Cambridgeshire business news

Business news from the BBC web site:

Major firm marking centenary year
Leading aerospace and engineering firm Marshall marks the beginning of its centenary year by unfurling a flag.

Hundreds of 999 calls at new year
Nearly 1,400 people call out ambulance crews across the east during the new year festivities.

Campaigners aim to save rail jobs
A transport union is to begin a campaign in the new year to save hundreds of rail jobs under threat.

OBE for paralympics sports chief
The chief executive of Paralympics GB, who lives in Essex, is appointed OBE in the New Year Honours list.

Social campaigner appointed MBE
An economist who returned from East Africa in 1982 and became a social reform campaigner becomes an MBE.

Woolworths stores finally close
Two Woolworths shops in Cambridgeshire shut down as the second wave of the chain's closures takes place.

Woolworths prepares to shut down
Four Woolworths shops in Cambridgeshire are preparing to shut down as the first wave of the chain's closures takes place.

Free Christmas lifts for elderly
Taxi drivers in Cambridgeshire are getting into the festive spirit by offering free lifts on Christmas Day.

Animal activists' climate of fear
A group of animal rights activists waged a six-year blackmail campaign with the aim of shutting down Huntingdon Life Sciences.

Tesco buys closed Campbells site
Supermarket giant Tesco says plans to redevelop an industrial site in Norfolk will create up to 300 jobs.

Rural schemes win £30m investment
More than £30m is invested in projects in the East of England in the Rural Development Programme's first year.

Christmas squad for shoplifters
A Christmas shoplifting squad believed to be the first of its kind in the country is set up by Cambridgeshire Police.

City faces hundreds of job cuts
Hundreds of jobs are to go at Peterborough City Council and Perkins Engines, with both blaming the economic slump.

University secures new £6m centre
The University of Cambridge wins £6m funding for a new centre that will help create a new generation of scientists.

New bypass opens two months early
A long-awaited bypass around a Cambridgeshire village is being officially opened, two months earlier than expected.

Brother's plea after debt suicide
A grieving brother wants tighter controls on money lending after his twin killed himself over his £179,000 business debts.

Region's historic population fall
Merseyside's population fell faster and further over 25 years than anywhere else in England, a report says.

Ex-minister in immigration blast
UK immigration officials are on the receiving end of a four-letter outburst by former home office minister Fiona MacTaggart.

Teenager stabbed in street attack
A teenager is stabbed several times in an attack by three men in a street in Peterborough.

Agency newcomers bring experience
The new people on the board of the East of England Development Agency bring fresh experience, a minister says.

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