1 In This Edion April 2014 Members news pg 2-6 Partnership News pg 7-8 Bookings for the fesval are now closed and we are pleased to inform you that the fesval will be jammed packed to the raſters. This year sees the likes of Discover Bay, Bolster Moor Farm Shop, Propermaid cakes and the Chilli Jam Man as stallholders. The team are very excited to see what this year’s fesval will bring. This year brings some new Fringe events leading up to the fesval to wet your appete. A Partnership representave stated: “We are so thrilled to have all the stallholders booked”. The fesval works on reputaon so we are so privileged that so many stallholders from all over the country apply to take partake in the this great event. Stallholders are vital to the success of the fesval and though flaered that traders and businesses' apply from across the country, we take pride in the fact that over 70% of stallholders involved in the Fesval are from Huddersfield or local the region. ‘PrintPod chosen as the official print and Design Team for the Food and Drink Fesval 2014’! The Food and Drink Team sought tenders from members of the Partnership to design the markeng materials for this year’s Fesval. Five tenders were submied from well known print and design businesses in Huddersfield such as Bang, Swſtprint, Mr Fyler and Brook & Learoyd. All submissions were excellent however, Printpod pipped everyone to the post. The fesval team are so pleased that Printpod were successful in securing the tender as they previously designed the fesvals 10th Anniversary publicity. Well done Print Pod!
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In This Edition
April 2014
Members news pg 2-6 Partnership News pg 7-8
Bookings for the festival are now
closed and we are pleased to inform
you that the festival will be jammed
packed to the rafters.
This year sees the likes of Discover Bay,
Bolster Moor Farm Shop, Propermaid
cakes and the Chilli Jam Man as
stallholders.
The team are very excited to see what
this year’s festival will bring. This year
brings some new Fringe events leading
up to the festival to wet your appetite.
A Partnership representative stated:
“We are so thrilled to have all the
stallholders booked”. The festival works
on reputation so we are so privileged
that so many stallholders from all over
the country apply to take partake in the
this great event.
Stallholders are vital to the success of
the festival and though flattered that
traders and businesses' apply from
across the country, we take pride in the
fact that over 70% of stallholders
involved in the Festival are from
Huddersfield or local the region.
‘PrintPod chosen as the official print
and Design Team for the Food and
Drink Festival 2014’!
The Food and Drink Team sought
tenders from members of the
Partnership to design the marketing
materials for this year’s Festival. Five
tenders were submitted from well
known print and design businesses in
Huddersfield such as Bang, Swftprint,
Mr Fyler and Brook & Learoyd.
All submissions were excellent however,
Printpod pipped everyone to the post.
The festival team are so pleased that
Printpod were successful in securing the
tender as they previously designed the
festivals 10th Anniversary publicity.
Well done Print Pod!
Local businesses
support HLF2014 This year's Huddersfield Literature
Festival, HLF2014, which ran from 6-16
March with a theme of 'Remembrance'
was a huge success with around 2,500
people attending 30 events at 12 differ-
ent venues across Huddersfield.
Highlights included Kate Adie In
Conversation with Alison Fell at
Huddersfield Town Hall, with an
audience of 550 people and Speech to
Text reporting for those with difficulty
hearing. Local bestselling author Joanne
Harris also gave a fascinating talk on her
writing career and Norse mythology to
tie in with her new epic fantasy novel:
The Gospel of Loki, and award-winning
novelist Jim Crace was in Conversation
with renowned critic Suzi Feay.
The annual Huddersfield Manga Con
was enjoyed by many, as was the Anna-
purna Indian Dance event, the first ever
Polari Up North literary salon and a
powerful talk by festival patron Lemn
Sissay.
Festival Director Michelle Hodgson said:
"The events at this year's festival were
extremely well received and it was good
to see people from all different parts of
the community enjoying the talks,
music, dance and workshops we
presented. We are particularly grateful
to local firms for their invaluable
sponsorship, including Wilkinson
Woodward, Norcliffe, Begbies Traynor
and V&A Bell Brown."
