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Business Breakfast: Masham brewery partners with snooker pro
Masham's Black Sheep Brewery has announced a partnership with professional snooker player, the ‘Tyneside Terror’ Gary Wilson.
Mr Wilson is world number 12 and the brewery will be his sponsor for the Tour Championship, which ended yesterday, and this month's World Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield. Mr Wilson won the first Welsh Open in February, as well as back-to-back Scottish Opens in December.
He said:
Jo Theakston, executive director at Black Sheep Brewery, added:
Black Sheep Brewery also sponsors local teams such as Harrogate Town AFC and Otley RUFC, as well as England's inaugural Long Course Weekend, set to be hosted in Masham this summer.
Salon and academy opens in Harrogate
Sarah Verity (right) and Alex from Harrogate laser clinic
Northern Beauty has opened on Tower Street in Harrogate. Owner Sarah Verity has been self employed in the beauty industry for eight years after having an epiphany during pregnancy working as an events manager.
The salon employs multiple businesses under one roof and is set to begin training fully accredited beauty courses. Ms Verity said "big things happen when women support women and that's what I am trying to do here".
The business began as a chair in a lodge in Ms Verity's back garden. She said:
The salon is set to get a halo head spa in the next few weeks. Ms Verity said:
Harrogate law firm plant a tree for every will created
Senior associate Hana Gwyn and head of personal law Neil Shaw from LCF Law.
LCF Law is set to plant a tree every time a client makes or updates a will. The initiative aims to encourage more people to make a will, whilst also having a positive environmental impact.
It is part of a partnership with Yorkshire Dales Millenium Trust, a charity that helps people, landscapes and wildlife of the Yorkshire Dales and surrounding urban areas.
The law firm has already planted 1,000 trees, which will capture an estimated 160 tonnes of carbon over the next 50 years. LCF plans to plant another 1,000 this year.
Neil Shaw from LCF Law said:
He added that once a client has made or updated a will they will receive details of the woodland's location, so they can visit it and see it grow.
Richard Hore, a development officer for Yorkshire Dales Millenium Trust said:
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