Embracing entrepreneurship in Hull and East Yorkshire Embracing entrepreneurship 03 2516-8428 842009 ISSN 772516 Business Works Magazine £3.95 Business Works 9 BUSINESSWORKS WINTER 2018 ONE VOICE Marketing Humber’s big ambitions for promoting the region THE ONLY WAY IS UP Cambridge HOK’s John Holland on vertical farming NO HALF MEASURES Pubs entrepreneur Sue Perkins on how the industry has changed beyond recognition Winter 2018 BACK ON TRACK Why Hull Trains MD Louise Cheeseman is relishing the challenge of turning things around 003 CONTACTS BUSINESSWORKS WELCOME SALES Helen Gowland I don’t know about you, but hasn’t this year gone quickly? I can’t believe it
[email protected] was back in June when we launched the first edition of BW, and here we are approaching Christmas and on the third edition. Thanks so much to you all for your support thus far – let’s hope we can continue to get bigger and better in 2019. PRODUCTION I feel I do need to mention that the past couple of months have been Steve Jessop a very difficult time for our MD Helen. In October, her daughter Rachael’s
[email protected] partner died aged just 43 after a short illness; Dave Townsley, a leading north-east businessman and local councillor, occasionally attended Phil Ascough’s supper club with Helen, as well as our BW events. I met him a couple of times and I’m sad that I never got to know him better, though he DESIGN was a good friend of BW’s Steve and Craig, and Helen tells me he offered her endless support when she set up BW.