Local video company Leagus is putting
together footage from the festival to
create a short film, which will be shown
on the big screens in St George's Square
Huddersfield and in Holmfirth. Any com-
pany interested in supporting the festi-
val and promoting their company name
by sponsoring this film should contact
Michelle Hodgson on 01484 430 228 for
more information.
www.litfest.org.uk
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Members news
The VIP needs you…..
In the February issue, Inside Hudders-
field announced the new visitor
information service at Huddersfield
train station.
The VIP team are appealing to business
and organisations to drop off publicity/
leaflets at the point. “It is great that
people are making use of the point .
However it is important that we
receive more and more information
about Huddersfield so that the
general public can learn more about
what’s happening our town” said a
spokesman.
LOST BOY RACER
Wednesday 25 – Friday 27 June, 7.30pm at the Lawrence Batley Theatre
Sean Racer used to be an energetic wildcat youth hooked, on cycling. Now he’s a 40-something tax inspec-tor on the brink of a personal crisis.
Turning to Claude, an oddball ex-pro cycle mechanic, and encouraged by the wily Linda, a serial tax evader keen to distract him from taking a closer look at her books, Sean hatch-es a plan to get his life back on track and on two wheels. He will fulfill a youthful dream; to ride the Tour de France. That’s right, he’s going the distance, albeit on a bike on rollers in his shed. Will he make it to the finish?
LOST BOY RACER is a quirky northern comedy-drama with a touch of blood, sweat and tears, a large dose of fun, some off-the-wall bike action and a love story of sorts.
This world premiere is part of the Yorkshire Festival 2014, the county wide cultural festival in celebration of Le Tour de France Grand Départ.
HTCLP members can get tickets for LOST BOY RACER for just £10, saving you up to £4. Simply call the LBT box office on 01484 430528 and quote ‘HTCPL OFFER’.
The property is a former coach house for a local mill and has also been used as a doctor’s surgery. A programme of renovations, managed by Brunswick Estates (Construction) in Huddersfield,
Joe and Johnny Marsden owners of the Central Lodge Hotel were delighted to hear of Le Grand Depart coming through Huddersfield.
Joe said “it’s great news in so many ways, the town centre businesses will be busy and many visitors from far and wide will for the first time see what a superb and surrounding countryside we have.
Hopefully this would attract people
Pictured is the hotel co-owner Joe Marsden behind one of the support vehicles ready for the start.
Joe will be riding the hotel Baker’s bike from the reception in Beast Market to the end of Lord Street. The hotel would like to thank Mr Arkwright for the loan of Granville’s bike!
to visit the town again for shopping, visiting the many excellent local restaurants and to admire some wonderful architecture.”
He acknowledged that there will be some disruptions with road closures etc but the positive impact on the town will far outweigh a little inconvenience over a few days.
Members news P2 Technologies is World Class Yorkshire based IT specialist,
P2 Technologies, has surfaced on Nine
Lives Media’s seventh annual MSP-
mentor 501 Global Edition, a
distinguished list and report I
identifying the World’s top 501
managed service providers.
The Huddersfield based firm, owned
and managed by Roger Pearson and
Martin Page, is ranked 466th World-
wide, a fantastic achievement for this
SME.
The MSPmentor 501 report is based on
data from MSPmentor’s global online
survey, conducted throughout October
– December 2013. The report
recognises top managed services
revenue growth, revenue per
employee, managed services offered
and customer devices managed.
P2 dedicates continuous time and
investment in to delivering great
customer service and the latest
technologies to its customers. The
team strives to ensure each client has
the correct software and technology to
help their businesses run efficiently and
effectively at a realistic cost. These
factors, and its customer facing values,
are what has made P2 successful today.
Amy Katz, President of Nine Lives Me-
dia, commented: “MSPmentor
congratulates P2 Technologies on this
unique honour. Qualifying for our MSP-
mentor 501 Global Edition puts P2 in
rare company.”
Managed Service Providers on this
year’s global 501 list lifted their com-
bined annual recurring revenues $2.61
billion, continuing seven straight years
of strong growth.
Together, those MSPs now manage
more than 700,000 servers, according
to Jessica Davis, managing editor, MSP-
mentor.
