It features office workers, bosses and other ‘higher ups’ in suits who helped keep the wheels of trade and industry on the move in the 1980s. Different types of industry are featured – from computer software to timber supplies – in this round-up of the world of work during the decade. Spotted anyone you remember? READ MORE: 21 photos of Leeds city centre shops and landmarks from the 1980s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![Staff at Link-Up Recruitment on Park Row in Leeds city centre pictured in September 1989.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJkYjY0ZGYyLTA3ODgtNDgzMS1iMTI3LWViN2YwYTQ2ZTlmZToxYTA3ODA4OC0zYzU3LTRjYzUtOGFhYi05YzVjNjViOTkwZjM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Link-Up Recruitment
Staff at Link-Up Recruitment on Park Row in Leeds city centre pictured in September 1989. Photo: YPN
![Employees of Morley kitchen company Wellmann toast the firm's success in selling kitchens valued at more than £1 million in August 1988. Staff were presented with a commemorative tankard from the managing director John Kinder during a champagne party.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjAzYzQyMmZmLTZjY2YtNDYyNC04YzBjLTE3NzJhYzVjY2YxZDplN2FhODI3Mi1jNTZiLTRjYWQtOGU5Mi1mZDRiMTc4MDNhNDM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Wellmann
Employees of Morley kitchen company Wellmann toast the firm's success in selling kitchens valued at more than £1 million in August 1988. Staff were presented with a commemorative tankard from the managing director John Kinder during a champagne party. Photo: YPN
![The team at Clugston Construction which had opened a new office in Leeds in September 1988. Pictured is Clugston's senior contracts manager Alan Boothe (left) with some of his team who would staff the new office in Morley. Front S J Dixon, J A O'Rourke and K G Shaw. Back, A King, K Bevan, C Smith, C A Ellis, M Plant and M P Siswick.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjIwZTIzZGYyLTFiOTUtNDc0Mi05Zjg4LTdmZWExMjcxNDRmNjo2ZTIwMTVmMi0yY2M0LTQwNmQtOGE3OS0xZDNiZjE5MWExNGE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Clugston Construction
The team at Clugston Construction which had opened a new office in Leeds in September 1988. Pictured is Clugston's senior contracts manager Alan Boothe (left) with some of his team who would staff the new office in Morley. Front S J Dixon, J A O'Rourke and K G Shaw. Back, A King, K Bevan, C Smith, C A Ellis, M Plant and M P Siswick. Photo: YPN
![The team at Corporate Interiors pictured in October 1987. From left are joint managing directors Ray Briggs and Paul Galvin with Brian Lowden, right, director of design.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjYxNmJlNThiLTVhMjctNGI2ZS04NDQwLTliMzVjMzJjZmQ3NjpmZjQ3MjlmZC1jMTEwLTQxOTQtYjRjNS01ZWM0ODRjN2UxMDY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Corporate Interiors
The team at Corporate Interiors pictured in October 1987. From left are joint managing directors Ray Briggs and Paul Galvin with Brian Lowden, right, director of design. Photo: YPN
![May 1989 and this Leeds based engineering firm had made their reputation over the last 125 years. Pictured are the board and company secretary, From left, are Keith Threadgold (technical director), Robert Thompson (managing director), Jim Tate (chairman), John Lowe (technical director), Roger Hayton (company secretary) and Bob Thomson (sales director).](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjc1OTIzMWI1LWY4Y2QtNGNkZi05MjZmLTc5OGM5M2Q2ZGQxMjpkMTQyMTc5Yy1iN2FhLTQ0ZGUtYTc1MC05NDBiMjc0YWVmMGM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Clayton, Son and Co
May 1989 and this Leeds based engineering firm had made their reputation over the last 125 years. Pictured are the board and company secretary, From left, are Keith Threadgold (technical director), Robert Thompson (managing director), Jim Tate (chairman), John Lowe (technical director), Roger Hayton (company secretary) and Bob Thomson (sales director). Photo: YPN
![This is Julian Neilson-Ball, left, and Allan Wallis, founders of Raven Computers who were the main northern distributors of Sirius Microcomputers and Pulsar 16 Bit Business software. Pictured in March 1983.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRmZWFlYTZmLTEyOGUtNDQ2Ni1hMGRhLWRkZThiNmMwY2UyNDo5NTlhYTdhZi05ZmQwLTRhMmQtOWJhZi00ZWFjZGFkNGRjYTU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Raven Computers
This is Julian Neilson-Ball, left, and Allan Wallis, founders of Raven Computers who were the main northern distributors of Sirius Microcomputers and Pulsar 16 Bit Business software. Pictured in March 1983. Photo: YPN