Failure of majority shareholder may result in bid for whole company SHARES in Peterborough-based travel giant Thomas Cook have risen following the news that another German company is interested in acquiring the shares belonging to…

REGULATIONS to enforce the payment of employment tribunal claims could include the use of bailiff-style enforcement officers, Peterborough businesses have been warned. According to Peterborough-based solicitors Roythorne Christmas, officers could break into company premises and seize…

Email motoring advice service launched MOTORING journalist Ralph Morton has joined Peterboroughbusiness.co.uk as business motoring columnist. Click here to read the column. Every month Ralph’s advice and observations on the world of business motoring will…

A PETERBOROUGH recruitment consultant spent a day as a temp this week to mark National Temporary Workers’ Week. Nel Woolcott, who works at Anne Corder Recuitment, swapped her desk at the agency’s Park Road office…

HERE’S a carefully-cropped version of the front cover of June’s magazine from the city council (see below). The feature on page nine didn’t quite live up to the promise of the cover. Your Peterborough is…

Decision to shelve paternity leave plans allows time for businesses and politicians to find long-term solution, says CIPD REPORTS that Lord Mandelson is to shelve plans to extend paid maternity leave to 12 months, and…

BECAUSE beating the recession is front of mind for small business owners, Barclays has announced a free Let’s Talk seminar in Peterborough to provide tangible support to SMEs. The seminar will allow owners to take a…