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The green way for waste

ON SITE: One of the new YorSkip skips

1:57pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

YORWASTE, the recycling and waste management specialist, has launched YorSkip, a dedicated, socially responsible waste management service for the construction industry.

Revamp for hotel club

1:56pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

Another York hotel has unveiled the results of a massive investment.

Staying power

1:57pm Tuesday 1st July 2008

A £5 MILLION revamp on York’s most prominent hotel has begun at last.

Game is a life-saver

9:48am Tuesday 1st July 2008

A PUBLISHER of educational computer games in York is pioneering a lifesaving attempt nationally to stop children from getting involved in gangs, knifings and gun crime.

Law firm is so helpful

9:46am Tuesday 1st July 2008

LAW firm Harrowells, with offices at York city centre, Clifton Moor and Haxby, is the Yorkshire and Humber Regional ‘ProHelp’ Firm of the Year.

A Transatlantic first

9:44am Tuesday 1st July 2008

A FIRST transatlantic franchise has been established by York-based laser measurement technology specialist, Measurement Devices Ltd (MDL), to capitalise on its growing success in Canada.

They’re simply the best

9:43am Tuesday 1st July 2008

THEY have done it again! For the second year running, family-run coach tour operator Eddie Brown Tours of Boroughbridge is celebrating winning the prestigious UK Holiday Programme of the Year accolade at the 2008 Coach Tourism Awards.

Bringing new Link to life

9:29am Tuesday 1st July 2008

THOUGH just three months old, Business Link Yorkshire is bracing itself for a surge of calls for help should the economy worsen.

Family business keeps growing

Part of the production line at Portakabin

1:06pm Monday 30th June 2008

SHEPHERD Building Group of York has yet again been named as the biggest family business in the North East.

Improving quality of life in Thirsk

1:05pm Monday 30th June 2008

KEY issues about improving life in Thirsk will be aired at a mid-summer forum on Wednesday.


UK News

Armed forces' IT system over budget

A soldier has been killed in a firefight in Iraq

Updated 9:45am Friday 4th July 2008

A £7.1 billion programme to equip the armed forces with a new computer system is running 18 months behind schedule and £182 million over budget, the Whitehall spending watchdog has warned.


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