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     <title><![CDATA[Britannia boss Richardson calls on Darling to clarify Stamp Duty rumours]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Experts say a stamp duty holiday would not brighten a gloomy housing market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:10:43 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[BREAKING NEWS: Big hike in Eon power bills - from tomorrow]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[E.ON today became the latest energy firm to hit households with steep hikes in gas and electricity prices.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:56:48 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Cotton Traders moves into Oakham retail park]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Clothing brand Cotton Traders has opened a store at a garden centre, creating six jobs and boosting trade at a retail park.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Leicester's TNT Express wins transport award]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Distribution staff are celebrating after winning two top awards recognising achievements in the transport industry.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Mobiles and computer games drive surprise rise in retail sales]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Retail sales staged a surprise revival last month, official figures showed today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:02:10 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Sheffield's SIG says strong growth 'guaranteed']]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Europe's biggest supplier of roofing and insulation shrugged off "challenging" markets today after benefiting from surging demand for its products.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:47:13 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[PwC audit raises fears for future of Wedgewood]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Auditors at Wedgwood's parent company have raised fears the firm could cease to be a going concern despite plans to axe hundreds of jobs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Economic pain on way: Bank  agent]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Since my last report, the near-term outlook for inflation has deteriorated further.That will intensify the squeeze on real take-home pay which, for many households, is unlikely to increase this year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Costs hit packaging firm robinson]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Notts firm which makes packaging for Jaffa Cakes and Fruit Pastilles said it was on course to improve profits, despite pressure on the business from rising costs.Robinson Plastic Packaging, which has 400 staff at plants in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Stanton Hill and at its Chesterfield headquarters, also manufacturers packaging for products such as Gillette shaving foam.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Persimmon profits down by more than 60%]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Charles Church housebuilder Persimmon today kicked off what is set to be a grim results season for the sector after first-half profits slumped by nearly two-thirds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:23:57 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Webbs Packaging transferred to new business under same family]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The business of a packaging firm which went into administration has been transferred to a new company run by the same family.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:19:22 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Heating firm Underfloor Warehouse boosted by rising bills]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A firm which designs energy-saving heating systems has won deals worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:18:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Interview: Charlotte Hogg, new MD of Nottingham's Experian]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[When Charlotte Hogg was a teen, she would visit Nottingham from her parents' Lincolnshire home. Her father Douglas was (and remains) a Lincs MPwhile her mother Sarah became a top adviser to PM John Major. Next week, Ms Hogg turns 38 and, on September 1, returns to Nottingham to become the managing director of Experian's operation in the UK and Ireland.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:01:41 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Weekend delays on london line]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Engineering work will affect train services between Derby and London this weekend.East Midlands Trains will alter its timetable from Saturday to Monday to allow Network Rail to carry out essential engineering work near Kettering. This means there will be no direct service to the capital.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Derbyshire company build olympic gold medal bikes]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Derbyshire company helped to make the bikes that the Great British Cycling team have ridden to gold medal glory in the Beijing Olympics.Advanced Composites, in Heanor, is responsible for making some of the ultra-light parts that make up the team's   bicycles, which have helped them notch up 14 medals - seven of them gold.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Burton's Serious waste saves stranded yacht]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Workers from a Burton firm went to the rescue of a stranded yacht and its crew.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Not just another  store   opening... This is m&amp;s]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Marks and Spencer is the latest high-profile business to announce plans for a store at a £25m development in Ashbourne.Marks and Spencer Simply Food has agreed a deal with Derby-based developer Cedar House Investments to take an 11,000 sq ft unit at Waterside Park.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Staff training is cut above]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Hairdressing group, whose head office and training academy is based in Long Eaton, has reached the finals of the British Hairdressing Business Awards.Keith Hall Hairdressing has been voted by a panel of industry experts as providing some of the best staff training in the country.