Soft drinks firm Britvic is to close two factories and a warehouse, placing up to 400 jobs in jeopardy, in a bid to slash costs by £30M by 2016. Britvic's plans to cut 400 jobs with the closure of two factories and a warehouse are ...
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US based auto-parts manufacturer BorgWarner is planning to expand its engine parts production lines with the construction of a new engineering center in Bradford, UK. The move will help BorgWarner in providing its new turbocharging ...
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Once again Intertextile Beijing Apparel Fabrics proved its position as a highly valued entry point to the Chinese market for overseas exhibitors. Buyers’ feedback confirmed the increasing domestic purchasing power of consumers, as ...
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A Huddersfield pie manufacturer has been found guilty of health and safety breaches that killed a factory worker in a gas oven explosion. The site after the explosion in 2009 Andrew Jones Pies was prosecuted by the Health and Safety ...
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EE, the UK's most advanced digital communications company, today announced that 4G will be switched on in a further 27 towns across the country by June 2013, expanding superfast coverage to more than 65 UK towns and cities in total. The ...
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Asynt Ltd in conjunction with Innovative Physical Organic Solutions (IPOS), a research group based within the University of Huddersfield, UK, have cooperated over the last 2 years to develop a new generation of chemical reactor. By better ...
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Appearing on BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den helped Yorkshire cake entrepreneur Allison Whitmarsh secure the backing she needs to build cake factories across the UK. Deborah Meaden invested £50,000 in ProperMaid cakes On the ...
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A Yorkshire baker is appearing on BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den on December 23 in a bid to secure the backing she needs to make her premium cakes a national brand. Whitmarsh is targeting the coffee shops of Selfridges and John ...
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UK - Flightcase manufacturer 5 Star Cases has donated some of its Arena 600 cases to The Rig Scout Active Support Unit which is based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK, for their day-to-day use. 'The Rig' is a charitable ...
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BT today confirmed it would be running fibre broadband to a further 163 exchanges as part of its roll-out scheme across the UK. The Openreach division of the company has committed £2.5bn to fund the deployment, which BT claims will ...
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Huddersfield-based Innovation Productions with Martin Professional are hosting an Engineered for the Eye Road Show bringing Martin Products closer to its Yorkshire customers. This event allows for an informal personal look at the Martin ...
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UK - University Campus Oldham (UCO) and Oldham Coliseum Theatre are launching a Teaching Theatre Partnership that they say will "lead the way forward in offering the opportunity to study performance and technical theatre at university ...
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The business, which bought S&C Labels in Huddersfield earlier in the year, is planning to centralise its operations in Leeds and increase its floorspace from 1,000sqm to around 1,800sqm. Alongside the move, which will happen over the ...
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The chairman of private-equity firm Arle Capital Sir George Buckley is to join PepsiCo's board of directors. Buckley will become PepsiCo director and join its audit committee in September. The 65-year-old was named chairman of UK-based ...
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The first dedicated yarn dyeing plant to be installed in the UK for many years is now fully operational at Park Valley Dyers in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire; featuring a complete Thies dyeing installation. German dyeing machinery ...
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