Inside huddersfield newsletter april edition 2015

15th Year Anniversary for @huddsfoodfest...

In This Edition

April

2015

Members news pg. 2-12 Partnership News pg. 11-17

Huddersfield Partnership will soon be

celebrating it’s prolific event

Huddersfield Food & Drink Festivals

15th Anniversary, 6th—9th August

2015.

Applications have now closed to

applications for a stall at this year’s

festival. The response to get involved in

Yorkshires Largest Free Food & Drink

Festival which runs over four days in

the beautiful backdrop of St Georges

Square was overwhelming

The festival will host an array of top

quality regional producers and growers,

with over 90 stalls giving you lot’s of

delightful treats to enjoy in the

summer. For our anniversary

celebration there will be lot’s of Fringe

Events to enjoy and partake in such as

touring around town for the Real Ale &

Cocktail Trail to sampling food on the

Taste Trail. This year also sees you

bringing back A Taste of Things To

come, which gives the opportunity

for smaller businesses to

promote their produce/goods

at a mini two day event.

A Surprise Celebration Event is

also under wraps, so for now

save the date Thursday 20th

August!!!

For festival news and infor-

mation keep an eye on our

website

wwww.huddsfoodfest.org.uk or twitter

@huddsfoodfest

If you are interested in supporting the

festival then please contact Hayley or

Karen at the Partnership on

[email protected] or

telephone: 01484 480890

Members news College used as a setting for Zombie Film

Kirklees College’s New North Road

site in Huddersfield has provided the

setting for a new zombie film.

The former hospital building is one of

the locations being used for psycholog-

ical thriller Extremis, starring David

O’Hara (Braveheart, The Departed,

Luther), Isabelle Allen (Les Miserables),

Neil Pearson (Drop the Dead Donkey);

and 1980s singer Toyah Wilcox.

Julian and Lionel Hicks have teamed up

with York based GSP Studios to pro-

duce award winning director Steve

Stone’s second feature.

Julian and Lionel worked with Hudders-

field-based North Light Studios in 2012

on their feature film Scintilla.

They are focused on bringing more

feature films to the North of England

and want to see all of Yorkshire being

used for its cinematic potential.

Julian Hicks said: “I am delighted to

back filming in Huddersfield, the city

and has provided us with the perfect

location. Yorkshire is becoming our hub

for filmmaking in the UK”.

The college building, which closed

when Kirklees College moved to the

Waterfront Quarter, has been used for

several other productions over the last

few months including BBC1’s

Remember Me starring Michael Palin

and Mark Addy; Happy Valley starring

Sarah Lancashire and ITV series Black

Work starring Sheridan Smith.

Kirklees College commercial manager

Jason Taylor said: “"Once again it is a

great privilege to host a film produc-

tion in our premises and be part of

putting our region firmly on the map.

The opportunities created are far

reaching and there is more to come -

so watch this space!"

Extremis centres on a business

executive who returns home to his

family for the weekend. Within hours

of his return a cataclysmic ‘event’

takes place and the world they inhabit

becomes deserted and toxic.

Slowly he begins to question the

nature of this ‘event'; is it really out

there or has it come from within? As

the threat grows he races across the

ravaged landscape to save his daughter

not from the end of the world … but

from the end of their world.

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Pictured: Actor David O’Hara &

Isabelle Allen.

Joe Marsden, co-owner of Huddersfield

Central Lodge Hotel, is pictured in re-

ception preparing for guests arriving

for the Tour de Yorkshire.

Joe said: ‘We’ve already quite a few

booking for the third stage passing here

in Huddersfield and many of them are

returning to us after last year’s Le Grand

Depart’. Joe is pictured with his yellow

jacket and information display for the

guests.

Central Lodge getting ready for the Tour de Yorkshire

Members news

Improving IT in-house P2 Technologies is pleased to

announce the completion of its latest

project for Huddersfield based Housing

Diversity Network.

Housing Diversity Network (HDN) is a

not-for-profit social enterprise working

mainly, but not exclusively, within the

social housing sector across England to

promote equality, diversity and

inclusion. By raising the profile of social

justice and equality in housing, neigh-

bourhoods and communities, it aims to

change lives for the better.

