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Luck of the draw and women win Las Vegas trip

Jenny Walker (left) and Lynn Chang get ready for their adventure to Las Vegas

9:42am Wednesday 1st September 2010

Staff at the same West Yorkshire group of opticians have won two of only six five star trips to Las Vegas in a national competition run by one of the firm’s suppliers.

Stars line up to help charity shoot-out

A child takes a shot at goal watched by staff and volunteers from the charity committee and Wildfire@Barnado’s at Elland Road

9:40am Wednesday 1st September 2010

Business and sporting professionals are set to clash in a good cause.

Drive for sales is under way

Tim Marlow

2:25pm Tuesday 31st August 2010

Car retailers are gearing up for a surge in sales of new vehicles as drivers seek to be among the first to own the new ‘60’ registration plate – and beat the impending rise in VAT next January.

Tools producer in gear for an upturn

8:37am Thursday 5th August 2010

A further £2.5m is to be invested in ensuring that the West Yorkshire-based machine tools producer the 600 Group is in shape to take full advantage of a predicted upturn in demand.

New appointments beef up agency team

From the left, Gemma Casey, Lucy Bates, Chris Duffin, Claire Smith and James O’Shaughnessy, who have all got posts at Word & Pictures communications agency

9:04am Wednesday 4th August 2010

Five new appointments have been made at award-winning Otley-based corporate communications agency Words & Pictures, taking the team to around 40.

Losses up to £76m at Findel

6:25pm Tuesday 20th July 2010

Losses before tax at home shopping group Findel rose to more than £76m in the year to April 20, 2010.

'Small beer? No, we're expanding' says ambitious Pool-in-Wharfedale brewery

Otley MP Greg Mulholland (centre) with (from left) Dhiraj Pujari, Stephen Bullock, Nigel Jowett, Martin Kellaway, Samantha Major and Ian Smith

11:14am Monday 19th July 2010

The boss of a small brewery has outlined ambitious growth plans that could see his company’s turnover triple in the next four years.

Ilkley firm on track to deliver capital's rail redevelopment

How the new Kings Cross concourse will look

10:46am Wednesday 14th July 2010

An Ilkley-based group is playing a leading part in the redevelopment of London’s King’s Cross station, from where mainline rail services operate to West Yorkshire.

Car dealer riding high after £14m deal

Tim Marlow

11:25am Monday 12th July 2010

Securing funding for a £350,000 Porsche and a £265,000 Rolls Royce helped Yorkshire’s luxury car finance specialist return record half-year figures for 2010.

Zenith staff clock up long service

MP Stuart Andrew with some of the staff

11:28am Monday 12th July 2010

An MP congratulated staff at Calverley-based Zenith Provecta for clocking up a total of 160 years long service.






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