THE multi-million dollar Italian American Pasta Company has chosen York for a new European sales and marketing office, it was announced today. IAPC's commercial director Nigel Singh has moved into an office at Tower Court Business Centre on Clifton Moor
MORE than a week after clinching the most prestigious business prize in North and East Yorkshire, Fran Johnson of Pocklington Coachworks, Osbaldwick, says: "I still can't wipe the grin off my face." Persistent phone calls of congratulation for scooping
LEISURE airline giant Airtours International has signed up York-based shoe-shop.com as the preferred supplier of corporate footwear for its more than 2,000 flight staff. It is the second triumphant news this month for Stuart Paver, founder and director
BE encouraged by Roland Harris' air of optimism. It isn't fathered by the rosy glow of the aftermath of his announcement that he is to retire as chief executive of the York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce next spring. Rather, it's backed by the
They've got a lot of know-how in Brazil, concludes David Harbourne, director of the Learning and Skills Council, North Yorkshire MY favourite business book of the last 12 months was actually first published in the UK in 1993. Called Maverick, it's by
BOSSES at beleaguered Railtrack were today preparing to sue the Government as results revealed the company was making big profits immediately prior to its Whitehall-imposed shake-up. Finance director David Harding said the company, which has regional
IT was a tragic year for farmers - of death, destruction and finally, a terrible uncertainty which hasn't gone away. ROB SIMPSON, of the Yorkshire and North east National Farmers Union looks back on the mayhem of millennium-plus-one The year 2001 in Britain
A 21-YEAR-OLD man was fighting for his life in hospital today after he was savagely attacked at a York nightclub. The man, from the Pocklington area, had been enjoying a night out with friends at The Gallery, in Clifford Street, when he was battered about
Dreary winter weather makes us dream of living in sunnier climes.MAXINE GORDON meets Yorkies who are making that dream a reality. WARM weather, friendly locals, a relaxed lifestyle and a sea view from her apartment are just some of the many reasons why
BAR wars have flared up again. York's mighty KitKat has been toppled as the nation's number one by Cadbury's Dairy Milk, says a report. Rubbish, retorts Nestl Rowntree, the figures exclude the two-finger KitKat. Add them in, and sales are better than
THE dream of a green Christmas is being made reality by guidelines put out by the PlanetYork team. Christmas is traditionally a bad time for the environment, with estimates showing an expected 27,000 tonnes of packaging and 83 square kilometres of wrapping
A YORK private school which controversially closed five years ago has been sold, opening the way for a planning application for a mixed development of offices and housing in the heart of the city. The empty three-storey cluster of listed Georgian buildings
A CAMPAIGN in York and North Yorkshire to eradicate prejudice among employers when it comes to recruiting older people is set to lead the way in Britain. Good bosses and other organisations in the region are rallying at a February conference being organised
ANGRY York City fans are preparing a Boxing Day protest against manager Terry Dolan. City, without a win in six League games, have plunged to 20th place in the Third Division, and some supporters are set to use the high-profile game against Hull City
YORK Tourism Bureau is looking to Europe as it tries to minimise the effect that the September 11 terrorist attacks have had on the city. The bureau has stepped up its marketing campaigns in Europe in a bid to woo more Germans, Dutch and Belgians to York
GEORGE Brigham, master mechanic, former bowls champion and local Conservative luminary who only two weeks ago sold his well-known repair and MoT garage, has died at St Leonards hospice, York, aged 85, after a short illness. Mr Brigham, who leaves a widow
THE ASDA supermarket at Monks Cross, York, has been continuing to help the Evening Press's appeal in memory of Huntington schoolboy Jamie Bucknell. Last weekend pensioner Irene Whitely raffled a Christmas hamper in the foyer of the store and managed to
BUS giant First is axing two-thirds of its York school services - in a bid to concentrate on its much-heralded Metro operation. Chiefs at the York firm said there are simply not enough drivers to make a full-time commitment to running pick-up routes to
Acomb men's first team wrapped up their pre-Christmas programme with a comfortable 2-0 win over Doncaster. Nick Linfoot and Jamie Robinson came close for Acomb before they took the lead midway through the first half. From a powerfully taken free hit from
THIS is the wreckage left by vandals who struck at two council homes - cheating two families of the chance to move in for Christmas. Councillors today called for tighter security after the attack on the Doherty Walk homes, in Foxwood. The damage left
Former St Peter's School, York, student Andrew Springgay is included in the England squad to face Wales in a rugby union Under 21 international in Pontypridd tomorrow. The big forward, a former Yorkshire Schools player, is now with Newcastle Falcons.
