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No time to waste for firms
The colour of profits is green, as a get-together of waste-not want-not businesses is about to prove when it takes place on the outskirts of York. RON GODFREY reports. HUNDREDS of business delegates will visit York next month for an environmental conference
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The scene is set for success
York and North Yorkshire's Shell Livewire Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards seek to reward the tenacity and enthusiasm of young business people in the area. CATHERINE BRUCE speaks to the winners about their determination to succeed HEDGEHOG houses
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Sarah's hectic three months
Mosaic Events Limited was launched less than three months ago, but it has already earned its founder recognition in the York and North Yorkshire Shell Livewire awards. CATHERINE BRUCE talked to young entrepreneur Sarah Byrne about her fledgling business
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Sell, sell, sell at Fulford flats
NEVER mind the daffodils of an early Spring, just take a look at what is blooming in Fulford High Street. Fulford Place, a new development of 80 two-bedroom apartments still being built, is festooned on its border with bright For Sale and To Let flagboards
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£3m factory will bring jobs boost
BUILDING work has started on a new £3 million factory for Allerton Engineering Ltd which will help to create dozens of new skilled engineering jobs in Northallerton. Allerton Engineering, Hambleton District Council and the developer, integrated design-build
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The While And Matthews Band, National Centre For Early Music, York
TEN years together and still going strong. Chris While and Julie Matthews simply love making music together. Their enjoyment was plain to see last night as they rocked amidst the medieval masonry of St Margaret's Church, off Walmgate,York, in a concert
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Paris is not like this
I RECENTLY enjoyed an excellent visit Paris at a reasonable price thanks to those lovely people at GNER. What a joy this city is, particularly the area around the Montmartre where I stayed. Patisseries, delicatessens, cafs, boulangeries and newsagents
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Slur on our name
I MUST object in the strongest terms to Hugo Bieber's attempt to sully the name of York Palestine Solidarity Campaign (Letters, March 19). York PSC did not send any communications out to its members asking them to attend the ceremony at Clifford's Tower
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Heritage in danger
FURTHER to your article about the destruction of the hawthorn tree in the Butcher Terrace Field, part of Rowntree Park (March 17), I should like to add my protests to those of Neil Rogers. It was a fine, mature tree. Hawthorns grow slowly and can survive
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Nationalise engine
WHAT a pity Prince Charles and the Government are not supporting the campaign to bring the Flying Scotsman to York's National Railway Museum. After all, they did so much to save the Three Graces for the nation and look how many, of all ages, flock to
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Tackling litter
AS part of the council's anti-litter campaign, the street environment officers will be visiting secondary schools to talk to young people about their responsibilities and duty of care towards their community and encourage them to think about litter and
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Royal Oak standing tall
PICKERING Royal Oak turned the tables on arch-rivals Black Swan to record a first ever win at their former home ground in the RJF Homes Beckett Football League first division. Lee Allardice scored his first of the season and John Appleyard made it two
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It's your heritage
English Heritage has a vital role to play protecting York, writes DAVID FRASER. GOD help us if these are our heritage hopes". So went the headline on the Evening Press Diary (March 15), which asked "What is the point of English Heritage?", citing two
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£10m challenge to Barbican group
CAMPAIGNERS against the redevelopment of York's Barbican Centre were challenged today to say how they would fund essential swimming pool repairs across the city. Councillor Keith Orrell, executive member for leisure at City of York Council, claimed Save
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Keep restrictions, pleads trader
A NORTH Yorkshire trader today begged the Government not to lift restrictions on out-of-town shopping centres. Ian Beecham, vice-chairman of Malton and Norton Chamber of Trade, said he was "alarmed" at reports claiming a relaxation of the strict planning
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New drive to reduce toll of biker deaths
POLICE will combine friendly persuasion with hard line law enforcement in a desperate bid to cut the dreadful toll of motorcycle deaths in North Yorkshire. Officers are planning to hit the road with a new specially-designed safety display caravan, paid
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Kate earns call-up for the Tartan army
YORK hockey starlet Kate Longbotham is hoping to sweep the competition aside at an international training camp for the Scotland Under-21 women's squad. The 18-year-old is one of 30 young players singled out for their potential, and will be travelling
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Naked stag party prank victim says sorry to neighbours
THE victim of a stag party prank who sneaked naked into a student house and fell asleep on the stairs has returned to the property to say sorry. York University student Chris Davis said he was relieved the embarrassed bridegroom-to-be turned out to be
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Hayes dusts off his boots
YORK legend Richie Hayes is to come out of retirement one more time to play on the big McAlpine Stadium stage this Sunday. The 34-year-old prop hung up his boots last month because of an ongoing shoulder problem but the injury crisis at Huntington Stadium
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Peers back bid to keep keep the Flying Scotsman
THE Government has been urged by the House of Lords to back the campaign to keep the Flying Scotsman in York. Peers yesterday urged Ministers to step in if the National Railway Museum (NRM) lost out to a foreign investor in the bidding war for the train
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So unfair to our nurses
WHETHER York councillors fully thought through the consequences of evening parking charges must now be open to question. The impact of their decision continues to reverberate. Already the city's leisure sector has raised fears that night-time charging
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Ride with care
THE nights are getting lighter, the days a little warmer. Soon the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire will echo to that evocative sound of spring: the roar of high-powered motorbikes. Last year, a record number of bikers lost their lives on our
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Emotional rescue...
