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Business News for 31 January 2008

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‘200 years of history vanished in minutes’

Jan 31 2008

A COLNE Valley firm which has supplied the textile trade for more than two centuries has collapsed with the loss of more than 40 jobs....

Leading the way by going east

Jan 31 2008

A FIRM in Huddersfield carrying out customer satisfaction surveys has opened two new overseas offices....

ROCKIN’ ALL OVER THE WORLD

Jan 31 2008

A NURSERY goods firm based in Huddersfield has opened another store in the Middle East....

Plastics firm bought

Jan 31 2008

A LIVERSEDGE firm has been bought by its management for an undisclosed sum....

Shell sparks row over excess profit

Jan 31 2008

OIL giant Royal Dutch Shell today sparked fresh anger over excessive profits after revealing it made £13.9bn in 2007 – a new record for a UK company....

Competitive sales

Jan 31 2008

RETAILER WH Smith delivered trading figures in line with forecasts today – helped by strong sales at shops based at airports and railway stations....

Failure increase

Jan 31 2008

INSOLVENCY specialist Begbies Traynor said it had dealt with a big rise in business failures since the credit crunch – and forecast more to come this year....