Kirklees Business News, 11th May 2010

KIRKLEES BUSINESS NEWSThe business NEWSpaper for Kir k lees11, May, 2010

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Tykes setthe paceYORKSHIRE isoutpacing the rest ofthe UK when it comesto business growth,says a new survey.The latest PurchaseManagers’ Index frombusiness informationcompany Markitshowed that theregion’s private sectoreconomy expanded at afaster rate in April – incontrast to the softergrowth seen across theUK as a whole.

Reasonto smileSTAFF at MelthamDental Care havegained the Investors inPeople standard.The award recognisesthe Station Streetpractice for itscommitment to stafftraining anddevelopment.

Latin markets provide new target for firmA COMPANY supplying scalp cool-ers to combat hair loss in cancerpatients is embarking on anotherexport adventure.

Fenay Bridge-based Paxman Cool-ers is one of five Yorkshire firmsshowcasing cutting edge innovationsin Latin America this month to high-light how their pioneering productsare improving healthcare for patientsaround the world.

Paxman Coolers will be attending

Hospitalar – the largest medical exhib-ition in Latin America – which takesplace from May 25 to 28 in São Paulo,Brazil.

The Yorkshire companies will formpart of the UK delegation showingBritish healthcare innovation to the86,000 visitors and looking for newbusiness and export opportunitiesacross the region.

Paxman Coolers will be showcasingits pioneering scalp cooler, which

provides cancer patients with the bestpossible chance of retaining their hairwhile they undergo chemotherapytreatment. Figures show that on aver-age 70-90% of patients who use Pax-m a n C o o l e r s awa rd w i n n i n gtechnology do not require a wig.

Operations director Richard Pax-man said: “Latin America is a targetmarket for us and we are eager to lookfor partners in this region.

“The exhibition will allow us to

platform our products on an interna-tional stage and establish links withpotential business partners, enablingus to expand on our already buoyantoverseas market.”

The Yorkshire firms will be suppor-ted by Medilink Yorkshire and Hum-ber, the organisation dedicated to thegrowth of the region’s healthcare tech-nologies sector, and governmentexport support arm UK Trade &Investment.

Chem Resist risesto tanks challengeBIG is beautiful for Dewsbury com-pany Chem Resist Ltd.

The firm, recognised as a worldleader in the design and constructionof thermoplastic chemical storagetanks, rose to the challenge to com-plete a major order.

Chem Resist, based at Raven-sthorpe Industrial Estate, usuallyworks to the industry-accepted max-imum storage capacity of 100m³.

So when a client – supplying anadditive to make diesel engines envir-onmentally friendly by removingharmful emissions – asked the com-pany to produce two 120m³ capacitytanks, the assumption was it couldn’tbe done and that more, smaller, tankswould be required.

However, Chem Resist cracked theproblem and can now claim to haveb u i l t n o t o n l y t h e l a r g e s tspiral-wound thermoplastic tanks inEurope, but also with a more envir-onmentally-friendly outcome.

Ferguson & Menzies, which isbased next door to GlasgowRangers’ Ibrox Park, distributes pineoils and chemicals in the UK, whichare sold to manufacturers of house-hold and industrial cleaningproducts.

The company also supplies animportant additive, AdBlue, whichremoves nitrogen oxide from theexhaust systems of heavy dutyvehicles in order to meet the stringentEuropean exhaust emission stand-ards.

Chem Resist technical manager DrStephan Menzer said that with atotal capacity of 240m³ the newAdBlue plant was big enough to copewith increasing demands in thefuture.

“Our previously biggest tankwould fit comfortably inside one ofthe new ones,” said Dr Menzer.

“And as all our chemical storagetanks are fully recyclable – even after

20-plus years’ service – the environ-ment gains yet again.”

Despite tight space constraints onsite, the two tanks – each 11 metreshigh by 4.5 metres in diameter – weresafely installed by Chem Resisttogether with associated pipe workand systems without interruption toFerguson & Menzies’ supply sched-ules.

Chem Resist was established morethan 40 years ago and has suppliedchemical storage tanks and installa-tions for many of the UK’s leadingcompanies.

