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Ribblesdale’s blue cheese sells out before it is ready

POPULAR CHEESE: Iona Hill of the Ribblesdale Cheese Company

11:48am Friday 12th March 2010

IONA Hill’s cheeses are so good that her first batch of blue cows’ cheese has sold out before it has finished maturing. The former accountant runs the Ribblesdale Cheese Company on Hawes business park.

MP opens new food centre offering firms purpose-built units

11:50am Friday 12th March 2010

A £3M FOOD Enterprise Centre has been launched by William Hague, MP for Richmond and shadow foreign secretary.

Computer firm offers training courses on new software

11:49am Friday 12th March 2010

MC WARE at Stokesley was established 12 years ago, and employs 14 staff as one of the oldest-established IT companies in the North-East.

Optician starts a home service

11:55am Friday 12th March 2010

Optician starts a home service A 27-YEAR-OLD optician has started a home-visiting service from his Saltburn home.

Rare breed company wins national award for taste

12:10pm Friday 5th March 2010

A NORTH Yorkshire company which specialises in rare and traditional native breeds is in the running for a supreme national title.

Yorkshire asparagus is good for you

TOP TIPS: Scott Holowkiewicz, left, of the Balloon Tree farm shop, and Jonathan Knight, of the Regional Food Group

12:13pm Friday 5th March 2010

YORKSHIRE is famous for its puddings and rhubarb – but is rapidly gaining a reputation for asparagus.

Farmer’s son heads team at HSBC

12:11pm Friday 5th March 2010

ALLAN Wilkinson has been appointed head of HSBC Agriculture, the farming division of the HSBC Bank.

Weardale firm wins MoD extension

12:31pm Friday 5th March 2010

WEARDALE’S biggest employer has taken on 15 extra staff after winning an extended Ministry of Defence contract that could be worth up to £60m.

Sales of organic vegetable boxes grow by 40 per cent

HEALTHY EATING: Peter and Jo-ann Richardson of Riverford Organic, Newby Wiske

12:21pm Friday 26th February 2010

AN ORGANIC vegetable box scheme in North Yorkshire is the fastest growing in the UK.

Director visits Hawes to see how Business Link can meet rural needs

12:23pm Friday 26th February 2010

ONE of the region’s most powerful businesswomen made a rural factfinding mission to Wensleydale this week.









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