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Business news

• FSA probe hits CPP sales

  SALES at CPP have dropped 4 per cent so far this year, compared to its figures before it was put under investigation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). read more

• Stonemason sets up alliance with York cemetery to help grieving families

  A CARVER of gravestones, which wants to improve support for grieving families, has set up a new alliance at York Cemetery. read more

• Tourism on top of the agenda

  YORK’S local enterprise partnership has joined forces with tourism agency Welcome To Yorkshire to encourage tourism businesses to pull together and keep at the top of their game. read more

• Forum on fleet vehicles

  BUSINESSES can get advice on choosing a company car at a Fleet Forum being held by Mercedes-Benz. read more

• Jobless total falls in York and North and East Yorkshire

  UNEMPLOYMENT has fallen by almost 1,400 across York, North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire. read more

• MP backs community stadium and shops plan

  YORK Central MP Hugh Bayley has written to City of York Council to support the community stadium plans. read more

• Councillors tour site for community stadium

  COUNCILLORS have spent more than two-and-a-half hours touring the site of one of York’s biggest proposed developments – accompanied by protesters including two “cackling witches and a cross monk”. read more

• Businessman ordered to pay £770k or go to jail

  A BUSINESSMAN closely linked to two homes for the elderly in York has been ordered to hand over £770,000 or face four years in jail. read more

• Tesco’s beer blunder

  THE supermarket’s slogan is “every little helps” – but the beer price labels at a York Tesco store suggested customers were getting a little more help than they really were. read more

• Deans garden centre joins Made Aware campaign

  DEAN’S Garden Centre has joined the Made Aware campaign, an environmental improvement scheme targeted at the manufacturing of outdoor furniture and barbecues. read more

• 'A serious threat to city centre's future'

  As councillors prepare to make a decision on a new community stadium and retail development at Monks Cross, the Campaign 4 York – which opposes the scheme – explains why it believes the proposals should be turned down. read more

• Five per cent of Yorkshire SMEs dubbed "Growth Champions"

  ONLY about five per cent of Yorkshire businesses play an extraordinary role in boosting the local economy, according to a new report by Santander Corporate Banking. read more

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