Clients have included pharmaceut-ical firm Glaxosmithkline, Kodak,Corus, Agfa and Thames Water.

It is the only UK manufacturer ofspiral wound thermoplastic tanks.

Demand for its products led to thefirm doubling its manufacturingcapacity in 2008.

The firm also has an in-housetraining school for its apprentices.

■ SO BIG: Chem Resist chairmanSeamus Quinn with the outsize tanks

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SHARE PRICESLocal shares

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TOURIST RATES

Tourists going abroad can expectthe following rates for sterling:Australia...................... 1.55 dollarsBangladesh................... 97.04 takaBrazil.............................. 2.44 realsCanada....................... 1.45 dollarsChina ............................. 9.06 yuanCzech Republic ...... 26.95 korunasDenmark....................... 8.11 kroneEuro............................... 1.09 euroHong Kong................ 10.97 dollarsHungary ................... 282.94 forintsIndia.......................... 58.87 rupeesJapan........................... 131.52 yenMexico ....................... 16.69 pesosNew Zealand .............. 1.90 dollarsNorway ......................... 8.61 kronePakistan.................. 117.73 rupeesPhilippines ................. 57.46 pesosSouth Africa................. 10.41 randSouth Korea.............. 1465.00 wonSri Lanka ................ 159.20 rupeesSweden....................... 10.60 kronaSwitzerland.................. 1.56 francsTaiwan ...................... 40.88 dollarsTurkey....................... 2.19 new liraUSA ............................ 1.42 dollars

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Ash cloud closures hit BATHE number of passengers usingBAA’s six airports slumped by 22.7%last month after the volcanic ashcould caused huge disruption to UKand European flights

The company handled a total of6.9m passengers in the month – withalmost all of the decline on last year’sfigure due to the ash crisis.

The company, which is owned bySpain’s Ferrovial, revealed at the endof last month that the closure ofHeathrow and Stansted had cost it£28m. Airports across Europe facedfresh disruption this weekend.

The problems in April meant the

number of passengers at Heathrowfell by 20.8% in the month to 4.4m,while Stansted dropped by 24.4% to1.2m.

The company’s three Scottish air-ports were badly affected with a fall of28.2%, while Southampton declinedby 19.4%.

In total, BAA estimated that itdealt with 1.9m fewer passengers as adirect result of the ash cloud.

Both Heathrow and Stansted wereclosed from April 15 to April 20because of the volcano, with normalairline schedules not resuming untilApril 22.

Big freeze boostsBritish Gas profits

Earnings are a picture of healthHEALTH club operator Virgin Activesaid it recorded annual earnings ofmore than £100m for the first time inits 10-year history.

The group, which has 71 clubs inthe UK and 187 sites in total, liftedrevenue by 15% to £391m afterincreasing membership by 4% to919,000.

Virgin Active chief executive Mat-thew Bucknall said: “The trend thatwe have seen throughout the reces-sion confirms our opinion thathealth and fitness has become acore aspect to people’s lives.”

The company, which is majorityowned by Sir Richard Branson’s Vir-

gin Group, said its UK business“demonstrated its resilience” dur-ing 2009.

The figures showed an 18% rise inearnings to £101.1m and representthe 10th consecutive year of reven-ues and profits growth.

Virgin, which acquired HolmesPlace in 2006, said its successreflected its strategy of situatingclubs in sizeable catchment areasand using facilities large enough todrive economies of scale.

During the year it also increasedthe number of staff on the gym floorand improved the range of equip-ment and classes on offer.

IncreasedrevenuesFUNERAL servicesgroup Dignity saidrevenues rose by 1.9%to £53.9m in the 13weeks to March 26.

The group, whichincludes HighfieldFuneral Service inHuddersfield, said theperformance wasconsistent with theaverage of the last fiveyears.

Recoveryfor FTSEBANK shares soared byas much as 16% asinvestors piled back intoshares following the dealto stop the Greek debtcrisis from spreading.

