax affects us all. Head line rates of tax are just that, 'headlines' - attention grabbing and instantly opinion-forming. We all sort of know that, …

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YEN Research - Who Should Be Responsible For Aiding Residents And Businesses After Flood Damage?

Earlier this year, the UK was hit by a series of continual and unrelenting storms that flooded many parts of the country. Even regions that aren't normally affected by flooding, such as Yorkshire. Storms Desmond and Eva devastated over 15,000 UK homes alone and David Cameron resorted to calling in members of the armed forces to help distribute sandbags to the local residents and businesses.

With many insurance companies refusing to offer flooding insurance, or pricing it so unreasonably high no one can afford cover, questions have been asked over who should be accountable for helping to get families back to their homes and businesses running again after severe flooding.

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Careers

We currently have various positions open within the Malik House and Yorkshire Enterprise Network teams, click the links below for more information on the job requirements:

• Internships
• IT Development Executive
• Business Development Executive
• Hospitality/Café Supervisor

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Alternative Finance Options Outlined By Business Network Panel

An estimated 100,000 SMEs in the UK were turned down for bank lending during 2015, business owners heard at the recent YEN event in Bradford. Delegates to February’s Yorkshire Enterprise Network event were told that this was a major contributing factor to the high failure rate of new start businesses - with 60% failing to survive beyond the first three …

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