Opinion

It’s been four years in the making but it’s finally here. The World Cup began yesterday in Russia and the “best” teams in the World will be competing for the highest accolade in Football over the coming three weeks.

Plans to radically alter hospital services in Calderdale and Kirklees have been on the cards for years now. The most recent proposals by local health bosses involve the closure of Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, with Kirklees patients needing to travel to Halifax for most hospital services. However, in the latest development the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt dismissed this as unsafe and sent the plans back to the drawing board.

There was a time you could walk into your bank with a reasonably well thought out business idea and leave within an hour with a lovely loan and dreams of untold possibilities.

The online world has been going crazy over the past few weeks trying to answer one question. No, not where will Harry and Megan go on honeymoon, but “Do you hear Laurel or Yanny?”

A man walks into a pub and says to the bartender, “Can you tell me the best way to get to the train station?” The bartender smiles and says, “I wouldn’t start from here!” Or so the old joke goes.

“Professional is not a label you give yourself – it’s a description you hope others will apply to you”.

When any small business decides to go “online” and start promoting their business, the same fear is felt by most owners.

As a business owner I often make decisions based upon gut-feel, intuition if you like.

Abigail Smith is the Founder of Aluma Aesthetics, a beauty and cosmetic company based in Elland. Aluma specialises in facial aesthetics and lip augmentation and was established in early 2018.

Do you remember the New Labour mantra Education, Education, Education?

This week JD Wetherspoons, the huge pub chain announced it was closing down its social media accounts with immediate effect.

Dr Imran Rangzeb is the Founder and Principal Dentist of Town Hall Dental, a cosmetic dental practice based in Brighouse that was recently voted as providing Best Patient Care in the Country at the 2017 Dentistry Awards.

Dave Fawcett is the CEO of Happy Days, a charity focusing on helping the homeless and vulnerably housed across the region.

Over the past 15 years I have either started, acquired or helped start more than 15 companies in four different countries.

As some of you may know, Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team is funded entirely from generous donations from the community and local businesses.

Easter is the most important Festival for the Christian community in the whole year.

Discussions around the Local Plan for Calderdale are taking up a lot of print in both local newspapers and election leaflets, especially in the Lower Valley.

Since the late 1980’s, CVSRT has been fortunate to benefit from the additional support of our four-legged friend – the Search Dog.

Gas. Not necessarily the first word that springs to mind when we talk about exciting science.