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Back up manufacturing rhetoric with action - Speirs
The Master Cutler Bill Speirs has called on government to back up its promise to invest in manufacturing with action that will allow the industry to move forward. Speirs was part of a delegation of South Yorkshire business leaders that attended the London launch of The Global Manufacturing Festival and he told Insider "Sheffield is a hub of manufacturing but we need to tell the world".
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Deals
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Boardwalk business calls in administrators
Cougar Leisure, the business behind legendary Sheffield live music venue the Boardwalk, has gone into administration. The Boardwalk has hosted gigs by artists including the Sex Pistols, Joe Cocker and the Clash during a history spanning more than 30 years.
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Business
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Osborne targets growth after EntrySign success
A security system designed by Barnsley-based Osborne Technologies has been installed in 50 schools and colleges since its launch. The company said it is now targeting expansion as demand for its EntrySign product grows.
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Chambers back 2011 as 'Year for Growth'
Policy advisers from the seven Yorkshire & Humber Chambers of Commerce have given their backing to a national campaign to make 2011 a ‘Year for Growth’.
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South Yorkshire businesses to up R&D – Grant Thornton
A majority of South Yorkshire's business leaders plan to increase investment in research and development in 2011, according to research by Grant Thornton’s Sheffield office.
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Screen Yorkshire to shed jobs
Screen Yorkshire is to enter a consultation process with a number of staff about jobs losses as part of an ongoing review of its future, it has said.
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Fewer business failures in Yorkshire
Fewer businesses went bust in the Yorkshire and the Humber in 2010 than during the previous year, according to figures from information business Equifax. There were year-on-year falls in each quarter for the region though there was a sharp quarter-on-quarter rise for the last three months of the year.
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Made in Sheffield awards deadline approaches
Time is running out to get your nominations in for the Made in Sheffield Awards. The prestigious awards, which celebrate manufacturing excellence in the Sheffield city region, are open to manufacturing companies and organisations with an operational office in an ‘S’ postcode, and making a nomination is a quick and easy process.
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Inflation rises again
Inflation has surged to its highest level since April. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose to 3.7 per cent in December, official figures have revealed. Leading economists had only expected it to rise to 3.4 per cent.
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Book your place at Insider's Digital & Technology Awards
Insider will be holding its 11th Digital & Technology Awards on March 8 – and the event will be free to attend. The awards, to be held at the Bury Theatre at The Royal Armouries, Leeds, will celebrate the very best work produced by the region’s burgeoning creative, digital and technology industries.
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Property
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NMC starts work on Doncaster project
North Midland Construction (NMC) has started work on a £5.26m project for Muse Developments and Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.
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