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Clegg: Yorks carries 'hopes of whole country'
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg told South Yorkshire that the "hopes of the whole country are genuinely on what you can achieve". Speaking at last night’s Made in Sheffield Awards, he said he was "convinced with every fibre in (his) being" that manufacturing would be at the forefront of a new model of sustainable growth. Insider supported the awards ceremony.
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Property
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Tigers eye £50m deal after development agreement
Super League club Castleford Tigers have entered into an exclusive development agreement to turn their current ground at Wheldon Road into a large format food store. Opus Land (North) and its financial partner Palmer Capital is working with the Tigers to obtain approval for the scheme in a deal expected to be worth in the region of £50m.
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Sheffield welcomes Sevenstone decision
Sheffield’s £600m Sevenstone scheme stands to benefit from measures announced in the Budget. The Department for Communities and Local Government is set to approve the development's revised funding arrangement.
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Business Tourism
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Leeds teams unite for RL World Cup bid
Sporting organisations across Leeds are uniting with Leeds City Council to submit a bid to become a host city for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. A successful bid would be a boost for the tourism industry with the world cup games expected to bring economic benefits to the UK of between £30m to £50m, according to the authority.
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Business
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Botham hails £85m Ordsall Chord decision
Network Rail’s programme sponsor Graham Botham has hailed the government’s backing of the £85m Ordsall Chord – a stretch of rail linking Victoria and Piccadilly stations in Manchester – as “tremendously good news” for the region. But he stressed that it was only the first step in delivering the Northern Hub project – the £530m trans-Pennine rail scheme that could revolutionise rail infrastructure across the North. Insider is campaigning for the project to go ahead.
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Law firm opens doors in Sheffield
Unity Law, a firm specialising in occupational disease and disability discrimination casework, has opened in Sheffield.
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New partner at Squire Sanders Hammonds
Law firm Squire Sanders Hammonds has promoted Richard Hunt, a Leeds-based senior associate, to the partnership.
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Something for the weekend
Insider's new weekly column takes a look at the week's quirkiest stories and events across the region. This week: Fight for your right to party and PRS Yearbook - quick, the drawbridge.
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Contract win for MGB
MGB Plastics, a manufacturer of wheeled bins based in Rotherham, has won a contract to supply 25,000 bins to Cheltenham Borough Council as part of a waste collection scheme.
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£1.5m contract win for Geo Robson & Co
Sheffield-based Geo Robson & Co (Conveyors) has secured a contract to replace the hold baggage system (HBS) at Jersey Airport. The £1.5m project is expected to complete by early May 2011.
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