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Engineering firms putting recession woes behind them

Friday, July 30, 2010

Engineering giants Rolls-Royce and BAE say they are starting to emerge from the depths of recession and have both seen an increase in profits.

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Chelsea's loss is Yorkshire's gain

Friday, July 30, 2010

The takeover of South West-based Chelsea Building Society has proved a shot in the arm for larger rivals Yorkshire, boosting its pre-tax profits to...

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Workwear shareholders to lose out

Friday, July 30, 2010

People who bought shares in troubled South West-based uniform maker Alexandra will lose all the money they invested in the company, it has been...

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'Excellent return' with flats occupied

FULLY OCCUPIED: The city centre's Zero 4 apartment block is now occupied and providing an 'excellent return'

Friday, July 30, 2010

Plymouth city centre's £12million Zero 4 apartment block is now fully occupied and providing an "excellent return" two years after it was built,...

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Wine firm makes use of reopened railway

Friday, July 30, 2010

175 years after the Great Western Railway began life the Grape Western Railway will pull into Bristol.

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M5 travel 'bad for your health'

Friday, July 30, 2010

Travelling on the M5 near Bristol is bad for your health, a study has claimed.

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Natalie Birrell, PR director: Doing battle with change

Natalie Birrell, PR Director, Brandon Hill Communications

Friday, July 30, 2010

I was asked last week to read about the Battle of Agincourt. I’m not much of a history buff but I genuinely found it interesting, particularly...

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Thought for the day: The benefits system

Friday, July 30, 2010

Today, Iain Duncan Smith is announcing plans to make work pay. It may seem strange that he should need to do so, but the hard facts are that the way...

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