York Means Business campaign - Aiming to revitalise York and North and East Yorkshire economy

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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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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.

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Luxury Ice Cream Company to open in Back Swinegate

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”

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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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.

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Bumper Christmas gives traders cause for hope

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

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.

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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.