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Leeds’ Xercise4Less wins National Budget Gym of the Year
Yorkshire-based gym chain Xercise4Less has been awarded National Budget Gym of the Year for the second year running, at the National Fitness Awards, 2013. Its Leeds operation beat off stiff...
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Ex recruiter turns lost property into business idea
A former Navywoman and recruitment professional has turned her attention to other people’s lost property as an entrepreneurial opportunity. County Durham-based Clare Owen founded Lostbox less than a...
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Encouraging outlook shows potential for growth in 2014, says FSB
Image source: .reid. The UK’s small firms are showing increasing optimism for 2014 as businesses remain positive about the economic outlook. Latest research suggests small firms want to grow their...
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Productivity must pick up before wages will increase
Image source: photologue_np Productivity must increase in 2014 if earnings are to rise, even though employment rises are likely to outstrip expectations. According to the Chartered Institute of...
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OBE for South Tyneside College chief executive
The chief executive of South Tyneside College, Lindsey Whiterod, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list, for her services to further education. Lindsey, who trained to be a solicitor...
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Entrepreneur scheme helps launch over a hundred new businesses
Blackpool council’s Get Started team, part of the Start Up Lancashire service supported by the European Regional Development Fund, has helped launch more than 100 local businesses in 2013. Ranging...
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Hothouse scheme to help budding designers with business growth
Lancashire will be mentoring some of the country’s most promising designers, as part of the Craft Council’s Hothouse 4 programme. Creative Lancashire and UCLan are partners for the Northern programme...
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Ashton Christmas market a runaway success
Ashton under Lyne’s Christmas market proved so successful that plans are afoot to hold an even bigger and better event next year. Thousands of people visited the two-week event, which was a first for...
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Rotherham business set for international expansion
Rotherham exhibition company The Expo People has had a hugely successful first six months in business and has secured major new opportunities internationally, thanks to support from RiDO’s ERDF funded...
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NECC set out ambitious 2014 manifesto
Image source: Lola’s Big Adventure! North East firms are primed and ready to spearhead a resurgent regional economy in 2014, according to the region’s largest business membership organisation. The...
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Leeds Met experts to advise businesses
Image source: Paul Stevenson The latest business insights into international culture, social media, sustainability, leadership and team psychology from experts at Leeds Metropolitan University will be...
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Employment project success recognised at Northern Stars Awards
A project which supports unemployed people living in County Durham back into work and training has been recognised for its successes over the last year. The Brighter Futures scheme is run by housing...
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Miliband irks business world over agency worker comments
Image source: EdMiliband Labour leader Ed Miliband has irked British business bodies following his pledge to close a loophole that allows employers to pay agency staff at different rates. Writing in...
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Best results in over a decade for North East businesses
Businesses in the region have returned the most positive set of results in over a decade as they answered a major economic survey. The North East Chamber of Commerce’s Quarterly Economic Survey (QES),...
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Rescheduling work activities and finding a new job in top 10 New Years...
Image source: fussy onion Leadership consultancy TEN Ltd. surveyed 10,000 people and came up with a top ten list of New Years resolutions, and here they are: 1. Enjoy life more. More and more people...
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UK franchising reaches record heights
Franchise businesses across the UK have reported record highs in turnover and full-time employment according to the 2013 NatWest British Franchise Association (bfa) Franchise Survey. The research,...
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Boris Johnson’s cheesemonger ambitions and other celebrity retail dreams
Boris Johnson would open a cheesemongers if he had the opportunity to run an independent shop, while Gary Lineker would sell fruit and vegetables on a market stall like his father. The celebrity...
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Sheffield business region showing "green shoots of recovery"
Image source: Tax Credits Business confidence in the Sheffield City Region continues to improve, according to the latest economic report by the British Chambers of Commerce. Results from Chambers...
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Businesses ready to push on, say British Chambers
Image source: seanmcgrath Performance indicators across manufacturing businesses are at all time highs and exports in the service sector continue to break new ground, the latest Quarterly Economic...
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Sunderland entrepreneur takes skills to Italy on EU exchange programme
An entrepreneur from Houghton-le-Spring is travelling to Italy to learn new skills from an established business. Charlotte Angus will spend two months in Naples as part of the EU’s ‘Erasmus for Young...
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