November 30, 2009 / Yorkshire / Ian Briggs
THE news that Yorkshire Water is to move 500 staff to the Clarence Dock development in Leeds will hopefully be the catalyst for a scheme that has so far promised much but failed to deliver. One of ou
November 27, 2009 / Events, North West, Sport, TheBusinessDesk.com News / Chris Barry
THE seemingly troubled 2018 England World Cup bid team at least has one easy decision to make in the next month. As the FA honchos – led by former Manchester United commercial director Andy Anson
November 27, 2009 / Manufacturing, North West, TheBusinessDesk.com News / Chris Barry
IN what is often seen as a mad world, it’s rare that a straight-forward business decision is made without political influence or interference. So well done to Nick Reilly, the General Motors ex
November 26, 2009 / TheBusinessDesk.com News, Yorkshire / Ian Briggs
LIKE a real football match, there are going to be plenty of cheers, groans, oohs and aahs in the coming weeks as Yorkshire waits on the decision to discover which cities will host World Cup games sh
November 25, 2009 / SME, TheBusinessDesk.com News / Anastasia Weiner
It may be a digital sector world leader but the UK is depressingly lack lustre when it comes to broadband speeds. So it’s with some envy (mine and the ROW) that South Yorkshire will soon boast gua
November 20, 2009 / TheBusinessDesk.com News / Anastasia Weiner
Fraud has leapt to the top of the corporate agenda in recent months as firms scrutinize their financial transactions and profitability on a granular level. Before now, most corporate fraud was attribu
November 18, 2009 / Economics, Enterprise, North West / Chris Barry
I have to confess to have been a little taken aback this week by a survey from training company Winning Pitch which ranked the North West behind six other UK regions as a place where dynamic growing b
November 17, 2009 / TheBusinessDesk.com News, Yorkshire / David Parkin
THERE’S a new game being played by Yorkshire’s top business people whenever they meet up these days. I call it Fantasy Chairman and I’ve even attempted to indulge in it myself. Don’t w
November 12, 2009 / Uncategorized / Ian Briggs
HANDS up if you were at the CIPR Pride Yorkshire & Humber PRide Awards last night and you woke up this morning with a sore head and aching joints? I bet the majority of the 300-plus audience woul
November 11, 2009 / Events, SME, TheBusinessDesk.com News / Anastasia Weiner
Awards dinners are invariably stuffy affairs until the shiny gongs have been awarded and short-listed entrants feel confident enough to celebrate or drown their sorrows. The deliciouslyorkshire awar