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News: Summer Budget 2015
Rothbiz editor Tom Austen takes a look at the key announcements from the Summer Budget, the first announcement on spending plans by the new Conservative Government.The chancellor, George Osborne...
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News: Rotherham Council's £173m LOBO loans
Rotherham Council is trapped repaying £173m of long term commercial loans taken out before the global financial crisis at interest rates fixed above current rates.More than 200 councils across the...
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News: FSB on Northern Powerhouse
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is calling for greater efforts to rebalance the economy away from London and the South East to ensure the vision of a prosperous Northern Powerhouse becomes a...
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News: Tata Steel pensions dispute ends
Members of all four unions at Tata Steel have voted to accept changes to the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) which will keep the scheme open, ending the prospect of the first steel strike in 30...
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News: Tata's Rotherham operations hit by strong pound and high energy costs
Tata Steel's bar business in Rotherham has been "underperforming in the face of commodity-grade steel being imported to the UK due to the strong pound and high electricity costs which are more than...
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News: Tata Steel announces speciality steel restructure - hundreds of...
720 jobs are at risk, many in Rotherham, as Tata Steel, the Indian-owned steelmaker, announces plans to restructure its speciality and bar business.Investment in 2005 saw the Rotherham site at Aldwarke...
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News: Rotherham MPs react to Tata restructure
Local MPs have given their reaction to Tata Steel announcing plans to restructure is speciality steel and bar business, a move that puts 720 jobs, many in Rotherham, at risk of redundancy.John Healey...
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News: United Carpets on firm footing
Rotherham-based United Carpets, the second largest chain of specialist retail carpet and floor covering stores in the UK, says that it has created a new base for delivering sustainable growth following...
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News: Mamas & Papas store closure on the cards
The Rotherham store of premium nursery retailer Mamas & Papas looks set to close after plans were submitted for another retailer to take over the Parkgate Shopping unit.Last year it was reported...
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News: Devolution decision due in September
The Government and Sheffield city region are expected to make an announcement about progress on a Devolution Deal and the prospect of an elected mayor in September.In the Summer Budget, Chancellor...
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News: Summer time blues
Paul Moorhead of Rotherham insolvency practice, Moorhead Savage, discusses the impacts that Summer holidays can have on a business.Established in RiDO's Moorgate Crofts business centre in Rotherham,...
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News: Tata Steel warns of continuing "headwinds"
Indian-owned steelmaker, Tata Steel has used its latest financial results to warn that continuing cheap imports risk undermining Europe's steel industry.Last month, the company announced a restructure...
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News: Second supermarket hire at Crawshaws
Crawshaw Group PLC, the Rotherham-based fresh meat and food to go retailer, has appointed a new chief financial officer as it puts into action growth plans that will see it invest £200m, opening 200...
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News: Minister visits Enterprise Zone
Sheffield City Region Enterprise Zone (EZ) sites have attracted 1,100 jobs in total.The EZ includes a number of key employment sites in Rotherham such as areas of the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP)...
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News: Fishing Republic in line with expectations
Rotherham-based retailer, Fishing Republic has reported its trading results for the six months ended June 30 2015, the Group's first as a publicly quoted company.The placing of ten million new shares...
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News: Interest rate rise will widen north south divide says expert
Paul Moorhead of Rotherham insolvency practice, Moorhead Savage, is warning that a predicted rise in interest rates could place an intolerable burden on some of the region's businesses.And he says that...
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News: Darron hit by oil and gas downturn
The Rotherham facility of Darron SBO looks set to close as part of restructure plans set out by the Schoeller-Bleckmann Group.The precision machining specialist operates a Canklow facility with modern...
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News: Hellaby Hall Hotel up for sale
Hellaby Hall Hotel in Rotherham has hit the market as part of a portfolio of properties whose owners went into administration.In May, Prima Hotels was one of a number of connected companies and hotels...
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News: Rotherham Business Growth Board
The private sector is being encouraged to get involved with the fresh start at Rotherham Council as part of the new strategic partnership focusing on the local economy.After a number of reports...
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News: Chambers submit Northern Powerhouse policy proposals
Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce is one of nine chambers from across the North of England to put forward potential policy changes to enhance the Government's Northern Powerhouse...
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