Insider's cover story on the nuclear industry reflects the importance that businesses in the energy sector have on the economy of the North West. We also examine the prospects for glass maker Pilikington and the effects of shifting trends in regional retail companies. A CD-ROM with full details of the Top 500 companies is available for sale.
Retailers on the high street may be grumbling about lower sales and a miserable new year, but, as Lisa Miles learns, the future of shopping is cheap and virtual
As more and more people work in buildings built with walls of glass,
glass maker Pilkington again ranks an impressive third in the North West top 500.
But, with the company being eyed up by Japan's Nippon Sheet Glass, could 2005 be its last year in the list as a domestic company? Joanne Birtwistle reports
The future of nuclear power is quite literally a matter of life and death - of whether the industry lives or whether it dies. Louise Tickle reports
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