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Mulberry Hall aims to corner royal wedding market
York-headquartered china and crystal retailer Mulberry Hall is aiming to be the global destination of choice for royal wedding commemorative products. Ahead of the big event next month, managing director Adam Sinclair told Insider his business had invested several hundred thousand pounds into commissioning and marketing the product range it is offering.
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Deals
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Fusion welcomes possible funds injection
Fusion IP has welcomed moves by EiRx Therapeutics to invest in university spin-out companies within the Sheffield-based company's portfolio.
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Sirius raises £20m towards York project
Sirius Minerals, a potash development business which is planning a mine in North Yorkshire, has completed a placing to raise gross proceeds of £20m.
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Property
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Gildersome Spur sold for £17.5m
Gildersome Spur, a 24-acre multi-let industrial estate in Leeds, has been sold by Standard Life Investments in a £17.5m deal. Invista Real Estate has acquired the 450,000 sq ft property which is home to tenants including Caterpillar logistics, Opera North, DHL, Next, Home Delivery Network and Cummins Engineering.
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Eastgate will move "Leeds up a league" - Hammerson
New plans submitted for Hammerson's £600m Eastgate Quarters will help “move Leeds up a league”, the project director of the scheme has told Insider. Andrew Hilston, of Hammerson, said: “Everyone involved in the consultation process told us this area was crying out for regeneration and they wanted us to get on with the project as soon as possible.”
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Brewery to relocate
The Ilkley Brewery has moved into a new 2,600 sq ft premises in Ilkley - two years after its first firkin was brewed.
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Manor bids for £8.5m of European cash
An £8.5m application for European funding has been submitted to regional development agency Yorkshire Forward on behalf of Manor Property Group.
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Business Tourism
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Cut VAT to boost tourism, says Merlin supremo
The boss of Merlin Entertainments, the theme park operator whose brands include the York Dungeon and Madame Tussauds, has called on the government to cut the red tape that is hampering the growth of the tourism sector in the UK.
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Business
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Marshalls back in black but uncertainty remains
Huddersfield-based Marshalls has reported a boost in sales following "difficult trading conditions" but warns "market uncertainty remains". The specialist landscape products group posted a pre-tax profit of £9.2m for the year ended 30 December 2010 - up from 2009's £2.4m loss.
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VAT victory for law firms
Law firms may be entitled to claim back overpaid VAT, according to a tax expert from Grant Thornton. It comes after a judge ruled that recharges for specialist medical reports should not be subject to VAT.
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