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Sport pitch demand fall dents Low & Bonar

Specialist materials maker’s 75% dip in full-year pre-tax profit

From INDUSTRIALS 9:43am

Ryanair offers Flybe €100m tie-up

Deal conditional on EU backing for Aer Lingus takeover by Irish budget carrier

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Hailo taxi cab app to launch in New York

Union Square leads funding round

From MANAGEMENT 8:40pm

Pre-pack administration doesn’t suit all

Deals can rescue a business and jobs, but anger rivals and creditors

From INDUSTRIALS Feb 2, 2013

Daisy in talks to acquire collapsed 2e2

IT companies in ‘fairly advanced’ negotiations

From INDUSTRIALS Feb 1, 2013

Porvair soars on aircraft demand

Commercial aircraft order books stay airborne

From UK COMPANIES Feb 1, 2013

Insolvencies at lowest level since 2008

Statistics from 2012 mask problem of ‘zombie companies’

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Northeast finds Formica in top condition at 100

Industrial product evolves into a symbol of sleek modernity

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Made.com vows to stay street wise

Furniture retailer’s virtual sales model paves way for others

From INDUSTRIALS Jan 29, 2013

NWF buoyed by wet autumn and poor grazing

Rise in pre-tax profits of 28% at agri-distribution company

FT Alphaville from FINANCIALS Jan 29, 2013

FT Alphaville: Waiting on RBS

From WORLD Jan 29, 2013

Competition lawsuits plan worries CBI

‘Opt-out’ system of collective action raises concerns

From ENERGY Jan 28, 2013

Trinity in successful Aim fundraising

Financing drought faces many smaller oil and gas groups

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Jan 28, 2013

My Wardrobe taps investors for funding

Third fundraising round in as many years

Small Talk from FINANCIALS Jan 27, 2013

Westhouse fails to lead by example

Stock broker delisting from Aim

From TECHNOLOGY Jan 25, 2013

Dolly Parton boosts Lo-Q

Eponymous US theme park awards new contract for queueing system

From MEDIA Jan 25, 2013

Website relaunch boosts Blinkx shares

Multimedia search engine update prompts BlackRock to lift stake

Jan 24, 2013

Bibendum saves the best vintage till last

Wine merchant aims to double the price of an average bottle

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Jan 23, 2013

UK lens market open to more online sales

Consumers slow to see attraction of buying contacts on the web

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Jan 23, 2013

Hilco in talks to buy Jessops

Several parties interested in brand

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