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Optare's Jim Sumner has told Insider the bus manufacturer expects to post a profit this year after "substantial surgery" since he joined with a three-year turnaround strategy. Those plans included the need for a single site, which took a step forward after Optare revealed the date when it intends to end manufacturing at Blackburn and transfer work to its recently opened assembly plant in Sherburn. READ MORE...
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Doing business in Wales - Life Sciences
Gareth Morgan and Penny Owen from the Welsh Government Life Sciences Panel join a panel of private sector experts to discuss how to stimulate and invest in the industry, which is worth £1.3bn to the Welsh economy.
Panellists: Professor Gareth Morgan, vice chairman, Welsh Government Life Sciences Sector Panel; Aled Finnear, chief executive and founder, Park Place Research; Matthew West, general manager, UK operations, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics; Dr Penny Owen, product segment leader, GE Healthcare; David Ford, Director, e-Health Innovation Centre, College of Medicine, Swansea University
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Industrial Battery & Charger Services (IBCS) is moving to larger premises after securing funding support from HSBC and Finance Yorkshire. Read More...
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Sanderson Weatherall has sold stock worth £1m on behalf of the administrators of collapsed motor home and caravan retailer Discover Leisure. Read More...
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The Bradford Bulls are set to stay at their Odsal home after the Rugby Football League bought the ground. Read More...
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Yorkshire supermarket giant Asda has revealed plans to open George stores abroad. Read More...
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Onyx Group is to expand the South Yorkshire data centre it acquired in 2011. Read More...
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Galliford Try, in a joint venture with AECOM Design Build, has won a £15m contract to upgrade Woodhouse Mill sewage treatment works in Sheffield. Read More...
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Communisis expects a four-fold increase in revenue for 2012 after clinching work with building society Nationwide. Read More...
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Aberford-based Renew has boosted its order book in its first quarter. Read More...
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Datong has won a court battle over patent infringement, it said today. Read More...
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