Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England) back issues from February 2006:
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'House price growth speeds up'.
Feb 01, 2006 ... House prices rose at their fastest rate for 18 months during January as the market continued to show signs of strengthening, figures revealed today. Nationwide said the average cost of a home in the UK rose by 1.4% during the month to average [pounds sterling]158,478, well up on ...
Embrace innovation and skills to compete.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Businesses must seize enterprise, innovation and skills to compete in regional, national and international markets. A more enterprising culture with a 'can-do' attitude is the key to Lancashire's future economic performance and that the county is well placed, through strong ...
Let the judging commence.
Feb 01, 2006 ... The waiting is nearly over for the 44 nominees in The BIBAs 2006 as the final judging takes place. With only one more hurdle between nominees and a sought-after BIBA, representatives from the selected organisations have started to come face to face with the competition judges as ...
Challenging year ahead for the freehold market.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Demand for freehold commercial property and the increasing challenge to the retail sector through internet shopping and competition from overseas markets, will continue to influence Lancashire's property market in 2006, according to Andrew Taylorson, Partner at Preston-based chartered ...
There's plenty to cope with in 2006.
Feb 01, 2006 ... The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants urges employers to enjoy their festive break - because after that it will be back to business as usual, with a raft of legislation for them to contend with, and new issues to address, throughout 2006. Ilyas Patel, spokesperson ...
Building on success.
Feb 01, 2006 ... The year 2005 will go down as another year of amazing and varied successes for Lancashire County Developments Ltd, the County Council's economic development department. This social enterprise company seeks out innovative, creative and flexible solutions to problems many have ...
Going global with all the right Connexions.
Feb 01, 2006 ... We know that the biggest challenge facing UK businesses is becoming productive enough to compete successfully in a global economy. And we know that one of the main challenges facing our society is for all communities and individuals to participate and contribute. The LSC ...
A towering effort for Lancashire.
Feb 01, 2006 ... The Northwest Regional Development Agency was established by the Government in 1999 to drive forward the sustainable economic regeneration of England's Northwest. The Agency is responsible for the delivery of the Regional Economic Strategy, the region's economic blueprint, which ...
Chain reaction is a key for our region.
Feb 01, 2006 ... The past year was a major turning point for the North West aerospace industry as major new military and civil aircraft programmes began to provide a significant uplift in fortunes. After several years in the planning stages, key programmes including the Joint Strike Fighter ...
Battle for the future.
Feb 01, 2006 ... The EEF has 250 member companies in Lancashire. Regional manager Stuart Moore believes the region's manufacturers will be striving to retain their competitive edge as global economic pressures march on in 2006. He said: "We had some great news at the end of 2005 with the ...
Vote of confidence in 2006.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Last year we saw real signs of a slowdown in the spending boom and consumer confidence that had supported businesses in previous years. However, with careful planning, the right partnerships and close control of spending, we believe consumer confidence will return and businesses will see a ...
Struggling? We have solutions.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Whilst the Government's spin doctors hail the "most successful chancellor" of modern times, the grim reality for many North West-based businesses is markedly different. Many businesses are facing an uncertain future. So how do you react when you are concerned that ...
Rates query could save you thousands.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Firms in Lancashire are throwing away thousands of pounds by failing to query the rateable values on their premises, according to a top local property expert. John Houston, of chartered surveyors Eckersley, has warned that hundreds of local firms are failing to query the rates ...
We must get a move on.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Preston began to find its feet as the 'Third City in the North West' in 2005 but it has still a long way to go. In some ways we still have a small-town mentality - we need to think with more vision and, from the retailers point of view, things need to happen more quickly. ...
Keeping pace with ever-moving laws.
Feb 01, 2006 ... The Law never stands still and 2005 has, once again, been a period of rapid change with a great deal of new legislation affecting both private individuals and businesses. One characteristic of all legislative changes that are introduced is that they never seem to simplify the ...
Central Lancs is the business.
Feb 01, 2006 ... In the past year growth in the Central Lancashire economy has slowed down in the same way as the rest of the country. We have avoided a recession, but many companies have found things more difficult and people have become more careful when spending money. Unemployment, interest ...
Getting on the right track.
Feb 01, 2006 ... One of the great strengths of the Chamber of Commerce is that it is owned and managed by the local business community. It is financially independent and non-political. These strengths ensure that local and national government are increasingly respecting the Chamber as the independent ...
Win an image-boosting business makeover worth more than [pounds sterling]1,000.
