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Helping Your Business Be Well For Winter Winter can be tough as the days get shorter, the temperature drops, we spend more time in doors, and seasonal bugs thrive. How can we protect ourselves and our employees so we can continue to run our businesses? In this session with Health and Wellness Coach Lisa Kempster, […]

2025: Where are you headed?   It’s that time of year when we turn our attention to the next; new year, new intentions.  But are we actually ready?!  You need to be clear about who you are, what you do, and crucially – how to explain that to others so that they want to do business […]

Calderdale Cancer Aware is a new project by Halifax Opportunities Trust and Macmillan that is encouraging businesses and organisations to keep well for work by becoming cancer aware. This talk will let you know about the free training the CCA team are offering local businesses to recognise the signs and symptoms of cancer and raise awareness […]

The power of design & messaging. Join us at HOT Networking on the 18th September to learn about The Power of Design & Messaging – The Secrets To A Successful Website Haroon Rashid is the Managing Director of Digital Renovators, a Halifax based web design agency that focuses on website design and development for local, national […]

A new tapestry is revealing the hidden stories of Calderdale’s women leaders at the Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre in Halifax. The new woven artwork will be unveiled on Friday 30th August at an invite only event, highlighting the rich and diverse untold stories of the women driving the cultural life of Calderdale. The artwork forms the culmination […]

Throughout the Summer we have been delighted to have the Art installation “The Guardian’s Hands” on display in our Atrium here at Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre. It is a wonderful piece of Art made to highlight that Chocolate has a name. If you want to know more information about the installation you can find out […]

In May The Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre and Halifax Opportunities Trust have signed a new printing contract with a company that specializes in sustainable printing. This new agreement is a step forward for us in our journey to reducing our Carbon Footprint, as we will be offsetting all our paper usage by planting trees and […]

The Power of Design & Animation for Brand Awareness Join us at HOT Networking on the 12th June to learn how to use design and animation for promotional purposes Alixe Lobato is the Founder and Creative Director of Flying Duck Studio Lab. She has a background in Motion Design, VFX, Teaching, Production and Content Creation […]

Join us at HOT Networking on the 8th May to learn how to edit your business so it doesn’t depend on you It wouldn’t surprise me if you’d been put off by the ‘ick factory’ that happens when you Google phrases like ‘passive income’ or ‘digital products’? That isn’t what the world of digital products […]