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T&DBA Networking at Thirsk School & Sixth Form Reunion - 15 Jun 19
Thirsk School and Sixth Form is celebrating 62 glorious years with a grand reunion event for school alumni, staff and local businesses.
Date: Saturday 15 June 2019
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Thirsk School & Sixth Form College, Topcliffe Road, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 1RZ
Cost: FREE
Local businesses are invited along between 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm to network and meet with staff and other businesses including the T&DBA who support the school and are welcome to stay and enjoy
Thirsk Coworking Group Dates 2019 - Q2 May - Jul 19
The Thirsk Coworking Group is a popular FREE informal coworking event for freelancers, small business owners, homeworkers and those who are otherwise self-employed. Those attending are free to bring their laptops and paperwork etc and enjoy working alongside others, collaborating, chatting and so on. Sessions such as these are great for accountability (getting that piece of work done that you procrastinate over at home/the office), sharing experiences, offering advice and support as appropriate and working alongside like-minded individuals.
Thursday 2
Spotlight On...
In this month's SPOTLIGHT feature we talk to Caroline and Sue from White Rose Book Café
1. When did you start your business?
1995
2. What led you to start a business/how did it all begin?
White Rose Book Café is an award winning family business. Sue Lake and her late father Steve Clements opened the shop in Thirsk in October 1995, to offer a modern, quality bookselling environment. Sue’s sister Caroline, assists in the running of
Thirsk Independent Traders Launch Christmas Commercial
Thirsk independent traders have collaborated to create a their very own ‘Christmas in Thirsk’ video on social media, a spoof of the Visa UK Christmas advert, featuring local shopkeepers singing along to the Mariah Carey song ‘All I Want For Christmas is You’. The commercial is a rallying cry to the community to shop local in the run up to Christmas.
Richard Gladstone of the Connection Gallery Thirsk, said “I really like the Visa UK Christmas Advert but when I
Special Mention category for Thirsk in the GB High Street Competition
Thirsk makes it into the Special Mention category for the Great British High Street Competition as recognition by the shortlisting panel.
https://thegreatbritishhighstreet.co.uk/high-street-of-the-year-award/champion-special-mentions
They received 240 entries across the ‘Champion’ and ‘Rising Star’ categories this year. It has been fantastic to see such a strong response from across the country for this year’s awards – a real testament to the important role that high streets play in our lives and our communities.
It is therefore a great achievement for Thirsk to
Business networking takes off!
We held our first breakfast networking on 17th May at the Golden Fleece.
There was a great turnout with 20 businesses coming for some networking (and bacon & sausage butties!)
The room was full of people catching up and meeting new faces in a relaxed atmosphere - exactly what networking should be about!
Our next breakfast event will be on Thurs 21st June at Hambleton Ales in Melmerby.
If you want to come, sign up here.
We will
Hambleton Business Awards 2018
Nominations for the Hambleton Business Awards 2018 are open now and close on 20 May with judging running up to the awards ceremony on 11 September. Anyone can nominate individuals and businesses in the Hambleton area. To make a nomination or to find out more click here.
This years categories are:
- Apprenticeship Champion
- Graduate Champion
- Best Customer Service
- Innovation
- Engaging Young Minds
- Hambleton Champion
- Best BID Business
- Vibrant Market Town Ambassador
- Most Accessible Business
Thirsk businesses have done really
What a fantastic launch event!
Over 100 business people from Thirsk and the surrounding area attended the launch of Thirsk & District Business Association’s new website and membership scheme on Thursday 22nd March.
Held at Thirsk Racecourse, Guy Baragwanath, Chair of Thirsk & District Business Association spoke about the Association and its vision for the future, one of working together to benefit Thirsk and the surrounding areas, but also the individual businesses.
He went on to explain that the Association was about creating
World of James Herriot
BBC antique presenter David Harper visits the World of James Herriot