York has officially submitted a bid to be the new home of Great British Railways! 🚆
✅ unique rail heritage
✅ existing connectivity
✅ York Central site perfectly placed
✅ highly skilled workforce
#DestinationGBR
#YorkGBR
#Yes2York
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Today we say thank you and farewell to
@kerfoil
.
You have led us with passion and pride.
£220m of investment over the last five years to make
#York
&
#NorthYorkshire
greener, fairer and stronger.
#ThanksDavid
Two National Parks🚵♀️
A stunning coastline🏖️
Thriving market towns🛍️
World-leading attractions⛪️
Fantastic local produce🧀
Outstanding independents🛍️
A warm welcome🤝
There is so much to discover on our doorstep:
#welcomebacktoyorkshire
#shoplocal
Today we will be remembering Barry Dodd and celebrating his incredible legacy. We are proud to have worked so closely with Barry for so many years. Our love and thoughts are with his family and all those joining them today at
#YorkMinster
in remembrance.
@Kerfoil
"Today has shown that we have everything in place to move forwards. If we all work together and collaborate there is only one way we can go - onwards and upwards" 🤝
Closing remarks from
@Kerfoil
at today's Annual Conference 📢
Thank you for listening 🙌
It is with great sadness that that we have to inform you that Barry Dodd CBE, the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and our former LEP chair, has died in a tragic helicopter crash. Our statement from current LEP chair,
@Kerfoil
is below
We’ve hit the ground running in our first week since the election of our new Mayor
@DSkaith
as we welcomed our new colleagues at the
@northyorkspfcc
.
From productive meetings with our dedicated teams to insightful discussions with the Chief Officers for Police and Fire, it is
Great coverage in today's
@yorkshirepost
Country Week with David Kerfoot talking about his role as our current Chair, which has been a "great pleasure and honour".
Thanks to
@sophmccandlish
!
Congratulations to our former chair
@Kerfoil
on receiving a CBE for services to rural businesses and the voluntary and community sector.
A richly deserved honour for an exceptional amount of hard work, passion and dedication. May you continue to inspire success in our region.
Businesses in North Yorkshire can set up a free e-commerce store to trade during
#COVID19
📢
@YNYGrowthHub
have teamed up with
@ShopAppyUK
to help local independent businesses showcase the products and services they have for sale all in one place 🛍️
York has over 2,000 years’ experience reinventing itself – and we can do it again 🤝
@CityofYork
have put together a toolkit to help
#York
businesses reopen safely 🛒
Download it all here:
City of York Councillor Jo Coles has been selected by Mayor David Skaith as his preferred appointee for Deputy Mayor for Police, Fire and Crime.
➡️ Read our news story here:
Our current Chair,
@Kerfoil
has announced the appointment of Helen Simpson OBE as our new Chair from next April.
Born and bred in Yorkshire,
@HelenSimps
is an experienced non-executive chair and director with an enormous passion for our region.
Registration for our Annual Conference 2020 is now open 📢
The event will focus on a Greener, Fairer, Stronger vision for economic
#recovery
in
#York
&
#NorthYorkshire
and how we can work together to achieve this 🤝🌱📈
Register today 👇
#York
is full of fantastic shops, restaurant and attractions who have worked hard to reopen safely👏
If every resident spent £5 with a local business, we would add £1m into our local economy🌱
#shoplocal
@CityofYork
Reasons to
#ShopLocal
1⃣
Help the high street and support the local economy 💰
By spending money in their local shop, restaurant, café or pub, shoppers can do their bit to aid our national recovery across the country 📈
“It has been a great pleasure and honour to lead this dynamic partnership..."
Hear from
@Kerfoil
as we launch our search for a new Chair.
Thank you to
@BusinessDesk_YK
for today's coverage.
A £9.8million upgrade to the railway between Harrogate & York has been completed🎉
The project has been carried out by
@networkrail
and funded by
@northyorkscc
&
@bizinspiredgrow
supported by
@GOVUK
from the Local Growth Fund.
Read the full story here:
"Working with the LEPs we can shore up the economic focus of tourism recovery, bring people and investment into the region and support businesses"
@JamesMason_78
Chief Executive of
@Welcome2Yorks
for
@yorkshirepost
Read the full article here:
We are at a moment in time where we must come together to create change in
#York
&
#NorthYorkshire
📢
Our Recovery Vision is to create an economy that is:
✔ Greener 🌱
✔ Fairer 🤝
✔ Stronger 🧱
Find out more 👇
Today is the first day of
#EatOutToHelpOut
😋
We encourage you to
#buylocal
and support the fantastic independent restaurants across
#York
&
#NorthYorkshire
🙌
Use this link to find a restaurant in your area that’s registered for the scheme 👇
Great to see a transformational new future being built in Northallerton 🏗️
“This is a landmark project offering tremendous potential for economic growth. ”
@djdyorkshire
Chair of our Infrastructure and Joint Assets Board 🙌
David Skaith (Labour) has been elected as the first mayor of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority with 66,761 votes.
