Vegan cakes on the menu

Iconic Yorkshire stately home Castle Howard has partnered with popular vegan baker, writer, and Great British Bake-Off star Freya Cox, to create three seasonal cakes celebrating plant-based produce.

Freya is collaborating with Castle Howard’s Head Chef, Nathan Richardson-Kelly, on three tasty treats across the year. The first cake is a delicious miniature Black Forest Gateau, made from chocolate cake, a kirsch buttercream, and cherry jam with a quintessential cherry on top.

Luke Butler, Head of Food and Beverage at Castle Howard, said: ‘Here at Castle Howard we love to celebrate delicious, sustainable, local produce, and we’re absolutely delighted to be working with Freya to expand our vegan offering. The mini–Black Forest Gateau is a lovely indulgent treat for January, and we’re working behind the scenes on our

Spring and Autumn cakes which we’ll announce later in the year.’

Freya said: ‘It’s been absolutely brilliant to collaborate with the team at Castle Howard. I’m so excited for people to try a beautiful cake in a beautiful place that means a lot to me and my family. The cake is delicious, and best of all, it’s vegan!’

The vegan cakes are available to purchase in Castle Howard’s Coffee Shop and Courtyard Café.

Seal of approval for procurement training provider

S.L. Procurement Solutions Limited has been granted Study Centre approval, delivering Procurement and Supply chain training for professionals who want to gain their CIPS qualifications. The training provider decided to apply for approval with Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply – and now have the accredited stamp of approval for the delivery of qualifications and hosting exams for their learners.

Stephen Lovatt, Director of S.L. Procurement Solutions Limited said, ‘We do so much work with professionals and businesses in this region. Not only the modular courses for learners, but moreover there’s a huge demand for procurement and supply chain consultancy work, with much focus on sustainability.”

A life in news revealed in lectures

York St John University’s Chancellor, Reeta Chakrabarti, introduced a lecture entitled ‘From the frontline to the studio: A life in BBC News’. Reeta was joined by fellow BBC News presenter Ben Brown, who shared his insights as one a BBC’s journalist.

As a frontline journalist and war correspondent, Ben has reported from over 40 countries and helped to bring several significant historical events to our screen including the fall of the Berlin Wall, 9/11, the Boxing Day Tsunami and the Rwandan genocide.

Professor Karen Bryan OBE, Vice Chancellor of York St John University said: “Understanding the world around us has never been more important, so we were delighted to hear about Ben Brown’s incredible BBC career and contribution to journalism.”

Bradley Hall supports Teesside International Airport

Leading full-service property firm, Bradley Hall, has collaborated with Teesside International Airport by investing in advertising across the airport site.

Lesley Parry, branch manager at Bradley Hall said: “Tees Valley is investing in major projects such as the Freeport, Teesworks, and the airport itself. It made perfect sense for Bradley Hall to partner with the airport through digital advertising and a wall mural.”

Lesley added: “Since opening our Tees Valley office 12 months ago, we’ve been blown away by how buoyant the property market is here,” “It is really bucking national trends and that’s due to the significant sums being invested into the area.”