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One year in Yorkshire credit startup embarks on major recruitment drive
Image source: rosmary A major surge in business at a Yorkshire startup has sparked a recruitment drive for Consumer Credit Compliance (CCC) The firm has already taken on five members of staff to help...
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London-based Dragons’ Den reject set to hit £1.2 million sales
Image source: RamónP Innovative entrepreneur Tom de Pelet, who invented the world’s loudest bicycle horn, is set to hit sales of £1.2 million this year despite being rejected by investors on Dragons’...
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Leeds student entrepreneurs follow hipster trend and set up Headingley cereal...
Image source: dbrekke Two Leeds Beckett University graduates are set to open a new cereal café in Headingley. BA (Hons) Marketing graduates Jen Gibb and Zoe Blogg will launch Moo’d Cereal House, a...
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Leeds law entrepreneurs set up new niche legal startup LB & Co
Two Leeds law entrepreneurs have joined forces to set up a niche practice, LB & Co advising on planning, development and policy issues. With a combined 40 years experience of planning law,...
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Trio of North East female entrepreneurs lead the way for women in construction
A trio of female entrepreneurs who have worked for some of the North East’s biggest names in construction have branched out to launch their own companies. As new industry research projects the...
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Former Apprentice star aims for £250k turnover in first year of trading
Former Apprentice star Neil Clough spoke exclusively to Bdaily about his post Apprentice venture, recruitment and training company, Prime. Fired in the final of The Apprentice in season 9, Neil...
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GLE preferred bidder as UKTI export support provider in London and South East
The Government is expected to sign new five-year contracts with locally based providers to deliver export support to businesses, Trade Minister Lord Livingston announced today. The preferred bidders...
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North West unemployment rate higher than national average
The North West has the 3rd highest unemployment rates in the country, the regions with the highest rate in Great Britain were the North East, at 8.0%, followed by Wales, at 6.7% and the North West, at...
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Bury’s toy wholesaler SAMBRO agrees multi-million pound capital facility with...
Bury-based SAMBRO International Ltd has transferred its banking facilities to Barclays who have provided a multi-million pound trade and working capital facility to support the continued growth of the...
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Employment in Yorkshire & Humber at ‘record high’
Image source: Jason Cartwright Employment levels in Yorkshire & Humber reached ‘record highs’ according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). A total of 164,000 people were unemployed in...
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UK unemployment falls to 1.86 million
Image source: PicBasement.com Unemployment has continued to fall in Britain, with the number out of work in the UK falling by 97,000 to 1.86 million in the three months to December. The unemployment...
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Interview: Upcycling entrepreneur Donna Fenn talks Grand Designs and...
Since launching her North Yorkshire-based upcycling enterprise Remade in Britain in November 2013, Donna Fenn’s on-trend venture has gone from strength to strength. Remade in Britain is an upcycling...
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20-year old Fleet entrepreneur launches crowdfunding campaign for My Study...
In 2011, 20 year old Fleet entrepreneur Jamie Clarke launched My Study Life, an app to designed by students to help with organisation while studying. Today, he is aiming to crowfund £150k to aid...
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Tarporley-based Creative Capital hit £30 million lending milestone
Tarporley-based Creative Capital’s 10-strong team has lent £30 million over five years to support the growth plans of SMEs across a diverse range of sectors such as construction, wholesale and...
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Brighton shared workspace and startup support centre receives £7.7 million...
Image source: nggalai Central Research Laboratory (CRL), planned for a new mixed-use development at Preston Barracks, Brighton is to benefit from £7.7 million in investment from the Local Growth Fund,...
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Time is running out for London businesses to claim thousands of pounds worth...
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has encouraged small businesses in London to apply for a Growth Voucher, and urging those who haven’t yet spent their voucher to use it and...
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Leeds’ Xercise4Less creates 80 jobs with North East expansion
Leeds-headquartered budget gym operator, Xercise4Less is expanding into the North East, creating 80 jobs. The Yorkshire firm will be opening in North Shields and Gateshead the latter of which will...
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1 in 4 jobs in Carlisle now pay less than the living wage
There has been a big increase in the proportion of low paid jobs in Carlisle over the last year. One in four jobs in the Carlisle constituency now pay below the living wage, according to the TUC. The...
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This week’s North West appointments
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced that it has appointed Steve Ford as Director of RBS Corporate Banking. Previously a commercial manager within the bank, Steve has been promoted to the...
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This week’s North East appointments
Caroline Cockburn & Kayleigh Hepburn, O PR Newcastle integrated PR, digital and creative communications agency O PR is continuing its growth plans with the appointment of two new faces to its...
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