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JD Sports, musicMagpie and AJ Bell: The latest 39 North West appointments and promotions you should not miss
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Companies all across the region have been announcing new hires and promotions
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Sheikh Maktoum, new jobs and global expansion: How fintech firm Total Processing is taking on the world
North West
Total Processing was established by Jean-Michel Soopramanien, Alex Leigh and Matt Hamer
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Business groups line up to criticise rail plan that does little for North East
Boris Johnson
Maps in the Integrated Rail Review show that rail improvements barely reach the North East and feature arrows pointing vaguely north and labelled "Newcastle"
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CMA to move more than 200 jobs to Manchester with new digital hub
North West
About 50 staff are set to be based in the city to start with
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Vehicle data company Wejo completes Nasdaq float and secures $225m boost
North West
Founder and CEO Richard Barlow will continue to lead the company
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Freight train capacity to Port of Liverpool doubles after £8.3m project completes
North West
The news comes after the Government announced the Integrated Rail Plan
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Wardell Armstrong gives Mark Thurston HS2 update as eastern leg downgraded in Integrated Rail Plan
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The HS2 chief executive visited the company's Stoke-on-Trent head office to hear about its involvement in the scheme
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‘Betrayal’, ‘woefully inadequate’ and ‘levelling down’… reaction to plans to downgrade HS2 in the east
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‘A slap in the face to a region that already receives the lowest level of public expenditure on transport and economic affairs’
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'A cheap and nasty solution': Andy Burnham, Steve Rotheram and North West business leaders react to HS2 U-turn and Northern Powerhouse Rail news
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps unveiled the Integrated Rail Plan in the House of Commons
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Rail plans dubbed second class as HS2 to Leeds abolished with £200m city mass transport system landed
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Electrification of Transpennine Route and Midlands Main Line announced
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'A lot of positives' in £96bn transport plan, says Midlands Connect chief
Economic Development
Sir John Peace is upbeat despite the eastern leg of HS2 being downgraded
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Downgraded: HS2 Eastern leg to go as far as East Midlands Parkway - then straight into Nottingham and Derby
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Major redesign will also see the full electrification of existing Midland Main Line north to Sheffield
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New direct rail services from Birmingham to Nottingham and Derby but HS2 eastern leg downgraded
West Midlands
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps defends £96bn rail masterplan
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Live: Government unveils rail plans to "slash" journey times across the North and Midlands - with rethink on HS2
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will today publish the Integrated Rail Review but there are already signs that it will disappoint business and political leaders in the North and the Midlands
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Doubts persist as Government set to unveil rail investment programme
Transport
Reports suggest the high-profile HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail schemes are likely to be downgraded
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Why HS2 eastern Leg from Birmingham to Leeds via Nottingham looks dead in the water
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In a major rail review on Thursday, the Government is expected to scrap the HS2 route between the Midlands and Leeds
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North East business leaders call on Government to back 'transport revolution'
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North East England Chamber of Commerce says better transport links can help town and city centres and boost people's job opportunities
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Choose the North: The Government must deliver on rail promises
Boris Johnson
BusinessLive joins a group of newspapers across the North of England in calling on the Government to meet its rail promises to the region
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Growing fears over future of HS2 East as North and Midlands upgrades take priority
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Speculation Government will commit to western leg of HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester but scrap Birmingham to Leeds
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Public invited to comment on 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' to map out future of Notts barracks site
Economy
Proposals are also part of a longer-term vision for that part of the East Midlands which could create 84,000 jobs
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Autumn Budget 2021: East Midlands Chamber responds
The Budget
'This was a fairly steady, even-handed Budget with little to excite or fright businesses'
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Autumn Budget 2021: Tax cuts favourable but why no mention of HS2
Birmingham Airport
West Midlands business leaders react to Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Autumn Budget
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Autumn Budget 2021: East Midlands businesses still worried despite Chancellor's promise of stronger economy
The Budget
FSB: "Where inflation and forthcoming tax hikes are concerned, the clouds are gathering"
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Budget 2021: East Midlands Chamber calls for fresh growth strategy amid fears economy is stalling 
Chamber of Commerce
'Our data suggests growth in investment is slowing and not as high as we’d expect it to be at this point of the recovery'
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