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GO Outdoors bags top three Sunday Times ranking
GO Outdoors has secured a position in the top three of the Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100, which ranks private-equity backed companies by their profits over the past two years. Speaking to Insider, founder and CEO John Graham said the recognition was "very flattering". Rising from 40th in 2010, GO Outdoors, one of ten Yorkshire businesses in the table, experienced growth of 114 per cent during the period, according to Deloitte.
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Deals
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Klinger makes £2m technology investment
Bradford-based industrial gasket business Klinger UK has invested £2m in precision cutting technology as it bids to meet increasing demand at home and overseas.
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Property
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Sheffield sets out stall as cities gear up for MIPIM
Sheffield has set out its stall ahead of the MIPIM property exhibition in Cannes next month. A private sector consortium of property developers, agents, architects and other professionals have joined forces to fund the city’s presence.
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York Handmade wins tallest building contract
York Handmade Brick Company is supplying 70,000 bricks to Europe's tallest commercial building, the 87-storey Shard in south east London.
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Jobs Revolution after multimillion-pound expansion
A multimillion-pound project at the York branch of UK vodka bar chain Revolution has completed. The bar, which has almost doubled in size, intends to recruit 30 employees to staff the larger venue.
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Work to begin on £10m Campsmount scheme
Work is set to start on a £10m scheme at Campsmount Technology College in Doncaster after the project secured planning permission. The building work will be undertaken by Wates Construction.
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Business Tourism
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Siemens to outline UK wind plans at event
Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens will outline its UK production plans at a UK Crown Estates supply chain event hosted at York Racecourse.
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Business
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Service sector returns to growth
The services sector returned to growth in January, according to the latest Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) survey. The growth, which comes following December's cold snap, has allayed fears of a 'double-dip recession'.
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Tyrannosaur roars at Sundance
Tyrannosaur, a feature film produced by Sheffield-based Warp X and co-funded by regional film agency Screen Yorkshire, has bagged two awards at Sundance, the international independent film festival.
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Next Generation Search Begins
Insider has launched its annual quest to find the best young talent in the Yorkshire and Humber business community. Our long-running and successful 42 under 42 Awards identifies the up-and-coming entrepreneurs set to form the next generation of business leaders.
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