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Bolton contractor wins £1m contract to upgrade Newton Heath
5:13 p.m., Thu - Bolton-based George Cox & Sons has landed a £1m contract to upgrade street furniture, signage and landscaping at Newton Heath, north Manchester.

Royal Buildings goes for less than princely sum
3:43 p.m., Thu - Capital & Counties (Capco) has sold Royal Buildings, which stands next to the Primark store facing Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens, to Legal and General Property for £9.65m.

NCC aims to be debt free next year as profits rise 17 per cent
8:02 a.m., Thu - NCC Group Plc (LSE: NCC), the IT security and escrow group, today posted a 17 per cent rise in adjusted pre-tax profits to £12.3m and rewarded shareholders with a 32 per cent increase in the dividend.

Tully departs from NES
10:49 a.m., Thu - Mark Tully, the managing director of the UK division of Altrincham-based technical engineering group NES, has left the business after 15 years with the firm.

FC United picked for community bond fundraising project
6:16 p.m., Thu - Fans’ football club FC United of Manchester is one of five community-owned enterprises selected for a government-funded research project into community shares and bonds.

City signs up Big Brother firm to promote global media ambitions
8:26 a.m., Thu - Manchester City Football Club has signed a media content deal with Endemol Sport, the Dutch TV production group which invented Big Brother.

Wincanton renews lease on Stakehill Industrial Estate unit
8:55 a.m., Thu - Logistics company Wincanton has renewed its lease on its unit in Middleton’s Stakehill Industrial Estate.

Macclesfield miner raises new cash from City investors
2:36 p.m., Thu - Tertiary Minerals Plc (AIM: TYM) said today it had raised £264,000 before expenses with a placing of 12 million new shares at 2.2p per share.

Private equity firm demands payout from pre-pack buyer
12:00 a.m., Mon - Amin Amiri's private equity firm a2e Venture Catalysts is pursuing a former director of collapsed printing firm B&P Group Ltd for £400,000.

JD Sports scrums down for rugby firm
12:00 a.m., Mon - JD Sports Fashion is lining up a possible swoop on KooGa Rugby Ltd, the Greater Manchester-based rugby kit wholesaler.

Home-made recovery
12:00 a.m., Mon - The managing director of Siemens' biggest UK business unit is predicting that manufacturing will lead the region out of recession and provide better job opportunities for graduates than the much-hyped financial and professional services sector.

What's News
12:00 a.m., Mon - - David Burton-Baddeley, of Warrington-based Longlands Solicitors, is facing a disciplinary tribunal hearing over allegations that he did not act in his clients' best interests.

Airport sees corporate jet usage fall by 80 per cent
12:00 a.m., Mon - The age of frugality has taken a toll on Manchester Airport's private jet business, with passenger numbers falling almost 80 per cent in May.

JJB may need to raise cash to pay HBOS
12:00 a.m., Mon - Speculation is mounting that JJB Sports Plc may tap shareholders for cash in order to shore up its balance sheet.

Construction slump hits Speedy chiefs in the pocket
12:00 a.m., Mon - Executives at tool and equipment hire group Speedy Hire Plc received no bonuses and saw their total pay packages fall sharply last year as the construction slump took its toll on the business.

New investor: Begbies is market's most undervalued share
12:00 a.m., Mon - Shares in Begbies Traynor Group Plc are among the most undervalued on the stock market, according to the founder of a London-based turnaround fund.

Our View: Hey ho, silver lining
12:00 a.m., Mon - The recent history of quoted accountancy practice Begbies Traynor shows that you have to be careful what you wish for.

On The Street And Off The Cuff
12:00 a.m., Mon - It's not often the annual report and accounts of a Plc reduce readers to an immature giggle, but Trafford Park-based SSL International managed it this year.

Steve Brauner: Why we still need greed
12:00 a.m., Mon - It would be interesting to drill down into the reasons for the 80 per cent fall in corporate jet usage at Manchester Airport.