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Johnson buys Red Hot World Buffet 27 Aug 2013 | 05:41 pm
LUKE Johnson\'s private equity vehicle Risk Capital Partners has taken a majority holding in the Red Hot World Buffet restaurant chain.The value of the deal was not disclosed but the company said it w...
Renold closure plan threatens 200 jobs 27 Aug 2013 | 05:04 pm
INDUSTRIAL chain manufacturer Renold is planning to close its plant in Stockport putting 231 jobs at risk.The stock market listed group, which has its headquarters in Wythenshawe, said the site was no...
1,100 Warrington homes plan for Omega 27 Aug 2013 | 12:04 pm
THE Government wants Warrington to deliver 1,100 new homes at the Omega development site west of the town.In a statement the council said a Government-appointed inspector made the proposal after scrut...
Mother Redcaps Care Home ordered to pay £40k 27 Aug 2013 | 11:51 am
A PRIVATE care home in Wallasey has been ordered to pay £40,000 in fines and costs after it failed to manage the risk of elderly residents catching a potentially fatal form of pneumonia.Mother Redcaps...
Riverview Law to take on 100 staff 27 Aug 2013 | 11:34 am
WIRRAL-based Riverview Law is to double in size by creating up to 100 new posts over the next year, primarily in the North West. The appointments at the the fixed-priced legal services business are a ...
IoD chief slams HS2 27 Aug 2013 | 11:26 am
THE director general of the Institute of Directors is calling on the Government to abandon the controversial high-speed rail project, branding it "a grand folly." The intervention from Simon Walker co...
Finance conditions for SMEs improving, says EEF 23 Aug 2013 | 07:19 pm
THE results of a survey from manufacturers’ organisation EEF suggest the UK could be on the verge of an investment renaissance, but it also shows more needs to be done to get companies intereste...
Co-operative Food set to join online stampede 23 Aug 2013 | 06:53 pm
THE Co-operative Group is set to launch an online grocery service, with trials beginning later this year.The Manchester-based group has so far shunned trying to take a slice of the £6.1bn home deliver...
Cookson aims to be No1 with new sports nutrition brand 23 Aug 2013 | 06:27 pm
OLIVER Cookson, the entrepreneur who built up and sold sports nutrition brand MyProtein, is returning to the sector with a new venture, GoNutrition.com, which he aims to build into the biggest brand i...
Q2 GDP growth revised upward to 0.7% 23 Aug 2013 | 04:35 pm
UK economic growth during the second quarter of 2013 has been revised up to 0.7%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The ONS reported growth of 0.7% instead of its initial 0.6% esti...