P2 explored the firm’s use of

technology and understood its IT

issues, which included ageing server

hardware, no security updates or

support from Microsoft, inflexible

software and lack of remote access.

After the consultation period P2 were

able to recommend a number of

solutions for the client, after reviewing

benefits and costs P2 implemented

Microsoft Office 365.

Microsoft Office 365 is a combination of

server suites including Exchange, Share-

Point and Lync and HDN have the use of

Microsoft Office including Outlook,

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and

OneNote on up to 5 devices including

PC, Apple, iPad and iPhone. The

software offers all the requirements

HDN need, improves collaborative shar-

ing and offers the latest Microsoft Office

suite without any server hardware.

The new system, implemented by ex-

perienced and accredited engineers at

P2, ensured no additional capital ex-

penditure or running costs of having to

purchase and host server hardware,

resulted in huge savings for HDN.

Microsoft Office 365 also delivers

improved secure data sharing for staff

and external contacts.

Employees of HDN can now access data

from the office on PC’s, web browsers

or mobile devices, allowing them to

work remotely, anytime, anywhere.

Andy Petrie, Business Operations

Director of HDN, worked with P2

throughout the project and comment-

ed: “P2 has moved us from out of date

hardware to a cloud based solution

which is a huge step forward for the

organisation. The project was well

planned from start to finish and all of

our questions were answered

efficiently. The process was extremely

smooth and we had little downtime

with no disruption. We’re based in Hud-

dersfield but work with organisations

across the country and this new way of

working will ensure we can deliver a

better service to our members and

clients. Our team is now working

confidently both in the office and re-

motely with peace of mind that if they

require support they can give P2 a call.”

Martin Page, Director of P2,

commented: “Customer experience and

relationships are major factors for P2

and consistent delivery of positive

customer service comes as standard.

Our team delivered the new cloud

based solution to HDN with little

disruption and we can already see the

new system and computers benefiting

the business positively.

As a trusted partner to many

professional businesses P2 can help

customers make a smooth transition to

Microsoft Office 365, a reliable and

hosted infrastructure platform from

Microsoft.”

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The Mist in the Mirror—Lawrence Batley Theatre

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Members news

Lawrence Batley Theatre,

Tuesday 5 - Saturday 9 May

A ground-breaking adaptation of Susan

Hill’s gothic ghost story The Mist in the

Mirror comes to the Lawrence Batley

Theatre from Tuesday 5 to Saturday 9

May, with otherworldly digital effects

and thrillingly inventive staging

delivering chills aplenty as it builds

towards its terrifying conclusion.

After years spent travelling abroad, Sir

James Monmouth returns to England to

research the life of his hero, the

adventurer Conrad Vane. Plagued by

flashes of terror and the feeling of being

followed, Monmouth soon finds the

dark secrets of Vane’s history

converging with his own tragic past,

putting him in dreadful peril.

Oldham Coliseum Theatre and imitating

the dog return to the LBT following the

success of The Hound of the

Baskervilles, conjuring wonderfully

atmospheric Edwardian locations using

cutting-edge scenographic techniques.

They bring a superb understanding of

the mechanics of theatre and the pro-

duction of tension and shock to this

deliciously dark new adaptation of the

novel by the author of The Woman in

Black. With sets magically evoking foggy

London, steam train journeys and

crumbling mansions on the snowbound

Yorkshire Moors, The Mist in the Mirror

redefines the possibilities of storytelling

on stage – and will have you looking

over your shoulder all the way home!

TUESDAY 5 – SATURDAY 9 MAY

7.30PM / SATURDAY MATINEE 2.30PM

TICKETS £18 - £10 / UNDER 26s £6 /

KIRKLEES PASSPORT HOLDERS £3 OFF /

ALL MATINEE TICKETS £12

BOX OFFICE 01484 430528 /

www.thelbt.org

Huddersfield Partnership members can

take advantage of a special offer to

book the best available seats for any

performance for just £12, by calling Box

Office on 01484 430528 and quoting

“Huddersfield Partnership Offer”

‘Chilling, tense and incredibly atmospheric’ ★★★★ THE PUBLIC REVIEWS

‘Chilling, tense and incredibly atmospheric’ ★★★★ THE PUBLIC REVIEWS

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Big Screen Weekends…brought to you by

Members news

The Armitage Bridge Club, better

known locally as The Monkey Club,

goes from strength to strength.

