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Recession and rivals have pushed them from hallmarking into startling innovation
Employers say north-south divide in investment severely limits regional economy
Warning of ‘catastrophic financial consequences’ if private finance contract is breached
Minister appears in Commons to face MPs angry over handling of £56bn rail project
Referendums are a poor way to address voters’ legitimate concerns
Confidence returns to UK’s ‘Steel City’ after investment boost
Carbon fibre factory investment of £50m will create 200 jobs in Sheffield
The Scarborough Group founder on networking, long meetings and avoiding Maotai
House prices are not the only expense for a hard-pressed generation
Prime minister pressed to take advantage of low rates to boost Britain’s road and rail schemes
May commits to ‘Northern Powerhouse’ and ‘Midlands Engine’
Chinese investment was central to George Osborne’s Northern Powerhouse, writes Brian Groom
Sichuan Guodong Construction will spend the money on up to five property projects
High-speed line will use existing Sheffield city centre stop
Post-Brexit spending plans will determine success of the region
Role spanning local authority boundaries may lack scope to deliver on public expectations
A two-hour investigation of what led up to the disaster attending Liverpool football fans in Sheffield on April 15 1989
O’Sullivan changed the game by scoring big breaks more than any other player
Thatcher minister is an unlikely provocateur in the ideological battle for job training in schools
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