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HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail will "form the backbone" of a futureproof network for the region, according to Tim Wood, Northern Powerhouse Rail Director at Transport for the North, as a consultation on improving links between the two moves ahead.
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News from the Northern Powerhouse | A Yorkshire-headquartered frozen food retail business has been acquired by Poundland. As part of the deal, about 1,000 jobs are set to be created.
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A group of industry leaders have come together to drive investment into the net zero economy and post-Covid-19 green recovery in the North West.
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Lancashire must have a bigger voice to ensure it is well positioned for growth in the coming months and years, according to speakers at Insider's latest event. A number of topics were discussed, including the impact the county becoming City of Culture in 2025 would have and how the region should play a bigger role in the government's levelling up agenda.
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2 Sisters Food Group has entered into an agreement to sell part of its Fox’s Biscuits business to a Ferrero-related company for £246m.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has outlined plans to boost the offshore wind sector, including a £160m investment in infrastructure.
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Tong Garden Centre has applied for planning permission for a second site in West Yorkshire which will incorporate a 400-seater restaurant, a plant area, Grass Hoppers indoor and outdoor play and a food hall alongside a large garden centre. Should permission be granted, it is anticipated that the development will create more than 200 jobs.
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The government has sold its share in the South Tees Site Company, bringing all elements of the former Redcar steelworks site under local control.
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A Hull-based valve manufacturer that can trace its history back to 1798 is under new ownership.
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BT Group has agreed a deal to take space at a landmark development in Greater Manchester where it will have the capacity to accommodate up to 2,000 staff.
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Powerhouse Perspective | In the latest instalment of Insider's Q&A series on the Northern Powerhouse, William Gaunt, co-managing director of Edwin Woodhouse, which owns Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley, near Leeds, outlines what the initiative means to him, the need for a unified over-arching organisation for the North, and how the region can support the recovery from Covid-19.
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