Welcome to the Scarborough and Whitby page of the Business North Yorkshire newsletter. Here you will find details of local networking groups, events in the area, and business news from around the constituency.

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Networking events in your area

Business Advice Drop In

William Street Business Centre, Scarborough

• 9, 16, 23, 30 September 9am to 12pm

Every Tuesday. For more information visit the Business Advice Drop In Facebook page.

My Business Networking

Scarborough South Cliff Golf Club, Scarborough

• 11 September 7.30am to 9.30am

Fortnightly. For more information visit the Scarborough Networking Event Eventbrite page.

Business over Breakfast (BoB)

Scarborough Rugby Union Football Club

• 26 September, 7.30am to 9.30am

For more information visit the Business over Breakfast (BoB) website.

News and events in your area

Success for Scarborough based Anglo American’s cybersecurity early careers team

Held on Thursday 19 June 2025 in Harrogate UK, the North Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards celebrate outstanding talent among apprentices across the North Yorkshire region. The awards also recognise a cross section of business sectors including construction, engineering, health and technology, making competition tough.

For the Anglo-American team, it was an evening to celebrate with two award wins, a shortlist and finalist in the awards, which included Jessica Wells, Cyber Ops apprentice within Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), won the Higher Apprentice (Level 4) of the Year category award in recognition of her dedication, growth, and outstanding contribution to the GRC team over the past 18 months.

Alex Sim won the Technology and Digital Apprentice category award, signalling an impressive achievement in a highly competitive and well-represented field.

Added to Jessica and Alex’s successes, James Greenhalgh was a finalist in the Technology and Digital Apprentice category. Both Alex and James are in the Security Operations Centre team, so it was a doubly good evening for their team.

As an Employer Provider of the programme, Anglo American’s Cybersecurity Early Careers team was also shortlisted as Best Training Provider, in recognition of their ability to forge strong partnerships and invest in developing future talent.

Emily Fraser, Anglo American cyber security professional, said: “We were incredibly proud to be shortlisted for Best Training Provider at this year’s awards. Competition was fierce with six other very strong nominees, and while we didn’t take home the trophy this time, it’s never just about the win.

“Anglo American is not only an employer but also a provider of world-class cybersecurity apprenticeship training, and what makes this programme so outstanding isn’t a plaque or a title, it’s the people.”

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What a team! Pictured from left to right: Lydia Kynman, James Greenhalgh, Emily Fraser, Grace Clayton, Alex Sim, Bailey Maude, Anna Mae McDonald and Jessica Wells.

Read more about the North Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards 2025.

Your local Senior Business Advisor

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As Senior Business Advisor for Scarborough and Whitby, Carey’s primary role is to promote and support business growth and the economic potential of North Yorkshire, and she works with colleagues, partners and key stakeholders to help deliver our Economic Growth Strategy. Carey takes the lead responsibility for delivering a bespoke one-to-one business engagement and support service to the businesses of the Scarborough and Whitby constituency.

Carey brings with her more than 31 years of experience working with businesses in the public and private sectors. She is a passionate advocate of apprenticeships having worked 28 years within the training and skills sector and she has also run her own business based in Scarborough. Outside of work, Carey is a member of the Scarborough Athletic Club and a regular Parkrun volunteer.

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