September 29, 2010 / Property, West Midlands / Marc Reeves
[caption id="attachment_750" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The vision for Paradise Forum, as envisioned in the Big City Plan"][/caption] In Catherine O'Flynn's brilliant new novel The
August 26, 2010 / Enterprise, Property, TheBusinessDesk.com News, Yorkshire / David Parkin
HE was the East Yorkshire boy who stayed at home to build a business when his partners, swashbuckling Lords-to-be Hanson and White, set sail with their Hanson Trust conglomerate for the gold-paved str
March 19, 2010 / Events, Property / David Parkin
ENGLAND'S big cities have been involved in a battle royale at MIPIM this week, slugging it out for recognition at the international property conference. This annual shindig in Cannes is often portr
December 9, 2009 / Economics, Enterprise, Manufacturing, North West, Property, Retail, SME, TheBusinessDesk.com News, Yorkshire / David Parkin
WHEN the biggest cheer from MPs during the Pre- Budget Report was reserved for a reduction in bingo duty, you know times are hard. Chancellor Alistair Darling’s 40-minute speech today showed a po
November 6, 2009 / North West, Property, TheBusinessDesk.com News / James Graham
I'm standing three feet away from John Whittaker, a kind of modern day version of those hirsute industrialists of yore. Whittaker doesn't make stuff or build railways and bridges, but his ambitions ar