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Improvement in demand and market prices has led to a 51 per cent climb in turnover at metal recycling group ABS Industrial Resources. Pre-tax profit also rocketed at the Mexborough-headquartered business in the year to 31 December 2010 – up to £6.9m from £698,235 in 2009. READ MORE...
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Administrators of collapsed discount chain TJ Hughes have found a buyer for the company's store in Sheffield. Read More...
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Sheffield United have taken a stake in listed technology business Nexis Holdings as part of a three-year sponsorship deal. Blades season ticket holders are also to be given 100 ordinary shares in Nexis. Read More...
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Law firm Nabarro has acted for RATP Développement, the international development arm of the French transport group, on its acquisition of the Manchester Metrolink tram network from Stagecoach Group. Read More...
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Yorkshire and the Humber has accounted for the third highest number of bids submitted to the second round of the Regional Growth Fund. Read More...
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More than two-thirds (68 per cent) of Britain's entrepreneurs plan to raise capital from external sources in the next year. That's according to research from Investec Specialist Private Bank. Read More...
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Creditors of construction company CR Gibbs & Sons (Sheffield) will be hit by a shortfall in excess of £1m after the business' collapse earlier this year, a new report has revealed. Read More...
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The Sheffield Park Hotel, which is currently being rebranded as the Double Tree by Hilton Sheffield Park, has taken on Steve Whittaker as general manager. Read More...
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Barnsley-based The Brook Group has agreed to sell a former Odeon cinema site in Chester to Cheshire West and Chester Council. Read More...
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The Royal Wedding Raceday at Doncaster Racecourse contributed heavily to a 11.7 per cent growth in attendances for parent company Arena Leisure, it said today. The update comes following a report that Arena could be subject to a £200m takeover bid. Read More...
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