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1:25pm Thursday 20th October 2011
BUSINESSMAN Mike Bailey has picked up a coveted accolade from the Entrepreneur’s Circle private business club for his Bury-based finance company, which he only launched two months ago.
10:02am Thursday 20th October 2011
THE managing director of Senior Hargreaves, Kevin White, has retired after 40 years with the Bury ventilation ductwork specialists.
9:59am Thursday 15th September 2011
TWO Bury businesses have collaborated on a new Twitter display system for a potentially global market.
2:10pm Wednesday 14th September 2011
Most of us don’t want to think about dying and so it is perhaps no surprise to learn that in a survey conducted by the Office of Fair Trading in February 2010, one in three people said that they did not have a Will.
11:00am Wednesday 17th August 2011
Inflation can cause havoc for your personal finances as it erodes the real value of our money over time. Not surprisingly, research shows that as many as nine out of 10 people are worried about the effects it can have on their money (Source: Post Office Savings, June 2011). Inflation may have dipped slightly in June, but it is significantly above the 2 per cent target set by the Bank of England. It could yet rise above the 5 per cent barrier once the widely anticipated energy price hikes are taken into account later in the year.
3:39pm Wednesday 13th July 2011
HMRC is ratcheting up its crack down on people who try to avoid paying tax. It is spreading its net wide.
3:31pm Monday 13th June 2011
Raising a child is a costly business - nappies, clothes, pocket money and school trips are just the tip of the iceberg. A recent survey indicated that by the time your child has reached 18 you would have spent an average of £10,040 per year on their upbringing (Source: Daily Telegraph, March 2011). It doesn’t get any easier once they reach adulthood age. The chances are high that they will need financial help to pay towards university tuition fees, a gap year, or getting a foot on the property ladder.
1:43pm Thursday 26th May 2011
BURY-based law firm Butcher and Barlow LLP continues to expand after joining forces with Hough and Co Solicitors.
9:05am Wednesday 18th May 2011
It is estimated that more than 5.5m Britons have moved to live or work overseas in the past decade
11:39am Thursday 7th April 2011
A BURY-based major international provider of proficiency testing services has consolidated its roots in the town by opening a new 19,500 sq ft building.