THE number of bobbies in North Yorkshire has increased by 84 in the past six months - the largest percentage hike in the country. The total size of the county's police force is now 1,390, up by 6.5 per cent. The national increase over the same period
DAVID Byas, the retiring Yorkshire cricket captain, described today how he fell out with Darren Gough and "hit the roof" with the England fast bowler in a row in which "the air was blue". Byas, who brought the county championship title to Yorkshire last
WHILE the future looks grim for most turkeys at this time of year, one talented bird is going to extraordinary lengths to ensure he does not end up on the Christmas dinner table. Trevor, an 18-month-old Bourbon Red, has started performing death-defying
CARL Barrow has become the latest player to be given a chance to shine by York Wasps coach Leo Epifania, writes Peter Martini. The 19-year-old has been training with Wasps in this last fortnight and was given a small taste of Northern Ford Premiership
YORK table tennis fans were treated to a spectacular night of top class skills by two of the sport's big names. Former European champion John Hilton and Italian international Fabio Mantagazza turned on the style for the audience of about 60 at Canon Lee
FIVE-GOAL ace Paul Stansfield and ex-York City star Ian Blackstone are primed to answer a knockout striking crisis for bubbling Harrogate Town. The UniBond League first division title-hunters seek to extend a 17-game unbeaten run tonight when they switch
DRIVING, like most human activities, is potentially dangerous. But at what point should the criminal law intervene? All drivers have momentary lapses and if that is a crime then we are all criminals. As for falling asleep at the wheel, most drivers, including
CONGRATULATIONS P Willey on your letter ('Daily panto', December 15). It appealed to my sense of humour anyway. It must have been my lucky day because when eventually I stopped laughing I went on to read Pad Gargon's little gem ('Moving on'). Cyclists
NICE to see York festooned with lights but does anyone check if they are all on? The entrance to Micklegate Bar has read MICKLEG for nearly two weeks! Anne Church, Severus Avenue, Acomb, York. Updated: 10:33 Tuesday, December 18, 2001
I shall probably be sleeping peacefully in front of the television when next week's column should have appeared. This year has been interesting to say the least! Viewed from the rural perspective it will always be remembered as the year of the foot and
There are fears that unless York business people can more widely take advantage of super-fast ADSL broadband facilities, the momentum of the city's growing reputation as "the Cambridge of the North" will be lost. Here ANGUS MERELIE general manager of
Never mind the politics. It's time to wake up to the fact that the euro is upon us, warns business editor RON GODFREY SAY phooey to the introduction of the euro to Europe from January 1 at your peril - particularly if you have a tourism-related business
ONE of the locomotives involved in the Selby train crash is to come back into service with a new identity in the New Year, following repairs. The loco, which was also involved in the Hatfield crash in October last year, was formerly numbered 91 023. Now
RICH is on the up! The price of a Ridings Investment Club Holding has risen from £2.39p last month to £2.51. "That 12p represents a very satisfactory five per cent increase per month," said chairman Jim Porteous. It underlines just how wise was last month's
CUSTOMERS and retailers are being urged to give the "thumbs up" to an imaginative new crackdown on crime. For the first time, shoppers in York are being asked to give their thumbprint when they use cheque and credit cards. Called "Thumbs Up", the scheme
A MAN had an amazing escape when he was hit by a train near to York railway station. The man, who was said to be in his late twenties, suffered head injuries when he was struck by a Liverpool-York service at Holgate Junction, off Holgate Road, at 10.45
STEPHEN LEWIS finds out country folk are fighting back from the brink THE morale-boosting visit to North Yorkshire by Prince Charles could hardly have been better timed. It came at the end of a dismal year in which not only farmers but almost everyone
The thoughts of Jo Haywood a thirty something mum. UNTIL about 20 minutes ago I thought Cate Blanchett was the greatest Aussie export since... well...erm... the boomerang I suppose. I even had her pencilled in to star in my first Oscar-winning screenplay
RAILTRACK did not work. It was a company cobbled together with indecent haste to serve the flawed ideology of the last Tory Government. Its two main roles, to provide a safe and efficient rail network and to maximise profits for shareholders, conflicted
