Fine Artist Valérie Wartelle will be showcasing some of her beautiful pieces of textile art at Elsie Whiteley! Valérie is a fine artist working with fibres and textiles. Her practice is rooted in thetraditional craft of wet felting and the manipulation of textiles as an expressive artform.Taking the rural environment as her inspiration, she draws …
VALÉRIE WARTELLE ART finds new A home at elsie whiteley Read More »
Guest blog by Alison Creedon Have you ever wondered about the woman behind the name? Elsie Whiteley was a Halifax-born fashion designer, textile entrepreneur and employer of over 300 machinists, cutters, pressers, office workers and sales staff. Her vintage designs still feature on fashion websites and sell for around £80. Elsie’s story is a testament …
Taking the plunge and seeking an office space to call your own? Branching out and expanding in a new location or re-locating entirely? Whether you’re embarking on your journey into establishing a home for your business, or you’re well established and finding somewhere else to work from, there are a number of things to consider …
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From wovens to workspaces be a part of our evolution of innovation 2024 marks the 15th anniversary of The Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre and to celebrate this milestone, we’re shining a light on our heritage, our industrial roots and our evolution of innovation. As a social enterprise business centre in Halifax, we are a part …
Work-life balance is fast becoming a top priority for employees and employers alike, across the continent. So much so that some of our European counterparts have scrapped the traditional 9-5 entirely, in favour of a much more flexible and wellbeing friendly four-day structure. But is a more punctuated work week the silver bullet to banish …
Is the four-day week the key to work-life balance? Read More »
A meeting room serves more purposes than simply holding a number of people in the same space. It’s a platform for future leaders, an incubator of ideas, a safe space for colleagues. What you use the space for, can have an impact of the type of environment you chose, location, the time of day you …
Stress Awareness Month 2023 April is Stress Awareness Month. This year’s theme is Action Changes Things (ACT) – taking a look at the steps and conscious changes we can make to reduce stress both in our personal and professional lives. In this blog we highlight some of the small steps you can take to make …
Halifax is a northern town, nestled between Leeds and Manchester, seeping with heritage. Home to Happy Valley, birthplace of Anne Lister (most commonly known as Gentleman Jack) and architecture rich, it has bags of character that embraces its roots as a mill town. You might be more familiar with Halifax’s most recent regeneration sites, which …
Halifax’s Heritage Meets Modern Workspace Design Read More »
We’ve welcomed 13 new businesses and enabled around 300 local jobs in 2022 The Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre proves it remains a leader in providing modern workspaces after reaching full occupancy; the first time the centre has reached this milestone in over ten years. Welcoming 13 new tenants throughout 2022, the Centre has enabled around …
We’re celebrating record occupancy levels in 2022 Read More »
Here at Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre, we’ve invested in state-of-the-art conferencing facilities to help you and your teams connect, collaborate and create. Our innovative approach to building a business community means we have a whole host of high quality modern meeting spaces that accommodate anything from intimate one-to-ones to virtual global gatherings, with facilities and …
