Richard Wright

(from left) Greg Wright of The Yorkshire Post, Councillor Richard Wright and Councillor Louise Gittins at the debate which was held at UKREiiF. (Photo supplied by LGA)

'Councils must have freedom to lead'
Local government re-organisation must give councils the freedom to lead, a major business event was told.

Stuart Bentley, Operations Manager at Gi Group

Leeds recruiter raise the bar with constant on-site forklift training

Space for all outside with two hot tubs, a dining area and barbecue

This Yorkshire farm diversification project by a dad and daughter is exceptional

The closure of John Lewis is a major blow to Sheffield's reputation, writes Richard Wright.

Sheffield should reject council shake-up after John Lewis blow: Richard Wright

The Traveller's Rest at Skeeby

The Traveller's Rest at Skeeby a step closer to re-opening as a community pub

Members of the Skeeby Community Pub Project Society outside The Traveller's Rest

Campaign to buy derelict pub near Richmond after housing plan was refused

Barnsley captain Craig Hignett celebrates his goal with Eric Tinkler (behind) at Wembley.

Flashback – No happy Barnsley farewell for Craig Hignett at Wembley

Richard Wright QC.

Coronavirus must not compromise integrity of courts – The Yorkshire Post says

Trumpeters from the Household Cavalry paid a visit to Smith- Watkins trumpet maker from near Sheriff Hutton to play some of their instruments and played their instruments outside the workshop watched by trumpet maker Richard Wright (centre left) and Richard Smith designer and owner of the company. Picture: Gary Longbottom.

York brass instrument firm Smith-Watkins that supplies fanfare trumpets to the r...

Conservative MP for Shipley Philip Davies. Photo: JPI Media

Call for unity over HS2 as MP Philip Davies urges Government to scrap 'white ele...

Sheffield chamber director Richard Wright.

Sheffield chamber welcomes HS2 progress in Parliament

HS2

Sheffield Chamber boss Richard Wright: High-speed costs rail worth paying for Yo...

Retail consultant Kate Hardcastle is pictured on Briggate, Leeds, talking about the High Street. Picture: Simon Hulme

Where did it all go wrong for Debenhams? And which High Street giant could be ne...

Meadowall during construction. Picture: Martin Smith

The Meadowhall Effect: How out of town shopping put Sheffield on the map, but at...

Demand for warehouse space has surged as firms prepare for Brexit

Yorkshire firms urgently demand more warehouse space as Brexit panic hits region

Manufacturing faces an uncertain time.

Firms resorting to stockpiling materials as fears mount of '˜catastrophic' no de...

Yorkshrie manufacturers are preparing for all Brexit eventualties.

The Yorkshire Post says: Time to take off Brexit blinkers and follow the example...

Yorkshire devolution: Council leaders hold 'good-natured and constructive' talks...

Richard Wright of Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Jordan takes on new position at Sheffield Chamber

20 April 2018 ..... Candidates at the Sheffield city region mayoral hustings, organised by the Centre for Cities, held at The Source Skills Academy in Meadowhall. Mick Bower, (Yorkshire Party), Naveen Judah, (South Yorkshire Save our NHS Party), Ian Walker (Conservatives), Hannah Kitching (Liberal Democrats), Rob Murphy (Green Party), Dan Jarvis (Labour). Picture Tony Johnson.

Yorkshire local elections: Sheffield City Region mayoral candidates reveal how t...

Richard Wright working with the Royal Coat of Arms which will be attached to the ceremonial fanfare trumpets being made in the workshop of Smith Watkins.

The Yorkshire firm behind the royal fanfares
They have provided the fanfares for everything from royal weddings to the Grand National and the London Olympics. Jeannie Swales blows the trumpet for one very special Yorkshire company.Pictures by Tony Bartholomew.
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Sheffield Forgemasters' Andy Segrott ar the unveiling of the flood defence scheme in the Lower Don Valley

A decade after the deluge, Â£20m floods scheme opens in Sheffield

Richard Wright

Sheffield College chairman steps down - just two months after resignation of chi...

Thomas Dawson.