CHILDREN added a bit of Christmas cheer by entertaining some of York's older residents. Pupils from Bishopthorpe Junior School, aged between seven and 11, put on an afternoon of fun and games at a party held at the school, which included a tombola, quiz
A VALUABLE statue, which has stood in the grounds of a North Yorkshire hotel for nearly 300 years, has been stolen. The sculpture of a bustard was taken from Middlethorpe Hotel sometime over the weekend. The piece, which bears the coat of arms of the
Frustrated City of York II crashed 5-2 at Halifax in their Northen Hockey League Division Two East game, their woe compounded by the dismissal of Matt Couttie. Halifax took the lead in controversial circumstances when they were awarded a free hit on the
A DOCTOR who survived the Selby rail crash says he has been forced into early retirement because of his horrific injuries. Jamie Bahrami, aged 63, was in coach F of the GNER York to London service when it was derailed by Gary Hart's Land Rover, after
COMPETING in York John Smith's Mixed League division one, Michelle Britton equalled the York area record for the fastest 501 by a woman player. Golden Slipper's Roz Kerr did it last season, and Britton powered to 13 darts by scoring 180, 140, 83, 98,
Regulars at York's Cueball Club in James Street were given a snooker treat by 1997 world champion Ken Doherty and former Grand Prix winner Dominic Dale during the UK Championship. As part of the promotion with brewers John Smith's, club members Alan Chambers
COLD forced judges to abandon one trial halfway through and cancel another when the heating at York Crown Court broke down. The building's lighting, phones and computers also failed, leaving juries sitting in overcoats, judges' fingers too cold to write
Danny Potter, representing the Knavesmire public house, beat Greg Bell (The Junction) 5-1 in the final of the York pubs' pool knockout competition played at the Barbican's Cue Zone set up for the UK Championship. Potter plays pool on a social basis at
NORTH Yorkshire teenager Tom Harris can now claim that he has something in common with snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan. The day before world champion O'Sullivan rocketed to a 10-1 victory over luckless Ken Doherty in the UK Championship final at York's
THE A64 near York is set to re-open fully tonight, giving motorists a two and a half week break from contraflow misery. And a final decision is expected later this week on what should happen when phase two of the roadworks at Copmanthorpe starts in the
FIFTY jobs are to go with the closure of a York engineering firm established half a century ago. The closure of Unidare Cutting and Welding Ltd (UCWL), based in Walmgate, has been blamed on the tough trading conditions which its parent group has experienced
CRISIS club New Earswick All Blacks have issued a rallying call to their players - otherwise another senior rugby league team might fold. The club have struggled a few times this season to put out a full quota of 17 players and on Saturday had only ten
NESTLE Rowntree today rubbished claims that KitKat was no longer top of the chocs. Trade magazine The Grocer reported that Cadbury's Dairy Milk had replaced York's chocolate confectionery bar as Britain's most popular chocolate. But Nestl spokesman Paul
LABOUR MP John Grogan is pressing for another Government subsidy to bale out the loss-making Selby pit complex. An industry source said fears were growing that unless further state aid was forthcoming, the complex's scheduled closure date could be brought
CARL Barrow has become the latest player to be given a chance to shine by York Wasps coach Leo Epifania. The 19-year-old has been training with Wasps in this last fortnight and was given a small taste of Northern Ford Premiership action as a brief second-half
ANGRY York City fans are preparing a Boxing Day protest against manager Terry Dolan. City, without a win in six League games, have plunged to 20th place in the Third Division, and some supporters are set to use the high-profile game against Hull City
Cheltenham's loss is Newbury's gain tomorrow as two of the feature races from Saturday's abandoned card at the home of National Hunt racing have been transferred to the Berkshire course. The Victor Chandler Bula Hurdle looks a good opportunity for Valiramix
LAST year in England, there were 23,400 more deaths in winter than in summer (in the winter of 1999-2000, 92 excess winter deaths occurred in the city of York area). Most were due to cold-related illnesses brought on or exacerbated by living in cold homes
