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Clough & Co welcomes fall in insolvency figures

THE number of people falling into insolvency in Yorkshire fell last year, according to latest figures.Read

FACEBOOK FOUNDER’S A BILLION DOLLAR MAN

FACEBOOK co-creator Mark Zuckerberg has pocketed more than a billion US dollars – £630m – after one of the biggest US stock market flotations.Read

Fitness First secures deal with its lenders

HEALTH club group Fitness First has unveiled a debt deal with its lenders.Read

Wet weather dampens building supplier sales

BUILDING materials supplier SIG reported weaker sales in the UK as the wettest April since records began hit the group’s roofing business.Read

BrightPool survey says more finance jobs outside London

MORE than half of all new financial services jobs are now based outside London – up from about 20% before the credit crunch, according to a survey.Read

Steel firm profits fall

INDIAN firm Tata Steel, which has operations in the UK, recorded a larger-than-expected drop in quarterly profit.Read

Pub food provides lift for brewer Marston’s

BREWER Marston’s toasted higher profits as special offers on food boosted sales at its pubs.Read

‘Significant’ increase in restaurant takings

THE owner of restaurant chains Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito revealed a “significant uplift” in sales.Read

STAND-IN BOSS SPELLS OUT AVIVA’S PRIORITIES

THE financial performance that prompted Aviva shareholders to oust chief executive Andrew Moss has been laid bare in the firm’s latest figures.Read

Telecoms group rings up improved earnings

A BROADBAND firm dogged by service problems signalled that the worst was over as it more than doubled its annual profits and stemmed customer losses.Read

Speedy Hire returns to the black

EQUIPMENT rental firm Speedy Hire returned to the black for the year to the end of March – with underlying pre-tax profits of £3.2m against losses of £27m the previous year.Read

Beauty sales lift at Boots

A MILD winter for coughs and colds and pressure on prescription income failed to prevent Alliance Boots lifting profits in UK health and beauty.Read

BDO survey finds firms unhappy with Government support

FEWER than a third of Yorkshire firms think the Government is pursuing the right strategies to back UK manufacturing.Read

SSE hit by costs hike and slump in demand

ENERGY firm SSE said profits from its domestic supply operation fell by 21% over the last year as it battled higher costs and falling consumption.Read

Greggs seeks end to pasty tax ‘confusion’

THE boss of bakery chain Greggs has stepped up his fight against the “completely confusing” pasty tax.Read

Disney film draws the Bank Holiday crowds

DISNEY’S Avengers superhero movie and a wet Bank Holiday weekend proved the perfect combination for the UK’s largest cinema operator.Read

Glaxo in control

DRUGS giant GlaxoSmithKline will assume full control of protein technology company Cellzome following an offer worth £61m for the shares it does not already own.Read

Markets unsettled by Greek election move

PLANS for fresh elections in crisis-torn Greece derailed markets – as relief that the eurozone had dodged recession proved short-lived.Read

Enterprise Inns raises £264m with sell-offs

THE UK’s biggest pub landlord said it had largely completed plans to dispose of a major chunk of its estate – after raising £264m from the sale of more than 1,000 venues over two years.Read

Olympic security jobs bid

AS many as 100,000 people have expressed interest in the 10,000 security jobs being made available at the London Olympics, according to security giant G4S.Read