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Queen Bess blast-furnace to be relit

The Queen Bess blast-furnace

THE Scunthorpe Corus steelworks is to revert to a three blast-furnace operation for the first time since November 2008.

Site director Sean Lyons said the re-lighting of the Queen Bess furnace on Monday would allow the steelworks to better service its current order.

But Mr Lyons warned the town's 4,000 Corus employees, steel prices were still a long way below peak...

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Big thank you after Corus blaze

Big thank you after Corus blaze

A BIG thank you has been paid to employees who worked around the clock to repair fire damage which brought steel-making on the Scunthorpe Corus works to a halt for eight days. In doing so, however, the...

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Go-ahead for Tesco extension

APPROVAL:  Residents look at the plans for the extension to Barton's Tesco store with Claire Whittaker, planning assistant for DPP, when they went on show at the supermarket.

TESCO has been given permission to extend one of its Scunthorpe area stores by North Lincolnshire Council's planning committee. The committee accepted the proposals for the extension, which also...

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East Hull's ADM Cocoa facing closure

DARK DAYS AHEAD: ADM Cocoa in Cleveland Street, east Hull.

Employees at an east Hull cocoa processing plant face an uncertain future after its owners announced the site could close in July. Some 86 staff members are now undergoing a consultation process.

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Jobs under threat at east Hull cocoa firm

The future of an east Hull cocoa factory is hanging in the balance after the owners announced proposals to close the facility in the summer. ADM Cocoa, which employs 86 people at its plant in Cleveland Street, confirmed a month-long consultation process was...

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Wetherspoons to open for 7am breakfast

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​JD Wetherspoon is to open its pubs at 7am from April 28, as it bids to build on a record six months of profits.

Read more from thisismoney.co.uk - http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/markets/article.html?in_article_id=500987&in_page_id=3&ito=1565#ixzz0hxRvVJpV

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Newspaper advertising market 'steadies

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​Scotsman and Yorkshire Post owneJohnston Presssignalled that the downturn in the newspaper advertising market is beginning to ease. Read more from thisismoney.co.uk -  http://www.thisismoney.c...

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City mourns bank giant Brian Pitman

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The Daily Mail pays tribute to Sir Brian Pitman, one of the most gifted and highly respected bankers of his generation... Read more from thisismoney.co.uk -  http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article....

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Debt interest bill 'could hit £1.5bn a week'

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​Weekly interest payments on Britain's national debt could hit £1.5bn by the middle of the decade, according to Standard & Poor'sRead more from thisismoney.co.uk - http://www.thisismoney.co....

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Details of 24,000 HSBC accounts stolen

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​An embarrassing data theft at HSBC means the Swiss bank account details of 15% of its wealthiest customers were handed over to French authorities. Read more from thisismoney.co.uk - http://www.thisi...

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