Death on The High Street – Or A New World of Experiences?

Ali Wortley discovers that if the future of retailing is about creating experiences, this is one which will surely help keep the high street alive: For some time now the media and some retailers have been talking about ‘death on the high street’, blaming everything from politics to local rents and rates to the ever […]

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. At The Brudenell

On Wednesday evening I once again found myself in the familiar confines of the Brudenell Social Club to catch the much-anticipated live return of Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. With support from Pocket Dragon/Lydia Kitto and Halfsleeper, it was set to be another great night hosted by Futuresound Events. Opening up the show was Charlie […]

Pizza Express is Coming to The Merrion Centre New Arena Quarter

Pizza Express has chosen the New Arena Quarter for its latest Leeds restaurant, scheduled to open in March 2019. This recognises the transformation of the Arena Quarter to provide bars and restaurants for all budgets and tastes. Pizza Express will offer 120 covers with additional outdoor space for 36.  It will be ideally placed to attract […]

The 1st Made Up Leeds Festival Draws The Crowds

This week-end emphasised just how much impact the beauty and cosmetics industry has made on us all. The first Made Up Leeds Festival was a two day event, with all events free to attend and with the attraction on offer of some familiar faces: Georgia Toffolo hosted a talk at Trinity Leeds, where a Beauty […]

Westrow Wins Accolades at the British Hairdressing Business Awards

With a Leeds training academy and nine salons in Yorkshire, Westrow’s directors Marc Westerman and Steve Rowbottom were justifiably welcomed into the Hairdressing Hall of Fame in the Business Director of the Year category at the British Hairdressing Business Awards.  The event was hosted on 17 September by Hairdressers Journal International and aims to raise […]