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Three budding Shropshire companies are just one step away from winning a £4,000 prize after reaching the final of the Shropshire Star’s Dragons Den-style competition.

FTSE 100 dips 2.61%

FTSE 100 dips 2.61%

The FTSE 100 slumped 2.61 per cent to 4,326.01 after oil prices reversed and headed down from recent highs.

More than 60,000 take up car scrappage scheme

More than 60,000 take up car scrappage scheme

Figures published today show more than 60,000 people have taken up the government’s new car scrappage scheme.

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Setanta given five days to pay £30m to Premier League

Setanta has until Friday to repay the reported £30 million it owes the Premier League or it will lose the right to broadcast games next season.

UK economic recovery to be ’slow and gradual’

The UK’s economic recovery is set to be slow and gradual with growth not returning until next year, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has warned.

Commodities weigh on FTSE 100

The FTSE 100 slumped 1.68 per cent in early trading to 4,375.93, weighed down by commodity stocks.

Faction Bike

When the Easom brothers had a bright idea in 1985 to design the world’s first 22 inch wheel bike, they perhaps never thought that more than 20 years later their dream would be become a thriving new business.

Shoothill

Pioneering Shrewsbury company Shoothill has developed a unique innovation using Microsoft’s Virtual Earth to overlay maps online, giving an immediate comparison of how land has developed since 1840.

Teeny Beanies

Teeny Beanies is a Telford-based business run by Kerry Swinton, designing, making ad selling children’s character bean bags and other products for the middle to high end gift market.

FTSE 100 dragged down by mining stocks

The FTSE 100 ended the week at 4,441.95, down 0.45 per cent from last night and just 3.39 points higher from last Friday.

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