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Nottingham's Ergo set to double in size after contract coup

Ergo joint founder Neil Bellamy, left, with contracts manager Jonathan McLaren

A COMPANY which manufactures thousands of computers a year at its Ruddington factory is to double in size after winning its way on to a massive Government IT contract.

Ergo Computing, which is owned by founders Neil Bellamy and Paul Madden, will supply hardware, software and support services to public-sector bodies all over the country.

Under the Commoditised IT Hardware...

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Leicestershire's Wilson Vale wins £250,000 catering contract with Microsoft firm

Peter Cox, office and IT support manager at Rare, with Lee Carless, area manager for Wilson Vale

A catering company has secured a contract worth £250,000 to provide a staff restaurant at a computer games business owned by Microsoft. Wilson Vale Catering Management, of Ashby, said the deal with...

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Boots' Gourlay: business must do better at work experience

Alex Gourlay, centre, with students Aaron Harris and Hatty Barker

FOR Alex Gourlay, the world of work began with a stint in an ice cream van and a spell replacing the divots on a golf course. He's climbed a few rungs since then, and currently sits in the chief executive'...

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Extra space for Leicestershire's Magna Parva

Extra space for Leicestershire's Magna Parva

A hi-tech firm is opening an office in Oxfordshire in a bid to win more business. Magna Parva, of Bardon, near Coalville, which is creating instruments to help find life on Mars, has set up a small presenc...

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Growing home-care firm creating jobs

A HOME-CARE company has said it plans to create up to 40 jobs in the South Derbyshire and Burton areas over the next 12 months. In January, Home Instead opened an office in Melbourne to provide services to elderly and vulnerable people, allowing them to be...

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BA deal may save final salary scheme

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British Airways shares rose after it struck an agreement with trade unions that could save its final salary pension scheme from closure while addressing its mushrooming £3.7bn deficit.Comment on this story


Brown in battle with EU over hedge funds

Fighting back: Brown wants to water down the EU's hedge fund crackdown

Gordon Brown went into battle with the European Union over proposals to crack down on the hedge fund industry, in a move that cynics will say is designed to protect the Treasury's tax revenues.

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Why going green can make you mean

Green eyed monster: 'Ethical' shoppers more likely to cheat.

Environmentally aware consumers are more likely to lie, cheat and be unkind than regular shoppers, a study suggests.

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AstraZeneca is eyeing emerging markets

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AstraZeneca set out ambitious plans to expand in newly emerging powerhouse economies such as China, India and Brazil.

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BoE's fears over the economic recovery

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Britain is on track to sustain its economic recovery in the current quarter, but there are 'considerable doubts' over how durable the rebound will be, according to the Bank of England.

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