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Alternative to hotel is key idea for mill

Andrew Mason, of Newmason Properties, with Jo Brown

6:27pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Providing an alternative to hotels for business travellers is paying off for the property firm behind an award-winning mill conversion.

Catering recruiter buy-out to serve up trade

Paul Briscoe (left), head of catering services for Javelin North & South, and John Patrick managing director of Javelin Supply Chain

9:30am Tuesday 9th February 2010

Booming catering opportunities in Bradford are expected to boost a West Yorkshire industrial recruitment firm which has acquired a specialist food sector jobs specialist.

Dealers gearing up for improved sales

John Tordoff and online marketing manager Charlotte Murray

9:20am Tuesday 9th February 2010

An independent Bradford motor dealership which was saved from closure by its present owner has marked its second anniversary by announcing plans to expand.

Catherine gets backing

Steven Gash and Nigel Bullas of Clough & Company with Catherine Berry

8:20pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

A local accountancy firm is sponsoring a mountaineering challenge in memory of a former managing partner.

Campaign group urge release of Bradford & Bingley details

David Blundell

10:18am Monday 8th February 2010

Campaigners fighting to win compensation for former Bradford & Bingley shareholders are demanding the release of information about the bank’s nationalisation in September.

Journey by car sparks novel idea!

Christine Madeley with her grandaughter Marielle

10:22am Monday 8th February 2010

Exasperating journeys between Bradford and Hertfordshire were part of the regular grind for finance broker Keith Madeley – but years later they could prove to be the route to success.

Clothes shop jobs are in jeopardy

6:40pm Monday 8th February 2010

Jobs at several West Yorkshire clothing shops are at risk after the parent company was put into administration for the second time in two years.

Bank on track for growth all round

Santander UK chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio

8:23am Friday 5th February 2010

Santander bumped up pre-tax profits by 30 per cent and captured more of the UK banking market after seeing a rise in new bank accounts and mortgage lending last year.

Jean comes up with the winning recipe

Jean Boyle with another batch of biscuits

8:27am Friday 5th February 2010

When it comes to edible art, Jean Boyle takes the biscuit.

Pledge to keep fighting

Iain Cornish

8:23am Thursday 4th February 2010

A campaign by building societies to change the rules governing compensation for savers in failed institutions, which they say could force up mortgage charges, is to be stepped up.

Bradford company blazing trail across world

One of the company’s aerodynamic double-deck trailers

8:26am Thursday 4th February 2010

A specialist trailer manufacturer is bouncing back after seeing its turnover fall by half last year at the height of the recession.

Hospital focuses on future with new owners

Paul Cowling, managing director of Optegra Eye Hospitals, with Ian Johnston, chairman of Yorkshire Eye Hospital in Apperley Bridge, which has been acquired by the Surrey-based group

8:33am Wednesday 3rd February 2010

The new owners of a specialist private eye hospital in Bradford has pledged initial investment of more than £1m to continue its expansion.

Former Morrisons chief's 'golden hello'

Marc Bolland

8:38am Wednesday 3rd February 2010

Former Morrisons boss Marc Bolland will take over as chief executive of Marks & Spencer on May 1 with a basic salary of £975,000 and a “golden hello” worth £3.9m in shares.

Richard moves up to MD role

Richard moves up to MD role

8:35am Wednesday 3rd February 2010

Richard Carr has been promoted to managing director of independent insurance brokers JM Glendinning Life and Pensions Ltd.



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