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Morrisons in £70m Kiddicare takeover
Morrisons has bought online retailer Kiddicare for £70m. The Bradford-headquartered supermarket giant said the move is the "first step in developing Morrisons' online business". Kiddicare, which has its head office in Peterborough, is to continue to trade separately as kiddicare.com.
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Deals
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Accountancy firms merge
Yorkshire accountancy firm Barber Harrison & Platt has merged with the accountancy and advisory arm of Leeds and Harrogate-based Mitchells Group.
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Expansion at A Taylor after RBS deal
A Taylor & Son, a fabrication and machining engineers based in Leeds, is expanding after securing an £800,000 facility from the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Drax seeks EU funding for CCS project
Drax Power has applied for European Union funding for a carbon capture and storage project it wants to develop at its Selby site.
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Business
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Auto Windscreens in administration
Auto Windscreens, the Chesterfield-based windscreen repair company, has sunk into administration. The company, which operates 68 fitting centres and 550 mobile units across the country, revealed the news via its website. Administrators from Deloitte have been appointed to try and find a buyer for the business.
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Harrogate chamber welcomes London rail expansion
Rail operator East Coast has agreed to expand its service between Harrogate and London - a move welcomed by Yorkshire business leaders.
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Alleged fraud hits Cosalt performance
The combination of an alleged fraud and difficult trading has impacted on the performance of Cosalt, although the Grimsby-headquartered company said talks about a possible sale of the business were relatively well advanced.
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Property
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Yorkshire activity boosts British Land
British Land has posted solid figures for the three months to 31 December 2010, partly buoyed by activity at its Yorkshire sites.
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Earthworks to start at Leeds Arena
Earthworks on the 13,500 capacity Leeds Arena are due to start on Friday with diggers moving on to the city centre building site to break the ground.
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Ryden serves up £1.2m Zizzi deal
Leeds-based property business Ryden has acquired the freehold interest in Zizzi, an Italian restaurant in York, for £1.172m on behalf of a private client.
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