The FTSE 100 Index,which fell by 2.6% onFriday and by more than7% over last week as awhole, recovered inspectacular fashionyesterday – adding 5.2%or 264.4 points to closeat 5387.4. This was thetop flight’s best sessionsince December 2008.

The relief rally wasmatched on Wall Street,where the Dow JonesIndustrial Average stood4% higher at the time ofLondon’s close.

There were evenbigger gains in Europe asFrance’s CAC 40 soaredby 9%.

The £650bn bailoutpackage to prop up thesingle currency, backedby the eurozone nationsand the InternationalMonetary Fund, boostedconfidence shattered bythe Greek debt crisis andpushed markets higher.

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Colt Telecom 1217/8 +51/2KCOM 47 -1Talktalk Telecom 1291/4 +71/4

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INDEXFTSE 100 5387.42 +264.40

INDEXFTSE 250 10004.75 +512.86

HOUSEHOLDS cranking up the heat-ing in the freezing winter weatherhelped British Gas rack up hefty profitsin the first quarter of 2010, parentCentrica said.

British Gas expects a “strong per-formance” this year after the coldweather prompted 7% higher gas usagethan in 2009 – with electricity con-sumption up by 2%.

Despite the profit boost, British Gassaid average bills for its 15.9m custom-ers in the first quarter of 2010 werelower than a year earlier due to its 7%gas price cut in February.

The prediction of more strong profitsat British Gas comes after the UK’sbiggest energy supplier deliveredrecord operating profits of £595m lastyear – up from £376m in 2008.

British Gas has gained more than200,000 new residential customers sofar this year as well as 100,000 servicingcontracts.

The group installed 20% more cent-ral heating systems than a year earlier,thanks to cheaper pricing and the Gov-ernment’s boiler scrappage scheme.

However, the business experiencedadditional costs as a result of the higherincidence of boiler breakdown calloutsduring the cold weather in the firstquarter.

But it said costs rose due to thehigher number of boiler breakdowns inthe cold snap.

The weather also boosted profits atits business arm due to higher thanexpected demand for energy as well asstrong renewals and an improved oper-

ating performance.The healthy profits from the group’s

energy supply arm were offset by muchtougher conditions for Centrica’senergy production business.

While gas and oil production was

59% ahead of the previous year –helped by acquisitions – wholesale gasprices are still low due to a market glutand weak demand.

Centrica expects the “weak com-modity price environment” to continueto affect the production business.

A statement said: “We continue tomake progress in developing thoseactivities that will underpin futuregrowth in British Gas.

“By the end of April, we hadinstalled 80,000 smart meters in homesand businesses and now have over 300employees working in our insulationbusiness.

“We also remain on track to reducethe like for like cost base in British Gasby more than the £100m originallytargeted.”

■ WINTER WARMER: British Gassaw energy usage – and profits – riseas a resulr of the freezing weather

KIRKLEES BUSINESS NEWS profile Page 3

JohnRadcliffe

J Radcliffeand Sons

HENRYK ZIENTEK

Firmthat’sbuiltto last

A COMPANY that helpedlay the foundations ofHuddersfield has set itssights firmly on building astronger future.

J Radcliffe and Sons,based at Leeds Road, hasbeen a family-owned firmsince its formation morethan 200 years ago andtakes pride in having builtmany of the town’s majorbuildings.

Now chairman JohnRadcliffe, the fifthgeneration of the family tohead the firm, is drivinginvestment and growth forthe business by marryingthe company’s heritage andreputation for quality andservice with innovation.

Says John: “TheRadcliffes were originallyfarmers, but started thebuilding firm in 1802 –which must make us one ofthe town’s oldestcompanies.

“The company’s historyhas been in constructionand we have built a numberof the town’s majorbuildings, including theformer Yorkshire BuildingSociety’s headquarters in StGeorge’s Square, theNuffield hospital, the counciloffices, HuddersfieldTechnical College and partsof the university.”

The company operatedfrom a site at St John’sRoad for many years untilmoving to its presentlocation at Queen’s Square,Leeds Road, to make wayfor the Huddersfield ringroad.

Under John’s direction,the company has developedthree subsidiaries to covercommercial propertydevelopment, plant and toolhire and energyassessment.

