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We are so proud of the staff at our offices in Ilkley, Barnoldswick, Skipton and Silsden who worked very hard to arrange coffee mornings at each of our offices. Lots of our lovely staff took part by baking some very...

We are very pleased to be a part of Stray FM’s Skipton and Beyond awards 2017. We are sponsoring the Best Farmer Category. We think these awards are a great way to recognise and thank the local and business community...

It was great to be with @StrayFM’s Nick Hancock this morning for a Breakfast show ‘live’ recording of an interview with our head of marketing, Liz Scott, who was talking all things Thrive Yorkshire. We are very proud to be...

Our CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) committee have committed Walker Foster to taking part in the Out of the Box mentoring programme for young adults with learning difficulties. It’s a great and worthwhile scheme which aims to help and support young...

We were pleased to welcome Stray FM’s Nick Hancock from the breakfast show to our office in Skipton on 23 August. We spent a fun morning recording an interview about Walker Foster, its relationship to the community in Skipton and...

In this article, Sue Roberts looks at the detail behind the Government’s Help to Buy ISA scheme. If you are saving to buy your first home, the government will help you by boosting your savings by 25% if you save...

When a person dies, there are several things that need to be dealt with: Register the Death This is done by the next of kin, or an executor named in the Will. Arrange the Funeral This can be done once...

Our newly formed Corporate Social Responsibility committee met on the 11 July at our Silsden office for the first time. We were very happy to welcome Kerry from the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and to present to her a cheque for...

We are very proud to be able to display the ‘Working towards becoming Dementia Friendly’ logo on the accreditations page of our website. Displaying this logo demonstrates our commitment to formulating and implementing a Dementia Action Alliance Action Plan. We...

The energy we use for heating and powering our non-domestic buildings is responsible for around 12% of the UK’s emissions. Around 60% of today’s non-domestic buildings will still exist in 2050, representing around 40-45% of the total floor space. Whilst...