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Revenue and profit dip at Star owner
Johnston Press, which owns the Sheffield Star, Doncaster Free Press and Yorkshire Post, has posted a fall in revenue and profit for the year to 1 January 2011. Its chief executive John Fry also announced his plans to leave the business by March 2012. The company also said it had a "weaker start to 2011 than anticipated".
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Property
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Topping out at Holiday Inn Express
The Holiday Inn Express Hotel in Sheffield has reached the topping out stage of development. Amber Hotels initially acquired the Blonk Street land three years ago, but work was delayed by two archaeological digs, the recession and the impending release from Intercontinental Hotels of the new generation Holiday Inn Express branded hotel.
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Activity picks up at Doncaster's CCQ
Two tower cranes have been erected on the site of the new civic offices in Doncaster’s Civic and Cultural Quarter (CCQ) as activity picks up.
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TASC goes into administration
Sheffield-based TASC Group Construction has gone into administration only two years after receiving a £300,000 investment from the South Yorkshire Investment Fund (SYIF).
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Business
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Yorkshire's digital and technology talent celebrated
The cream of the region’s marketing, web design and IT community came together last night for Insider's 11th Yorkshire Digital & Technology Awards. Among the big winners was Leeds-based digital agency Numiko, which picked up two awards for Best Business-to-Consumer Website and Best Web Design Team.
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Forgemasters aims for educational festival role
Sheffield Forgemasters (SFIL) hopes to play an important role in educating the next and current generations of engineers during the city’s Global Manufacturing Festival.
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Five-year deal agreed between agency and bakery
Recruitment agency gap yorkshire has secured a five-year contract with Doncaster-based Sargents Bakeries to be its sole supplier of temporary workers until 2016.
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Royal wedding race day proves strong draw
Doncaster Racecourse has received a strong response to the free day of racing it is operating to coincide with the royal wedding. According to the leisure operator, the event has attracted interest from across the UK, with approximately 30 per cent of the crowd, already in excess of 20,000, travelling from outside the region in a boost to the business tourism sector.
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New operations director at Beatson Clark
Glass packaging manufacturer Beatson Clark has appointed Gary Brough as operations director.
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