Miran Rahman

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Home / Yorkshire / Food business / Cranswick share price falls following following claims of abuse against animals Food producer Cranswick’s share price has dropped seven per cent today – equivalent to about £200m – following reports that supermarkets have suspended supplies from one of its pig farms over cruelty claims. Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons have all suspended supplies from Cranswick-owned Northmoor Farm, in Lincolnshire. It follows the release of secretly filmed footage...

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Home / Yorkshire / Deals / Housing group secures £50m funding to spend on affordable housing Social housing provider Mosscare St Vincent’s Housing Group (MSV) has secured a £50m sustainability-linked Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) with Lloyds. The tailored facility supports MSV in its plans to expand its portfolio of affordable homes, while retrofitting its existing properties to enhance their energy efficiency. It aims to make all of its existing homes become EPC C rating or above by 2030....

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Home / Yorkshire / Deals / Contract win to drive innovation and growth at chemical park Engineering and maintenance services provider, Bilfinger UK, has won a contract with Mitsubishi Chemical UK at Saltend Chemical Park in East Yorkshire. Bilfinger will employ about 250 people on-site for the duration of the contract, It involves construction of a new production line alongside the existing plant which produces Soarnol, a high-performance polymer used in a variety of industrial applications,...

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An extensive programme of improvements works is to begin on Dawsons Corner and Stanningley Bypass, Leeds. In February 2025, the government’s Department for Transport gave the green light for funding worth £35.709m to enable Leeds City Council to deliver these works. This forms part of a £44.179m total package, with West Yorkshire Combined Authority funding of £8.470m. Dawsons Corner connects the A647 Stanningley Road and the A6120 Ring Road, two of the most important routes in the city.

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Between November 2016 and January 2020, Matthew West used confidential, inside, information to deal in shares in four companies: Wetherby-headquartered Proactis Holdings Plc, Palace Capital Plc, Concha Plc, and Bushveld Minerals Limited. Matthew West also disclosed inside information to his brother Nikolas West in relation to a fifth company, Asimilar Group Plc. Nikolas West used this inside information to deal. The total profits from the dealing were £42,948.