Ison Harrison Solicitors is one of those Yorkshire firms that’s quietly been part of local life for decades. What started as a one-person practice back...
Business of the Week, Finance, legal & banks / Market Place & Market Street
Established in 1936 JB Wilkinson & Sons now has six different shops across West Yorkshire, including their Otley branch which has been opened since the...
Business of the Week, Food & drink shops, Made in Otley / Boroughgate
Paula Jacques cut her hairdressing teeth working for Vidal Sassoon in their busy salons in Leeds and Manchester in the late 1980s (fans of the...
Business of the Week, Fitness, health & beauty / Westgate, Beech Hill & Bradford Rd
Janet Francis has lived in Otley for around twenty years and has spent just as long working as an estate agent. After many years managing...
Business & Trade Services, Business of the Week, Estate agents
Jenni Small has been serving the ladies of Otley, West Yorkshire and far beyond with her collection of pre-loved ladies wear since 2009. She entered...
Business of the Week, Clothing & fashion / Maypole, Cross Green & Walkergate
Joey Broadbent went from Sainsbury's manager to sport massage therapist during lockdown and has not looked back since, offering services at his busy clinics in...
There was much gashing of teeth among the lower Wharfedale canine community when dog-friendly cafe Salami & Co closed its doors in mid 2021... they...
Business of the Week, Cafés, pubs & restaurants / Boroughgate
If you live in Otley or its surrounds and have kids or are into sports, you’ll be familiar with JR Sports. Founded by Jonathan Ross...
Otley-born Kai Walkinshaw knew the career path she wanted to follow before she had even graduated from Prince Henry’s Grammar School. For Kai, a career...
Business of the Week, Fitness, health & beauty / Westgate, Beech Hill & Bradford Rd
After more than 20 years working across a range of accountancy practices, Helen Kaye decided it was time to do things her own way. In...
Business of the Week, Finance, legal & banks / Westgate, Beech Hill & Bradford Rd
Leonie Allen left a job working at Leeds Bradford Airport to become an apprentice beauty therapist, working in various salons around West Yorkshire before setting...
Business of the Week, Fitness, health & beauty / Bondgate, Gay Lane & Leeds Rd
Part-time primary school teacher Louise Stringer started LAIK Coffee, a mobile coffee business, in 2022 and can often be found on weekend mornings between 10am...
Alfresco food & drink, Business of the Week, Cafés, pubs & restaurants / Riverside