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Funding boost to spark expansion

A POTTERY firm is planning to expand after securing extra funding.

Hudsons Fine Bone China, in Longton, was created last year by the former management of the manufacturer Hudson & Middleton, which fell into administration.

It was provided with £75,000 of funding from the finance firm Davenham Trade Finance. And now the asset-based lender has agreed to expand the...

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Vision for town has new shops in store

VISION: Top, an artist's impression of the proposed Scarborough Development Group scheme in Congleton. Above, Princess Street. Below, Gordon Baxendale.

THIS is how Congleton could look if new plans are given the go-ahead. A planning application has been submitted by Scarborough Development Group (SDG), which bought the three-acre town centre site from...

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Mobile firm to axe 375 jobs

MOBILE phone giant Vodafone is cutting 375 jobs across the country. More than 500 positions will go, mainly in back office functions, but 170 customer service and sales jobs are to be created and 50 additional graduates are being taken on. The Newbury-based...

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Gearing up for bumper numbers of tourists

VIEW TO DIE FOR: Tourist officer Debby  Pepper stands in front of  the Roaches.

TOURISM chiefs hope the hills will be alive with the sound of visitors as the holiday season is launched in the Moorlands. Tourist Information Centre managers predict a bumper season because of the high...

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Have a Google at your street

Have a Google at your street

VISITORS will be able to tour hundreds of miles without leaving their homes by logging on to a virtual street-level map created by Google. The search engine giant will tonight launch an expansion of its...

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How to complain about phone companies

Cause for concern:  Automated systems make it difficult to get queries answered

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Budget set for 24 March, Brown confirms

Finishing touches: Chancellor Alistair Darling will deliver the Budget.

Gordon Brown has confirmed that the crucial pre-election Budget will be delivered on March 24.

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Northern Rock cuts losses but arrears rise

Rock steady: The nationalised bank has reduced losses.

Northern Rock is cutting the losses from its 'toxic loans' but today reported that arrears on its infamous 100%-plus mortgages are rising.

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Office space

Offices

The Daily Mail City team explains why commercial property firms are seeing a surge in demand for office space, despite the ongoing economic instability.

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​Eurotunnel mulls Frankurt to London link

Expansion: London could run to Frankfurt in future

German transport operator Deutsche Bahn is in talks with Eurotunnel about running high speed trains through the channel tunnel to link Europe's two main financial centres, Frankfurt and London.

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