A major campaign aimed at revitalising the economy of York and North and East Yorkshire is launched by The Press.

With the backing of business and political leaders, The Press has decided it is time to fight back in the wake of the global recession.

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Press campaign backs business

9:20am Monday 12th March 2012

TODAY marks three years since The Press launched a campaign to support York as a business city.

Council chiefs calling on Government to change business rates system

Kersten England: AIms to write to Lord Mandelson and his counterparts in the other parties

9:35am Monday 12th April 2010

THE battle to rescue small business in York from crippling hikes in business rates which threaten their existence is to be taken to the Government.

Tech Tyres opens new MOT station at Osbaldwick Industrial Estate

7:45am Friday 9th April 2010

A FAMILY-OWNED business in York is flourishing despite the difficult financial climate.

Luxury Ice Cream Company to open in Back Swinegate

Dawn Argyle and Marco Angelé at the new Luxury Ice Cream Company café in York

7:52am Wednesday 31st March 2010

ICE cream lovers will be offered a taste of continental culture when a new Mediterranean-style parlour opens in York this weekend.

York looks to reap benefits of civil service relocations

8:46am Friday 26th March 2010

A MASTERPLAN of potential sites where civil servants could be based in York is being drawn up by the city’s political chiefs.

York ‘shrugging off the recession’

9:03am Monday 22nd March 2010

NEW figures have revealed how York shrugged off the recession last year, with 80 more businesses being launched than were closed down.

William Hague hears rallying cry for York to be made “the place for business”

William Hague, centre, chatting before last night’s dinner

8:38am Friday 19th March 2010

SHADOW Foreign Secretary William Hague joined 650 Yorkshire entrepreneurs as they heard a clarion call for York to be made “the place for business” in the county.

Café No8 plans conservatory extension in garden

Café No8 in Gillygate

8:44am Tuesday 16th March 2010

ONE of York’s best-loved food venues is planning to expand.

Park equipment firm Playscheme takes on more staff

Steve Danby with his staff at Playscheme, Elvington

1:15pm Monday 15th February 2010

A BUSINESS which started out in a York garden shed 13 years ago is celebrating after beating the recession by winning a number of high-profile contracts.

H&M to open big new fashion store at Monks Cross, York

H&M is soon to open in the former Blacks premises at Monks Cross shopping park, Huntington

10:30am Tuesday 9th February 2010

FASHION giant H&M is to open a massive new store in York, The Press can reveal.

Hotel could bring 50 jobs

NEW LOOK: An artist’s impression of the proposed 120-bedroom hotel in Toft Green, pictured centre, in yellow and grey

11:40am Saturday 30th January 2010

A NEW £10 million hotel within York’s Bar Walls is set to create 50 jobs and boost the city’s vital tourism economy.

Ian Loftus to turn former Beams Tearooms in Stonegate, York, into a beer café

Ian Loftus in the medieval hall which once housed the former Beams Tearooms in Stonegate

10:40am Saturday 23rd January 2010

A MEDIEVAL hall in the heart of York is to get a new lease of life after city officials backed plans to turn it into a beer café.

Leeds City Region Partnership to pool ideas for a brighter future for the wider Yorkshire region

8:46am Friday 15th January 2010

SOME of the most powerful politicians, business people and university leaders in the region will converge on York on Monday to plot a brighter future for the wider Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire brewers set challenge for 2010

8:45am Saturday 2nd January 2010

CHAMPION brewers from North Yorkshire are bracing themselves for a monumental new year, as they look to build on and repeat their triumphant 2009.

Bumper Christmas gives traders cause for hope

Coney Street in York is packed with Christmas shoppers

8:13am Monday 21st December 2009

SHOPKEEPERS in York say there are signs they seem to be riding out the recession, following a bumper festive season.

£200 million success story for York's economy

The Ivy brasserie, at the Grange Hotel in York

8:30am Thursday 17th December 2009

YORK proved it could smile through the recession with the revelation of a £200 million success story for the local economy.

Business travellers’ £70m boost for York economy

9:44am Tuesday 15th December 2009

BUSINESS travel and conferences in York now generate nearly £70 million for the local economy – placing York in the top ten business tourism cities in the UK.

Flights boost for York holiday-makers

10:27am Saturday 12th December 2009

HOLIDAY-MAKERS from York will be able to reach the continent more easily from next spring, when budget airline easyJet starts flying from the region.

St Nicholas event in York brings in £10m

10:26am Saturday 12th December 2009

TOURISM chiefs say this year’s St Nicholas Fayre was “the best ever”, estimating the event brought about £10 million pounds into York’s economy.

Inspire2Independence moves to new premises in Millfield Lane, Nether Poppleton

From left, i2i managing director Matthew Gore, with trolley, Tracey Smith, general manager of York Science Park, James Gore, Mark Senton of Senton & Simpson, financial services, Kent Mayall and Shaun McKenna, of i2i

9:29am Wednesday 9th December 2009

TRAINING services provider Inspire2Independence (i2i) has finally lived up to its name.

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