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Government ministers back apprentice campaign

100inONEHUNDRED apprentice challenge. launch event

More than 120 of Gloucestershire's leading businessmen and women packed the event for the 100inONEHUNDRED Apprenticeship Challenge campaign at Cheltenham’s Hotel du Vin last night.

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Gloucestershire County Cricket win approval for £10m revamp of Bristol ground

Gloucestershire County Cricket win approval for £10m revamp of Bristol ground

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club has been given permission to go ahead with a £10million revamp of its Bristol home.

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Crediton link road route approved

Devon County Council have approved the Crediton link road

Devon County Council's cabinet has approved an £8m link road for Crediton.

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Exeter broadband shop speeds protest

NEED FOR SPEED: University of Exeter  students protest outside the Virgin   store in the city's  High Street, over their broadband  connections

Dozens of frustrated broadband users in Exeter staged a protest over Virgin's service in the city.

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Church full to hear 'Option PZ' explained

Hundreds of residents and representatives of business packed the Methodist Church in Chapel Street last Wednesday evening to see a presentation by the newly-formed members of the Penzance Business Network (PBN) on "Option PZ".

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Directors plough cash into Gloucester RFC

Tom Walkinshaw

Directors pump £2.7 million in to Gloucester Rugby after it lost three quarters of a million pounds in the last financial year.

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CBI criticises Dyson's plans for industry

The employers’ organisation the CBI has criticised Sir James Dyson's plans for the future of manufacturing in the UK.

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Haulage firm's contracts net £110m

Wiltshire based haulage and transport firm Wincanton has secured two new contracts worth more than £110 million.

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Maintenance firm in grandstand deal

Bristol maintenance firm Integral UK has struck a deal to maintain racecourse facilities across the UK.

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Mega broadband boost for Forest business village

FAST WORK:  From left, Tom Atkinson of Cash Simply, Tracey Nelmes of Vantage Point, Eric Witheridge from  Omniis and Dorian Wragg  Vantage Point's  commercial director.

Vantage Point Business Village now has the one of the fastest broadband services in the county.

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Public sector pay freeze won't cut debt, Brown told

Insulting: Public sector staff reacted angily to pay freeze.

Gordon Brown was accused of 'gesture politics' last night after announcing a pay freeze for around 40,000 top-earning public sector workers.Comment on this story


Nish criticises Standard Life bureaucracy

Bureaucratic: New boss David Nish says staff are frustrated

Standard Life's new boss has taken a swipe at his predecessor, saying the insurer is far too bureaucratic and that staff have become frustrated as a result.

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BA union to set strike dates as talks collapse

Solidarity: 'We now have no alternative but to carry out industrial action', unions told staff.

British Airways is back on the brink of strike chaos by 12,000 cabin crew after talks to broker a deal broke down last night.

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Tullett Prebon takeover security risk

Tullett Prebon takeover security risk

A Chinese takeover of inter-dealer broker Tullett Prebon could put sensitive economic data on European countries in the hands of a foreign power, investors were warned.

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