 | A lack of support ‘holds back young’ | | 5:35pm today | | A lack of support for Yorkshire's budding entrepreneurs is damaging the region's economy, according to youth charity The Prince's Trust
A report marking 25 years of the Trust's Business Programme reveals that more than a third of young people in Yorkshire would like to start their own business, but fewer than six per cent have actually done it. |
| Shares fall as bank u-turns over funding | | 2:27am Thursday 15th May 2008 | | Shares in Bradford & Bingley plunged to a record low after the mortgage bank did a U-turn and announced an emergency funding bid aimed at raising £300m. |
| Cloth firms are now joined at the seams | | 4:53am Wednesday 14th May 2008 | | Two worsted cloth makers have joined forces at a time when demand for Yorks-hire cloth is riding high in world export markets. |
| Timber firm’s store site is cleared | | 10:05pm Tuesday 13th May 2008 | | A timber merchant has taken the opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to Bradford after its former DIY store was demolished. |
 | Pace wins BT box contract | | 11:39am Tue 13 May 08 | | Saltaire-based Pace Group, the world's third largest maker of digital TV boxes, has scooped a major contract with BT which will bring advanced viewing options to around three million viewers. |
| £9m deal is boost for firm | | 5:44am Tuesday 13th May 2008 | | The travel arrangements of thousands of civil servants are to be handled by a Bradford-based company that has landed two new contracts worth £9m. |
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