Accountants
Here at Armstrong Watson, we believe that a close working relationship with our clients is essential.
As a leading independent accountancy firm, our size means that we are able to deliver the full range of services you’d normally expect from the Big Four, but with the personal delivery of a local firm.
We have offices in Skipton and Bradford and have been helping clients for over 145 years.
From tax to accountancy to financial advice
and payroll, we’re with you through it all.
Marketing
Aspire Magazine is completely independently owned and run, and is a local publication aimed at families, which is delivered straight through the letterbox of 27,000 affluent homes in Craven, Airedale, Wharfedale and The Dales every month, by guaranteed distribution through Royal Mail.
Aspire is a free, glossy lifestyle magazine bursting with local news & events, and exciting, fun editorial features that the discerning reader will find of lasting interest; including fashion, health & beauty, travel, dining out, motoring and home improvement.
There are loads of advertising and editorial offers, for all businesses in the Craven Area, so please call for more information. Prices from just £100+vat, cost effective local advertising that really works!
Solicitors
AWB Charlesworth Solicitors aim to make life easier for you by providing expert legal advice for your business and personal life.
Combining the skills and expertise of our dedicated team of lawyers, we are committed to working together to advise and assist you in a comprehensive range of legal services.
As a local firm with offices in Skipton and throughout the Aire Valley, we pride ourselves on our strong community links and ability to combine expert legal advice with a friendly approachable style; delivering efficient, client focused legal support made simple for individuals and businesses alike.
Bank
Barclays has more than 325 years of history from our beginnings in Lombard Street.
Long established and supportive of local community - we work closely with our business and personal clients.
We are happy to be supportive members of Skipton Chamber of Trade.
Restaurants & Takeaways
Family-run Bizzie Lizzie’s of Swadford Street is the flagship of the Group and represents one of Skipton’s true business success stories.
Established in 1986, the shop has been extended and improved over the years, winning a host of industry-related accolades along the way. Bizzie Lizzie’s, Swadford Street was voted UK Fish & Chip Shop of the Year and became the first Fish and Chip shop in North Yorkshire to gain the prestigious Investors in People, awarded for across-the-board standards of excellence.
As well as there award winning Fish and Chips Bizzie Lizzie's, High Street Car Park provides a tasty Breakfast and scrumptious Cream Teas.
Business Park & Estate
A historic country estate with 21st century thinking in business, entertainment and living. LIVE, WORK, PLAY
Retail - Fashion & Accessories
Established in 1974 C & H Brown in Skipton has an extensive range of high class men's and women's fashion wear, footwear and accessories. Set over two floors, our shop has an enviable reputation locally for our personalised service and regularly updated range of quality fashion wear and accessories; which is varied to suit a broad range of tastes, and caters for both residents and visitors alike. As the 'Gateway' to the Yorkshire Dales, the historic town of Skipton is a very popular tourist destination, which also makes C & H Brown a fantastic place to find gifts and souvenirs.
Computer Support and IT Services
Laptop and Computer Repair Services
Providing local, friendly IT support to the Yorkshire Dales, Craven and Pendle
Cloud1Computing offers a wide variety of computer services, including laptop and computer repairs and services at competitive prices. We do not charge a call out fee and there is no cost if we cannot fix or identify the issue. See what our customers say about our computer and repair services on Yell.
We provide IT support, computer repair services and tuition to home and business in Pendle, Rishton, Blackburn, Harwood, Accrington, Oswaldtwistle, Altham, Padium, Read, Whalley, Ramsgreave, Brockhall, Barrow, Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Barnoldswick, Gisburn, Skipton, Keighley, Grassington, Settle, Ilkley.
Our business is run by committed service orientated professionals, who together have in excess of 50 years experience in computing, telecommunications and engineering. At Cloud1Computing our objective is to provide a great experience to all our customers.
Cloud1computing technicians provide a mobile repair and advice service for all computers and laptops. We will come to your home or business at a time to suit you and sort out whatever computer problems you have. We won’t charge a call out fee, just a simple, competitive and value for money pricing structure. If our technician is not able to provide a solution, you will not be charged.
Laptops Computers, printers, & other devices
Broadband, WiFi
Repairs & service
Website design
Free advice
Custom build computers
Cafe & Retail coffee supplier
Based at the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales, Coffee Care is ideally placed to serve its customers in North and West Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria.
