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Work starts on new Monks Cross shops project
9:40am Saturday 18th May 2013
WORK on a £90 million shopping development on the edge of York is under way after newts caused a hold-up – and the project is set to open by next Easter.
Business park plan brings new jobs hope
9:33am Saturday 18th May 2013
A HUGE business park could be built next to an airfield near Selby and developers say it will bring new jobs to the district.
Employees kept on as retiring owners sell stationery firm
11:26am Friday 17th May 2013
CLIVE and Shirley Potter, owners of Bardsey Stationery Supplies, based in Boroughbridge, have sold the business to D3 Office Group after 30 years.
Help to cope with today’s job market
11:25am Friday 17th May 2013
A NEW community venture designed to help unemployed people find jobs is hoping to branch out and offer more support to others.
Cancer couples’ day at the races
11:25am Friday 17th May 2013
THREE York companies are funding five couples who have had their lives turned upside down by cancer to have a VIP day out at the Macmillan Charity Raceday.
How King's Square will look following revamp
9:50am Friday 17th May 2013
WELCOME to the new-look King’s Square. This artist’s impression, produced by City of York Council, gives an idea of how the square will look following its £490,000 revamp, which will start on June 3.
Disgruntled ex-employee hacked into firm’s website
8:59am Friday 17th May 2013
A RECRUITMENT agent wiped his former employer’s website in a fit of anger only hours after his employment ended, York magistrates heard.
Bosses step down at CPP
11:20am Thursday 16th May 2013
TWO bosses of troubled York firm CPP are leaving the senior management team, as the business continues to be squeezed.
Jobless falls buck the national trend
8:17am Thursday 16th May 2013
UNEMPLOYMENT in York has fallen again as the city continues to buck the national jobs trend.
Monkbar Hotel up for top award
8:19am Thursday 16th May 2013
A York city-centre hotel has been nominated for a prestigious national award.
Funeral firm’s dedication is rewarded
8:17am Thursday 16th May 2013
A York-based funeral firm has won recognition for its dedication and commitment in providing an outstanding service to the local community.
VisitYork4Meetings to attend event in Frankfurt
12:15pm Wednesday 15th May 2013
VISITYORK4MEETINGS, the business tourism arm of Visit York, is to champion the city’s cause at a prestigious gathering in Frankfurt.
Badly-hit rural areas feel force of recession
12:12pm Wednesday 15th May 2013
RISING unemployment, shrinking profits and plummeting confidence in countryside businesses has driven the rural economy to the brink of a further recession, according to a new survey by the CLA and Smiths Gore.
York's Coppergate Shopping Centre fully let
12:13pm Wednesday 15th May 2013
YORK’S Coppergate Shopping Centre is fully let for the first time since 2008 following the arrival of Bagel Nash and accessories shop Love Forever.
Chamber of Commerce’s new chair
12:12pm Wednesday 15th May 2013
ANDREW Lindsay has been made chair of the Leeds, York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce.
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Effect of shared parental leave
11:31am Tuesday 14th May 2013
Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In has refreshed the debate on gender equality in the workplace, encouraging women not to sabotage their own careers in order to have children.
Don’t shy away from the new
11:23am Tuesday 14th May 2013
The 'i' word - innovation. Everybody is talking about it, but what does it really mean?
Martin Couchie, of Style Flooring
11:49am Tuesday 14th May 2013
MARTIN Couchie set up Style Flooring in Heworth at the beginning of the recession.
Matthew Lamb, managing director of Potter Logistics
10:41am Tuesday 5th February 2013
Matthew Lamb joined family business Potter Logistics in 2005 after experience in a number of large logistics and business services companies.
