We've trawled the web this week for the top regional stories so you
don't have to. Here's what the local sites have been talking about this
week. Naturally London was alive with Olympics talk but the regional cities were keen to put their marks in the long jump sand too and Enterprise Zones made the headlines once again.
The Yorkshire Post ran a piece about how the region's cities were set to benefit to the tune of £3m from the Olympics and The Greater Manchester Business Week wrote about how businesses can still cash in 2012.
Away from sport-related news Enterprise Zones hit the headlines again as the Government approved a further four locations. There was a mixed response, divided as you would imagine between those that have and those that have not. The four zones announced were in Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield and Bristol
One Welsh councillor said the Bristol EZ could be disasterous for Cardiff while, naturally, Bristol revelled in the news, aided by a visit from the Prime Minister himself.
There was more than a hint of discontent over the decision to locate Leeds' EZ in the Aire Valley when the city region's LEP chairman was reported as insisting rows about the location would not hamper growth. In Birmingham, meanwhile, they were quick to put the marker in sand claiming theirs would be 'one of the most exciting' EZ in the country.
While the English regions were squabbling over EZ's, NAMA announced it had made a 1.1bn Euro loss in its last year which put the wider market into perspective.
The Yorkshire Post ran a piece about how the region's cities were set to benefit to the tune of £3m from the Olympics and The Greater Manchester Business Week wrote about how businesses can still cash in 2012.
Away from sport-related news Enterprise Zones hit the headlines again as the Government approved a further four locations. There was a mixed response, divided as you would imagine between those that have and those that have not. The four zones announced were in Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield and Bristol
One Welsh councillor said the Bristol EZ could be disasterous for Cardiff while, naturally, Bristol revelled in the news, aided by a visit from the Prime Minister himself.
There was more than a hint of discontent over the decision to locate Leeds' EZ in the Aire Valley when the city region's LEP chairman was reported as insisting rows about the location would not hamper growth. In Birmingham, meanwhile, they were quick to put the marker in sand claiming theirs would be 'one of the most exciting' EZ in the country.
While the English regions were squabbling over EZ's, NAMA announced it had made a 1.1bn Euro loss in its last year which put the wider market into perspective.
Back in my day as a student in Liverpool we felt lucky because we had one fridge to share between 16 rooms. I do wonder, though, what the hall fees are like in these all-singing, all-dancing student digs.
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