A Harrogate brewery's keg beer has been named the best in Britain at a national awards ceremony. Harrogate Brewing Co's Nidd Mild won the champion keg beer UK category at the Society of Independent...
Harrogate brewery’s keg beer named best in Britain
A Harrogate brewery's keg beer has been named the best in Britain at a national awards ceremony. Harrogate Brewing Co's Nidd Mild won the champion keg beer UK category at the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates' BeerX UK event in Liverpool. It was one of...
Financial woes force Harrogate café to close
A café set up to reduce food waste, loneliness and food poverty in Harrogate has been forced to close due to financial pressures. Resurrected Bites’ Give As You Can café has been held at St Paul’s United Reformed Church in Harrogate on Wednesdays, but low footfall...
Harrogate Dog Show to return next month
Harrogate Dog Show will return next month. Harrogate Business Improvement District announced today the event will be held on the piazza outside Victoria Shopping Centre on Saturday, April 13 at 10am. Different classes will be judged throughout the day, from dog that...
Trading Hell: A Stray Ferret investigation reveals how Harrogate shop workers routinely face threats, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour
Shocking levels of anti-social behaviour, drug-dealing, shoplifting and even threats to staff are all routine occurrences faced by many shop workers in Harrogate town centre, a Stray Ferret investigation has revealed. Even though Harrogate is widely viewed as one of...
Business Breakfast: Berwins Solicitors continues partnership with Harrogate International Festivals
Berwins solicitors continues its partnership with Harrogate International Festivals with its title sponsorship of Salon North for another season. The series of speaker-events will make its return later this month, with the next of this season’s talks being held on...
Lightwater Valley set to reopen this month with two new attractions
Lightwater Valley Adventure Park is set to reopen later this month in time for the Easter Weekend. The theme park is set to open its doors on Thursday March 28. Lightwater Valley is launching two brand new attractions, which include a new rollercoaster and a Safari...
Survey highlights Knaresborough’s tourism potential
A survey has discovered Knaresborough is one of the most popular local towns and cities to visit. The study by research company 56 Degree Insight asked a representative sample of 500 people from a regional pool to rate 10 nearby places to visit. Knaresborough ranked...
The Stray Ferret Business Awards 2024: meet the winners
The second annual Stray Ferret Business Awards sponsored by Prosperis recognised the best and brightest in the area's business community once again last night (Thursday, March 14, 2024). A crowd of fake paparazzi — courtesy of Harrogate Phoenix Players — greeted over...
Knaresborough’s first food and drink week to begin on Monday
Knaresborough's first food and drink week will begin on Monday. Twenty-four businesses are involved in the venture, which runs from March 18 to Sunday, March 24. It is one of many events being organised this year by Knaresborough Business Collective. The collective,...
Harrogate-based wellbeing group shares top tips for a good night’s sleep
The story is sponsored by Hälsa Wellbeing Friday, March 15 was officially World Sleep Day, and Harrogate-based Hälsa Wellbeing marked the occasion by highlighting the importance of sleep. It’s no exaggeration to say that sleep is a fundamental part of living. In fact,...
Jobs lost at Black Sheep Brewery in Masham
The new owners of Black Sheep Brewery have made redundancies at the Masham firm. Keystone Brewing Group, which acquired the brewery from administration in May last year for £5 million said a “strategic restructuring” resulted in the “reduction of a small number of...
New bookshop to open in Pateley Bridge
A new book shop is set to open in Pateley Bridge. Paper People Books, which will take over the former JOT Gallery site on the High Street, will stock books and literature for different age groups. Owner Kerry Thorpe, who moved to Pateley Bridge six months ago, said...