In Brief: LBA; ILED Media; Logistics Group
YORKSHIRE businesses have been given an early Christmas gift from British Airways which has extended its Reward flights over the festive period.
Companies in Yorkshire that joined the airline’s On Business loyalty programme this year automatically earned 3,120 bonus points, enough for two Reward flights to London from Leeds Bradford Airport.
Now the offer has been extended to the end of the year, giving new business customers chance to connect with British Airways’ worldwide schedule from their local airport.
On Business is designed specifically to help small and medium sized companies. It is free to join and companies need two or more travelling employees to qualify.
The bonus points were introduced to celebrate the move of British Airways Leeds Bradford flights from Heathrow’s Terminal 1 to the airline’s flagship home, Terminal 5 in March.
The three-times-a-day service connects Yorkshire business travellers with more than 100 worldwide destinations served direct from Terminal 5.
Tony Hallwood, Leeds Bradford Airport’s marketing director, said: “This is great news for the Yorkshire business community. British Airways’ attractive loyalty programme, On Business, is designed to help reduce travel costs.
“For every qualifying flight you or your colleagues take, your company will earn ‘On Business Points’ which may then be redeemed for upgrades, flights or hotel accommodation. It’s a cost effective and easy way to ensure your business gains maximum benefit from travelling to London and worldwide.”
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A HARROGATE-based digital display specialist has completed a major contract with one of the world’s most iconic fish and chip shop chains.
As part of a £1m investment in new technology, Harry Ramsden’s appointed ILED Media – which specialises in digital displays – to install LCD digital menu screens at 15 selected restaurants in the UK and Ireland.
The move is part of the group’s investment in state-of-the-art technology for its restaurants, with the new screens replacing more traditional light box systems.
Following a successful six-month pilot at three of Harry Ramsden’s quick-service restaurants, ILED Media was contracted to install five HD screens per outlet in an additional 15 properties to display the menus.
The outlets with the new digital screens include Meadowhall, Scarborough, Trafford Centre, Blackpool and Cheshire Oaks.
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ROBIN Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield has hosted the first meeting of a new business group which has been established to get the Sheffield City Region moving.
Airport managing director Steve Gill chaired The Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Logistics Sector Group, which met together for the first time since the group was established in June.
The group will act as an ‘official advisor’ to the LEP – making sure that opportunities for growth and jobs in the logistics sector can be supported and developed to their full economic potential.
The group’s first tasks are to create a strategy for the region’s logistics offering and feed into the LEP’s regional growth plan.
The logistics sector has an economic output of £930m and employs 31,000 people in the Sheffield City Region. The growing sector is forecasted to continue to expand, creating hundreds of additional jobs every year in the Sheffield City Region.
Mr Gill said: “We were delighted to host the inaugural meeting of this group. The logistics sector is now recognised by the LEP as a critical component of the region’s growth plans which indicates what a key role our group members have. It was pleasing to a see such a diverse range of representatives from both the private and public sector becoming involved in the group. I am sure that we can successfully work together to ensure that the City Region becomes a key player within the national and international logistics industry.
“The group’s area of focus will be industry challenges and how we can overcome these, access to finance, infrastructure projects, training and education as well as research and branding.”