Martin Page, Director at P2
Technologies, said: “We feel honoured
to be recognised within this
prestigious, globally recognised list. P2
Technologies continues to grow in a
tough market place, our team has
grown throughout 2013 and 14, the
client list has increased, and we’re glad
to put Yorkshire on the map for the
rest of the World to see!”
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Introducing the very first Revell Ward App! Key features of the App:
1. The business mileage log – Accu-rately tracks and records the distance you have travelled then enables you to email it!
2. The expenses log – Log your expenses on the move, with this handy function at your fingertips, you don’t have to sit down and do it at the end of the month!
3. Tax calculators – need to work out the effect of a tax calculation? Easily solved within the tax tools section of our App.
Calculators include Corporation Tax, Company Car, Stamp Duty Pur-chase and many more.
4. Key tax dates and reminders – un-fortunately the penalty for not remem-bering to pay your tax on time can be as heavy as the amount of tax you have to pay! You can also use this function to add your own deadlines too.
5. The Revell Ward Tax Facts – You can now access our Tax Facts 2014 / 2015 directly on your phone easily and at any time.
There’s much, much more so…. The App is available to download on IPhone/IPad (App Store) and on An-droids (Play App) by searching Revell Ward and it is completely FREE.
Revell Ward App—Apptastic
Tel: 01484 779 020
W: www.p2tech.co.uk
Members news Retired engineer gets helping hand from DEMAND When newly retired engineer Graham
Jordan lost part of two fingers on his
right hand when extending his
Salendine Nook home, it was more
than inconvenient.
But Graham was insistent on com-
pleting his work on the house, which
caused further complications when
Graham’s right index finger, though not
injured in his accident, grew inwards
and become crooked.
A keen golfer, he’d just taken up his
wife Freda’s favourite sport of bowls
and had become a member of a very
competitive team.
He managed to adapt a golfing glove to
help him grip his golf clubs, but what
was he to do about the bowls? Graham
thought he’d be OK using his left hand,
but bowls needed more skill than he’d
imagined, and his aim wasn’t good
enough.
Seeing how determined and
competitive he was, fellow team
member Andrew Speechley
remembered DEMAND Design
& Manufacture for Disability – and
thought they might be able to help
Graham.
Sure enough they came up with a
bespoke solution for him.
Huddersfield University engineering
student Ben Mubwandarikwa , who is
on a year’s placement with DEMAND at
Brockholes, took on the project in
October.
It wasn’t straightforward though.
Using a neoprene glove as a basis for
the project Ben’s first idea of simply
stitching the glove fingers 1&2 and 3&4
together to support Graham’s fingers
didn’t really work.
Something more substantial was
required, so using rubber kitchen
gloves to make casts of Graham’s hand,
Ben made special silicon inserts, which
replaced the lost finger parts, for the
2nd and 3rd fingers of the neoprene
glove.
As with many prototypes, further
modifications were necessary, and
although the first inserts helped, they
weren’t quite perfect. Ben took further
measurements and adapted the
inserts, to achieve a better fit. Finally
the index and 2nd fingers of the glove
were stitched together to help keep
Graham’s index finger straight.
Graham is very competitive, and
although a relative novice at bowls,
with his new glove assisting him, he
expects to win every game!
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Oh yea, Oh yea
Huddersfield Partnership member
PrintPod offered the Huddersfield
Town Crier Vic Watson a raffle prize
to help towards funding the Annual
Town Crier Competition in 2012.
They gave a voucher for a free 35cm
square canvas print, worth
approximately £50.
The raffle prize wasn’t claimed in
2012 and auctioned the following
year for funds for the National Town
Crier competition organised by Vic.
The successful bidder was Charlotte
Foster who is studying Pharmacy at
University of Huddersfield and is
pictured with Richard Armitage,
director of PrintPod, receiving the
mounted canvas print.
News from the Piazza
Hot off the press…..
The Piazza have signed a deal with Bar-
gain World to take the old M&S unit in
the Piazza. Centre Manager, Vernon
O’Reilly said “ We are pleased to see
such a large vacant unit become let at
the Piazza Centre, The discount retailer
Bargain World has been trading success-
fully in the town and is moving his busi-
ness in a bid to capitalise on the high
footfall we can offer.
