The latest Leeds York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce quarterly economic survey shows that overseas markets continue to present opportunities for exporters and that manufacturers are outperforming their service sector counterparts by some distance.

More than half of exporting-manufacturers are experiencing an increase in overseas sales and orders, according to the survey, and the majority of the sector’s growth is coming from international trade. Service sector exporters reported…

Just Trays, the UK’s largest manufacurer of shower trays, has signed a deal with the leading supplier of quality bathrooms, tiles and plumbing materials across the Middle East and Central Asia.

The Leeds company will work with Sanipex Group to distribute its products in the United Arab Emirates and Indian markets.

The agreement, reported in the Yorkshire Evening Post, follows soon after JT’s link-up with Konig to supply…

According to the Yorkshire Post, clothing manufacturer Skopes plans to grow its exports into the Chinese market. The third generation family-owned company, based at Cross Green in Leeds, plans to double its business in the next three years, helped by the export of suits with 24 carat gold and platinum woven into the pinstripe, already being bought by Chinese businessmen at £10,000 a time. The firm hopes to…

Innovative Leeds-based lighting specialist Harvard Engineering has launched a new facility in St Georges-les-Baillargeaux, France to spearhead the company’s growth across Europe. Harvard has identified a rapidly developing LED market across the Continent, where it plans to distribute its CooLED and LeafNut products and the company’s business development director Peter McDonnell, will be responsible for the new French facility

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