Formerly a Working Men's Club, but

now a Community Club, having had a

complete renovation over the past 3

years.

The club has a range of Real Ales and

Keg beers as well as great Lager and

Cider.

The now famous Monkeyfest, a great

weekend of Music and Real Ale will be

held over 11th/12th July. The Yorkshire

Air Ambulance and Huddersfield Town

keep it up Campaign have benefited

by thousands of pounds over the past

few years.

Leading Huddersfield recruitment firm

Stafflex has teamed up with festival

organisation Food Festivals to bring a

summer of Big Screen Entertainment

to Huddersfield. Starting in June, St

George’s Square will play host to a

supersize outdoor LED cinema screen

featuring films chosen by families from

across West Yorkshire.

The square will once again feature a

host of food and drink stalls with

accompanying seating and gazebos

offering family fun and entertainment.

“The idea of the Big Screen Weekends

event has come about after the success

of the Tour de Yorkshire and the

Festival of Light 2014 which were held

in St George’s Square, where a big

screen and food and drink stalls were

part of the event.

Food Festivals Ltd, in partnership with

Stafflex, are putting on 3 Big Screen

Weekends running on 3 specific week-

ends (Saturday & Sundays) between

June and August 2015. The Big Screen

Weekends will run from 10am – 9pm

and 3 film viewings dates are to be

announced. Scheduled advertisers’

videos will be shown as well as short

films relating to Huddersfield.

“We want to make the Big Screen

Weekends something that everybody

can enjoy and that’s why we are making

it free to attend. We would also like

some of the local charities to benefit

from the events and are appealing for

them to get in touch with us to discuss

how they can gain from the exposure

they will get at the events.

Ideally we are looking for three chari-

ties, one per weekend, to join us with

their collection buckets and promotion-

al materials. We will help them to raise

the profile of their cause and hopefully

they will help us in return by inviting all

their supporters to come and join in the

fun,” said Nadio Granata.

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Club members Stephen Hirst and Gary Higgins present this years cheque to Alex Smithies as Mark Lillis and Nahki Wells look on.

Hear Ye, Hear Ye….. The last ever Town Crier Competition is nigh!

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Members news Huddersfield solicitor marks 25 years at Wilkinson Woodward Norcliffe & Co

Well it’s the end of an era, this year’s

Town Crier Competition will be the

last one, after 15 years of putting on

the competition in Huddersfield fund-

raising to keep it going is proving diffi-

cult.

Though the competition is coming to an

end Vik Watson our beloved Town Crier

will be carrying on as Town Crier, this

year marking his 18th year in the posi-

tion, and her still loves is as ever.

Vik is appealing to local businesses to

sponsor this years event being held on

Saturday 13th June 2015.

Vik is seeking donations of £30 or

above to ensure that the last ever

Town Crier Competition is the best yet!

Vik is more than happy to provide as

much publicity for all those who are

interested in sponsoring the event.

Businesses such as Sheards and The

Piazza have already committed to sup-

port Vik but help is still required.

This year the competition will be held

in Nelson Mandela Corner Crier’s. Nine

Town Criers from across the country

will be participating to claim the prize.

If you are interested in supporting Vik,

Please contact him via email on:

[email protected]

Employment Law specialist Jon Dyson

is celebrating notching up twenty five

years of service at legal practice

Wilkinson Woodward Norcliffe & Co.

After graduating from the University of

Durham in 1981, Jon began his legal

career at Hall & Norton in Huddersfield.

In March 1990 he joined Halifax-based

Wilkinson Woodward, initially handling

a mix of legal casework. With a keen

interest in employment law issues, by

the mid-nineties Jon had set up the

firm’s employment law department and

has specialised in employment law

matters for the past twenty years.

