Whitby Gazette - Business Feed

Port’s faithful guardian back home

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:29:18 GMT

Welcomed back like an old friend, Whitby’s lifeboat returned home last week after undergoing major repairs.

Care home owner calls for change

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:18:21 GMT

A care home owner is calling on the Government to make dementia-friendly design compulsory across the care sector, to give the UK’s 800,000 sufferers a better quality of life.

Business park soon set to enter ‘21st Century’

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:18:17 GMT

Planners are consulting on proposals to turn Whitby Business Park into a modern business park for the “21st Century”, but say they want to hear from residents and businesses first.

New moors authority duo

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:13:14 GMT

A heritage design consultant and a former chief executive officer have been appointed by the environment secretary to serve on the North York Moors National Park Authority.

Coastliner bus service saved

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:01:50 GMT

The Coastliner service will not be axed from Goathland, Ruswarp and Sleights, to the relief of residents who rely on the buses.

New mine ‘would be threat to tourism’

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:50:59 GMT

Tourism would be hit by a whopping £41m loss every year as visitors avoid congested roads and a spoil heap the size of Wembley Stadium, caused by a new potash mine, it is claimed.

Whitby returning to “ghetto” era again

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:25:08 GMT

WHITBY will be like “a ghetto again” if attractions are not drafted in and more is not done to help independent businesses, local traders fear.

New project for Raithwaite team

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:55:37 GMT

The developer behind Raithwaite Hall is set to start work at the end of the month on a £100 million sister hotel.

Row erupts over ‘eyesore’ beach hut barriers which spoil view

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:41:09 GMT

The man who pushed for ‘eyesore’ railings along the sea wall in front of Whitby’s iconic beach huts, has defended the decision saying the council could have faced a corporate manslaughter charge if someone fell over the edge and died.

Train changes will not affect school commuters

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:31:37 GMT

This week’s Whitby Gazette features an article entitled ‘New train times will ‘destroy’ service in town’.

Whitby bursting over bank holiday

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:05:03 GMT

Thousands of people poured into Whitby over bank holiday weekend, boosting the economy and causing huge tailbacks in and out of town.

Potash company upgrade deposit to aid construction

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:10:44 GMT

The company behind plans for a new mine near Sneaton has upgraded the size of its mineral deposits in a move intended to give confidence to future project funders.

Alcohol plan re-submitted

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:02:26 GMT

The new owners of a historic Whitby restaurant are re-submitting plans to serve alcohol to the general public after pulling the last one due to local objections.

Young farmer is crowned best stockman in Yorkshire

Fri, 03 May 2013 08:40:24 GMT

A young farmer from Sneaton has beaten others from across the whole of Yorkshire to win a top stock judging competition.

Heritage railway celebrates four decades of steam

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:33:34 GMT

The sun shone on a bustling steam train carrying wide-eyed passengers, steam enthusiasts and dignitaries this week, just as it did 40 years ago when the North York Moors Railway first opened to the public.

Mini Monsterz gets bigger

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:47:16 GMT

A family business which launched in Ruswarp seven years ago is expanding.

Tourism campaign welcomes spring to the Whitby region

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:21:37 GMT

Tourism bosses are hoping to put a spring in the step of tourists with a new campaign which heavily features Whitby.

Concern as villages lose bus service

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:07:08 GMT

Villages along the A169 have been axed from the Coastliner bus route to allow the operators to charge pensioners to use the service.

Sotheby’s star auctioneer to walk coast-to-coast

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:53:27 GMT

Henry Wyndham, senior auctioneer at the world famous Sotheby’s auction house in London, will swap the rostrum for the walking trails of North Yorkshire next month.

Scientists admit ‘we got amount of fish wrong’

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:05:38 GMT

With scientists admitting they got the amount of fish in the North Sea and surrounding waters wrong, one Whitby fisherman has said: “Now give us our quota back.”