Pervert groomed schoolgirl on facebook before meeting her for sex

Yorkshire-wide devolution would see more powers handed over than Sheffield City ...

Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben, at the House of Commons in Westminster, London.

Mark Casci: What Brexit can learn from Yorkshire devolution

Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

'Landmark' direct bus service to Doncaster Sheffield Airport hailed

Councillor Mazher Iqbal.

Sheffield's Channel 4 bid leaders hit back at 'limited economic benefits' report

Doncaster's executive mayor Ros Jones

Doubts over devolution deal as borough cautious on next step

YP Letters: Let Yorkshire set priorities for its success

Julian Smith: Conservative MP claims school will be better off under the proposed changes.

Yorkshire Dales head prepares to axe class blaming Â£52,000 cut in funding

The skyline of Sheffield's city centre

Sheffield and Manchester are the worst cities in Britain to be a female entrepre...
SHEFFIELD and Manchester are the joint worst cities in Britain to be a female entrepreneur, according to a new survey.
By The Newsroom

How Boeing's new Sheffield factory could look.

Coup for Steel City helps steer industrial revolution

Richard Wright

Business leader takes aim at councils over delay to plans for South Yorkshire ma...

Will Yorkshire devolution be settled in 2017?

Mark Casci: Time to end the devolution hysteria and listen to each other

British Land, joint owner of Meadowhall in Sheffield, has submitted a detailed planning application to Sheffield City Council for a Â£300 million Meadowhall Leisure Hall.

Leisure hall plans could create 1,400 jobs at Meadowhall, says British Land

Richard Wright, Executive Director, Sheffield Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Call to halt SME exports decline

Richard Wright of Sheffield Chamber of Commerce

Get competitive or forever play catch-up, chamber tells Sheffield

Where will Britain get its electricity from in the future?

YP Comment: Going for the nuclear option. South Yorkshire's power solution

Sheffield continues to welcome international students, regardless of the EU referendum result.

Sheffield's '˜welcome' pledge to city's international students

Barnsley Sam Winnall with the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. Picture: Tony Johnson.

Grand Day Out: The life and times of Barnsley at Wembley

A mock up picture of the HS2 station in Sheffield city centre by HLM Architects

The view from Steel City: Devolution has united Sheffield City Region but HS2 is...

HS2 station in Sheffield city centre by HLM Architects

Five point plan to decide HS2 site

John Longworth's position as DG of the BCC became "untenable" says Andrew Denniff.

Chambers pledge to remain neutral in the EU debate

Nick Crew, UTC Sheffield's executive principal.

Ofsted inspectors praise region's first university technical college

Meadowhall

One job in every 100 in area '˜supported by Meadowhall'

How the Meadowhall station could look.

Leeds switch prompts fresh calls for Sheffield HS2 stations

Seymour Stephenson-Dall, aged 73.
Jailed for two years, eight months, at Leeds Crown Court today for historic sexual abuse of pupils while he was a teacher at Eastmoor Remand School in Leeds in the early 1970s.

40 years on... pervert teacher is jailed for abusing pupils at Leeds school

George Osborne talks to apprentice Jordan Hankin at Winder Power, Pudsey Picture Bruce Rollinson

Apprenticeship levy on large firms is a ‘blunt tool’ warns CBI

An artist's impression of the Sheffield Retail Quarter

Sheffield ‘must become a destination’ if £480m shopping scheme is to work

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg

Critics hit out at Clegg devolution deal

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Wish you were here? Pink Floyd to shine on with Italian exhibition

Tony and Margaret Brennan with walking festival organiser Richard Wright.

In the footsteps of bygone miners of the Dales

Andy Loftus arriving at Leeds Crown Court. Picture: Ross Parry Agency

Brother of mudered football fan jailed for affray

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Chamber to provide helping hand to Burma textile sector

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Industries exempted from levy on energy

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Yorkshire barrister becomes youngest ‘silk’

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Business asked to pay for flood defence works

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Evidence fabricated says officer accused of assault

Sgt Craig Nicholls at Leeds Crown Court

Sergeant ‘kneed suspected burglar in groin’

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