Sale sees Sue coining it in

A woman who took over a York software company and expanded it into an £18.5 million turnover operation has sold it to an outside bidder, it was disclosed today. John wins top award - thanks to the 'customer from hell'

If you are going to dazzle the consumer from hell with your customer service ability then you've got to be good. Tax: get a move on pay the penalty

They counted them all out but they haven't counted them all back. Air wars to take to the air waves?

Stand by for Blah Wars as competing groups of top business people square up to each other to control the radio waves over Yorkshire. Newsquest link with Freeserve

Newsquest plc, the largest publisher of regional newspapers in England, including The Evening Press, has acquired a 9.9 per cent issue of share capital of Freeserve Auctions Ltd, operators of Internet network provider Freeserve's person-to-person and merchant-to-person auction service. Warning on new competition laws

Stand by - the most radical overhaul of UK Competition Law since the introduction of the Restrictive Trades Practices Act 1956 will be brought in on March 1, 2000. No secrets at The Hawkhills

Ron Godfrey visits a once-secret but now oh-so-public training business which deals with the ultimate in crisis management for bosses Which way now for a troubled Spirit?

Who will eventually spirit away the ailing Northern Spirit rail franchise? Business editor Ron Godfrey analyses the dilemma faced by Arriva which has offered to pay its debts Appointments: People on the move

Patrick Mee's ability to manage change is the reason why he has been appointed as operations director of Massingberd Group Plc, one of Yorkshire's longest-established independent car retail organisations.

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