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Robin Hood's Bay battle for broadband
Areas without fast broadband access should pool their own resources together and campaign for speedy internet connections. That's the view of Jim Foster, a lead campaigner for Robin Hood Bay's Bay Broadband Co-operative (BBC), who spoke to Insider about his group's fight for superfast broadband.

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Deals
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Refinancing deal provides uplift for AFI
Santander’s Leeds-based corporate banking team has agreed a multi-million pound refinancing deal with Wakefield-based AFI-Uplift (AFI).

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Marketing deal for KC and Sowden & Sowden
Hull communications provider KC has partnered up with Hessle-based agency Sowden & Sowden in a marketing deal.

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Irwin Mitchell makes the deal happen
Leeds-based law firm Irwin Mitchell has been influential in the completion of a deal to sell international freight business Genesis Forwarding Group to Australian Toll Global Forwarding.

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Business Tourism
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Sheffield misses out on culture bid
Sheffield has failed to become the UK's first City of Culture.

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Yorkshire gets more magnificent attractions
Stainborough-based Wentworth Castle Gardens has joined a growing group of top Yorkshire attractions.

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Tourism boost for York and Scarborough
A new marketing campaign hopes to boost tourism business to York and Scarborough.

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Property
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Petrol station among Yorkshire properties up for auction
Scores of commercial and residential properties across Yorkshire are going up for auction in Leeds.

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Business
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KCOM changes company pension scheme
Hull-based telecoms provider KCOM Group is to pay £21m into its pension scheme to cut its deficit.

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Golf device helps Open run smoothly
Sheffield Hallam University has created a new device being used to chart the smoothness of the greens at The Open golf championship.

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