Consultancy - IT
Retail - Books and Crafts
Cornerstone stocks a wide range of Christian Books including: Bibles, Commentaries, Theology, Resources for Small Groups, Liturgy, Prayer Books, Biographies and Fiction. Dated bible reading notes, Children’s & Youth Materials, Lectionary based & other seasonal church resources (including candles, communion wafers and non-alcoholic wine) are also available. We sell a selection of C.D.’s and D.V.D.’s plus a range of gifts and cards suitable for Baptisms, First Holy Communion and Confirmation.
Bakery
The Craven Bakery is a growing business situated in the small market town of Skipton.
The Bakery consists of a bakehouse and three town centre shops. The shops attract large amounts of visitors from in and around the local area as well as providing for the vast numbers of tourists that visit Skipton in the seasonal months.
Due to the touristic nature of the town the bakery and shops tend to become extremely busy during in peak periods. The Craven Bakery is highly regarded in the local community for supplying quality freshly prepared products, fresh baked bread and quality confectionary on a daily basis to both wholesale and retail customers travelling as far as The Lake District.
We also provide an outside catering for local events, businesses and private functions. We have a productive and friendly team staffing the Bakehouse and town centre shops who are all highly committed to maintaining the success of The Craven Bakery.
Cattle Mart
CCM Auctions is the trading name of Craven Cattle Marts Ltd based in Skipton in North Yorkshire. Craven Cattle Marts Ltd has a long trading history dating back 130 years to the days when the Skipton Auction Mart Company formalised the marketing of livestock in Craven.
Steam Railway
The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (E&BASR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England, (formed in 1968 and re-opened in 1981). The preserved railway was part of the former Midland Railway route from Skipton to Ilkley (which was closed down by British Railways in 1965 over 15 years before). The E&BASR currently runs for a total distance of 4 miles (6 km) from Embsay via Draughton Sidings, Holywell and Stoneacre Loop to Bolton Abbey station. The railway has a long-term objective to extend the line in both directions south to the West Yorkshire village of Addingham and north towards the North Yorkshire market town of Skipton (where the E&BSR could one day interchange with services on the Airedale Line).
Recruitment
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If you’re wanting a fresh recruitment partner, you have definitely come to the right place.
For a start, we don’t work in the city, we work in open countryside, breathing in the fresh air and enjoying what we do for our client partners.
We work very hard for our customers and we love to enjoy life.
See our website for more information.
Insurance Providers
Don’t just protect your business, future proof it
The success of a business is usually a result of hard work, personal sacrifice, and commitment. And with employees, suppliers and customers all dependent on its success, it makes sense to do all you can to protect it.
Jelf provide advice on a full range of insurance products, and according to your particular risk requirements, will create a package incorporating the appropriate covers for you.
Jelf’s aim is simple - to help you feel confident that your business has the processes in place to minimise risk. To create a business where your employees know that you care about them and their working environment and a business that can bounce back with the least amount of disruption if something goes wrong.
Visit jelf.com for more information.
Printers
PR & Marketing
Based in the Yorkshire Dales, Manifest Marketing offers you professional marketing skills and consultancy, specialising in PR at an affordable rate.
Marketing & PR
Moule Media is a PR agency based in Skipton, North Yorkshire, run by journalist and former newspaper business editor Robin Moule. Established in 1997.
Products
We at North Blinds aim to create modern and stylish interiors with our made to measure window blinds.
We are proud of our excellent customer service and honest advice which helps our customers to make the best choice for their homes and offices.
We offer free measuring, quotation and installation service as well as great prices and 2 year warranty.
Family run Hotel
This family run hotel on the outskirts of the delightful market town of Skipton - gateway to the Dales, offers the best in Yorkshire hospitality - with staff who really do care! Guests return time and again, whether it's for business or leisure, because we offer warmth and a genuine professional hospitality.
Dine in our canalside Baby Swan restaurant where a stream of activity keeps you entertained. We are proud of our restaurants, offering straightforward, honest to goodness food, cooked by a dedicated team supporting local suppliers. We've a fantastic gym, swimming pool, sauna, steam room and 1 mile walk on the towpath of the beautiful Leeds-Liverpool canal into the delightful Dales market town of Skipton.
Set within the peaceful Yorkshire village of Embsay, Rockwood House has beautiful views of the moors and surrounding countryside. It offers hearty, cooked breakfasts and light, airy rooms.
