The Daisy Appeal is giving away a brand new Smart car worth £11,175 in order to raise money for the charity. The car is courtesy of Listers Smart and tickets for the competition cost £5. There are only 5,000 tickets to give away so be quick to be in with a chance to win. Closing date for entries is 29th June 2015. For full terms and conditions and how to enter, please visit www.daisyappeal.org/news. Follow us on Twitter @HorncastleGroup.
The Horncastle Group and the W A Horncastle Charitable Trust have for a number of years been keen supporters of the Daisy Appeal, a local charity which aims to encourage and support greater medical research in the Humber. The charity brings together scientists at the University of Hull and clinicians at the Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trust and provides buildings, equipment and research funding. To raise funds and promote the work of the charity a celebration ball was organised on the evening of Friday 6th March 2015 with the event held at the Guildhall in Hull, [...]
It’s the 1st anniversary of the opening of the popular Red Sail’s pub and restaurant at The Beacon in Hull! As part of its 1st birthday celebrations, the pub will have a host of promotions, events and offers from Monday 15th – Saturday 20th September 2014, and will be raising money throughout the week for local charity Cash for Kids. Cash for Kids is the official charity of 96.9 Viking FM and Magic 1161 and its mission is to respond to the needs of children in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. The charity has raised millions [...]
Horncastle group chairman Andrew Horncastle has been a Daisy charity Trustee and involved with the appeal since 2010. His involvement and investment has contributed towards the opening of a £4.5 million world class diagnosis and research facility at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham, East Yorkshire. The facility which is known as ‘Phase 2’ of the Daisy appeal charity, was opened on Monday 14th July 2014 by former Health Secretary Baroness Virgina Bottomley, and is named The Jack Brignall PET- CT centre, after one of the founding members of The Daisy Appeal charity. The facility houses [...]
Horncastle Group Plc & W A Horncastle Charitable Trust are currently supporting the Cat Zero programme to enable 18 – 24 year olds not in employment, education or training (Neets) to increase their confidence and skills ready for employment. On Wednesday 6th February, Andrew Horncastle & Ian Hodges braved the elements and headed to Melton Scout Camp to join the latest team on their first challenge…. Read the story in the Hull Daily Mail here:
Andy Watson’s Prestige Timber Products and Services is now established at St John’s Business Park. Proximity to the docks and ample storage space both indoors and outdoors meant that St John’s was an obvious choice for Prestige. Using their own high tech milling equipment, the company will be milling timber for clients and producing their own products including bespoke garden sheds, wendy houses and decking etc. St John’s offers high levels of storage space and circulation areas along with secure fencing, electronic gates and CCTV. The site is suitable for a wide range of uses [...]
Andrew Horncastle is committing time and resources to a brilliant local initiative called For Entrepreneurs Only, which is designed to help boost the region’s economy. For Entrepreneurs Only is a group of successful local entrepreneurs from Hull and East Yorkshire who are passionate about the local area and who recognise the vital role that entrepreneurship can play in increasing our region’s economic success. The aim of the group is to help and support those who want to take the step of starting and growing their own business and by doing so create more employment opportunities [...]
Horncastle Group are supporting local apprenticeship scheme, Hull Training, by encouraging more businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire to engage with young people and offer work placements for students. This unique idea sees Hull Training partnering with local businesses and contractors across the region, led by the support of Horncastle, to encourage as many businesses as possible to offer work placements across a range of different sectors from I.T to construction for a minimum of two weeks and in many cases much longer. On recent projects, Horncastle have taken the decision to only give work [...]
As sponsors of The Princes’ Trust, Andrew and Carole Horncastle attended the Celebrate Success Awards in Leeds on 11th November on behalf of Horncastle Group Plc. Last year alone, The Princes’ Trust helped 3,500 disadvantaged young people across Yorkshire and The Humber giving them confidence and skills to get a job. More than three in four of these young people moved into work, training or education. Andrew said: “It was a special night and when you witness the joy of the young people who have succeeded with help from the Trust, it reinforces the life changing role [...]