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Artists find profitable new home as creative space opens at Flemingate
A social enterprise providing a retail space for artists and designers has opened at Beverley’s Flemingate centre, offering a high-profile platform for a community of local creatives. A diverse range of artistic entrepreneurs have come together under one roof in a high-quality hub for unique and distinctive creative products. The first of its kind in…
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£700,000 boost for Hull’s cultural quarter
Hull’s Fruit Market has today received a cash boost after a successful bid to the Coastal Communities Fund. The £700,000 grant will see the ever-popular Fruit at 62-63 Humber Street refurbished across all three floors and transformed into a multi-use arts and performance venue with attached gallery and café. The top two floors, not currently…
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Yorkshire’s first gin bar and distillery to add new flavour to the Fruit Market
Yorkshire’s first gin bar and distillery is to add to the exciting spirit of regeneration flowing through Hull’s rapidly-evolving Fruit Market. Humber Street Distillery Co is the brainchild of Lee Kirman and Charlotte Bailey, who have rejuvenated the nearby Minerva pub, making it one of East Yorkshire’s most popular hostelries. Inspired by the surge in…
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Hudgell Solicitors’ move to @TheDock underlines commitment to Hull
Hudgell Solicitors says its move into new headquarters on a £15m commercial development in Hull’s Fruit Market demonstrates both its long-term commitment to the city and its desire to be at the heart of its continued regeneration. The medical negligence and personal injury specialist law firm, which is marking 20 years in business this year,…
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Engineering awards recognise creation of Hull’s stunning Stage @TheDock amphitheatre
The creation of Hull’s stunning Stage @TheDock amphitheatre has been recognised as one of the region’s most outstanding civil engineering projects. The venue, developed within the historic Central Dry Dock, received a certificate of commendation, having been shortlisted in the prestigious Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Yorkshire and Humber Awards 2017. The awards are for…
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Relaunched website puts Fruit Market regeneration in focus
Hull’s Fruit Market area has a new window to the world, showcasing the exciting development of the city’s first urban village. The relaunched website www.fruitmarkethull.co.uk is the place to go to find out all about Hull’s waterside quarter, which is undergoing an exciting transformation under the city’s most significant urban regeneration project. The refreshed website…
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Fashionable Fruit Market is the perfect fit for vintage boutique
Independent vintage fashion brand Poorboy Boutique is to open in Hull’s fashionable Fruit Market area. Poorboy Boutique will be the first new retail offering to open in Humber Street in the heart of the Fruit Market, as the area becomes established as a shopping and leisure destination. Specialising in original brand classics such as Barbour;…
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Creative community to join together at Flemingate
An innovative social enterprise is to provide a creative home for new, upcoming and established artists and designers at Beverley’s popular Flemingate centre. Designed to promote and develop creative individuals, THECREATIVELAB will provide cost-effective shared retail space for the creative community to display and sell their work in a fully-staffed retail environment, without the usual…
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Dead Bod to return to public display when Humber Street Gallery opens
This Friday (February 3), the latest addition to Hull’s visual arts scene will open to the public for the first time. Humber Street Gallery is a new contemporary art space being opened as part of the Hull UK City of Culture programme. Located in Hull’s Fruit Market cultural quarter, the three storey gallery in a…
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Businesses join Wykeland in supporting Run With It education project
A Hull-based education project whose work has been underpinned by Wykeland Group for the past five years has now gained the support of a range of local businesses. Run With It, which is based at the KCOM Stadium, helps children improve literacy and numeracy through the power of sport. It was originally part of the…