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Wyborne Workers Set To Strike |
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 18:20 |
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Some 26 workers at the Wybone bin factory in Barnsley have begun striking on Fridays over pay. The workers, members of the Community union, want a 4 percent wage increase. Management has imposed a 3 percent rise with a new bonus scheme that excludes temporary workers. One of the strikers said, “The company is boasting that it made £6.2 million last year and hopes to make £6.5 million this year. “But they won’t give us a pay increase that keeps up with inflation.” There was a lively picket line during the strike on Friday of last week and the workers are set to strike for the next three Fridays. |
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Foster's Bakery Gets Boost |
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 02:39 |
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Britain's assault on French cookery has been stepped up by a Yorkshire bakery which has started exporting lorry-loads of baguettes across the Channel. Fosters of Barnsley has used a legal loophole to beat local boulangers to a contract supplying the narrow loaves to the whole of the French railway system. The order follows a double whammy for North of England butchers who stole Grand Prix d'Excellence awards earlier this year at Europe's biggest black pudding contest in France. The Real Lancashire Pudding company went on to take two gold medals in the usually French and Belgian-dominated tasting organised by the Compagnons de la Gastronomie Porcine. |
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Barnsley The Hair Dressing Capital of Britain |
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Friday, 02 May 2008 01:53 |
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Barnsley has been named the UK's capital for Hair Dressers. The borough boasts one hair dressing salon for every 725 people. The figures were released by Barclays showing trades available around the country. |
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Durrans Sold to Stiller Group |
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 00:19 |
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Stiller Group has acquired the bulk powder transport division of James Durrans & Sons. Under the deal, Stiller Tankers will take over James Durrans (Transport) based in Barnsley, South Yorks. It will continue to be managed on a day-to-day basis by its existing team and carry out work for current clients. Ian Marshall, Stiller Group managing director, says: "The Durrans portfolio is a perfect fit with our current business profile." The purchase will boost the Stiller fleet by 18 tractor units and 21 tank trailers. A Stiller Group spokesman adds that Stiller Tankers is still actively looking for potential acquisitions. |
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Halifax Set to Move into Former McDonald's |
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 22:17 |
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At last Barnsley Town Centre is almost ready to fill one of its biggest eye sores, the former McDonald's building.The building at the centre of town has caused many complaints from other traders in the town centre who have long said that buildings left empty are giving the town a negative and run down image. |
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