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New funding for Leeds business sector announced

Leeds businesses stand to gain a big global boost, following the announcement of £2.4 million of new funding for promoting the city worldwide.

Yorkshire Forward is to give the extra money to help firmly establish the business hub as a major centre for financial services and other professions, the Yorkshire Evening ...

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Thursday 02 July 09

PMI strengthens in June

The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose from 45.4 in May to 47.0 in June, according to new official figures.

Hopes that the UK economy is on the road to recovery will have been strengthened by the news - although analysts were quick to point to the fact that output remains weak.

Actual ...

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Wednesday 01 July 09

Nobody should be 'too big to fail', Bank deputy says

A deputy at the Bank of England has called for increased controls in the UK banking sector.

Paul Tucker, deputy governor for financial stability, said that no bank should be ’too big to fail’ and that improved measures promoting the ’orderly wind down’ of failing financial firms should be implemented.

Among these ...

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Wednesday 01 July 09

OECD tracks inflation rates

Inflation rates are comparatively higher in Britain than in other developed countries, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has said.

Analysis of various consumer price indices for May have shown the UK near the top of the pile, as other economies slide closer to deflation conditions.

The OECD pointed out ...

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Wednesday 01 July 09

Manchester meeting brings together listed firms

The head of the London Stock Exchange Group headed to Manchester yesterday in order to check out local businesses.

Xavier Rolet met with senior executives from the city’s AIM-listed biotech firm Epistem, Leeds-based Straight plc, Rochdale’s Vindon Healthcare and Sheffield’s Zoo Digital.

The trip reflects the nationwide reach of the AIM index, ...

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Tuesday 30 June 09

Brown signals future financial regulations

Future plans for private banking services regulation in the UK were unveiled yesterday by the prime minister.

Gordon Brown promised a ’more diverse’ financial services sector, in the wake of the credit crunch and economic downturn.

The proposals also affirmed the place of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as the ...

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