Development arm JohnRadcliffe and Sons Ltd hasbeen involved in retail,leisure, mixed use andresidential schemes rangingfrom the new Tesco store atBrighouse – and there-siting of BrighouseSports Club – to the FenayBridge pub at PenistoneRoad, Fenay Bridge.

Others include thecreation of 40 flats atHalifax Road, Birchencliffe,and retail developmentssuch as the PC World andDreams complex at LeedsRoad, Hillhouse.

Other significant schemeshave taken the company asfar afield as Boston inLincolnshire, Barnsley,Wakefield, Walsall andDriffield, North Yorkshire.

The company works withpartners includingsupermarket giantMorrisons, Royal Bank ofScotland and other selecteddevelopment companies.

It recently becamenominated developer forretail chain Pets At Home.

Over the past 10 years,the company has beeninvolved in more than 2m sqft of commercialdevelopment and has builtan enviable reputation.

After a period ofbelt-tightening as therecession took hold, John isnow more confident aboutprospects for the companyand the wider constructionindustry

“We think things aregetting better,” he says. “Lastyear we had to make somecuts to keep the businessgoing.

“Now we have taken onthree new members of staffin the past six to ninemonths and we have a good,loyal core team.”

The plant hire business,which has been running for48 years, has also seen anincrease in enquiries fromlocal building companies.Investment has seen theplant fleet expand whiletie-ins with toolmanufacturers have enabledthe company to widen itsranges.

“On plant hire, we havemore than 1,000 clients,”says John. “Some of themare national companies, butmany of them are buildingfirms with one to five menwho may not even have theirown builders’ yard.

“Customers we have not

seen for six months arecoming back, people aregetting busier and we arebeing asked to quote forsome major contracts.

“We are starting to fill ourproperty ‘pipeline’ again andwe have four or five projectscoming to fruition.”

Says John: “January andFebruary were poor monthsfor us, but March and Aprilhave been busier as workwhich was scheduled forearlier in the year gets underway.

“We have exceeded ourbudget by 60 to 80%.”

John says the company isalso excelling due toinvestment in sales andmarketing.

While the company hasstaff who have worked for thefirm for more than 20 years –and up to 50 years in onecase – it is also involved inthe Nexus scheme to providework experience for pupils,which could result in the offerof an apprenticeship if allgoes well.

John’s wife Sue headsJohn Radcliffe and SonsEPC, which was set up inOctober, 2008. It providescommercial energyassessments to help clientsattain the energyperformance certificaterequired by law whenadvertising a commercialproperty for sale or lease.

Says John: “We have hadto innovate and move withthe times to survive.

“Luckily, we have a smallclose-knit team which canreact quickly to makedecisions.”

John joined the familybusiness only after gettingexperience in the propertyindustry elsewhere.

“After qualifying as achartered surveyor I workedin London for seven years,”he recalls. “I think that was apretty healthy thing to do. If

you go into the familybusiness at 18 or 20 thedanger is that you getmoulded and set into away of doing things.”

Coming back toYorkshire, John joinedproperty developmentcompany Teesland inLeeds before finallyjoining the family firm.

Away from work, Johnsits on the board ofHuddersfield Golf Club,where he has been amember for 35 years. Healso played forHuddersfield RUFC formany years. His sonsRobert, Harry and Jonnyare following in hissporting footsteps, playinggolf, rugby and cricket.

The company’s sportinglinks continue as John

Radcliffe and Sons isforging a corporaterelationship withHuddersfield Giants.

John says it underlinesthe firm’s commitment tothe town it helped to build.

“We are committed tocontinued growth andkeeping out roots inHuddersfield,” he says.

“Due to the diversity ofthe company and the mixand strengths of the team,the future looks bright.

“The commitment toHuddersfield and givinglocal people the chance togrow with us is veryimportant.”

