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Festival to be spur for multinational investment
Andy Tuscher, the regional director of manufacturers' organisation EEF, has told Insider it is hoped the Global Manufacturing Festival will prompt inward investment from larger multinationals into South Yorkshire. Fresh from a meeting with Nick Clegg, Tuscher added that he expected a new finance initiative would be unveiled during the festival.
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Deals
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MBO at Sheffield Electric Co
Sheffield Electric Co (Contractors) has been acquired in a management buyout. The management team was advised by law firm Taylor & Emmet.
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Forgemasters to benefit from £25m investment
Sheffield Forgemasters has said a two-year £25m capital investment programme at its 200-year-old site is set to gear the business up for "greater post-recession recovery".
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The money is out there – James Caan
Former Dragons' Den star James Caan has told Insider small businesses are the lifeblood of the UK economy and finance is available for well-prepared entrepreneurs.
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Business
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Peacock to step down from Yorkshire Bank helm
Lynne Peacock is to step down as chief executive of Yorkshire Bank in July after seven years in the role.
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Designer ready for launch after Incub support
Product designer Nathan Bestwick is set to launch a range of kitchen implements in partnership with Sheffield-based company Gripple. Bestwick has been working under Gripple's ‘Incub’ programme which aims to nurture inventors with the aim of creating future jobs in South Yorkshire.
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Property
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Morgan Sindall wins Doncaster CCQ work
Construction company Morgan Sindall has been instructed by sister company Muse to carry out a £2.5m refurbishment of the 850-space southern multi-storey car park at Doncaster’s Civic and Cultural Quarter scheme.
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Park Hill artist up and running with agency support
An artist who turned Park Hill flats in Sheffield into a giant art gallery has created a new business venture, Concrete Generation, with backing from the Sheffield Enterprise Agency.
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Builder fined after student falls from ladder
Dinnington-based Alan Fleischer Builders has been fined £1,500 plus £1,320 in costs after a 15-year-old work experience student sustained injuries falling 2.4 metres from a ladder while on placement with the business. Sheffield Magistrates Court heard that while the school’s work placement organisation had carried out a safety assessment on the builder, it had not taken place on the site where the incident happened.
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