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Stories for 22 August 2000

York Business

If you want to get ahead...

When the woman who created a milliner's miracle throws her hat into the ring of the Evening Press Business Awards 2000, RON GODFREY, business editor, takes notice.  more...

Confidence higher in Yorkshire

BUSINESS confidence in Yorkshire is better than the national average.  more...

Investors holiday bonanza?

SELL in May and go away is the old adage - but for how long?  more...

Wheeling and dealing...

RICH chairman Jim Porteous revealed that members have agreed to invest in Pace Micro Technology and Phytopharm plc as well as the `hot tip',Turbo Genset.  more...

Bid to boost city's forgotten `Quarter'

A FORGOTTEN part of York's commercial heart is stirring afresh thanks to the to the hard work and enthusiasm of local traders.  more...

Demand for commercial property falling

A TOP level survey says that business demand for property is flattening nationally due to a more subdued economy.  more...

York firm wins show contract

A YORK company has won the £2.25 million contract to build the new exhibition hall at the Great Yorkshire Showground.  more...

Staff awarded certificates

LEADING York-based building services company Shepherd Engineering Services (SES) has awarded certificates to all 16 staff who successfully completed stage one of the company's Continuing Professional Development Programme.  more...

Printing site refurbishment

YORK printers and label manufacturers Sessions is employing fellow Huntington company Guildford Construction to undertake a £200,000 refurbishment of its site.  more...

Evening Press Business Awards 2000 - Join the queue!

THEY are queuing up to enter our Evening Press Business Awards 2000.  more...

JWE set to be biggest in Britain!

AN expanding East Yorkshire company is approaching its goal of becoming the UK's biggest telecommunications supplier of its kind, its chief executive has declared following a big take-over announcement.  more...

United they stand

AN established York insurance broker and a new financial advisory partnership plan to link arms together under a new roof in the city.  more...

Harvest-time blues

This year harvest time is tougher and more different now than in many years gone by. ROB SIMPSON, of the Yorkshire and North East National Farmers Union, explains why  more...

Farm prices continue to tumble

IN spite of a fall in farmland values nationally, farmers in North Yorkshire "are generally hesitant about committing to sell and are watching and waiting. Despite falling incomes and poor prospects, lenders are still very competitive."  more...

What the future holds after those exam results

It's exam results time, but the training isn't over, says DAVID HARBOURNE, chief executive of North Yorkshire TEC.  more...

Buy-out puts company on firm footing

MONTHS-long uncertainty over the future of £3 million turnover Kelan Circuits Ltd of Boroughbridge has ended in a management buy-out steered by a York legal practice.   more...

York firm flies the flag

The Kelan buy-out is yet another feather in the cap for solicitors' practice Denison Till which appears to be striking a series of mighty blows for professional services in York.  more...

Training advisors strike national deal

YORK-based training advisors have clinched a deal with the UK's leading office supplies company.  more...

Still time to enter

WHY don't you enter your venture in the Evening Press Business Awards 2000?  more...

York Leisure

Bear caught in star warp trap

Star Wars: Rogue Planet by Greg Bear (Century, £15.99)  more...

Tale of terrorism reads like fact

The Covenant by Jeff Gulvin, (Orion, £9.99)  more...

`Pew-tested' books are such a blessing

Noah's Ark, by Georgie Adams, pictures by Anna C. Leplar, Orion Children's Books (£4.50) and God's Kingdom, Stories From The New Testament retold by Geraldine McCaughrean (Orion Children's Books, £8.99)   more...

Yorkshire in all its glory

Stephen Lewis browses through a clutch of new books from and about the delights and oddities of the White Rose county.  more...

York News

Look...Ouse watching

In the second of our occasional summer series of tales from the riverbank,   more...

Cash boost for city's homeless

PROJECTS to help people sleeping rough in York to settle in "normal" housing have received a £240,000 boost, the Government announced today (Tue).  more...

Firms which promised free holidays are wound up

THE Government has moved to wind up two holiday companies which enticed hundreds of North and East Yorkshire residents to sales promotions with the promise of a free holiday.  more...

Gangshow hit by vandals

VANDALS doused scenery and costumes in paint after breaking into a store room used by York Scouts and Guides to prepare for their annual show.  more...

Unique prize for York big race

THE winner of Thursday's big race at York will gain a truly unique prize to keep the memory of the day forever fresh.  more...

Castle Howard concert under fire

MANAGERS at Castle Howard are seeking talks with the promoter of a major open-air concert event following complaints from disappointed music fans.  more...

Sky's the limit for competitors

EVENING Press photographer David Harrison took to the skies today to take these stunning pictures of contestants preparing for the Ordnance Survey UK National Ballooning Championships.  more...