A YORK woman who set up her own business helping people with emotional problems will host a national conference in the city. Rita Leaman set up the York Human Givens Centre, which helps treat those suffering from a variety of emotional illnesses, in 2002
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Taxing times
Welcome to the first in a series of monthly articles that I hope you will find of benefit to you, your business, your employees and your personal life. Over the coming months I will be covering topical tax issues and looking at ways in which you can improve
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Season of change for tourism trade
In his regular column, DAVID ANDREWS, chief executive of York-based Yorkshire Tourist Board takes a look at the changes ahead for tourism service delivery and encourages local businesses to have a say in their future. EASTER is just around the corner,
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Buying a computer is hard-driving me nuts
I AM embarrassed to admit that it was my fifth attempt - and the most serious so far. But, yet again, I failed miserably and came away feeling dejected, disheartened, deflated and demoralised. Why is it that a supposedly intelligent 40-something woman
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Yalcin to sign new deal
YORK City's Turkish Under-19 international Lev Yalcin is ready to commit his future to Bootham Crescent. Yalcin is one of four scholars that have been offered professional contracts for next season and he confirmed his intention to put pen to paper after
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Johnston has a Golden chance - 23/03/04
Mark Johnston, ready to swing back into action with the biggest Flat team in the north when the new turf season opens at Doncaster on Thursday, has good prospects of posting an advance winner at Lingfield tomorrow. The Middleham trainer saddles my Nap
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Prized mums
JO HAYWOOD talks to two York mums who got more than they bargained for on Mother's Day. MOST mums get a card on Mother's Day. Some might even receive a bunch of daffs or a box of chocolates. But Joyce Coyle went one better - she got free hairdressing
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Judi gets our woman-of-the galaxy award
STUNNED disbelief was the general reaction to the news that William Wilberforce topped the poll to find Yorkshire's greatest figure. Dark talk of vote-fixing met the shock news that York's own Dame Judi Dench had failed to win. This is the first popularity
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Drinking isn't what it used to be
"Do you ever worry about whether you are an alcoholic?" a female colleague asked one day over a quiet lunchtime session in the pub. "Get your round in and I'll tell you," I quipped through the rosy glow. But she was insistent and worried: "No, seriously
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Company is taken to task by students
AGILISYS, the York-based business process services company with a £120 million task of bringing e-government to five North Yorkshire local authorities, is getting help from young brainpower at the University of York. As part of their management, IT and
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It's that time again
"BEWARE the Ides of March" was the warning given to Julius Caesar. These days those who take an active interest in financial matters would be better advised to "beware the Budget' at this time of year. Beware in case they haven't stocked-up on all the
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Guidance on data
In light of a recent Court of Appeal ruling, the Information Commissioner's Office - which is responsible for enforcing the Data Protection Act 1998 - has issued revised guidance for businesses. The Act sets the standards by which "personal data" must
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Queue for shopping
NEVER mind the merchants of gloom tut-tutting over the demise of York as a shopping paradise. The truth is that dozens of major national retailers are clamouring for a foothold in the city. The latest Experian Retail Rankings which puts the city at 26th
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Acorn second-string hit high notes in derby duel
YORK Acorn 'A' ensured some silverware for the Minster city's amateur rugby league scene when they beat injury-hit local rivals Selby Warriors 34-4 to effectively lift the Pennine League division five title. The championship still isn't mathematically
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Hayes dusts off his boots
YORK legend Richie Hayes is to come out of retirement one more time to play on the big McAlpine Stadium stage this Sunday. The 34-year-old prop hung up his boots last month because of an ongoing shoulder problem but the injury crisis at Huntington Stadium
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Beguiled by 'deals'
THE House of Lords has thankfully, and temporarily, thwarted Government plans to dismantle the present composition of the House of Lords. Labour MPs are now talking of bringing this policy back into the next General Election manifesto to re-affirm a public
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Top service
AN application has been submitted by Grand Central Railway Co. Ltd to run a high-quality train service across the Pennines via the Calder Valley line calling at York. This will be a great improvement for rail passengers who travel from York across the
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Way we were
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 100 years ago: A woman from Tower Street in York was summoned by an assistant overseer before the York Justices for non-payment of Poor Rates. Her solicitor admitted that the rates were due, but said that the poor woman had been
