Cash grants for rural enterprises
A £27m grant is being distributed among rural businesses including farmers, foresters and growers.
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Seeda boss spent £50k on car bill
The chairman of Seeda is criticised for spending more than £50,000 a year on taxis and executive cars.
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Fanatic builds 'lowest' car again
The record for the world's lowest car is claimed by a Buckinghamshire motor enthusiast.
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Selling beds is now degree course
One of England's newest universities is running tailor-made degrees in the management of selling beds.
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So who needs scientists?
Dr Mark Miodownik says UK science is going the same way as football - with world-beating universities employing sublime talent, much of it foreign.
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Cautious Uniq awaits M&S review
Food group Uniq warns its 2008 prospects are uncertain, as it awaits a supply review from M&S.
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February's practice News Day
An hour by hour account of news-making activities in schools and City Learning Centres around the UK.
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Safety fears as the lights go out
Street lights are being switched off around the country as part of a trial to help save energy and money. But will the streets be any less safe?
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Jobs to go at credit card company
Barclaycard is to outsource its printing, mailing and card production, leading to the loss of 160 jobs in Northampton.
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Electric dreams
The tiny Hebridean island of Eigg has never had a mains supply of electricity, relying on micro-generators to power its scores of homes and businesses. So what's the feeling ahead of the big switch-on?
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The changing art of giving
Philanthropy has a long history, but a new generation are changing perceptions of the art of giving, writes David Cannadine.
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£30m eco-friendly spending plan
A five-year programme will see £30m being spent on eco-friendly business projects in the South East.
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Aston Martin mulls overseas plant
Aston Martin may build cars outside the UK for the first time in its 93-year history.
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Foot-and-mouth export ban relaxed
EU export restrictions for UK meat, imposed over the foot-and-mouth outbreak, are relaxed, Defra says.
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Wokingham the 'best' city to live
A town in Berkshire is named as having the best quality of life in Britain, a business survey shows.
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Aston Martin buildings to be kept
Historic buildings on the Aston Martin site in Buckinghamshire will be kept as the site is redeveloped.
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Ofwat to fine Thames Water £12m
Regulator Ofwat says it plans to fine Thames Water £12m for poor reporting and customer service.
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Pinewood faces film delay threat
Delays to major productions at Pinewood Shepperton could cost the Buckinghamshire-based studios profits this year.
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Charges after major drugs raids
Police charge 13 people with drugs offences following a major operation in Buckinghamshire this week.
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Arrests after major drugs raids
Police arrest more than 20 people in a major campaign to target dealers of class A drugs in Buckinghamshire.
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