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Year of sport to bring £6m boost to Sheffield
Sheffield is set for an economic boost after city leaders launched a calendar of world championship sporting events for 2011. City council leader Paul Scriven told Insider that the value to the local economy had been estimated at more than £6m, boosting local hotels and businesses and positioning Sheffield as an international sporting destination of choice.
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Deals
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Mandaric deal approved by shareholders
Sheffield Wednesday's shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of Milan Mandaric's takeover of the club at an extraordinary general meeting held this week. The sale to Mandaric's UK Football Investments was approved by 99.7 per cent of the shareholders.
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Business
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Field trial for ITM product
ITM Power, the Sheffield-based energy storage and clean fuel company, has secured a field trial for its HFlame product with Ametek Airtechnology Group. The HFlame unit will be used for brazing components within aircraft refrigeration systems.
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Yorkshire hotels continue to suffer
Yorkshire hotels continue to operate in a difficult economic climate with results trailing behind the industry's 2009 performance, according to figures released for October by PKF Hotel Consultancy Services.
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Toppings secures Selfridges listing
Doncaster-based pie maker The Topping Pie Company has secured a listing with Selfridges Food Hall in Oxford Street, London, to supply a selection of its traditionally handcrafted Christmas pie range.
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Big freeze gives Gems sales boost
The freezing conditions have provided a sales boost at Sheffield’s Gems Hygiene, with customers from across the country requesting urgent deliveries of the business' snow clearing products.
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Pearson Jones: PIGS won't fly
Pearson Jones, the independent financial adviser with offices in York, Sheffield and Leeds, has suspended all banks in Eurozone trouble spots from its bank deposit recommendations. Savers with banks in Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain (PIGS) are being urged to withdraw their funds.
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Complete Set of Top 500s - Purchase all Six
You can now purchase Insider’s Complete Set of Top 500 Companies 2010/2011 Databases at an exclusive promotional rate: A bundle of our accurate and comprehensive regional business marketing lists - featuring six UK regions. Special promotional offer expires 31 January 2011.
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Property
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Localism fears voiced
Fears have been expressed by Yorkshire professionals that the government's Localism Bill could slow down the planning system it is meant to speed up, or be stymied by NIMBY groups.
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