Partners
Results driven strategic marketing
Fantastic Media is a full service marketing agency that works in partnership with you to create winning marketing strategies which exceed your business objectives. Our philosophy is simple, yet effective - to get to know you!
We get under the skin of your company, understand your products inside out and build positive relationships with your target markets, helping you to drive your business forward.
Chadwick Lawrence is a broad based and knowledgeable law firm offering professional and supportive legal advice to both private and commercial clients, primarily in the Yorkshire region.
Ramsdens is the leading legal firm in Kirklees and Calderdale. With its principal office in Edgerton and seven branch offices in Huddersfield, Halifax, Holmfirth, Slaithwaite and Elland, Dewsbury and Mirfield Ramsdens is perfectly placed to build on its 130 years heritage in the area.
Offering the full spectrum of legal services to organisations and to the individual, Ramsdens adhere to the highest standards of legal excellence and the highest standards of service. We are widely respected for the depth of our industry knowledge and for being responsive, efficient, and easy to work with.
A local team...setting new standards in legal services and ready to do business.
Forward Ladies is a business networking organisation for professional women. Women often encounter specific challenges in achieving business success and at Forward Ladies we understand this.
Founded by Etta Cohen in 2000, Forward Ladies began as a small group of professional women meeting and sharing experiences.
Since then, we have grown with our members driving us forward and we’re now the North’s largest women’s networking and business support organisations supporting over 13,500 women throughout Yorkshire, the Humber, Isle of Man, Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside.
Forward Ladies membership is made up of professional women from all sectors and stages of professional life offering a community for women to learn, share and encourage one another in a supportive environment.
We run over 400 events a year from business development workshops and inspirational speakers to networking lunches, award ceremonies and trade missions.
Examiner – the number one source for the latest, local business news THE EXAMINER is the home of local business news for Kirklees. From our prestigious annual Examiner Business Awards, to the latest commercial news stories published in print and online with the Examiner and Kirklees Business News, we bring you the best and most comprehensive view of the local commercial community and celebrate their successes.
Kirklees Business News is published every Tuesday in the Examiner, and provides a weekly round-up of local business news, aimed at executives, management and small business owners.
You can also keep up-to-date online at www.examiner.co.uk/business
Business Funding from Finance Yorkshire
Finance Yorkshire provides seedcorn finance, business loans and equity linked finance ranging from £15k to £2m for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME's*).
Businesses must be located in or planning to relocate to Yorkshire, Humber, North or North East Lincolnshire (the Yorkshire and Humber region).
Our finance packages help businesses fill the gaps in funding they need for development or acquisition, where conventional sources of finance are insufficient or unavailable.
Our aim is to finance ambitious entrepreneurs and businesses who can demonstrate their ability to successfully grow their businesses.
4Networking, the UK’s largest joined-up business network.
4Networking gives you the essentials you need:
People, Appointments, Business and Support.
The 4N culture is relaxed and friendly, with a complete lack of pretension and ‘cufflinks’…plus you stay in control: network where you want, when you want.
4Networking is 50% business, 50% social and it works. Just be yourself, you’ll be very welcome.
Talk online to 55433 members from across the UK and beyond. These aren’t just anyone; these are like-minded SMEs in your situation. They need customers, suppliers and help. You’re a click away from them...
One excellent location
Strong in business
Embracing new ideas and revolutionary ways of working is second nature for a region that flourished during the industrial revolution. Today, Kirklees remains a world-leading force in many industries:
- Sector strengths include textiles, manufacturing, creative and digital industries, financial and business sectors
- Major developments in the District are providing more opportunities for businesses in Huddersfield and Dewsbury
- Support for businesses is wide ranging, with Kirklees Council dedicated to helping local businesses to grow and develop
A place to make it
With big cities and national parks on the doorstep, the region offers residents an enviable choice of lifestyles. With relatively low property prices and excellent road, rail and airport links, it’s a place where you can make things happen.
For individuals, families or businesses relocating to the area, the area has a great deal to offer. Click here to find out all you need to know to make the move to Huddersfield.
You rely on your IT to help take your business to the top, but so often it can hold you back. At Servatech we understand that you just want your IT Systems to work. You don’t want interruptions, hassle or extra demands on your time.