View the full results at:
#LocalElections2024
@AEA_Elections
We’re supporting small businesses affected by flooding in North Yorkshire.
Grants of up to £2000 are available NOW to help fund clean-up operations.
Applications for the fund are open now:
#Farm24
#Yorkshire
#Floods2019
It's week 3⃣ of
#EatOutToHelpOut
😋
We encourage you to
#buylocal
and support the fantastic independent restaurants across
#York
&
#NorthYorkshire
🙌
Use this link to find a restaurant in your area that’s registered for the scheme 👇
£15.4m investment for a greener, fairer and stronger future in York & North Yorkshire 🙌
The 10 projects to have
#GettingBuilding
fund money approved by
@mhclg
&
@beisgovuk
are 👉
"Now is the time to be bold and deliver a clear message.
Invest in York and North Yorkshire.
Together, we can drive good growth and be a Greener, Fairer and Stronger region for all." -
@HelenSimps
Read more in our Annual Report 2021:
At a challenging yet pivotal time for our region’s economy, we are hugely excited to welcome Helen Simpson OBE into post as our new LEP Chair.
@HelenSimps
will lead us to drive
#goodgrowth
and
#greenerfairerstronger
economy for all.
Reasons to
#shoplocal
2⃣
Save jobs – and create even more ❗️
Supporting our high streets creates jobs in local communities, supporting often young and disadvantaged people to find employment 🙌
⚡️ NEWSFLASH ⚡️
The
@YNYGrowthHub
offer to help businesses trade online via
@ShopAppyUK
has been extended to cover all of
#York
&
#NorthYorkshire
🎉
That's 50 extra 12-month memberships each worth £240 to set up a FREE e-commerce store 🙌
Details:
Delighted to announce that our LEP Chair
@Kerfoil
will be officially declared High Sheriff of North Yorkshire at midday tomorrow 🎉🎉🎉
For the first time in 1000 years of the Shrievalty the ceremony will be performed via video link 📽️
Details:
We're delighted that our region has been announced as one of 20 national careers hubs, transforming careers education and future careers for the region's young people.
#CareersHubs
@CareerEnt
@kerfoil
Reasons to
#shoplocal
8⃣
Help the environment 🌱
Local shops often source their goods locally, helping to reduce their carbon footprint 👣
When shopping local, people are also more likely to walk or cycle – doing their bit to reduce air pollution 🚶
#ShopLocalWeek
We are passionate about encouraging the work of existing and emerging female talent in our region 🙌
Today we are launching a new £1m project to boost women in the workforce
#IWD2021
"Everyone can help the businesses that are at the heart of our economy. We must all
#belocal
,
#shoplocal
,
#buylocal
."
A statement from our chair
@kerfoil
following the £4.6bn announcement from
@RishiSunak
about support for businesses.
This week we will be revealing the agenda and speakers for our Annual Conference 2020 🚨
Our line-up includes expert business leaders offering insight into our vision for a greener, fairer and stronger economy 🙌
Sign up now to be the first to know 👇
Happy New Year to everyone on their
#FirstDayBack
🎉
Let's kick things off by celebrating a new £12m production facility at Dalton New Bridge in
#NorthYorkshire
📈
Dalton Bridge opened in March 2019 after £1.8m investment from the Local Growth Fund
After 10 years as a board member, serving the last three years as LEP Chair,
@kerfoil
stood down today at his final board meeting.
David has made a short video to convey his thanks to partners in his own words:
#ThanksDavid
Good morning🌤️
#MondayMorning
We’re calling for local businesses & the public to help shape our
#LocalIndustrialStrategy
driving the next 20 years of growth in the region🌱📈💼
Have your say before 31.01 at:
"We are Yorkshire. We have got grit, we have got passion, we have determination and enthusiasm, and we have people who really want to work at it."