Feb 01, 2006 ... The start of a New Year is the perfect time to boost your company's brand image and get to grips with customer contact. And our prize business makeover might just be the solution you're looking for. Preston-based Lancashire Ambulance Services Contact Centre has joined forces ...
BSkyB shows a hike in its profits.
Feb 01, 2006 ... BSkyB unveiled a forecast-beating 14% hike in first-half profits today, after enjoying its best subscriber growth in three years. The satellite broadcaster said pre-tax profits rose to [pounds sterling]390m in the six months to December 31, as a ...
Anger at threat to post office future.
Feb 01, 2006 ... The Government was today accused of using "underhand" tactics by running down a card account used by millions of benefit claimants, threatening the closure of Post Offices across the UK. The National Federation of SubPostmasters said some new claimants would be refused access ...
Home grown film wins worldwide distribution.
Feb 01, 2006 ... A Lancashire-based sci-fi film that has taken five years to complete will finally hit the silver screen this summer, it was revealed today. The makers of Displaced, which has been filmed at various locations in the county, have confirmed it will soon be in cinemas thanks to a ...
Only Gryf can tackle Deepdale.
Feb 01, 2006 ... In the Premier Division of the Preston Table Tennis League, Astra A managed to reverse the result against BAC/EE A from the first half of the season by beating them 7-3. They were excellent trebles on the night for Ian Felton and Tony Rigby. But that good work then ...
Jennings demanding chance to get revenge.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Michael Jennings has demanded a rematch with Young Muttley in a bid to regain the British welterweight title. The Chorley boxer was controversially beaten by Muttley - real name Lee Woodley - at the Nottingham Arena on Saturday night after the judges delivered a split decision. ...
Henman starts climb back up rankings.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Tim Henman bounced back from his Australian Open disappointment by clinching a place in the quarter-finals of the PBZ Zagreb Indoor tournament in Croatia with a straight sets win over Arnaud Clement. Following his four-set first-round defeat by Dmitry Tursunov in ...
Robinson is looking to rebuild 'fortress'.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Andy Robinson has urged England to build from the "benchmark" of their autumn Test-match performances when Six Nations champions Wales arrive at Twickenham on Saturday. Head coach Robinson wants England to push on and re-establish themselves as a major Six Nations force ...
Ruddock sure of his Welsh future.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Mike Ruddock is confident he will be handed the reins for Wales' 2007 World Cup campaign despite having yet to sign a new contract. Grand Slam-winning coach Ruddock's existing two-year deal expires at the end of this season. He has not put pen to paper on fresh ...
Bridge go close.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Top-of-the-table Mossley underlined their promotion credentials at bitter-cold Irongate last night, but not without a scare. Brig matched their slick opponents for much of the evening, with this entertaining UniBond League First Division match alive until the fourth and final ...
Ruthless Reds rack up record aggregate.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Riley Red increased their lead at the top of the A2Z-sponsored Preston and District Snooker League to 10 points with a whitewash at Acregate A. Brian Mangan put together a 57 break in his 96-37 win over Lee Standing, while Stephen Rowlings' 103-22 victory over Gary ...
Whirlers too classy for Skool.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Whirlers turned on the style to beat Old Skool in Division One of the Penwortham Holme Winter Netball League. Goalkeeper Michelle Wilkinson consistently intercepted passes while the rest of her team joined forces to ensure a 21-14 victory. Rachael McKenna was best for ...
Goal-hungry Brig all ready to face leaders.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Top of the table Mossley call in at Irongate tonight, to take on an in-form Bamber Bridge side that have lost just three of their last 23 UniBond League First Division matches. In mid-September, Andy Whittaker's side slipped to a 5-0 home win against Kendal Town, currently ...
Neville ready to run the gauntlet of hate.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Former Manchester United stars Paul Parker and Mickey Thomas are backing Gary Neville to handle the red-hot atmosphere he will face during next month's FA Cup clash with Liverpool at Anfield. Neville is assured of a hostile reception on Merseyside after angering ...
ALL WHITE NOW - BRETT.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Brett Ormerod hopes Preston fans will forgive and forget if he pulls the famous white shirt on for the first time tonight. The new signing from Southampton would love the Deepdale crowd to take him to their hearts - just as they have another ex-Blackpool favourite Adam Nowland. ...
Wanted!
Feb 01, 2006 ... Preston could be facing another battle to hang on to manager Billy Davies after the talented Scot was today linked with the vacancies at both Leicester and Derby. The North End board last night fought off an approach from the Foxes, denying them permission to speak to the ...
Threat to greens continues to grow.
