Bradford business news

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City plans £58m 'justice quarter'
Proposals for a new "justice quarter" and business district in Bradford are unveiled by the city council.

College bosses smuggled heroin
Two men who ran colleges for foreign students are jailed for smuggling millions of pounds' worth of heroin into the UK.

Catching the college heroin gang
Social affairs correspondent Andrew Bomford followed raids which led to the conviction of two men on drugs smuggling charges.

Flagship city site still on hold
A multi-million pound retail complex planned for Bradford is still on hold five years after demolition work began

SFO opens UK Madoff investigation
The Serious Fraud Office says it is to open an inquiry into Bernard Madoff's business operations in the UK.

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Bank shares fall after B&B move
Banking shares decline sharply following the news that Bradford & Bingley (B&B) is to be nationalised.

Building societies face B&B bill
The UK's 59 building societies could have to pay more than £80m towards bailing out Bradford and Bingley, the BBC learns.

B&B nationalisation is confirmed
The government confirms that Bradford & Bingley is to be nationalised, with the firm's savings business sold on to Spanish group Santander.

Official Treasury statement on B&B
The official Treasury statement on the nationalisation of Bradford & Bingley

Spanish bank giant to acquire B&B
Spanish banking giant Santander is to acquire Bradford & Bingley's savings business, worth £20bn, affecting 2.6m customers.

Vanished man's family heartache
The wife of a Bradford man who vanished more than year ago speaks of her heartache

Axe and revolver used in robbery
A staff member at a business in Bradford is taken to hospital after he was assaulted by a group of men armed with an axe and a revolver.

Piano contest stalwart made a CBE
The co-founder of the Leeds Pianoforte competition is honoured in The Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Town sees spate of arson attacks
Three cars and three buildings are targeted in a spate of arson attacks in Dewsbury.

Bar owner faces court over shisha
A restaurant owner who serves shisha pipes on his premises appears in court accused of ignoring the smoking ban.

Bradford 'best city' for business
A study names Bradford as the best city for companies to be based, due in part to its transport links.

City 'Channel' plan wins approval
A £350m scheme to develop a part of Bradford's city centre is given approval by Whitehall.

Bradford upbeat over buy-to-let
Bradford & Bingley says the buy-to-let market remains "buoyant" and that lending volumes are up on late 2006.

Cashier stabbed outside bookies
Police arrested a man after a cashier at a Bradford bookmakers suffers stab wounds

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