Each room at Rockwood features an en suite shower room or full bathroom, free Wi-Fi access, and tea/coffee-making facilities. There is also a TV and a hairdryer for guests.
Fresh, full English breakfasts are cooked to order each day, while guests can also enjoy continental and vegetarian options.
Rockwood House is situated on the edge of the idyllic Yorkshire Dales, with numerous scenic walking trails leading from the village. The town of Skipton, with its independent shops and famous market, is just a 5-minute drive away.
Car Sales
Chartered Accountants in Skipton | Settle | Yorkshire
Building Society
Established in 1853, Skipton was among the first building societies, and we remain true to that rich heritage today by offering people contemporary solutions to their changing financial needs.
The major employer in the North Yorkshire town whose name we share, Skipton has grown from humble beginnings, to become the nation's fourth biggest building society.
Our prudent approach to doing business – coupled with our uniquely diversified Group structure – has ensured the Society's success, for the benefit of our members, through both the good economic times and the more challenging.
Town Council
Skipton Town Council came into being as part of the restructuring of local government in 1974. The former Skipton Urban District Council ceased to exist at this time, dividing its resposibilities between the newly created local authorities - of which the Town Council is a part.
Business Improvement
Skipton BID Mission Statement is...that Skipton remains:
Strategic Objectives 2014-2019 are...to ensure our fine market town is:
Travel Agency
Independent Travel Agency, locally owned, and with 5 other branches within North Yorkshire. Specialising in family and long haul holidays.
Boiler Services
T N Cook - A Family Firm You Can Rely On...
We are an independent family owned and run firm and our AGA experience goes back to the 1930's. There are three generations of the family working together with our competent and committed team to make sure you are properly looked after; we pride ourselves on customer service and product knowledge.
We use the products we sell so we know how good they really are, and can answer any questions you may have.
From the initial choice through to completion, user advice and ongoing service, friendly and experienced help from the same people is constantly at hand.
We have every colour and option of AGA Cooker, and an extensive selection of cookware and other appliances to see in our large converted barn show room.
Parking is easy and the outlook from our inspirational setting just outside Skipton is stunning.
Country Hotel & Leisure facilities
The Coniston Hotel Country Estate and Spa is a 1400-acre estate, which has been home to the Bannister family for over 50 years. It started life as a farm shop selling produce from the estate and, some 50 years later, has grown to become one of North Yorkshire’s premium destinations. Ideally located in the parish of Craven, North Yorkshire’s Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales countryside, means The Coniston Hotel Country Estate and Spa is only 7 miles from Skipton and 30 miles from Leeds and Harrogate. Whether you stay for just 1 night, visit for the day or hold your wedding or event here, we offer a friendly service in a wonderful location that is truly unique.
The Coniston Hotel itself boasts 71 bedrooms, 3 restaurants, and a multi-million pound state of the art spa, while the Coniston Estate offers country pursuits such as a CPSA Premier Plus shooting ground with lodge, fly fishing and boating lake, a falconry centre and activities such as a 4x4 off road experience and archery. At Coniston there really is something for everyone. The Coniston Hotel Country Estate and Spa offers a wonderful space for you to enjoy, relax, and experience, while the Bannister family and all the team ensure that, like all our guests, you are well looked after.
Well being
Trusted Companion is a ONE person business offering a top class support and companionship service for the elderly, founded by myself, Theresa Ingham, I draw on my experience of many years with the ambulance service and working with the elderly. Established March 2014, based in Skipton North Yorkshire and provides Support and Companionship within: Skipton, Craven, East Lancashire, Ilkley and Keighley.
Although originally I set out to help the elderly overcome loneliness, my main client base now deals predominantly with Dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Solicitors
Bakers & Confectioners
Electrical specialists & Retail
Wilkinson Electrical is a family run business and we are sales and repair agents for AEG, ZANUSSI, ELECTROLUX, KENWOOD, DELONGHI.
We can also provide spares for many makes of white goods, cookers and vacuum cleaners.
Estate Agents
Chartered Accountants
German Christmas Shop
Specialist Wines, Spirits and Cigars
Located in the oldest part of town, and established
over 30 years.
This
is perhaps the finest wine and whisky shop you have ever come across.
Serving
both trade and wholesale, with around 1,000 wines and something like 800
whiskies, this is a serious business that proudly offers personal service from
knowledgeable, friendly staff.