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Feb
Business Breakfast: Harrogate BID invests in Street Rangers' deep clean
Harrogate BID’s Street Ranger team has been deep-cleaning streets across the town centre.
In a drive to keep the area cleaner and more welcoming, the BID has funded new equipment and training for its Street Rangers to avoid having to employ contractors throughout the year.
The new equipment can store up to 1,000 litres of water and heat it up to 100 degrees Celsius to remove ingrained dirt on pavements.
The BID said its rangers had already cleaned "thousands of square metres" of the town centre.
Black Sheep Brewery owner acquires Leeds business
The owner of Masham-based Black Sheep Brewery has acquired Leeds’ North Brewing Company.
A statement released by Keystone Brewing Group stated that the acquisition is part of the company’s plans to develop a £100 million portfolio of “distinctive, high-quality beverages”.
North Brewing Co was saved from administration last year by local businessman Steve Holt, the founder of Kirkstall Brewery. The brewery had found itself in a difficult position in the aftermath of Covid, and was faced with increasing utility bills and the cost-of-living crisis.
Keystone has reassured employees that no jobs will be lost because of the acquisition, and that it will remain under the stewardship of Kirkstall Brewery.
Mark Williams of Keystone Brewing Group said:
We are delighted the North Brewing brand, and beers, will join the Keystone family. It is a true icon with a compelling reputation for innovation and high-quality beers, and we see enormous potential to build on its success to date, growing it nationally while preserving its original Yorkshire identity.
We are also delighted to announce that Steve Holt will be working with us, as a special adviser to our group in future. These are exciting times for Keystone, and we’re not finished yet.
100 Ripon businesses to train first-aiders
Over 100 Ripon businesses will have a trained first-aider following a course organised by Ripon BID through North Yorkshire Council.
Hands on Heart Training, run by Tim Taylor, will be fully funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund as part of a £2.6 billion local investment scheme.
The aim of the prosperity fund is to prioritise investing in communities and place, support for local businesses and people and skills.
In a Facebook post in January, Westwood’s Barbershop & Social in Ripon praised the training session they attended:
We had an absolutely brilliant and really informative day. Hopefully we’ll never need to use anything we’ve learned, but it’s always reassuring to have the knowledge.
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