In 1992 Jon became a partner and was

appointed as a director when the prac-

tice incorporated following a merger

with Huddersfield based Norcliffe & Co

in 2012.

Jon’s many career highlights include a

successful sex discrimination case

against BT in which an employee was

awarded £293,000.

Jon, 55, deals with all aspects of em-

ployment law including negotiating

severance packages on behalf of em-

ployees, disputes relating to sharehold-

ers rights, unfair prejudice and confi-

dential information. He has a particular

interest and expertise in discrimination

cases. He also has overall responsibility

for marketing at Wilkinson Woodward

Norcliffe & Co, whose offices are on

Queen Street in the town centre.

Managing Director Maureen Cawthorn

commented,

“Jon lends a wealth of experience in

employment law matters to the team -

his reputation in handling issues of dis-

crimination has been built over many

years of successful cases. We’re delight-

ed to be marking his twenty-

fifth year at Wilkinson Woodward

Norcliffe & Co.”

A keen tennis player and Huddersfield

Town season ticket holder, Jon has two

children and lives near Golcar.

For more information visit

www.wilkinsonwoodward.co.uk

Members news

From your friendly neighbourhood MSP, Probado! We at Probado believe that keeping

users informed of potential security

issues before they arise is the first line

of defence against any kind of cyber

threat. With that in mind we’d like to

inform the community of the substan-

tial increase in Ransomware in 2015.

What is Ransomware?

Ransomware is a term used to identify

a type of virus attack that either holds

your computer system or data to ran-

som. Once on a machine, these viruses

silently work in the background en-

crypting your valuable data without

your knowledge. Then, when you next

come to access them you find that they

look somewhat different and are

unable to be opened. Also you may see

a notice stating that your files have

been “protected” and a payment is

needed to unlock them. The two most

common threats recognised for 2015 at

present are listed below, named Cryp-

towall and Cryptolocker:

Above: Example of the Cryptolocker

Ransomware Notice

What are the Symptoms?

As well as the images above, the first

signs of infection can be seen below. As

the users files become encrypted you

may see new/additional files appear in

locations you use frequently on your

computer. When you try to

open files commonly accessed

files you may encounter mes-

sages such as “The file is cor-

rupted” or “unable to open file”

indicating files cannot be ac-

cessed.

How would I get infected?

Typically these kinds of attacks come in

through via email or attached to some

downloaded software. The more com-

mon types of subject lines via email

include: Invoices, Orders, resumes, Fax

Jobs or delivery of goods (but we have

seen other variants also)

What to do if you find yourself a

victim ?

If you find yourself infected and seeing

any of the symptoms

shown. Shutdown your PC as soon as

possible and contact your IT provider.

They should have the knowledge to

remove the infection and implement

remediation procedures.

Its important to recognise

that if you pay this ran-

som, there is absolutely

no guarantees your files

will be unlocked (In actual

fact there have been re-

ports online of users

paying the ransom, their

files being unlocked, and

less than a week later

being hit again)

How can I stay protected?

Antivirus—Keep your antivirus up to

date. Whilst anti-virus can’t protect

against all variants.

It will help protect against the majority

or threats out there.

Anti-Spam—if your IT provider offers

Anti Spam solutions, these will help

catch most types of spam and virus

emails before hitting your inbox, sub-

stantially reducing the risk

Backups—We can’t stress enough how

important it is to keep backups up to

date. With these types of attacks, once

your files have been encrypted there is

no way to decrypt them (the technolo-

gy required to do so resides on the

cyber criminals servers and can’t be

reproduced)

Be Vigilant—if the sender is unknown

to you and it contains an attachment.

Consult your IT provider. They’re there

to help. It takes 2 seconds to check an

email but can take a whole day to per-

form data recovery. All of which is

down time for you.

(above: example of a email infected

with Cryptowall 3.0)

If you would like more information on

staying protected. Please feel free to

contact us on:

Tel: 01484 905103

Web: http://www.probado.co.uk

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Members news Member of the Month…..

Welcome to member of the Month.

For our Awesome April edition we are

so happy to introduce to you Rachel

Stirling from Zest Business Support:

Please provide a sentence about your

organisation?

