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Learn About Finance scoops innovation prize
Learn About Finance, which has developed an interactive board game for secondary school children, has become the latest Merseyside Innovation Awards monthly winner. The business has launched Keep the Cash, an interactive desktop simulation that allows up to 30 students to experience what it will be like once they are living independently.
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Deals
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Matalan completes £300m refinancing
Discount retailer Matalan has secured a £300m financial package that includes a Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets-led syndicated bank facility and a high-yield bond.
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Peel makes Pinewood Shepperton bid
North West property giant Peel Holdings has made a takeover approach for Pinewood Shepperton, the studios where films such as the latest Harry Potter film and the James Bond franchise were shot.
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IS Pharma agrees £16m funding deal
Clydesdale Bank has provided a £16m senior funding package to support pharmaceutical companies IS Pharma and Sinclair Pharma. They are planning to join forces to create Sinclair IS Pharma.
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Business
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Speedy hails second-half as it heads for "marginal" loss
Merseyside plant hire specialist Speedy Hire this morning said it continues to expect a "marginal" adjusted loss before tax for the year to 31 March 2011. The company posted a loss before tax of £22.8m last year.
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Late payment hitting businesses, finds RSM Tenon
Businesses in the North West are being hampered by the late payment of invoices, according to research by RSM Tenon.
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Big Chip breaks entry records
The deadline for this year’s Big Chip Awards has now passed and it has received the largest number of entries to date.
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Private sector output on the rise
The North West was one of the best performing UK regions in March, with private sector output accelerating to its fastest rate for ten months, according to figures published this morning.
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Property
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Knowsley business backs London ‘embassy’
Knowsley-based construction cost management business Ian Robinson & Associates has become the latest company to lend its support to Liverpool’s ‘embassy’ in London.
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Community
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Talking Point: Street fighter FD
Derrick Watson, director of Manchester-based financial recruitment specialist Watson Moore, believes that post-recession streamlining spells the end of the proverbial man in the grey suit and the rise of the ‘Street Fighter’ finance director.
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Tague on Tour: A crane, a crane, my kingdom for a crane
 Neil Tague has been attending DJD's annual crane survey this week, and found that despite the lack of obvious activity, Manchester's property community are cautiously optimistic.
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