MORE than 20 new jobs have been created at a Yorkshire school uniform company thanks to a strategy combining traditional garment tailoring and niche internet retailing. Specialising in school uniforms, Perry Uniform, based in Bramley, Leeds, has grown significantly over the past two years and is on target to achieve annual sales of £2.5m.

The Business Desk reports that Perry Uniform recently relocated to Bramley in a £300,000 self-funded…

Congratulations go to Sue Taylor, owner of Leeds-based Craftwork Cards, who picked up the award for manufacturing business woman of the year at the Women in Business Awards organised by Forward Ladies, the networking organisation for women in business. A recent deal with TV shopping channel QVC promises to grow the turnover of the £1.2m turnover company by 40 per cent and the 15-strong workforce recently located…

Leading glass packaging manufacturers in Leeds and the wider Leeds City Region are throwing their considerable weight behind the new British Glass campaign to keep glass on retail shelves.

The move is based on a Europe-wide survey that revealed 70% of UK shoppers want more glass packaging and, quite apart from protecting valuable jobs in our region, makes a good deal of sense.

Clearly, glass has nothing to hide…

Posted by guest blogger, David Raistrick  UK manufacturing industry leader for Deloitte, based in Leeds

September’s manufacturing purchasing managers index has slipped slightly from last month, falling to 53.4 from 54.3.  However, it is important to recognise that manufacturers are still reporting rising activity, so it is not entirely negative news.

While the PMI figures suggest that the industry has suffered from a three month period of…