Westmorland Gazette business
25 May 2012
The latest 20 business stories on the Westmorland Gazette website.
Latest headlines
- Kendal barbers aim to be a cut above
- TWO Turkish barbers have launched a new business in South Lakeland which offers customers a warm welcome with hot towels and a close shave.
- Barrow submarine deal secure 1,000 jobs
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AROUND 1,000 jobs for South Lakeland and Furness workers have been secured after a huge investment was made in one of the region’s biggest employers.
- Bankruptcy rate up in Cumbria
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FIVE times as many Cumbrians were made insolvent last year than in 2000, according to figures.
- Furness firm manufacturing at the speed oflight
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A LIGHTING specialist has announced £150,000 invest-ment plans to speed up their manufacturing process and keep up with growing mar-ket demands.
- Sainsbury's signs deal for Kendal store
- Sainsbury’s has signed an agreement with developers to open a major superstore in Kendal, it was revealed this week.
- Burlington takes on failed firm's quarry
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A SOUTH Lakeland stone business is set to expand after taking on the quarrying rights of a failed rival firm.
- Prime Minister praises Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding
- PRIME Minister David Cameron has praised a Cumbrian pudding company.
- BAE welcomes Furness youngsters to the workplace
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MORE than 20 Furness youngsters gained an insight into engineering careers when they went with their parents to work at BAE Systems.
- Furness haulier unveils new fleet
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A FURNESS cattle haulage company has responded to the thriving beef market by enhancing its fleet with four new state-of-the-art trucks.
- Heinz cuts five jobs in Kendal
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A FOOD manufacturer is to cut five South Lakeland jobs.
- 3,000 start apprenticeships in Cumbria
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MORE than 3,000 people in Cumbria started apprenticeships between August and January, figures show. Croppers of Burneside, Gilkes at Kendal and Centrica’s proposed new biomass power station at
- Langdale entrepreneur invents 'saw horse'
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A BUILDER with a bad back has invented a nifty ‘saw horse’ that cuts out the heavy lifting involved in cutting logs.
- £4 million convention centre planned for Windermere lakeshore
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A STRIKING 600-delegate convention and exhibition centre on the shores of Windermere looks set to get the go-ahead next week.
- Queen's award for enterprising Lake District businessman
- A LAKE District man well known in the North West’s economic development arena has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion.
- Get fit and clean your home
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A SOUTH Lakes businesswoman is suggesting an innovative way for local people to clear out their clutter and blitz their bodies at the same time.
- Don't s-cream - but vanilla's expensive!
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ICE cream makers in South Lakeland have warned a projected spike in vanilla prices could see the flavour disappear from Cumbrian counters.
- Ulverston superstore plans to be adjusted
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CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new supermarket in the heart of Ulverston have been withdrawn and will be re-submitted.
- Wilf's Cafe to serve up at Dove Cottage cafe
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A successful South Cumbria cafe owners are branching out with a second venue in the Lake District.
- Lakes Mastermind expanding tutoring business
- A Lakes Mastermind is expanding his tutoring business to offer distance learning. Robert Gibson, of Windermere, won the TV quiz show in 1998 with teaching techniques he now shares online and over
- Staveley woman sets up open-water swimming business
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A STAVELEY woman has taken her passion for open-water swimming to the next level and set up her own business on the shores of Windermere.
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