Servatech operate as your Virtual IT department, or as a back up to your existing IT Staff, enabling you to relax in the knowledge that our experienced engineers are there whenever you need them, round the clock.
Everything we do at Servatech is focussed on providing our customers with the very best Business IT Support possible.
Established since 1998 – Servatech provides a range of services including Virtualisation, IP telephony, Managed Services Cloud Hosting and Offsite Backup.
Our people are among the brightest and best in the industry and are technically strong, friendly and professional – above all they embody Servatech’s commitment to making sure your IT ‘works’.
Think of us as your in house IT support team – but with broader expertise, resources, industry accreditation and experience that come from being a dedicated service.
Talk to us at the Conferences – get your business the IT Support it deserves.....
Best of all, talk to us about 'Servastor', our cloud backup solution for special discounts, demo’s and free trials.
Providing Smarter IT for businesses.
P2 Technologies Ltd delivers complete managed IT support to professional businesses across the UK acting as the IT department or complementing the in house IT team. P2's clients rely on its services to work more efficiently and optimise their system reliability.
Commercially focused, P2 ensures that every IT function backs up the key aims of its clients. To provide the unrivalled service that P2 is renowned for the company insists on personal and clear communication with all clients. Offering honest advice, outstanding responsiveness, and unrivalled industry expertise, P2's client relationships set it apart from the competition.
P2's support and IT solutions incorporate products from leading technology vendors which are interoperable and serviceable, making them work better for the client and the whole company work smarter. It has two core products; IT Anywhere and One Support which primarily aim to optimise business efficiency through tailored, cost effective IT solutions.
ITAnywhere, P2’s latest product provides businesses with off-site IT facilities, monitored and securely hosted by P2 which allows employees to access their systems, anywhere, at any time of the day.
IT Anywhere allows businesses to obtain the latest IT infrastructure and managed IT support from one package. Firms pay a monthly subscription fee for the service which provides staff with full access to its hardware and software via the Internet at any time of the day.
OneSupport provides clients with complete, specialist IT management and support ensuring the smooth running of the business. The client is freed from IT problems which are dealt with by an expert team of technicians and has complete control over their IT systems and strategy.
Kirklees Council is committed to supporting the growth and expansions of local businesses and ensuring that they are sustainable in today’s competitive economy. Our business team respond to the needs of employers with one-to-one support and local initiatives, as well as running a number of events across the year.
Over the course of the past year, more than £730,000 of business rate relief was given to local manufacturers who were worst hit by the recession. We also partner with other organisations to deliver a comprehensive support and brokerage service for companies of all sizes including smaller companies.
As part of the council’s ambition to combat climate change, free environmental support is available to all Kirklees businesses through the Green Business Network. Thanks to this support, local companies are already reducing their costs as well as their carbon footprint.
And, on a larger scale, we work hard to secure private and public sector investment into the District in order to boost the local economy, aid regeneration and provide more opportunities for local people.
For more information about the way we work with businesses please visit www.kirklees.gov.uk/business
Bradford Chamber – Open for Business
Bradford Chamber is the District’s leading business support organisation that provides support services to companies of all sizes and sectors – sole traders, start-ups, multi-nationals and all those in between.
We have over 1,100 members and numbers are growing. What’s more, the number of staff employed by Chamber members exceeds 50,000. This makes the Chamber a great marketing voice to the business-to-business and business-to-consumer community alike.
Services include:
- Free legal helpline and HR support
- Credit checks and debt recovery
- Business loans and invoice finance
- Discounted chip & pin
- Utility and fuel discounts
- Mailing lists, promotion and networking opportunities
- On-line/e-commerce support
- Lobbying on a local and national level
- Property audit/business rates assessment.
For more information call 01274 230049, visit www.bradfordchamber.co.uk or email info@bradfordchamber.co.uk
The Yorkshire Post is one of the UK's most prestigious newspapers.
It is a strong and influential title with a large and diverse readership in print and online.
Our readers and advertisers trust and value our journalistic integrity and they regularly turn to the Yorkshire Post to read the latest news and in-depth features that faithfully reflect the wide variety of life in God's Own County.