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May 2024
Business Breakfast: New partner appointed at Harrogate accountants
Harrogate accountancy firm Lithgow Perkins has promoted Stuart Abbott to partner.
Formerly the company’s trusts and tax manager, Mr Abbott will work alongside partner Joe Taylor on tax advice and planning for current and new clients.
Mr Taylor said:
Local opticians recognised for sustainability
Bayfields Opticians and Audiologists has achieved net zero carbon status for its practices in Harrogate and Knaresborough after helping residents recycle their old eyewear and contact lenses.
The business was given the sustainability endorsement following an auditing by not-for-profit organisation Net Zero Eyecare.
Old glasses and cases, contact lenses, and packaging that cannot be disposed of in recycling bins at home can be recycled at each practice.
Megan Harper, sustainability manager at Bayfields, said:
Harrogate Chamber to focus on regeneration tonight
The May Harrogate District Chamber of Commerce meeting will be held tonight (May 13) from 5.30pm- to 8pm at Cedar Court Hotel.
This month’s meeting will commence with the AGM, followed by guest speakers, Julian Rudd, head of regeneration (south) for North Yorkshire Council and Stuart Holland and Paul Hatherley from Harrogate Civic Society on the subject of a neighbourhood plan for Harrogate.
Harrogate care home residents celebrate Cinco de Mayo
Granby Resident Brian and his partner with Mexican musician, Rafael
Residents at Granby Care Home in Harrogate had a Mexican-themed party to celebrate the Cinco de Mayo festival.
It was the first stop on their ‘Cruise Around the World’ armchair travel activity which will see residents at Brighterkind care homes, experiencing the culture of other countries.
The care home’s magic moments coordinator, Lydia Jackson, said:
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