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Finance Yorkshire makes first equity investment
Finance Yorkshire has made its first equity investment by backing safety business S3 ID in a £1.1m deal. Based in Rotherham, S3 ID provides personnel safety and security services in the oil, gas, petrochemical and energy sectors and has regional offices in Norway and Singapore.
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Deals
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DLA tops Mergermarket table
DLA Piper, the law firm with offices in Sheffield and Leeds, has retained the number one position in the data provider Mergermarket M&A league tables by volume of transactions in 2010.
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Business
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A4e founder spearheads return to work initiative
Entrepreneur Emma Harrison is spearheading a new initiative aimed at helping families get back to work with the support of the coalition government. Harrison, the founder of A4e, a Sheffield-based employment services provider with a turnover close to £200m, told Insider that the business, which was established in 1991 to provide training solutions for out of work steel workers in Sheffield, now operated in 12 countries worldwide "exporting welfare reform".
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Mayor hails Doncaster's economic performance
The Mayor of Doncaster has welcomed the findings of the Centre for Cities annual index and said the town's economic revival was helping attract big business.
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Bad weather shrinks UK economy - ONS
Severe weather has been blamed for the UK economy shrinking during the last three months of 2010. The shock decline of 0.5 per cent in GDP has raised fresh fears of a double-dip recession.
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New partner at Begbies
Business consultancy Begbies Traynor has appointed Daren Bekisz as partner in its Sheffield office.
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Gala eyes growth
Barnsley-based Gala Tent has acquired a third warehouse and said it intends to recruit new personnel as it eyes further expansion.
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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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Property
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Doncaster releases images of Civic and Cultural Quarter
Doncaster Council has released a digital animation of how its Civic and Cultural Quarter development will look.
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