Keep up to date with all the latest news and feature stories from Invest In Yorkshire Rugby league club Castleford Tigers has announced that an agreement that guarantees the land required for its proposed new stadium has been signed.

]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:26:29 GMT Hull-based firm Willerby has received a £40 million funding package, half of which is provided by Lombard - the asset finance division of the Royal Bank of Scotland.

]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:26:29 GMT York-based Measurement Devices Ltd (MDL) has sold a 29% shareholding in the company to Gloucestershire-based Renishaw in a £2.3 million deal to help fund its expansion in the global eye-safe laser measurement technology sector.

]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:26:29 GMT North Yorkshire's Analox Sensor Technology has signed a new deal to supply its monitoring equipment to the Dutch navy.

]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:51:07 GMT Leeds-based Surgical Innovations has won clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to launch its ground-breaking LogiFlex device in the country.

]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:51:07 GMT Squirrel Storage, a document and data management company in Leeds, has been acquired by a US firm.

]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:11:44 GMT West Yorkshire's Ideal Care Homes business has purchased five care homes from Orchard Care Homes.

]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:11:44 GMT Marine safety products provider Cosalt has bought a major stake of 80% in a unit owned by APRO and has entered into a joint venture with the Danish company to focus on growth in the offshore wind energy market.

]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:11:44 GMT West Yorkshire's bio-energy firm Viridas has secured an agreement with a leading energy company to deliver 240,000 tonnes of biomass each year.

]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:31:34 GMT Saltaire-based digital television technologies company Pace plans to buy US broadband technology firm 2Wire for £308 million, to widen its customer base across the Atlantic.

]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:31:34 GMT Developer Land Securities has confirmed that it will restart work on the 750,000sq ft Trinity Leeds shopping development next month.

]]> Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:16:08 GMT Localbiz, an investee firm of Leeds-based business Venturelab, has secured a six-figure funding from a Yorkshire-based investment programme.

]]> Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:16:08 GMT Leeds-based lender International Personal Finance (IPF) has said its pre-tax profits for the first half of the year have more than tripled to £30.5 million.

]]> Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:21:41 GMT Consultancy firm Capita Symonds has relocated 110 staff into its new offices at Velocity House in Sheffield.

]]> Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:21:41 GMT Ilkley-based luxury car finance company Bridford Financial Solutions provided £14.5 million of funding for car dealers in the first half of this year, following increasing demand for luxury vehicles.

]]> Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:21:41 GMT Work on a £590 million retail development in Leeds city centre will begin in August, creating over 1,000 construction-related jobs, the UK's largest commercial property company Land Securities has said.

]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:56:10 GMT The rail division of Babcock International Group has acquired a new facility in South Yorkshire, which will help the organisation to supply its products to Network Rail.

]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:56:10 GMT North Yorkshire-based ICE Renewables has won a £35 million contract from French manufacturer Vergnet Groupe to supply, install and maintain 70 commercial wind turbines across the UK.

]]> Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:16:16 GMT Leeds-based Niche Homes is moving towards the £20 million turnover target set for 2012, the property company has said.

]]> Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:16:16 GMT Surveyors in Yorkshire saw a rise in demand for retail space in the first quarter, bucking the national trend, according to a study.

]]> Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:16:16 GMT Plans to create a new local enterprise partnership for the Leeds city region have been backed by business leaders.

]]> Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:57:10 GMT The potential of South Yorkshire's advanced manufacturing industry will be highlighted at an international trade fair for the aerospace business in Hampshire.

]]> Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:57:10 GMT Access Intelligence, the York-based software firm, has reported a 63% increase in turnover in the first half of 2010, while its operating profits for the period have surpassed that for 2009 as a whole.

]]> Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:57:10 GMT Wakefield-based AFI Uplift has arranged a multi-million pound refinancing deal to allow it to make the most of the economic conditions.

]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:42:26 GMT Greencore Group is looking to invest in Yorkshire by selling off its Dutch-based convenience foods business.

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