News in Brief: Tuesday March 4
FINANCE software specialists CODA has announced that stationery chain Paperchase has purchased CODA's Dream accounting software.
Paperchase has been trading for more than 30 years and now has 100 outlets in the UK and an extensive opening programme in the USA. It trades nationwide from its own stores and also through concessions in Borders Books and Music and selected House of Fraser and Selfridges stores.
Dream is a accounting package that delivers flexible accounting for growing businesses that principally operate in the UK and other English-speaking locations around the world.
Paperchase has also purchased licenses for CODA's DreamView tool which builds upon and extends Dream's in-built browsing and reporting functionality, by providing direct, seamless access to external reporting products.
This will enable the company to interrogate data and prepare custom reports.
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PROPERTY Group Westfield has announced it is to set up local office in Bradford close to the £340m development it is pioneering in the city.
Westfield will manage the construction of the project from the 17,500 sq ft of office space at Vicar Lane.
Neil Maclure, development executive at Westfield said: “The building will eventually house our construction team as well as architects, engineers and project managers in one self contained building. With site preparation activity under way, we need more space for our staff working on the shopping centre development.”
Westfield has recently announced the signing of six retailers – Topshop/Topman, Evans, Dorothy Perkins, Burtons, Wallis and Miss Selfridge.
The scheme will be anchored by Marks & Spencer and Debenhams.
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THE Institute of Directors (IoD) has selected Westfield Health to provide a health cash plan for its members.
The IoD Health Plan brings together a blend of eight healthcare benefits and services to provide employers with an affordable component for their risk management strategy – and a valuable employee benefit for their staff.
The IoD Health Plan gives employees money back towards the cost of everyday healthcare such as dental treatment, eye care and glasses.
It also provides fast access to health screening, diagnostic scanning and specialist consultations, making it easy for those off work awaiting an NHS appointment, to achieve a quick diagnosis.
The scanning benefit enables employees to access MRI, CT and PET scans that can crucially diagnose serious conditions early.
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PLANS for an £18m energy-from-waste (EfW) plant at Tockwith are being backed by The Yorkshire and Humber Assembly.
In a five-page written response to North Yorkshire County Council planners, the Assembly says it supports the application by BCB Environmental for an advanced thermal treatment plant because it will assist in the implementation of regional strategies “in terms of environmental and economic considerations”.
Commenting on the Assembly's response, BCB's Managing Director, Phil Boardman, said it “fundamentally ratifies the professional judgement of our advisors and technical consultants.”
He appealed to Tockwith residents to end their opposition to the proposals.
