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Recent stories
21 December 2009
City of York Council’s Executive has approved York Investors LLP (West Offices) as the preferred bidder for the council’s new headquarters.
17 December 2009
The Salvation Army has got closer to sorting Christmas for some of the city’s neediest young children, thanks to the generosity of one York company. But says the Army’s community care ministry secretary, Beryl Holliday, the citadel on Gillygate desperately needs more gifts for teenagers to make Christmas special for them too.
16 December 2009
St Catherine’s enjoyed a boost to its Christmas fundraising efforts with a delivery of gift wrap, tags, ribbons and cards to its Malton store this week.
15 December 2009
York Against Cancer got a real boost in its Christmas fundraising efforts when Harrison donated around £2,000 of Christmas cards and other Christmas stock to sell from the charity’s High Petergate shop.
8 December 2009
The York based building contractor F Parkinson is the latest business to move to Escrick as it brings forward plans to expand its operations in the region.
2 December 2009
The economic recovery in North Yorkshire could be held back because of a lack of good office space. That’s the fear of Yorkshire property professionals - and it’s a view backed by developers and inward investment champions in the region.
16 November 2009
york-england.com is holding its next Selby District Property Forum at the location of one of the region’s business success stories.
30 October 2009
Businesses that manage their cash wisely are the ones best placed to survive hard times and the first to do well when the upturn comes. So the spectre of VAT returning to 17.5% in the New Year is focusing the minds of many on how to beat the increase.
25 September 2009
Yorkshire trekkers have raised £12,000 to help children in Nepal. But UK charity New Futures Nepal is setting its sights even higher in 2010. It plans to raise £100,000 to build a new orphanage for some of the world’s poorest children - and S Harrison has pledged its support for the third year running.
27 July 2009
Domus Healthcare Group Ltd is the latest business to move to Escrick Business Park. The expanding company currently provides over 5000 hours of home care each week across the East Riding and in Oldham and has plans to extend its client base across the region.
30 June 2009
S Harrison Developments Ltd has completed the legal process to acquire a 50% stake in the business that owns York's historic West Offices complex.
20 June 2009
Yorkshire fundraisers got a fitting send-off this weekend when a piper from the York-based Ghurkha regiment led them on their 15 mile trek from Castle Howard.
2 June 2009
The Archbishop of York is the latest high profile figure to give his support to Yorkshire trekkers who are raising funds for children and orphans in Nepal.
16 May 2009
A York city centre development of new student accommodation has beaten off competition from across the UK to make the shortlist for a prestigious national award.
12 May 2009
The leader of an organisation tasked with attracting business to York and North Yorkshire has praised a new initiative, which allows companies to try their new offices before they buy.
4 May 2009
Ghurkhas champion Joanna Lumley has given her full backing to this year's Harrison Trek for Children in Nepal.
29 March 2009
York's historic West Offices – right at the heart of the city's transport network – could provide the ideal location for the Council's new “one-stop” headquarters and customer service centre.
28 March 2009
Ruth Dowswell, MD of Young Discoverers Ltd, has picked up the keys for new premises at Escrick Business Park which will be home for her new day nursery.
23 March 2009
Work has started in Walmgate on the latest scheme to provide 232 rooms for students, helping to free up more much-needed family homes in the city.
13 March 2009
A brave Nepalese orphan girl has walked for the first time, thanks to the efforts of Yorkshire fundraisers.
13 March 2009
A Sheffield try-before-you-buy scheme has highlighted the pent-up demand for quality new apartments in the city.
13 March 2009
New offices and a new training suite have provided a major boost for an expanding Yorkshire care company.
21 January 2009
york-england.com chief executive Denise Stuart and business leaders, including S Harrison chairman Martyn Harrison, met with Selby MP John Grogan recently to press the case for reform.

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