Work starts on new Monks Cross shops project

A new view of how the John Lewis Store will look

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

An artist’s impression of how the pedestrianised King’s Square in York may look,

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

Robert Hall

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

The Monkbar Hotel Green Team, which has been shortlisted in the Considerate Hotelier Awards Considerate Green Team category

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

Hugh Bayley MP, Gillian Cruddas MBE, chief executive of Visit York, and Julian Sturdy MP, at an event at Westminster to promote conferences in York

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

Agent for Coppergate, Tom Limbert

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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