US museum in attack on riverside shops plan

YORK'S Coppergate Riverside scheme has come under attack from an American museum dedicated to preserving the history of the Jewish people.  more...

Rise in number of calls to Samaritans

THE York branch of the Samaritans is itself urgently in need of help - to cope with a big jump in calls to the line.  more...

Geography students map out new website

GEOGRAPHY is often seen as the poor relation to heavyweight subjects like maths and English in the school lesson stakes.  more...

Rip-off cone left me icy

While Flash Gordon was making his first trip to Mars in 20-minute episodes on Saturday morning matinees, shopping trolleys were being introduced in Oklahoma's supermarkets, and Britain's Mallard locomotive and Cockney runner Sydney Wooderson were breaking track records, I was an early beach boy living in Southend-on-Sea, the Blackpool-like Essex resort.   more...

Come over - the racing's great!

YORK racecourse officials put out an urgent invitation to the nation's celebrities and punters today: "Come on over - the weather's fine!"  more...

Plea from LA to preserve Clifford's Tower

I WORK in a Los Angeles museum dedicated to the preservation of and the teaching about the history of the Jewish people as part of world history.   more...

York DJ in Big Brother sacking shock

A RED-FACED radio station has had to reinstate one of its presenters sacked in a Big Brother-style publicity stunt.  more...

Justify their rises

I AM considering withholding my community charge payments until council officers explain and justify, in public, increases in councillors' `allowances' when community workers such as street cleaners, bin men, hospital cleaners, porters, cooks, school caretakers and kitchen staff, who are all essential to our community health and welfare, are overworked and underpaid.   more...

Drama as dad breaks leg at rocks

LITTLE Sam Broadley is a hero to his family - and especially to his dad.  more...

Nasty niffs fury

YOUR article `Nasty niffs' (August 17) had me reeling in disbelief.  more...

Woman denies killing on bridge

A NORTH Yorkshire woman is to stand trial at Hull Crown Court after denying a charge of manslaughter.  more...

Council CD is waste

THE generous City of York Council has just sent me a free CD about democracy and voting in York.   more...

Concorde should fly

Concorde should not be grounded. If the French had swept the runway clear of debris the awful accident would not have happened.   more...

Supercool Sam

SAM Broadley demonstrated remarkable composure in a crisis. Although only five-years-old, he showed no signs of panic when he was left to look after dad Steve and baby sister Selina when Steve broke his leg at Brimham Rocks.  more...

Turning tide of homelessness

WHEN it comes to the homelessness problem most of us have chosen to walk by on the other side. Yes, we felt sorry for those figures huddled in shop doorways, particularly on an icy night. But we were not moved enough to do anything about it.   more...

York Sport

Winning trio set for showcase showdown

Three Oaks winners are set to meet tomorrow in what promises to be one of the highlights of York's three-day Festival.  more...

Barry's back

BARRY Jones is back in business.  more...

Boro on the brink

SCARBOROUGH take the field tonight knowing that their Nationwide Conference clash with Morecambe could be their very last.  more...

Potter moulded in Stoke

YORK City's former Stoke player, Graham Potter, is relishing tonight's match against his old club, believing a bout of underdog status could help kick-start the Minstermen's season, writes Peter Martini.  more...

Jones set for Munich place

MATTHEW Jones is set to play through the pain barrier to help Leeds towards their dream of playing in the Champions' League.  more...

Mooring into last sixteen

PAUL Mooring steered his York team into the last 16 of the Yoplait Men's All England Bowls Fours Championship at Worthing last night.  more...

GB call on Hawxby for French trip

YORK'S top Du-Athlete Colin Hawxby, pictured above, will come up against the world's best in October.  more...

York stumble as trio keep up the pressure

Of the four top clubs in division one of the Tyke Petroleum Men's Tennis League, only York I failed to win.   more...

Escrick come out on top in promotion race

ESCRICK have snatched the second promotion place in division ten of the IT Sports York and District Mixed Tennis League behind unbeaten champions Bubwith after finishing with a winning flourish to their season.  more...

Wigginton snap up the title

WIGGINTON have been crowned division four champions in the Fulford Ladies Invitation League.  more...

Dunnington into last four

DUNNINGTON A scored a narrow 47-46 away victory over Wilberfoss in the Graham Wykes York and District Tennis League's handicap knockout quarter-finals.  more...

Former winners clash head on

The showdown for the York John Smith's Ladies League individual competition championship is between Michelle Britton (Wenlock) and Angie Hields (City Arms), writes Dave Fotheringham.  more...

Howarth for England

YORK City's teenage goalkeeper Russ Howarth has earned another England call-up.   more...

  
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