Category: Press Releases
19 September 2023
As part of Kirklees Council’s continued work to balance its budgets, Cabinet Members are being asked to approve a 6-week consultation on proposals for changes to the district’s leisure centre ...
8 November 2022
One of our advertisers, Jacquie Budd, has recently been named a finalist in the IPSE Sustainable Freelancer Awards. Jacquie is a Marketing Content Writer specialising in Google-friendly content for outdoor, ...
21 June 2022
Your views – Businesses have the opportunity to inform Government’s 10-year plan to improve mental health. Positively managing mental health underpins good employee engagement and benefits everyone – employees, employers ...
6 July 2021
As the world begins to open up again, it can be hard to know where to go or what to do as it feels like so long since we were ...
30 July 2020
Kirklees Council has made a second and final round of the Local Authority Discretionary Grant fund available to help small businesses that have been impacted by COVID-19. Grants of up ...
17 April 2020
Has your business been closed or seriously affected by coronavirus? Are you considering staff redundancies? The Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme could help. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will pay ...
8 October 2019
Storthes Hall Park near Huddersfield has won the British Chambers of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award for Mid-Yorkshire, following its transformation over the last 12 months. This win, ...
8 October 2019
Storthes Hall Park near Huddersfield has been nominated in two awards for the prestigious White Rose tourism awards that recognises the very best that Yorkshire has to offer. This is ...
14 June 2019
This year we are celebrating 6 years of the HD8 Network (now known as Work Rest or Play). Conceived and brought to life in the spring-summer 2013. One of the ...
6 February 2017
We are honoured to have two groups of Huddersfield University Business and Marketing students conducting their Market Research assignment on the HD8 Network (now known as Work Rest or Play), ...
20 December 2016
Work, Rest or Play offers you a range of ways to get found in the HD8 area and beyond. There are a number of ways to greatly increase the exposure ...
10 November 2015
The website is complemented with information about each town and village in the area, a business directory and an events calendar. The aim is to continue the promotion and support ...
17 August 2015
Think Forensic Ltd, specialists in Forensic Science and Crime Investigation, are proud to be the headline sponsor for the HD8 Network (now known as Work Rest or Play) Business Show ...
5 August 2015
Speakers at the HD8 Network (now known as Work Rest or Play) Business Show will include Deborah Ogden from DO Positive Impact, Nigel Greenwood from Simply Customer and Kirklees Council amongst ...
26 July 2015
Tuesday 21st July 2015 saw the HD8 Network (now known as Work Rest or Play) celebrate two successful years of networking events. To celebrate the milestone, Think Forensic invited attendees ...
4 June 2015
The HD8 Network (now known as Work Rest or Play) is calling for more local investment to help businesses across rural Kirklees realise the full potential of the digital economy. Speaking ...
13 May 2015
The HD8 Network (now called Work Rest or Play) have announced their first annual Business Show will be on 26th August 2015. Your Local business event; focusing on making your ...
30 September 2014
A networking group for businesses based in the HD8 postcode area has celebrated its first anniversary. A networking group celebrated its first birthday – and pledged it would be the ...
25 August 2013
A networking group building links between organisations with HD8 post codes has hailed the success of its first “offline” meeting. The HD8 Network (now known as Work Rest or Play) ...
23 May 2013
Efforts are under way to build links between businesses based in Huddersfield’s HD8 postcode area. Merewyn Sayers, who runs Denby Dale-based business support firm Sayers Solutions, is leading the drive ...