News: LEP hosting business conference
The Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) will hold its 2015 Business Conference this week, an event that brings together business people to discuss how to boost economic growth and...
View ArticleNews: Options explored as Magna fights for future
Despite being on target to achieve a turnover of over £1m by the end of 2014-2015, the financial position at the Magna Science Adventure Centre remains fragile, with Rotherham Council set to step in...
View ArticleNews: Sheffield City Region secures bigger Growth Deal
The Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership has agreed an expansion to its Growth Deal with the Government which will see an extra £30.7m invested in Sheffield City Region between 2016 and...
View ArticleNews: Rotherham's MTL Group in administration - 157 made redundant
Rotherham-based MTL Group, one of Europe's fastest growing project manufacturing specialists in the metal sector, has appointed John Sumpton and Hunter Kelly of EY's Restructuring team as joint...
View ArticleNews: Rotherham MP vows to fight for MTL staff
Sarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, has vowed to fight for the workers and their families affected by manufacturing specialist MTL Group Limited going into administration.One of...
View ArticleNews: Independents rise in Rotherham as bakery chains fall flat
It is a mixed picture in Rotherham town centre where independent retailers are expanding but bigger names are closing outlets.This week saw Cooplands, the Doncaster-based artisan bakery undergo a...
View ArticleNews: Cooper & Turner planning Rotherham expansion
A manufacturing firm with over 100 years of heritage, Cooper & Turner, is planning to invest in a new office building at their existing premises at Canklow Meadows Industrial Estate,...
View ArticleNews: Magna money decision deferred
It appears to be business as usual at the Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham as the local council's cabinet defers making a final decision on whether to make £350,000 available to support the...
View ArticleNews: Finance Yorkshire boosted by RGF
Regional funding body, Finance Yorkshire has secured a grant from Round 6 of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) to invest in businesses across Yorkshire and the Humber.Finance Yorkshire was the first...
View ArticleNews: Manor F1 Team: "We just want to go racing"
The F1 team that began life as Manor Grand Prix in Dinnington, Rotherham, is pushing hard to make it onto the grid in 2015, despite being in administration, for now.FRP Advisory LLP were appointed...
View ArticleNews: Record interest in Sheffield city region at MIPIM 2015
The Sheffield City Region (SCR) will again be showcasing its key development sites to the global investment community at MIPIM - the world's premier real estate event.Held annually in Cannes, MIPIM is...
View ArticleNews: Tata Steel search for new apprentices
Tata Steel is once again starting its annual search for bright, talented and passionate young people to join its prestigious apprenticeship scheme.Apprentice and graduate recruitment restarted for Tata...
View ArticleNews: Rotherham Council puts forward budget proposals
Rotherham Council has put forward budget proposals for the next financial year as it waits for the prospect of Government-appointed commissioners taking over all of its executive functions.On the back...
View ArticleNews: CVA agreed at Manor F1
Creditors of the Manor Grand Prix Racing Limited, trading as the Marussia F1 Team, have agreed to enter into a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) that would enable the company to exit administration...
View ArticleNews: Profitable Crawshaw looks ahead
Crawshaws, the meat focused retailer is excited for its future plans under its new CEO and from its new Rotherham HQ.The AIM-listed firm currently has 21 retail outlets throughout Yorkshire,...
View ArticleNews: WEC Group buys MTL
The WEC Group has completed a deal to bring steel engineering specialist MTL Group out of administration, saving 135 jobs in Rotherham.Supplying international blue-chip customers such as Bombardier,...
View ArticleNews: Commissioners to decide on Magna loan
The final decision on whether the Council makes £350,000 available to support the operators of Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham is likely to be made by government-appointed commissioners.Set...
View ArticleNews: Rotherham biomass plant nears financial close
A multimillion pound project in Rotherham is set to generate an environmentally friendly form of energy and 140 new jobs by 2017.Operators, the Brite Partnership, secured planning permission in 2010...
View ArticleNews: MTL admin shows no business is immune from failure
When Rotherham based MTL Group entered administration last month, it came as a shock to many, but could more be done to help British firms when problems arise with overseas contracts?Supplying...
View ArticleNews: Rotherham's Digital Region costs stand at £8.2m
Rotherham Council is expecting to pay out £8.2m to cover its share of the costs of the failed Digital Region superfast broadband project.The council, along with the other three authorities in South...
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