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New 'swap shop' brings high street hope

COMING SOON: Scunthorpe town centre shopper Mark Harnwell looks at the poster in the window of the soon-to-be opened CeX shop on Cole Street.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

A NEW entertainment exchange store is set to open in Scunthorpe town centre.

A branch of the CeX (Complete Entertainment Exchange) secondhand company will be trading on Cole Street from March 27.

The chain has more than 100 stores across the world and specialises...

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Weir owners plan new city centre bar

CAUSING A STIR: Levi Goulbourne, left, and Alfie Goulbourne make cocktails at the new Lick bar at the City Exchange in Alfred Gelder Street.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

A new bar is being opened in Hull aimed at the growing number of young professionals working in the city centre.

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Offices could create more than 100 jobs

driving forward: Plans for a new £5.5m office development in Baker street, Hull, have been given the go-ahead by city planners. Picture: Kate Woolhouse

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Plans for a new £5.5m office development in the city centre have been given the go-ahead. Paul Dixon, the developer behind the Baker Street...

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Link-up to create 'one safe source' for lifting needs

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

A HULL-BASED lifting firm has acquired a company specialising in wire rope and chain products. O'Pray & Sons Ltd has been bought by Pearson and...

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Hull proves to be a sweet solution for chocolate bosses

block vote: Sheila Wright, left, and Chris Church, at the Hull One World Shop, Waltham Street, Hull, which stocks Divine chocolate. Picture: Kate Woolhouse

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

FAIRTRADE company Divine Chocolate has cut its carbon emissions by relocating its warehouse to Hull. Following a review of its "chocolate miles",...

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Two-year respite, but parking charges still looming on horizon

UNIMPRESSED: Martin Cuthbert, East Yorkshire branch chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, at Beverley's Saturday market. Pictures: Peter Harbour

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

THERE was an initial sigh of relief when the long-awaited recommendations of the East Riding Council's car parking review panel were published...

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Hull fashionistas will show city's got style

LOOKING GOOD: Florence Ravelle, left, of Kimono My House, and Bob Beasley, of Beasleys, with models Olivia O'Connor, Fionnuala Ravelle and Erika Mann. Picture: Kate Woolhouse

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

HULL is to host its first Fashion Week. The city centre Business Improvement District (Bid) is teaming up with shops across the city for a three-day...

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Cutting waste ... and costs for our clients

GOING GREEN: Sean Dawson, managing director of Hull Flooring Ltd. Pictures: Dave Barker

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

A HULL-BASED industrial flooring company says it is saving clients money by going green. Hull Flooring Ltd, which specialises in carpets and vinyl...

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I'm giving old-fashioned accountancy a modern makeover

MOVING FORWARD: David Marshall, of Marshall & Co Charted Accountants.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

A 31-YEAR-OLD Hull accountant has set up his own firm offering a "new accountant for a new decade". David Marshall has set up Marshall & Co...

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Workers' walkout over redundancy pay plan

DISPUTE: Civil servants take part in the UK-wide strike about changes to redundancy payments.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

PUBLIC and Commercial Service Union reps have reported a good strike turn out from members in Scunthorpe. The union has about 300 members working in...

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