Feb 01, 2006 ... The loss of bowling greens in the South Ribble area looks set to continue with a planning application to build houses on the site of the Railway Hotel green at Lostock Hall. The Railway is steeped in bowling tradition, having been the venue for the News of the World competition ...
Welcome to new hero.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Brett Ormerod can stop worrying - he's already the new darling of Deepdale. Preston's one-time Tangerine tormentor took precisely 13 minutes to win over the those old rival fans. And the standing ovation when he left the field said it all. The past is already ...
Loan goal.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Preston will target the emergency loan market after missing out on two players yesterday. The transfer window slammed shut at midnight with Billy Davies left frustrated once again. And the PNE boss admitted his only remaining option is to borrow reinforcements ...
The loan arranger.
Feb 01, 2006 ... A valuable collection of books and manuscripts is to find a new home at Lancaster University. The books, which were part of the library at Rufford Old Hall, near Ormskirk, have been loaned to the institution for the next 10 years. Included in the collection is an 11th ...
Driver beaten up by lorry raiders.
Feb 01, 2006 ... A Driver was beaten up as he tried to stop a gang of thieves stealing children's learning toys from his lorry. The 42-year-old victim, who is from Lancaster, was parked up overnight in a Derbyshire lay-by when a gang of raiders struck. The trucker was assaulted on the ...
Crazed knifeman 'ate a light bulb'.
Feb 01, 2006 ... A crazed partygoer slashed a fellow reveller with a knife after eating a light bulb and putting safety pins in his mouth, a court heard. Tony Gath was staying in Garsdale Road, Brookfield, Preston, in May when he was invited with his partner to a neighbour's home for a drinks ...
Ex-soldier drove car with blood.
Feb 01, 2006 ... An ex-soldier who denies murdering a Lancashire businessman at his Ormskirk address has admitted driving the 57 year old man's blood-stained BMW. John Climo said he had nothing to do with the killing, but said he had been asked to collect a car that night and set it alight, to ...
Wrecking spree at hospice shop.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Thugs caused hundreds of pounds of damage to a charity shop owned by St Catherine's Hospice. The vandals rampaged through Ashton, Preston, and hurled a slab of concrete from a broken wall through the window of the fund-raising shop on the corner of Wellington Road. ...
'We bit off more than we could chew'.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Preston's chief executive has apologised to the city's ratepayers for the debacle surrounding last year's twin-bin scheme. At a public meeting, Jim Carr reflected on the scheme - which asked people to observe new collection times and recycle more - and admitted: "We bit off more ...
Festival fun and a free health check.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Members of Preston's ethnic minorities will be encouraged to have a health MOT at a festival in April. The Lancashire Health Mela, which will take place on April 8, is expected to attract around 1,000 adults and children to the city to learn about factors affecting their health ....
Terry's all gold!
Feb 01, 2006 ... Meet Superdad! Father-of-five Terry Graham from Ingol, Preston, has been named Lancashire Parent of the Year by the county's Children's Fund after triumphing over life's trials and tribulations. He was nominated for the award after working hard to tackle problems his ...
Bedside vigil for attack student.
Feb 01, 2006 ... A University of Central Lancashire student was still in a critical condition today after a brutal attack at the weekend. Andrew Pemberton, a 20-year-old business studies student from Oldham, was walking home after a night out in Preston on Saturday when a man crossed the road ...
City is full to bursting.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Preston's parking and congestion nightmare has sunk to new depths. Transport chiefs have revealed they are planning to set up park and ride schemes which will see commuters bussed from the outskirts of the city ... to the outskirts of the city. There could be two ...
Judge orders teenage rapist.
Feb 01, 2006 ... A judge has ruled that a 16-year-old rapist who attacked a teenage girl should be named and shamed. After sentencing Ben Sawford to custody for the protection of the public, Preston Crown Court Judge Andrew Blake lifted previously imposed reporting restrictions on the youth. ...
Holy unsuitable way to behave.
Feb 01, 2006 ... The makers of the Irish comedy Father Ted could have found themselves in hot water under the proposed terms of the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill. The controversial bill was thrashed out in Parliament yesterday as hundreds of protesters, including Blackadder star Rowan ...
Boarders 'kept in dark' over plans.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Skateboarders have claimed they have been kept in the dark over plans for a skate park in Preston. The city council is pressing forward with a [pounds sterling]40,000 facility on Ribbleton Park, off Blackpool Road - in response to suggestions from skaters, they say. ...
Ex-army chaplain leads hospice team.
