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28/02/2008
orders for shipbuilding being sought at labour party conference
The trade union Keep our Future Afloat campaign is lobbying for submarine and warship orders at the Labour Party national spring conference in birmingham 29 February to 2 March 2008
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11/02/2008
HOW CAN THEY SLATE US?
BARROW is struggling to entice skilled workers because of the Furness peninsula's industrial image.
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04/02/2008
Second gas store planned under sea
A SECOND multi-million pound gas storage scheme off the Furness coast is being planned.
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29/01/2008
Jobs fair hoping to fill 70 care home positions
A JOBS fair will be held to recruit some of the 70 vacancies at a new £5.5m Furness nursing home.
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24/01/2008
Mini business parks to provide 100 jobs boost
TOWN hall chiefs hope two new mini business parks could create at least 100 jobs for Barrow.
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10/01/2008
Government's nuclear power commitment welcomed by shipbuilding trade unions
The Government's decision to proceed with a programme of nuclear power stations within the UK was today welcomed by the trade unions led Keep our Future Afloat Campaign
Britain's naval shipyards have the capability to design, build and integrate modular systems required in today’s nuclear power stations.
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08/01/2008
BUSINESS PARK BOOSTS TOWN ECONOMY BY £3M
A NEW Barrow business park has boosted the local economy by £3m and created 31 new jobs.
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03/01/2008
£500M GAS STORAGE OPERATION TO BRING JOBS FOR FURNESS FIRMS
A DEVELOPMENT agency says a scheme to create gas storage caverns under the Irish Sea linked to Barrow by a pipeline will be a boost for Furness.
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24/12/2007
offshore gas storage work may start in 2008
WORK on a £500m offshore gas storage site off the coast of Furness could start next year.
The Gateway Storage Company, which submitted its planning application to Barrow Borough Council 19 december includes a large gas compression station being built at Rampside, linked to offshore storage caverns by pipelines.
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14/12/2007
Barrow outperforms other areas of Cumbria 2004-6
The new Annual Business Inquiry survey for 2006 has just been published it shows Barrow outperformed other districts between 2004 and 2006
Total employment grew in Barrow (+1.7%)
There was strong manufacturing growth in Barrow (+19.9%)
Business services grew strongly (+36.6%) in Barrow,
Barrow (+15.9%) grew significantly faster than the national average
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