Chris Burn

Doncaster Sheffield Airport is set to be taken into full public ownership in a deal that will see South Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard’s combined authority buy the land.

Oliver Coppard has committed to revealing the cost to taxpayers of buying Doncaster Sheffield Airport once the purchase is completed - as the mayor insisted it is a “good deal” for all parties.

Hundreds of workers in Leeds are set to lose their jobs as gambling giant Flutter prepares to cut around 1,400 jobs in the UK and Ireland in a restructuring programme blamed on higher taxes.

Aviation experts have warned public sector officials buying Doncaster Sheffield Airport of the prospect of a 'multi-year delay' to regular passenger flights from the site.

Council officials attempting to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport failed to budget for at least £60m of costs being owed to landowner Peel under a ‘punitive’ lease clause they had signed up to, it has been revealed.

The office of South Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard will borrow money to fund its purchase of Doncaster Sheffield Airport – but a planned £57m loan for City of Doncaster Council (CDC) for the reopening project is now being scrapped.

Improving NHS services through the use of technology “is about solving a human problem”, the executive director of a Yorkshire digital services company has said.

Innovative healthcare businesses in Yorkshire have been advised to think big about how their products could be sold around the world.

A Yorkshire company which helps manufacturers improve engineering productivity has been selected as a technology partner for Innovation for Action’s Growth Challenge for a second consecutive year.

After years of being a byword for unreliable services, rail operator Northern is seeing passenger numbers rise and has even more ambitious targets for the future. Commercial and customer director Alex Hornby speaks to Chris Burn about the company’s new approach.