finance

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Miller Metcalfe, are the people’s choice for Property Services in the North West.  And with their network of branches across prominent locations and specialist departments such as Auctions, Commercial and Property Surveys – it’s no wonder why. The team’s dynamic approach to buying, selling or letting has been fundamental to the company’s success.
By changing the face of traditional estate agency, Miller Metcalfe have become a property services retailer, implementing multi-channel marketing programmes and embracing the very latest digital technology to reach out to their existing and prospective customers.

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The Samlesbury Hotel is a high-quality 4-star hotel based near Preston, in Lancashire. Originally starting life as the Swallow Hotel, the 2-star hotel was purchased by Squire Hotels (owners of the 4-str Etrop Grange hotel in Manchester) in April 2013 and has since been renamed, refurbished, and now rewarded with its own 4-star rating.
Since being taken over by Squire, the experienced management company undertook a rigorous schedule of modernisation at the hotel, with ambitious plans to make it a high-end destination for guests looking for a place to stay, business people looking for meeting and conference venues, diners looking for a great meal, and even couples looking to get married.

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The Beach Hut, Great Harwood, Lancs, is a brand new play centre that provides activities for children of all ages. Owner Mel had the dream of opening a play centre in her local area for many years and spent this time saving and learning the requirements of running such a site.
When developing the centre, Mel wanted to offer a full range of exciting activities for children of all ages in a purpose-built building that offers a multi-level soft play frame for ages 3-11, which features wavy slides, obstacle climber, sports pitch, and creepy climber.

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Team Karting is a brand new indoor go-karting centre based in Rochdale. They offer thrill rides for individuals or teams of ten or more on a 325-metre track that features 12 bends. The state of the art SODI 200cc Karts are suitable for ages 15 and up and the smaller 125cc cadets Karts are available for children aged 8-15.
Customers can arrive and drive with groups of 8 or less or come in groups of 8 or more for Iron Man endurance races, corporate packages, grand prix style events and go-karting leagues and championships. To make this whole indoor centre possible they needed to raise the funds for all the equipment.

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Brand new, on-the-go desert brand My Cookie Dough has opened its first site at St. David’s shopping centre in Cardiff. The business offers their freshly baked cookie dough with a choice of toppings that are made order, along with fresh milkshakes made with ice cream and much more.
Their open plan layout means the customers can watch their products being made and have the unique option to collect loyalty points by the use of the fingerprint scanner.

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Carlisle based Nortech are a company that helps other businesses run smoothly by offering them total telecommunications solutions. Whether it is mobilising a work force, adding a new phone lines or finding a two-way radio solutions, they will make their communications packages fit around the customer.
For over thirty years Nortech have been at the forefront of technology when it comes to connecting people for business and event management. They even offer complementary services such a car kit repair, tracker installations and mobile phone repair.

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Active4Less is a group of 9 established gyms that are situated throughout the UK. With a combined number of 15,000 members, they believe their success is based on a truly unique set up. They strive to get as much member input as possible and use that to shape how the facilities work best.
With business going strong they decided to expand by opening up a 10th gym in Luton, fitted it with all new equipment provided by Startrac, Physical Company, Wolverson, and Boditrax.

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The White Bull in Gisburn is a newly redevelop restaurant, guest house and a traditional English pub based in a homely Grade II-listed coaching house that dates back to 1865.
Being community minded, owner and Professional Master Chef quarter finalist Simon Salt wants this village pub to offer people the best quality fine food, locally sourced at affordable prices.

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When an established company decided to buy a new office block on the Isle of Wight they realised that vital changes needed to be made to the building.

To keep up to date and improve the working conditions, they decided that a full fit out of the building was needed. This didn’t just include basics like new computers and furniture, the office needed suspended ceilings, partitioning and new flooring to bring it to their standards.

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Peter Nelson Fitness is a gym in Pickering that has a modern day approach to getting and keeping a healthy lifestyle. Peter Nelson and his team offer a wide range of contemporary fitness classes that suit everyone’s needs, whether it is one-on-one or group training.

They offer options for all levels of fitness, including an intense four-week boot camp of dynamic exercises, Pilates, Met-Box non-contact strength training, Met-Con suspension and kettlebell training, and moderate level Active Core sessions.