Members news
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Member of the Month….. New to the Inside Huddersfield! Each
month you’ll get to know some of the
people behind the retailers and
businesses in the Huddersfield. This
month it’s the man behind Virtual
Huddersfield, Simon Flatley……
1. Why did you join the Partnership?
To find out what's going on and get
involved.
2. Tell us about your greatest chal-
lenge in 2014?
Parking
3. Give three words to describe your
business?
Unique, current, informative
4. Give us three words about your-
self?
Loyal, adaptive, fun
5. What do you think are the main
challenges for small businesses?
Cash-flow, IT, & Staff
6. What has been the proudest mo-
ment in your life so far?
Can't say as it's too soppy.
7. Have you ever met anyone famous,
please tell us about it (keep it short)?
Lots through my video and charity
work, including Ken Dodd, Patrick
Stewart, Johnny Vegas, Prince Philip
and lots of Soap Stars. Oh and Bill
Nighy last week in London
8. If you could pass on one single
piece of advice to a budding entrepre-
neur what would it be?
Be passionate .
9. If you could live anywhere in the
world where would it be? Can't find
anywhere better than Huddersfield
10. If you could give the Partnership
some feedback what would it be?
Balance the traditional with the new.
Happy Friday
Professionally structured monthly
breakfast meeting for HD busi-
nesses. Providing a friendly forum
to do business, create leads and
build local business links.
Revell Ward Chartered Accountants
and Huddersfield Partnership will join
forces for Revell Ward’s First Friday
networking events which takes place
on the first Friday of each month
between 12.30pm and 1.30pm.
Look out for emails regarding the next
event on Friday 2nd May 2014
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GUIDED TRAILS PROGRAMME 2014
Date Name of Trail
Sunday 4th May Public Art Trail
Sunday 1st June Town Centre Heritage Trail
Sunday 13th July Town Centre Heritage Trail
Sunday 3rd August Historic Buildings Trail
Sunday 14th September Radical Heritage & Public Art trails (as part of Huddersfield’s Heritage Open Days)
Sunday 5th October Historic Buildings Trail
Sunday 2nd November The SHUDDERSFIELD Ghost Trail
DH is back….
Spring is here and we are pleased to announce that we
will be offering a series of guided trails in Huddersfield
town centre.
These will happen on a selection of Sunday afternoons,
starting at 2:30pm from the Harold Wilson statue in St.
George's Square. Walks will be on a variety of topics and
themes including, local history, architecture and even
ghosts!
These walks offer a lively and interesting way of under-
standing our town and aspects of its history and heritage.
We hope that visitors, friends and relatives will join local
people in a relaxing afternoon spent strolling through the
town discovering its many unique qualities".
- Rebecca Legg, Chol Theatre
All trails will be led by experienced volunteer tour guides
from local community and professional organisations such
as The Huddersfield Local History Society, The Hudders-
field Civic Society and Chol Theatre.
Have you lost your way….
Then why not follow a trail!
All walks commence at 2:30pm Each walk start and finish at St. George's Square (Harold Wilson statue).
£3 Full Price, £2 Concessions (students, seniors, children)
Members news
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Armitage Bridge Club awarded the CAMRA, club of the year award for 2014.
The Monkey Club, as it is better known, was delighted to be awarded the dis-tricts highest honour for 2014. Club Manager Gareth Shaw said, ‘’ It’s really good to know that all our hard work is being recognised’’.
The club is spreading its reputation far and wide, with the annual Monkeyfest firmly on real ale connoisseurs calendar. This year the date has been moved for-ward a week, to allow clear passage for the Tour de France. (Dates June 28th/29th)
Visitors will always receive a warm welcome, and the regular lagers and Black Sheep, are always outshone by a variety of rotating Real Ales and locally brewed Cider. Find The Monkey Club in the centre of Armitage Bridge, on the local bus route and close to Berry Brow railway station.
The Monkey Club is open Sat and Sun, 12.00 till 23.00 hrs and during the week from 19.00 hrs til 23.00 hrs. Fridays open from 17.00hrs. Closed Tuesdays.
