House prices across border could rise 1%

Published 8 May 2008

THE housing market across the border could be one of the few areas that resists the fall in property prices, according to a new report.

Help beat climate change

Published 8 May 2008

PRINCE Charles has called on business chiefs from the region to help tackle climate change.

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Published 8 May 2008

One of west Cumbria’s best known family businesses has been sold. Chambers DIY, on James Street, Workington, has been snapped up by Longhorn Hardware, an arm of joinery, window fitting and entertainments firm Carlisle Glass. Chambers will keep all of its 11 staff on after the deal but will lose its historic name and be re-branded Longhorn Hardware in the summer.King Street Developments, developer of the Picture House flats on Botchergate, Carlisle, has gone into administration. The business was placed into administration during a High Court hearing in Manchester last month. The long hours culture in the UK means workers miss out on exercise, relaxing and even relationships. A survey carried out by American Express shows four out of five workers were too busy in their jobs to enjoy themselves at home.The owner of Howden Joinery – based in Workington, Whitehaven and Barrow – saw profits rise by 5.9 per cent.National Express has made a strong start to the year.

Find out how to sell online

Published 8 May 2008

BUSINESSES from Workington can learn how to sell their products online successfully with the help of a workshop offered by the University of Cumbria. Held at St Joseph’s Business and Enterprise College in Workington on June 10 from 1pm, the three-hour afternoon workshop shows how to use e-commerce as a marketing tool. Visit www.cumbria.ac.uk/businessworkshops.

WHSmith promotes the premium bond

Published 8 May 2008

Premium bonds and other savings products could soon be marketed at WHSmith Travel stores.

Insolvencies ‘will hit new high’ as the crunch bites business

Published 8 May 2008

Insolvency figures look set to hit a new high in 2008 after rising for the first time in more than a year during the first quarter. A total of 25,264 people in England and Wales were declared insolvent during the period, a rise of 1.7 per cent compared with the previous three months, the Insolvency Service said.

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Published 8 May 2008

Who’s greenest of all?

Published 8 May 2008

TODAY is the last chance for businesses to enter a competition to find Cumbria’s top green firms.

Stobart’s skills pledge

Published 8 May 2008

EDDIE Stobart Ltd has become the latest company to sign the Learning and Skills Council’s pledge.

Council buys its first Renaissance properties

Published 2 May 2008

THE first two properties have been bought in the proposed Renaissance regeneration of Carlisle’s city centre.

Felicity heads team

Published 1 May 2008

LLOYDS TSB Commercial has appointed Felicity Hails to head the bank’s operations in Cumbria.

Council buys its first Renaissance properties

Published 1 May 2008

THE first two properties have been bought in the proposed Renaissance regeneration of Carlisle’s city centre.

Cumberland launches net business banking

Published 1 May 2008

CUMBERLAND Business, the arm of Cumberland Building Society dedicated to business customers, has launched a new internet banking service.

Top awards for dealer’s long-serving staff

Published 1 May 2008

CAR dealer Lloyd Carlisle has scooped two prestigious awards for its workshop and service reception staff.

Gym boss Clare sets a sleeker tone for that body beautiful

Published 1 May 2008

THE leisure club manager of Wetheral’s Crown Hotel has been named Miss Cumbria Toned Body 2008.

Three new partners for accountants

Published 1 May 2008

DAVID Allen & Co – the accountancy firm that started as one-man operation in a Dalston garage – has taken on three new partners.

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Published 1 May 2008

Pubs chain JD Wetherspoon has said real ale drinkers have helped offset some of the financial pain caused by rising costs and testing trading conditions.West Cumbria’s new £20m nuclear training academy will be a “beacon of excellence” for the industry, its chief executive has claimed.Lloyds TSB has a new man in charge of corporate finance in Cumbria.The sixth generation of one of Cumbria’s most famous business families has joined the family firm.Wigton firm Innovia Films has won a prestigious international award for packaging innovation.Finalists for this year’s Excellence in Cumbria skills awards have been announced.

Internet jukebox takes off

Published 1 May 2008

A REVOLUTIONARY internet jukebox developed in Penrith has taken off everywhere – except its home county, says the company behind it.

Pledging to boost skills

Published 1 May 2008

THE chief executive of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is due in Cumbria today to sign a ‘skills pledge’ with Stobart Group boss Andrew Tinkler and chief executive of training firm System Group, Robin Brown.