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Packaging firm Robinson moves low-margin work to Poland]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Derbyshire-based maker of packaging for Jaffa Cakes and Fruit Pastilles today said it was on course to improve profits, despite pressure on the business from rising costs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[CBI manufacturing survey points to falling output]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[There was no let up in the economic misery today as a survey showed manufacturers rated their output prospects as the worst for nearly seven years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:40:46 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[EMA is first to make move in Gatwick sell-off]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The owner East Midlands Airport was first out of the blocks today in the race to take over airports that BAA are likely to be forced to sell. Manchester Airport Group (MAG) which operates East Midlands along with Manchester, Bournemouth and Humberside airports, said it could be interested in acquiring "one or more" of BAA’s airports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Steve Kent to lead merged ClinPhone as it becomes Perceptive]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of the best-known technology companies in Nottingham is set for a name change after it was bought out by an American business.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:19:13 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Former Goldfish boss Charlotte Hogg is new Experian MD]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Charlotte Hogg, the former head of the UK credit card operation Goldfish, is to become the new managing director of Experian UK and Ireland. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:15:57 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Autumn fair suits tastes]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Food lovers are being encouraged to tuck into the best that Lincolnshire can offer next month.September will see the county celebrate British Food Fortnight 2008, with an Autumn Food Fair hosted by Tastes of Lincolnshire.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Charity boost after supermarket launch]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bosses have marked the launch of a new Tesco Express store in the Lace Market by donating £500 to charity.The Fletcher Gate premises is donating the money to the Women's Aid and Advice Centre in Chaucer Street to help with the centre's work to provide help for victims of domestic abuse.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Nottingham firm's India growth]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Nottingham-based Payroll and Business Solutions UK  is expanding its services into Asia to support clients based in India.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[East Midlands companies look to beat economic downturn]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Accountants PricewaterhouseCoppers say that with a wave of negative economic news over the last 12 months, many companies in the East Midlands are looking closely at the efficiency and performance of their business in a bid to beat the downturn.Some are focusing on improving the efficiency of their tax affairs, which can provide short-term cash flow benefits, PwC say.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Appointment for former Nottingham student]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Former Nottingham student has been unveiled as chief executive and president of a US drugs company.Dr Mark Philip, who studied at both Nottingham Trent and The University of Nottingham will run Oregon-based Znomics, a company which uses Zebra fish to develop new treatments for human diseases.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Boom for discount supermarkets]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Discount supermarkets have made further inroads into the grocery market as customers seek out cheaper goods.Aldi, Lidl and Netto saw their combined market share rise to a best-ever 6.1%, figures from TNS Worldpanel said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Sandwich  trade solid despite the crunch]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The owner of the world's biggest sandwich-making plant today said trading had been "solid" in the face of deteriorating  consumer conditions in the UK.Convenience foods firm Greencore, which operates the Manton Wood facility in Notts, said underlying sales at its main division rose 7.2% in the four months to July 31, up from six per cent in the first half of its financial year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Notts firms turn to exports]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Notts firms are turning to export markets to help them overcome a sales downturn at home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Praise for Capital One worker support]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The support package offered by Capital One for its redundant workers has been praised by development officials.The first of the 750 employees to leave the credit card firm's Nottingham base departed this month.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Staffs healthcare firm Ardentia in deal with Dubai's E3]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Healthcare intelligence specialist Ardentia has signed a new deal to extend its operations into the Middle East.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:06:58 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Staffs life-sciences firm Puricore sees turnover rocket to £11m]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rising sales to hospitals fighting superbugs has boosted UK turnover at  life sciences firm PuriCore by 43 per cent.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:06:25 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Eversheds wins Notts County Council BSF deal]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Law firm Eversheds has underlined its position advising on Building Schools for the Future (BSF) through a deal with Notts County Council.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:03:10 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Nottingham's RH Group sells packing business to Bamptons]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nottingham freight company RH Group has quit the export packing business. It has sold its subsidiary RH Export Packers  to specialists Bamptons for an undisclosed sum.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[End BAA's airport dominance, says BMI's Nigel Turner]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Castle Donington airline BMI has welcomed a report which calls for BAA to sell three of its seven UK airports.]]></description>
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