Our chair
@Kerfoil
in today's
@yorkpress
talking about the key challenges for our recovery from
#COVID19
"As SMEs make up 99.2% of total businesses in the UK, policy makers need to develop supportive policies to enable them to be viable for the future"
@AskewBrook
MD
@richaskew
shares his experience through the pandemic and beyond:
York’s new Scarborough Bridge which we delivered in partnership with
@WestYorkshireCA
&
@CityofYork
has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence at the
@ICEYorksHumber
Civil Engineering Awards 🛠️🌉🎉
Thousands of businesses across North Yorkshire are now in receipt of grant funding 💼
But many eligible businesses are yet to claim theirs ‼️
Here’s how eligible businesses can apply👇
You may have missed it but
#netzero
is firmly on the agenda at
#COP26
this week 🌏
Here in York & North Yorkshire we are working together to become England’s first carbon negative region 🌱
Read more:
Congratulations to
@YorkBiotech
on their vibrant new identity ⭐️
The campus is not only vital to addressing international scientific challenges but is also a key contributor towards developing
#York
as a hub of innovation 🔬🌱💡
Explore:
We’ve had a great response to our
#LocalIndustrialStrategy
so far! Thanks to all those who have provided their feedback.
You still have a chance to shape the future of the region 🌿.
Read our draft strategy and make your voice heard here:
Mayor
@DSkaith
met with dozens of voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations today.
Listening was the main aim – finding out more about incredible work taking place across York and North Yorkshire, what the challenges are and what opportunities lie ahead.
A busy
“We are very pleased to hear that the Chancellor intends to extend the Bounce Back Loan Scheme. The impacts of
#COVID19
are on-going and with rising numbers across our region, we want businesses to be prepared in advance"
Read the full statement here 👇
“I think it’s a really pivotal time for the region... and the LEP is at the heart of that." -
@SelbyPrincipal
There is still time for business leaders to apply for positions to help drive forward the York and North Yorkshire economy:
The Chair of our board plays a key role in driving the growth of our region & now, more than ever, we need a Chair who will lead us to deliver our vision of creating a greener, stronger, fairer economy for
#York
&
#NorthYorkshire
. Could this be you? Visit:
The
@visitmalton
food market is back tomorrow 🎉
Popular with all those who care about where their food is sourced, the market is loved by foodie visitors, chefs & keen amateur cooks alike 😋
#shoplocal
#buylocal
#Foodie
A new generation of jobs, housing, leisure and cultural facilities for York move a step closer next week as early site clearance works take place on the York Central site.
On top of our £6m Local Growth Fund contribution a further £35m has been secured:
Cash support for food redistribution during coronavirus outbreak 🚚
The government has announced a £3 million fund for food redistribution organisations help them cut food waste during the
#COVID19
outbreak 📢
Please share:
@northyorkscc
is calling on local businesses to come forward with offers of help to get food and essential goods to the isolated 📢
If you are a business that wants to help get in touch on Covid19LocalBusinesses
@northyorks
.gov.uk 🤝
Delighted to share we have now fully committed our £50k of Grant Aid available for small businesses affected by flooding in North Yorkshire 🎉
Thank you to everyone who helped spread the word 👏
To stay up to date with future announcements sign up here:
In February 2020, work had begun on our Annual Report 📰
Like many things this year, the next part didn’t go to plan...
The project lead Mark Rolland shared his experience of narrating the new paradigm✍️
What is furloughing? 🤔
How do employers furlough well? 🤔🤔
Can furloughed staff can make a difference in their communities? 🤔🤔🤔
Find out in today's blog 👇
Never has a local focus been more prevalent than in this time of incredible challenge that the
#COVID19
has brought to every single one of us
@Kerfoil
breaks down the economic impacts into three stages – stabilisation, recovery and growth ⚖️🌱📈
“Our mission is to take the full potential of this opportunity for a
#GreenIndustrialRevolution
and to deliver transformational opportunities for how we live, learn, work and visit in our region.”
Read
@Kerfoil
reaction to the
@GOVUK
#GreenPlan
:
We are proud to support this year’s National Apprenticeship Week
#NAW2021
Read about our activities this week and hear from the chair of our Skills and Employability Board Sam Alexander, CEO of
@yourconsortium
:
JOB KLAXON 📢
We have a new opportunity to join our Senior Leadership team as Head of Delivery 🙌
We are proud to embrace diversity and can offer flexible working practises or job-share opportunities.
Interested? Apply here:
"The light entering your eye left before there were any humans on Earth"
Professor Brian Cox tells
#BBCBreakfast
if you go to the new Dark Sky Reserves in Yorkshire and look for the Andromeda Galaxy, you'll look at light that is millions of years old.
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April 2019: We launched
@growyorkshire1
with a letter to government as published in
@yorkshirepost
📨🌱🚜
We would like to thank all our partners for their continued support of this initiative 🤝
Coastal businesses collaborate to deliver innovative online delivery solution 🏖️
@YIBScarborough
& Yorkshire Coast BID are joining forces with
@ShopAppyUK
to enable local communities to support their local businesses and shop local, safely from home🏠