Top 10 most read stories of 2017

Asda inquiry

As 2017 draws to a close, we take a look at the most read stories of the year across TheBusinessDesk.com’s Yorkshire region.

1.Staff at Asda’s head office were “escorted out of the building” after the supermarket began a round of job cuts. It was later confirmed that 300 jobs were cut across the Leeds and Leicester offices.

2. Rebranding proposals for the home of Leeds United at Elland Road were approved. Leeds City Council gave the green light for signage and branding around the arena to be installed, which the club said will feature players and historical time lines.

3.The winners of TheBusinessDesk.com’s corporate finance Rainmaker Awards, including the coveted Rainmaker and Rising Star categories, were revealed at a glittering awards ceremony.
HSBC and Michael Page Finance sponsored this year’s awards, held at The Queens Hotel in Leeds, which honoured the best of Yorkshire’s corporate finance community.

4. Leeds Bradford Airport reopened after a bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious package.
The Airport was shut for more than four hours with inbound passengers diverted to other airports including Newcastle and East Midlands.

5.Plans for a significant 3.52 hectare derelict site in the South Bank area of Leeds to be transformed into a development including offices, retail, hotel, parking, homes and new public spaces were submitted.

6. Planning permission was granted to build 1,100 homes and a community development on a 170-acre site which sits on Greenbelt land. In addition, plans were approved to build primary and secondary schools, public open space, a local centre, convenience store and associated infrastructure on the site within the Leeds Aire Valley.

7. Leeds United manager Garry Monk resigned, just two days after Italian businessman Andrea Radrizzani completed his takeover of the Elland Road club.

8. The owners of Leeds-headquartered law firm Simpson Millar announced in August that they were set to call in administrators.
Fairpoint Group filed a notice of intention to point administrators.

9. Provident Financial became one of the biggest one-day fallers in FTSE 100 history after its shares lost 66% of their value after delivering a package of bad news to the stock market.
The sub-prime lender has had £4bn wiped off its market value in the last year – with £1.7bn of that being lost in trading on August 22.

10. Aprirose, the UK-based real estate investment company, completed its acquisition of the Leeds- headquartered QHotel business from Bain Capital Credit and Canyon Partners for £525m.
The portfolio includes 26 five and four star regional hotels, with 3,680 beds spread throughout the UK and in major cities including Leeds, Manchester and Glasgow.

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