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Pulsar Instruments shouting out about noise protection
10:57am Wednesday 22nd May 2013
NOISE protection company Pulsar Instruments plc is targeting global growth following the launch of a new range of products.
Law firm to focus on wills and probate
10:57am Wednesday 22nd May 2013
HARROGATE law firm Barber Titleys has appointed two new private client lawyers as it repositions its services.
Payroll work doubles at Garbutt & Elliott
10:53am Wednesday 22nd May 2013
ACCOUNTANTS Garbutt & Elliott have almost doubled its payroll portfolio during the past two years.
Pearson Jones pension plans sold off
10:54am Wednesday 22nd May 2013
TWO pension schemes affecting hundreds of UK investors are being wound up by a North Yorkshire wealth management company and the individual plans sold to another provider.
£1m restaurant boost for York
8:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013
A NEW £1 million restaurant in York is to create 50 new jobs for the city.
Rates relief plea for small businesses
7:20am Tuesday 21st May 2013
GOVERNMENT ministers have been urged to give small businesses the same support on rates as charity shops receive.
Manufacturer plans to create jobs following £450,000 expansion
7:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013
NORTH Yorkshire manufacturer Ellis is expanding with a £450,000 investment to enable it to employ more staff.
Free market stall offer to test new business ideas
4:01pm Monday 20th May 2013
CITY of York Council is offering first-time entrepreneurs the chance to test their business ideas on Newgate Market.
Severfield Rowen in consultation over 93 redundancies
4:04pm Monday 20th May 2013
STRUCTURAL steel business Severfield Rowen, based near Thirsk, has entered a consultation period with staff as it expects to make about 93 redundancies.
Entrepreneurs given cash boost from alma mater
9:56am Monday 20th May 2013
GRADUATE entrepreneurs and companies have been awarded £6,500 to help them take their businesses to the next level.
Amanda Lee joins Harrogate law firm
9:41am Monday 20th May 2013
PRIVATE client lawyer Amanda Lee has joined 248-year-old Harrogate law firm Kirbys.
York MP gets to grips with new superfast technology
9:39am Monday 20th May 2013
A York MP has met Superfast North Yorkshire and BT to learn more about fibre broadband.
Boom time for grooming firm
9:37am Monday 20th May 2013
A supplier of dog grooming equipment from Kirk Deighton, near Wetherby, has won two awards.
Yorkshire Hour to hold a face-to-face-networking event
9:38am Monday 20th May 2013
ONLINE networking platform Yorkshire Hour, which has grown through Twitter, is to hold a face-to-face-networking event.
Pocklington Business Network talk
9:39am Monday 20th May 2013
POCKLINGTON Business Network will hear from life coach Jules Wyman at its next event on Tuesday, May 28.
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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.
