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The joint administrators of Plymouth Argyle Football Company Limited (in administration) say that they are optimistic that the sale of the football club to Akkeron Group can be completed soon. “Like many other parties both ourselves and Walker Morris have waived a significant amount in fees to ensure the survival of the club. “I would … Statement from The P&A Partnership re Plymouth Argyle Football Company Limited (in administration)

MBA students from Bradford University School of Management came 35th out of over 1200 teams from universities across the world at Santander’s Global Marketing Competition. More than 5500 pre-graduate and post-graduate students took part in the competition. Teams took part in a series of challenges involving real-life global marketing scenario over several weeks. Bradford University … Bradford MBA students come in top 3% of universities across the world at Global Marketing Competition

Leading UK business school Bradford University School of Management is launching two new MScs starting in January 2012 to appeal to graduates wanting to start their own businesses or who want to work in companies focusing on sustainability.  The School expects the new MSc in Applied Management and Entrepreneurship and the MSc in Applied Management … Top business school offers January start for new Masters programmes in entrepreneurship and sustainability

  York St John University has appointed Darrell Hooper as the first business and innovation manager at the Phoenix Centre where he will support and mentor seven new businesses.  The new post was created as the university takes over the running of the business incubator from Science City York and sees the centre established as … New manager for Phoenix Centre appointed to fire up fledging businesses

York St John University has appointed Darrell Hooper as the first business and innovation manager at the Phoenix Centre where he will support and mentor seven new businesses, including award winning social enterprise Inspired Youth  The new post was created as the university takes over the running of the business incubator from Science City York … Social enterprise among new creative companies for business incubator

A mobile boardroom created by Bradford University School of Management, has helped 15 business leaders with ideas to innovate in their own organisations. Professor Christos Kalantaridis, who leads the School’s Innovation Club for businesses, organised a bus to visit Systagenix (formerly Johnson and Johnson), WebAnywhere – a fast growing education software business and the off-site … Yorkshire businesses succeeding through innovation

Bradford University School of Management has been shortlisted in the outstanding employer engagement category for the Times Higher Education Awards 2011. The employer engagement award, open to all higher education institutions in the UK, recognises a strategic and innovative approach to delivering employers’ workforce development needs. Judges are looking for employability credentials including new ways … Bradford University School of Management recognised for employer engagement in Times Higher shortlist

Yorkshire PR agency Northern Lights PR has been shortlisted in both regional and national PR industry awards. Following the release of Victoria Tomlinson’s ebook ‘Why you can’t ignore social media in business’ and a series of contract wins for social media campaigns, the Harrogate-based agency has been shortlisted for the ‘Best Use of Social Media’ … Award winning Yorkshire PR agency recognised for social media expertise

Bradford University School of Management is inviting business leaders on board its ‘Ideas Bus’ to see first-hand how three top Yorkshire companies have turned their ideas into business results. The ‘Ideas Bus’ will start at the School of Management on the morning of 13 September. Passengers will spend the day sharing business ideas, seeing examples … Bradford University School of Management Innovation Club takes to the road on the ‘Ideas Bus’