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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Sep 2015

Sheffield City Region manufacturers must push on with ambitious growth

Reading Time • 2 minsFollowing the latest Manufacturing Top 50 for the Sheffield City Region (SCR), it is encouraging to see so many companies engaged in advanced manufacturing and innovation...
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Reading Time | 2 mins 16 Sep 2015

Changes in the manufacturing sector – Top 50

Reading Time • 2 minsWith an overall drop in profits across this year’s Top 50 Manufacturers, in part caused by the margins of manufacturing companies being squeezed, it is clear that ensuring tax charges are minimised will be even more important.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 11 Sep 2015

Confidence is returning to the market

Reading Time • 2 minsWhen you see the Chancellor on the news visiting a construction site adorned in a hi-vis jacket and hard hat you realise that what often follows is the release of positive economic data. But why does the Chancellor choose to deliver his message in this way?
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Reading Time | 2 mins 10 Sep 2015

Sheffield City Region businesses on the up

Reading Time • 2 minsFrom its inception in 2008 the purpose of our Rapid Growth Survey has been to highlight those businesses within the Sheffield City Region whose vision, energy and determination has generated substantial growth
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Reading Time | < 1 min 05 Aug 2015

What did the Summer Budget offer technology businesses?

Reading Time • < 1 minFollowing pre-election pledges to make the UK “the technology centre of Europe,” what did the first Conservative Budget in 18 years actually offer technology businesses?
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Reading Time | 3 mins 27 Jul 2015

The Importance of Business Development

Reading Time • 3 minsDuring my experience of marketing and business development over the last 19 years, I have witnessed the usual peaks and...
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Reading Time | 2 mins 08 Jul 2015

Summer Budget 2015 – an initial view

Reading Time • 2 minsAn overview of the key measures announced in the Summer Budget 2015
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Reading Time | 2 mins 25 Jun 2015

How to avoid growing pains in business expansion

Reading Time • 2 minsEvery month First for Business shares the Dream Team's answers to the questions on your minds. We want to share Partner Lisa Leighton's answers with you.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 May 2015

North Yorkshire – the land of opportunity

Reading Time • 2 minsAt a time where confidence in the Northern Powerhouse is growing and our neighbours in South and West Yorkshire have successfully attained devolution deals, the business landscape looks encouraging for North Yorkshire.
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