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Poundworld expects to smash its target of creating 1,800 jobs by the end of 2012 through its Discount UK brand, trading director Chris Edwards Junior has told Insider. Edwards also said the discount retailer had taken on additional warehouse space in Normanton to cope with demand for its products in the run-up to Christmas. READ MORE...
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William Cook Holdings, the Yorkshire-based industrial group, has acquired Astrum (UK) out of administration. Astrum (UK) previously operated as William Cook Defence before it was acquired in a management buyout in 2006. Read More...
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Natural gas supplier CNG has been acquired in a management buyout led by managing director Jacqui Hall. Read More...
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Milan Mandaric has rubbished claims by ex-Playboy model Sybil Danning that she is in talks to buy Sheffield Wednesday. Read More...
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Market Town Taverns, a chain of ale and wine bars in Yorkshire, has been acquired by an Isle of Man hospitality business. Read More...
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The founder of car service plan provider EMaC has disposed of his controlling interest in a deal supported by Yorkshire advisers. Read More...
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The multimillion-pound acquisition of the frozen ready meals business of Headland Foods by Irish company Kerry Foods has been provisionally cleared by the Competition Commission. Headland employs about 400 people at its 100,000 sq ft Europarc manufacturing facility in Grimsby. Read More...
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Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets has appointed Mark Burton as regional managing director for the north of England. Read More...
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Arla Foods is to create 700 jobs after Eric Pickles confirmed he will not call in its £150m dairy development in the South East. Read More...
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Aviva has bought Parkside Retail Park in Pontefract from The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund for £6.4m. Read More...
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Allied Glass is to move part of the business to a 100,000 sq ft site on the Cross Green Industrial Estate in Leeds. Read More...
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