An online foodie hub promoting the best in Yorkshire hospitality is among the winners of the 2020 Business Advantage Awards.
Yorkshire Food Guide was co-founded by husband and wife team, Jonathan and Tara Harris. Spotting a gap in the market, they used their knowledge gained in the hospitality sector to establish the online foodie hub. Alongside a team of expert writers, the business showcases the region’s best restaurants, foodie events, exclusive offers, news, reviews and local guides on what do and see across the region.
The business is one of three new or early-stage businesses to win a Business Advantage Award, run by Leeds Beckett University in partnership with Yorkshire legal firm Lupton Fawcett and accountants Murray Harcourt.
Each enterprise will benefit from £6,000 worth of legal support, mentoring, and accountancy support.
The team has been based at Leeds Beckett’s University Business Centre in Wakefield since August 2019. As part of the support available through the University, they have been working with three English degree students who have been writing blog posts for the Yorkshire Food Guide website.
Also winning awards were Jonathan Boase of Lityk Consulting/AROai which specialises in providing business solutions through mobile, cloud, data, analytics and AI applications; and Joanna Penkert of Finsynthesis which provides bespoke commercial finance services, bridging the gap between commercial and financial knowledge. Jonathan is also a virtual office client within the University Business Centre – Leeds.
Established in 2015, the Business Advantage Awards are open to Leeds Beckett students and those who have graduated within the last five years, as well as clients of the University’s Business Centres in Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax. Businesses receiving support from Ad:Venture – a European, ERDF-funded programme which helps early stage businesses in the Leeds City Region to grow – are also eligible.
George Lancaster, University Business Centre Coordinator at Leeds Beckett University, said: “Our annual Business Advantage Awards are a successful tool for providing tailored support for aspirational businesses. We are delighted to have the continued support of Lupton Fawcett which has provided invaluable support to 28 early stage businesses over the last four years. The standard of entries for the Business Advantage Awards are higher each year and we look forward to working with this year’s winners.”
To find out more about the Business Advantage Awards please get in touch with George Lancaster.
E: UBCleeds@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
T: 0113 812 4000
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