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Sage showcased their latest software tools and this was followed by an online banking up-date from Dan Styler of Barclays.
David Butterworth, of Wheawill & Sudworth said: “Now is a good opportunity for many local businesses to get their accounting systems upgraded to both comply with the new regime and generate more useful financial data.” the sale, he took up the role of Matalan Direct’s chief operating officer until it merged with Matalan.
He became the retailer’s head of e-commerce in December 2016, leading to the largest ecommerce growth in the company’s history, growing the business by 45% (£24m) in 15 months before leaving to launch Venture Forge earlier this year.
With a second office in London, Venture Forge already has some big retail players on its client list including fashion brands Nicole Farhi and Wolsey, plus kids bedding business, Character World, and furniture brand Arista Living. The agency is also supporting a private equity firm on their e-commerce investments.
Banks said: “The impact that the digital age is having on the retail industry is immense. It’s a fight for survival even for longest-established retailers.
“To survive, retailers of all sizes are needing to adapt and innovate if they want to retain their place in the retail market and we can help them do that through our agile approach.” WARD-WINNING window and door manufacturer Quickslide is a commercial partner at Huddersfield Town and has supported the club for the last five years.
The Brighouse company has been sponsoring the club’s guest speakers who appear at PPG Canalside for Boothy’s Beer & Banter, in the White Rose Club sponsored by Kinect and in the Ray Wilson Suite sponsored by Ever Facilities Management.
Guests this season have included ex-England international Steve Bull MBE, European Cup winner and former Man United keeper Alex Stepney and former snooker player Willie Thorne.
Tracy Nelson, senior commercial manager – hospitality at Huddersfield Town, said: “We are delighted to work alongside Quickslide for a fifth season. The company has really helped improve the pre-match and post-match experiences for our supporters. The guests have been really engaging and have told incredible stories.” ECRUITMENT agency Stafflex is rapidly expanding the scope and scale of its activity following 25 new client wins for the engineering team in the past 12 months.
Huddersfield-based Stafflex launched the engineering sector in July 2017 and has seen fantastic growth placing over 200 workers into various manufacturing positions across engineering companies in West Yorkshire.
The engineering team which consists of project manager Graham Black and business development executive Lydia Yorke-Brown provide temporary and permanent recruitment solutions dealing with a variety of roles from shop floor skilled trades to supervisory and management positions.
Stafflex’s new client wins include notable companies in its portfolio such as Archway Engineering (UK) Limited, one of the UK’s leading manufacturer of geotechnical and site investigation drilling equipment, as well as long established precision sheet metal work company, Salamander Fabrications.
Another one of Stafflex’s new client appointments, VFS North, one of the largest commercial vehicles converters in the region, recently built a brand-new conversion facility based near Pontefract and Stafflex placed a large number of the workers on that site.
Gary Myers, general manager at VFS North said: “Stafflex put the right people in the right positions. The majority of the staff placed with us are now permanent members within the company which really reinforces their credentials as a first class recruiter.”
Graham Black, project manager at Stafflex said: “This is a very exciting time for us with such an influx of new clients it really is a testament to the how hard the team have worked over the last year.
“We’re really looking forward to building on the recent success and continue the momentum into 2019.”