We're still on track insists Thrall chief

Thrall Europa of York is braced to pitch for a massive order for rail freight wagons from Railtrack "in the near future". But the track owners are puzzled, saying tenders are not imminent. Thrall aim off-centre?

Business Editor Ron Godfrey takes a look at the latest developments at York's former Carriageworks site Take the bus on a journey of discovery

All aboard the high-tec tour bus - destination: North Yorkshire computerland. Sharing secrets of success

From now on we will let you into the secrets of the RICH. Moving out before the technology bubble bursts

Moving out before the technology bubble bursts Friendly aid for school

Sixty youngsters, aged four and five, have just moved into new, well-equipped, classrooms in Harrogate with the help of Homeowners Friendly Society. People on the move

Appointments Derek nets a world market

If ever there was a perfect example of the power for imports and exports on the Internet you will find it in an office called Ashdown Printing Machinery on the Rawcliffe Industrial estate. Don't let this potential go untapped

At the North Yorkshire TEC, we have been looking at ways of making it easier for people with a whole range of disabilities to work for us. A couple of livewires

Business editor RON GODFREY meets two young men heading for the stars... Yorkshire on a plate

Good enough to eat! Yorkshire Tourist Board took a 'nouvelle' approach to the launch of its Group Operators Guide 2000/2001 at the British Travel Trade Fair. Conveyancing by Internet?

An anonymous major law firm is putting out feelers to set up an online conveyancing operation in York. It could mean hundreds of new jobs. But are the city's conventional law firms happy about this potential high tech newcomer on their patch? Emma Harrison finds out. Commitment key to award

Commer Inns, the Tadcaster-based pub operating company has named brewing giant Carlsberg-Tetley its Supplier of the Year in recognition of its excellent service throughout 1999. Sound of success for Ian

Sound plays a big part in near-blind Ian Wood's life. Now it's his business. Can you afford to live anywhere but Yorkshire?

Homebuyers in the Yorkshire region are spending 22.7 per cent of their take-home pay on their mortgage - compared with the 48.8 per cent that was spent at the peak of the last housing boom in 1989. Merger of old firms and new technology

Two of York's oldest established law firms, Ware & Peters and Newbald & Kay will merge on April 1 - and herald a huge investment in Internet technology. Is this Internet hype a threat to homeworkers?

Dire warnings on becoming 'too wired' in the past few weeks have come from no less authorities than the Stanford Institute for the Quantitative Study of Society (SIQSS) in the US, and our very own George Carey.

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