Business
Last chance for green awards bid
Published 9 May 2008
TODAY is the last chance for businesses to enter a competition to find Cumbria’s top green firms.
Cash boost for railway
Published 9 May 2008
NEW cash could be pumped into rail services in west Cumbria as part of a Network Rail strategy.
ENGINEERING A RECRUITMENT SOLUTION
Published 9 May 2008
ENGINEERING experts and business leaders have launched a drive encouraging young people to become engineers.
Next sales down 3.9%
Published 8 May 2008
NEXT, the clothing and housewares retailer, announced first quarter results this morning which reflected the current weak consumer spending.
top award for coach firm
Published 8 May 2008
REAYS Coaches of Cumbria won a top award at the company’s debut at the prestigious UK Coach Rally.
Chances of crashing are in the stars
Published 8 May 2008
YOUR star sign can affect the chances of you having a car crash, a study claims.
Insolvency figures up
Published 3 May 2008
THE number of people declared insolvent rose for the first time in more than a year during the first quarter, Government figures show.
House prices continue to fall
Published 3 May 2008
HOUSE prices continued their downward trend during April with the average cost of a home falling by 1.3 per cent, Britain’s biggest mortgage lender said.
Long hours hit workers’ social lives
Published 3 May 2008
WORKERS are missing out on exercise, cooking, relaxing and relationships because of the UK’s long hours culture, according to a new report.
Property market in doldrums
Published 2 May 2008
REAL estate group Hammerson painted a gloomy picture of its UK market today after revealing further falls in property values and an easing in City of London rents as banks cut staff numbers because of the credit crunch.
Building up business
Published 2 May 2008
THE owner of building trade supplier Howden Joinery, which has workshops in Workington, Whitehaven and Barrow, saw shares jump today after it pulled off a “minor miracle” with a 5.9 per cent rise in sales.
Excellence rewarded
Published 1 May 2008
THE finalists for this year’s Excellence in Cumbria skills awards have been announced.
DIY firm is sold – to another family
Published 1 May 2008
ONE of west Cumbria’s best known family businesses has been sold.
‘Beacon of excellence’
Published 30 April 2008
WEST Cumbria’s new £20m nuclear training academy will be a “beacon of excellence” for the industry, its chief executive has claimed.
Real ale helps improve trade
Published 30 April 2008
PUB chain JD Wetherspoon has said real ale drinkers helped offset some of the pain caused by rising costs and testing trading conditions.
Tesco goods to show CO2 emissions
Published 30 April 2008
SUPERMARKET chain Tesco has announced that a range of its own-brand products will carry labels showing the size of the goods’ carbon footprints.
£7bn profits for oil giants
Published 29 April 2008
OIL giants Royal Dutch Shell and BP made combined profits in excess of £7 billion during the first three months of this year, figures showed today.
Lovell’s helping hand
Published 29 April 2008
FIRST-time buyers can get a helping hand onto the property ladder on one of Carlisle’s newest housing developments.