Feb 01, 2006 ... This is the man who will be responsible for the welfare of hundreds of cancer patients in Lancashire each year. Stephen Greenhalgh is the new man at the helm of St Catherine's Hospice in Lostock Hall, near Preston. The new director says he is inspired by the challenge ...
Chief wants speed camera shake-up.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Preston's stop cop has declared that if it was up to him he would revert to hard-to-spot speed cameras. Chief Supt Mike Barton dismissed claims that cameras were "a tax on motorists" and that the police were anti-motorists. He claimed his priority was to "protect life and ...
Just one number away from [pounds sterling]105m.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Gary Parke doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. That's because the 20-year-old - who works as a emergency medical dispatcher for Lancashire Ambulance - almost fainted when he saw Friday's Euromillions lottery draw. Gary's four numbers and two lucky stars saw him ...
Blair gaffe on religious hatred bill.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Prime Minister Tony Blair suffered a shock defeat over new race and religious hate crimes, losing a key measure by just one vote when he failed to turn up in the Commons. In a humiliating blow, 21 Labour rebels, including Geraldine Smith, MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, voted ...
On-the-run robber in raid terror.
Feb 01, 2006 ... A prisoner on the run who carried out a masked armed raid on a newsagent's shop is today beginning a nine-year jail term. Despite being sentenced to a seven- year stretch in 2002 for a knife-point robbery, Nathan Parry was transferred to the open regime at Kirkham prison. ...
Tip-top plan for the biggest tip in Preston.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Preston's biggest rubbish dump is to be transformed. Developers want to build a parade of shops off Broomfield Mill Street - named and shamed in the North West's top 10 fly-tipping hotspots in 2004. Marcus Worthington Properties Ltd, based in Claughton-on-Brock, near ...
Fore!or should that be 500?
Feb 01, 2006 ... The 19th hole seems a long way off ... A professional golfer is hoping to go the course and break a world record by playing the most rounds in a year. But Glenn Turner, who plays at Charnock Richard Golf Club, has a fair-way to go - he must play more than 500 rounds to ...
Victim's anger at jail sentence.
Feb 01, 2006 ... A disabled woman is still haunted by the vision of the drink-fuelled intruder who confronted her inside her home in Preston. Doreen and Michael Brown found Michael Fawcett in their Ashton home in the early hours of July 11. He was cowering in their kitchen having ...
The cold call girls.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Prostitutes offering a 'door-to-door' service have been touting at homes. One angry resident has hit out after revealing that prostitutes are knocking at his door in the middle of the afternoon. Grandfather, Philip Duncan, 67, who lives in a residential area off ...
New deal just the tonic for drug research firm.
Feb 02, 2006 ... A clinical research firm has broken into an emerging European market with a [pounds sterling]2.25m acquisition. Synexus has announced it has snapped up rival Polish firm Skandynawskie Centrum Medyczne (SCM) in its first deal since floating on the Alternative Investment Market ...
Shell makes a [pounds sterling]12.9 billion.
Feb 02, 2006 ... Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell announced record profits for a UK company of [pounds sterling]12.93bn today . The figure - which equates to almost [pounds sterling]1.5m an hour - was up nearly a third on last year, when it set a UK record with profits of [pounds sterling]9.8bn. ...
End for music.
Feb 02, 2006 ... Teenage music magazine Smash Hits is to close after almost 30 years, it was reported today. At its height the magazine was essential reading for young fans obsessed with pop. But Smash Hits has seen its circulation decline ...
BAE pensions deal is a blueprint say unions.
Feb 02, 2006 ... Union leaders today hailed a ground-breaking pensions deal with defence giant BAE Systems as a blueprint to other employers considering scrapping final salary schemes. Under the terms of the deal, workers have agreed to take responsibility for 40% of any changes in mortality ...
Campaigners looking for a TV compromise.
Feb 02, 2006 ... Campaigners are calling for a minimum of one Test to be shown live on terrestrial television in the wake of the England and Wales Cricket Board's exclusive deal with BSkyB. A Culture, Media and Sport select committee report released today was critical of ...
Corry sends out Six Nations title warning.
Feb 02, 2006 ... England captain Martin Corry has issued a fierce warning to Grand Slam champions Wales ahead of Saturday's Six Nations clash: "We are coming after your title." England have not won the championship since 2003 and had the stuffing knocked out of them in the opening match last ...
Henman gets his season back on track.
Feb 02, 2006 ... Tim Henman claimed a place in the quarter-finals of the Zagreb Indoors event in Croatia with his second victory this year over rising star Richard Gasquet. Henman made hard work of the 10th game in the second set but, after fending off break-back points, eventually sealed a 6-4 ...