I provide a no-nonsense approach to the

issues affecting you and your business,

challenging your current mind-set and

existing systems and processes, shaking

them up and getting you and your busi-

ness excited about growth and change.

1. Why did you join the partnership?

To gain an insight into what is happen-

ing now and in the future within

Huddersfield and to network with other

like-minded people and businesses

2. What are your aspirations/plans for

2015?

*To significantly grow my business local-

ly and regionally

*To work in collaboration with different

people and organisations

*To grow lots of fruit and vegetables in

our garden

3. Give three words to describe your

business?

Vision, Strategy, Implementation

Give us three words about yourself?

Passionate, determined, loyal

What do you think are the main

challenges for new businesses?

Accessing finance, lack of strategic

planning, not understanding their mar-

ket, employing people, cash flow.

What was your proudest moment of

2014?

Creating a fabulous celebration cake for

my in- laws 50th Wedding Anniversary

party

7. Have you ever met anyone famous,

please tell us about it (keep it short)?

The most interesting and famous in the

business world person I met in 2014 was

Fraser Doherty Owner of Super Jam. He

spoke at the Kirklees Conference and is

a truly inspirational young entrepreneur.

You can follow his incredible journey at

www.superjam.co.uk

8. If you could pass on one single piece

of advice to a budding entrepreneur

what would it be?

Do as much research as you can about

everything from suppliers to competi-

tors, from costs and premises to how to

employ someone – if you are successful

in your enterprise you will never get this

time back again so don’t waste it

9. If you could live anywhere in the

world where would it be?

Huddersfield, although Highlands of

Scotland would come a close second – I

have worked all around the UK and Eu-

rope, but always enjoy coming home to

the bleak moors – I love them!

10. If you could give the Partnership

some advice what would it be?

Set up a Group on Linkedin – this would

have the potential for developing more

members

CHARITIES SORP 2015 (FRS102)

Upcoming Changes for the Packhorse Gallery Support to Recovery’s ‘Packhorse

Gallery Project’ is designed to give

Yorkshire based artists the opportunity

to showcase their talents, giving them

a well-positioned platform from

which to reach their local audience

and develop as artists/makers.

The upcoming changes to our exhibi-

tion system come into effect in

September 2015, these changes have

been carefully designed to better

serve the artists, offering for the first

time: a choice in the type of space

you exhibit in, the size of it and its

position within the Gallery. Each

exhibiting artist will choose how to

display/present and hang their work,

allowing them creative freedom to

curate their own exhibits.

If you are interested in exhibiting with

us: from May 2015 onwards you can

pop into the Gallery and arrange a

meeting with us to discuss your work

and the opportunities available to you.

A successful meeting will result in the

option to book an exhibition plot of

your choice for between 4 to 12 weeks

at a time, from September. The Gallery

will be divided by measurement into 25

individual exhibitor plots, priced de-

pendant on size, making us more flexi-

ble and accessible to a larger range of

Yorkshire makers.

Under this new system the Packhorse

Gallery has the potential to work with

more than double the current num-

ber of local artists that we reach.

To find out more about exhibiting

with us, please enquire at the Gallery.

The Packhorse Gallery, Packhorse

Shopping Centre, Huddersfield HD1

2RT

[email protected]

www.s2r.org.uk

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Members news

Revell Ward like to keep technically

up to date and we like to ensure we

communicate the impact of any

changes to our charity contacts.

Therefore, Revell Ward will be running

a Charity Update on the new CHARITIES

SORP 2015 (FRS102) on Thursday 18

June 2015 at The John Smith's Stadium,

9.00am for 9.30am to 11.30am, close

at 12.00pm.

This event is an update for individuals

that prepare financial accounts for

charities. FRS102 is a standard that

applies to the UK and Republic of Ire-

land. The seminar will guide you

through the impact of the changes.

The update will cover such things as:

• New UK GAAP as applied to charities

– what are the options and when are

the key dates?

• Which SORP should you use – FRS102

or FRSSE.

• Key changes in the SORP – the practi-

cal issues.

• New guidance on gift aid in

subsidiaries.

• Proposed changes in the audit ex-

emption limit.

