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Mar 2022
Butcher serving Harrogate district appoints first resident chef
A butcher that provides meat and poultry to restaurants, cafes and homes across the Harrogate district has appointed its first resident consultant chef.
Greg Lewis will help Wetherby-based Sykes House Farm develop products and build and run a new demo kitchen on site.
Rachael Hirst, who runs the third-generation family business with her brother Robert Smith, said:
Mr Lewis began his career as a bakery assistant in New Zealand, then progressed onto cooking for athletes at the Sydney Olympics. He then moved to the UK and worked under Jeff Baker at Pool Court, Leeds, which was England's only inner-city Michelin starred restaurant outside of London at the time.
Estate agent makes series of appointments
Georgie Williams
Estate agent Dacre, Son & Hartley has made a series of appointments and promotions across its North Yorkshire offices.
Georgie Williams has been promoted to branch manager in the Wetherby office, where she will lead the team selling homes throughout the town and surrounding areas including Boston Spa, Collingham, Tadcaster, Spofforth, Sicklinghall, Bramham, Harewood, Scarcroft and Kirk Deighton.
Alison Reilly from Dacres' Pateley Bridge office and Dan Rice from the Ripon office have both been promoted to sales managers. Reilly has worked at Dacres for almost 19 years and Rice joined in 2018.
In the company's Harrogate office, Alex Jackson and James Curtis-Bean have been appointed as sales negotiators. The pair will work alongside the team's branch manager Sophie Tillisch.
The North Yorkshire teams are led by area director Paul Baxter. He said:
Harrogate IT firm acquires company
Harrogate IT firm Redcentric has acquired a provider of security testing, incident response management and consultancy services.
7 Elements works with customers to assess security threats, identify weaknesses and provide tailored support.
The company, which has operations in Edinburgh and Leicester, has an annual revenue of about £1m.
Following the acquisition, it will continue to operate as a standalone business and will be led by its former owner, David Stubley, who established the company in 2010.
Redcentric paid £1.95m in cash, which could rise to £2.4m based on the future performance of the business over the next 13 months.
Chief executive Peter Brotherton said:
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