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Pictured: Tim Appleton from Akula with Anne Blanden from FW Capital
A West Yorkshire luxury outdoor furniture company has secured £480,000 funding from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).
Wetherby-based Akula Living, established in 2006, specialises in the design and manufacture of luxury outdoor furniture.
The company services a range of contract markets, including hospitality, cruise ships, resorts and spas. It also offers a Custom by Akula made-to-order service.
Clients include some of the world s most well-known hotels, including The Venetian, Las Vegas; The Savoy, London; Jumeriah Beach, Dubai; and The Ritz, Paris. It also supplies global cruise lines such as Carnival and Holland America.
Kathryn Armstrong
New life for the beautful building on Harrogate s Stray
- Credit: Pickled Sprout
Many people don’t have the greatest relationship with a sprout, pickled or otherwise, but when they arrive in a haze of twinkly lights and burst of botanics, what’s not to love?
The Pickled Sprout is the gorgeous new incarnation of The Yorkshire Hotel on the Stray in Harrogate. December is the season of the sprout so it seems fitting that this place should open up at this time of year.
The exterior of the building is gilded in golden lights and looks shimmery-perfect and so inviting. Opening a new place in the midst of a pandemic is a brave move but all the Covid-safe stuff is second nature to hotels and bars now and it’s no different here – even clever gadgetry to check your temperature at the hotel reception.
An outspoken managing director of a hotel group who fed Nightingale Hospital staff and railed against lockdown is being investigated over claims he held a Covid rule-breaking New Year’s Eve party.
Simon Cotton, who is the boss of HRH Group, was said to have been at a party with ten other friends at the company’s four-star Yorkshire Hotel in Harrogate.
That day the area had been put into strict Tier 3 restrictions, which states hospitality venues have to close except for takeaway and delivery as well as hotels, except for work purposes and emergencies when people could not go to their homes.
$20,744
Beach Hotel Byron Bay Pty Ltd
Upgrades to live music equipment, to extend performance zones in the venue, to increase performance of Australian original live music.
$25,000
Bent on Food
Installation of a professional entertainment space at Bent on Food to enable more live music and improve regional touring circuits.
$24,802
Blue Mountains City Council trading as Blue Mountains Theatre
Installation of audio speakers for quality sound production and relaunch of the venue, and presentation of Wanderlust Concert Series 2021.
$37,869
Improved infrastructure to deliver higher quality music performances.
$24,200
Support for new equipment at The Bridge Hotel, Rozelle.
$25,000
Byron Youth Service Inc
Supporting the refurbishment of the Green Room at Byron Youth Activity Centre to enable it to continue as a sustainable and iconic youth music performance venue.