In Brief: Owls ‘agree’ bank deal; EMIS gets green light; Hunters expands again; and more
SHEFFIELD Wednesday is understood to have reached an agreement with its bank to pay HM Revenue & Customs and avert the threat of a winding-up petition.
The Co-operative Bank has agreed to fund a payment of £780,000, the amount sought under the winding-up petition – to HMRC.
The club’s total tax bill is thought to be £1.1m.
The deal is expected to lead to the winding-up petition being struck out at today’s High Court hearing over the matter.
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EMIS, the Yorkshire healthcare software group, has been given the go-ahead to roll out its new IT system.
The Emis Web system, which links GPs and other health professionals, is now being expanded by the Leeds-based AIM-listed company after winning approval from NHS Connecting for Health, the programme which controls NHS investment in IT.
The service, which electronically connects GPs with professionals giveing them access to patients’ health records, has been deployed at seven GP sites in England and 141 orders have already been placed from practices.
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YORK-based independent estate agency Hunters has established a new office in Peterborough.
The move follows an agreement with Peterborough-based lettings agency Maison Lettings which wanted to expand into a full-service estate agency.
The new town-centre premises will trade as Hunters of York.
The owners, businessmen Wahid Rehman and Shahid Anwar, have appointed estate agent Mandy Ruff as office manager.
Kevin Hollinrake, managing director of Hunters Property Group, said: “This is a very exciting move for us. We are looking forward to providing Wahid and his team with all the necessary support to help them to develop Hunters in Peterborough.”
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THE collapse of social housing repair group Connaught is not expected to have a huge impact on councils and housing associations in Yorkshire, it has been claimed.
The Exeter-based firm announced last night it was to go into administration following a period which has seen it suffer because of announcements on Government spending cuts which will badly hit its revenues over the next two years.
Yorkshire Housing, which has the biggest contract with Connaught in the region, said contingency plans were in place to deal with the company’s problems and ensure repair work continues at homes under its control.