The cost of this event is £25 and this is

a small fee to cover administration

costs and you will receive training

notes to refer to.

If you would like to book on to this

training please click, CHARITIES SORP

2015 (FRS102). If you have questions

please contact krish-

[email protected]

Manufactured Yorkshire attracts delegates and businesses from across the globe!

Partnership news

Manufactured Yorkshire (MY15) is a

“no nonsense” Trade Show that brings

Manufacturers, Food & Drinks

Producers and Buyers across the whole

of Yorkshire under one roof in 2 days of

learning, collaboration and trading.

MY15 takes place on 9th and 10th June

2015 at The John Smith’s Stadium,

Huddersfield. It is two full days event

and consists of a full Programme of

Sector Specific Seminars, an Exhibition

Hall housing 60+ manufacturers and

suppliers and unlimited connections for

all present.

Day 1 is all around Engineering.

Day 2 is all around Food & Drink . The

conference has a cracking line up so far

including Gary Verity from Welcome to

Yorkshire, Cummins Inc, HS2, ICW,

Nuclear AMRC, EEF, MAS, Haribo,

Aagrah Foods, Asda, Morrisons, Reds

True Barbecue and many more.

So far the event has attracted attendees

from the following countries including

Russia, Slovakia, America (Chicago ),

Thailand, Hungary, Poland, Romania in

the form of delegates and exhibitors.

Chrissie Slater from Mooncas Ltd the

Event organiser said, “We have over

seven countries coming into MY15 with

specific needs for products from

Yorkshire manufacturers across the

engineering and the food & drinks sec-

tor. International trade is increasing

rapidly and the UK Brand is highly re-

garded globally. This is an amazing op-

portunity for Yorkshire manufacturers

and food & drinks producers to either

expand their global customer base fur-

ther, or take the first steps to export.”

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Have your vote, have your say, register today!

Partnership news

This year brings with it a potential

significant change locally, regionally

and nationally . Whether you’re

Labour to the core, a Conservative, or

want to see a UKIP Government, it is

vitally important that you have your

say this general election.

This year is the 55th general election

for the United kingdom since 1801, a

lot of change has taken place over the

last 214 years, nevertheless whether

you vote because of your upbringing,

because of history or your political

understanding . Voting can create

change so whether your interest or

concern is about the economy, welfare,

local government, taxation or the

environment. The best place to start is

looking is at the manifestos and

policies set out by the political party

you plan to vote for.

Check out the key priorities of the four

main parties (opposite) to help you

establish who you’ll vote for on May

7th. For more information, check out

www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2015/

manifesto-guide

Cast your vote, on May 7th!!!

Conservatives - Main pledges

Eliminate the deficit and be

running a surplus by the end of the Par-

liament

Extra £8bn above inflation for the NHS

by 2020

Extend Right to Buy to housing associa-

tion tenants in England

Legislate to keep people working 30

hours on minimum wage out of tax

30 hours of free childcare per week for

working parents of 3&4-year-olds

Referendum on Britain’s EU

UKIP Main pledges

Rapid referendum on Britain’s

membership of the European Union

Control immigration with points sys-

tem, limit of 50,000 skilled workers a

year and a five-year ban on unskilled

immigration

Extra £3bn a year for the NHS in

England

No tax on the minimum wage

Meet Nato target of spending 2% of

GDP on defence, and look to increase it

“substantially”

Labour Main - pledges

Responsibility "triple lock": fully funded

manifesto, cut the deficit every year,

balance the books as soon as possible in

next Parliament

Extra £2.5bn for NHS, largely paid for by

a mansion tax on properties valued at

over £2m

Raise minimum wage to more than

£8ph by 2019

No rise in VAT, NI or basic and higher

rates of income tax

Access to childcare from 8am-6pm for

parents of primary school children

Lib Dems Main pledges

Balance the budget fairly

through a mixture of cuts and taxes on

higher earners

Increase tax-free allowance to £12,500

Guarantee education funding from

nursery to 19 with an extra £2.5bn and

qualified teachers in every class

Invest £8bn in the NHS. Equal care for

mental & physical health

Five new laws to protect nature and fight

climate change

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