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Scale down Hungate flats to ease traffic congestion
INSTEAD of pursuing the hopeless fantasy of "no parking" flats at York's Hungate to lessen their impact on traffic congestion in the area (March 19), why don't the powers-that-be just reduce the number of flats in the development? Rather than piling 720
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Fears over route of bus
NEW bus lanes on a busy York road may create safety problems for pedestrians and motorists, concerned residents claim. Muncastergate campaigners say changes in Malton Road to make way for the new Monks Cross Park&Ride could leave their neighbourhood
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The Bare necessities of life for baby badger
WILDER than the average student, a baby badger has been raising eyebrows at a college near York. Students at Askham Bryan College have become used to seeing the seven-week-old badger, named Bare because when he was born he had no fur. Lecturer Jean Thorpe
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Move to stop dangerous U-turns
ANOTHER gap has shut on the A64 after police spotted drivers using it to make illegal U-turns. The gap in the central reservation at Old Street Junction is the third to close in less than four months. The Highways Agency shut a notorious gap at nearby
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Traders up in arms over drug offenders
ANGRY York traders say drug addicts using a nearby treatment centre are making their lives a misery. They have been appalled to learn that the Turning Point facility in Micklegate has been operating for more than a year without planning permission. Dave
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Out-of-court payout settles police dispute
A BLACK man who says he was driven from York because of police harassment has won an out-of-court cash settlement. Keith Hardy, 27, says he wants to get on with his life in his new home of Leicester now a three-year battle to bring North Yorkshire Police
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MP warns of 'concreting over' villages near York
GOVERNMENT plans for a massive house building programme could leave picturesque areas around York "covered in concrete", it was claimed today. Vale of York Tory MP Anne McIntosh sounded the alarm on the back of a study outlined in last week's Budget -
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Spot the dogged win
LEEDS United live to fight another day - thanks to a dubious penalty which gave them a priceless 2-1 victory over Manchester City. Mark Viduka's contentious 75th-minute spot-kick gave chairman Gerald Krasner and the new Leeds board the best possible start
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Acorn second-string hit high notes in derby duel
YORK Acorn 'A' ensured some silverware for the Minster city's amateur rugby league scene when they beat injury-hit local rivals Selby Warriors 34-4 to effectively lift the Pennine League division five title. The championship still isn't mathematically
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Blunkett backs York extra police plea
NORTH Yorkshire Police was today under fresh pressure to put more officers in York after the case was made to David Blunkett. The Home Secretary was told almost half of all the county's crime - 32,091 out of 67,798 recorded incidents - took place in the
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Yalcin to sign new deal
YORK City's Turkish Under-19 international Lev Yalcin is ready to commit his future to Bootham Crescent. Yalcin is one of four scholars that have been offered professional contracts for next season and he confirmed his intention to put pen to paper after
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Permits clash on hospital parking
THE parking nightmare for York Hospital staff is set to deepen after council chiefs hiked the cost of a parking permit to £1,000. York Hospitals NHS Trust says it will not be able to afford the fee for permits to park at Marygate and Foss Bank car parks
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Glowing Gunners some way short of firing into stratosphere
ONE day and counting to one of the most eagerly-awaited 'home' showdowns on the European front. Tomorrow night Arsenal and Chelsea meet at Stamford Bridge in the first leg of their European Champions League quarter-final with both sides teetering on the
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Robot to make millions for his masters
IGAR, a tall, polite and gangling robot is set to make his Clifton Moor masters millions of pounds. The £150,000 cybernetic fellow who thinks, measures and acts to prevent injuries, and save the plate glass industry a fortune was developed by technicians
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Keeping it in the family
IT'S been a busy few weeks for Henry Breese, the new managing director of Westler Foods Ltd near Malton. Henry, 35,became the third generation member of the Breese family (and the youngest ever) to take up the reins at one of the UK's leading independent
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A graphic account
North Yorkshire farmer Chris Booth, who moved away from pigs to pens, has continued the growth of his on-line graphics business with a record year and a 60 per cent hike in sales that will see turnover top £500,000 this year. His Knaresborough-based company
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Morale boosted by good causes
A good cause can have a good effect in the workplace, argues DAVID HARBOURNE, director of the Learning and Skills Council North Yorkshire. How do you retain good staff? To state the obvious, a fair rate of pay is a good starting point. However, a growing