Role: ChairmanAge: 45Family: Married toSue with childrenRobert, Harry andJonnyHolidays: Sailing inthe Greek IslandsCar: BMWFirst job: Petrolpump attendant atHebble AutoBest thing aboutjob: Helping localbusinesses and thevariety of customerswe serve. We can bedealing with a £20msupermarket schemein the morning andhiring out a diggerand a handful of pick-axes in the afternoonWorst thing aboutjob: Frustration athow long things takeBusiness tip: Per-severe

Work: Propertydevelopment, planthire and energyassessmentSite: Leeds RoadEmployees: 14Phone: 01484420212Email: [email protected]: www.jradcliffe.co.uk

■ COMMITMENT: JohnRadcliffe heads a family firmwhich has demonstratedcenturies of loyalty to the town

KIRKLEES BUSINESSlocal Page 4

Reporting accidentsAS part of regular contact

with our colleagues inthe claims department atWilby Ltd, we see that thereis some confusion and alack of knowledge amongsome employers regardingthe requirements to reportaccidents.

The Reporting of Injuries, Dis-eases and Dangerous Occur-r e n c e s Re g u l at i o n s 1 9 9 5(RIDDOR) are the regulationswhich place duties on employersto report accidents and incidentsto an appropriate enforcingauthority, the Health & SafetyExecutive or their local author-ity.

To help employers, there isguidance available to assist inworking out if an accident isreportable and how to make thereport.

Some key points to rememberare:

● In the event of a fatality ormajor injury, report by the quick-est practicable means (e.g. tele-phone) and in written formwithin 10 days

● Written reports of accidentsshould be made on the HSE’sF2508 form

● Major injuries include frac-tures of bones other than fingers,thumbs or toes; amputation; dis-location of hip, knee or spine and

any penetrating injury to theeye

● An employee with an injuryrequiring admittance to hospitalfor more than 24 hours is a majorinjury

● If a non- worker, e.g. mem-ber of the public, is injured at aworkplace and is taken to hos-pital the event is reportable(regardless of the length ofadmittance to hospital)

● If an employee is unfit fornormal duties on the fourth dayafter the day of the accident, thisis reportable in written form. Alldays, regardless of whether theworker would normally havebeen at work or not, are coun-ted

● Dangerous occurrencesinclude collapse, overturning orfailure of load bearing parts oflifts and lifting equipment;explosion of any closed vessel orassociated pipe work; plant com-ing into contact with overhead

power lines.To make reporting accidents

easier, a report can be made tothe HSE’s Incident ContactCentre (ICC) by calling 08453 0 0 9 9 2 3 o r o n l i n e a tw w w. h s e . g o v. u k / r i d d o r /index.htm

If in doubt, we would recom-mend that you always make areport.

It is not an offence to informthe ICC of non-reportable acci-dents, but failure to report areportable accident is a breach ofRIDDOR and can result in aprosecution.

● Wilby Ltd offers a widerange of risk management andhealth and safety solutions forbusinesses.

The company was a finalist inthe British Insurance Awards2008, the Insurance TimesAwards 2008 and the UK BrokerAwards 2008.

RISKYBUSINESSMark Dalton

Mark Dalton is associate director at Wilby Ltd

Orchard offersfruitful adviceKIRKLEES firms face fines of up to£45,000 if they fail to comply with anew energy scheme, an expert haswarned.Gareth Henderson, managingdirector of Brighouse-based OrchardEnergy, said companies should beprepared for the new CRC EnergyEfficiency Scheme – the UK’smandatory climate change andenergy saving scheme.The scheme, formerly known as theCarbon Reduction Commitment,requires all non-transport UKorganisations – from half-hourlymeter point users to firms usingmore than 6GW of half-hourlyelectricity a year – to register andcomply.The government believes 5,000 ofthe UK’s largest organisations willbe affected.Mr Henderson, who is also a foundermember of industry regulatory bodythe Utility Intermediary Association,said: “Although the CRC will berevenue neutral to government, itprovides an incentive to reduce CO2emissions by distributing some ofthe revenue from the worst to thebest performers.“The regulations are complex andthere are significant penalties fornon-compliance.”Said Mr Henderson: ““Theimplications of CRC registration andcompliance for organisations arenumerous, including significantfinancial burdens such as up to a30% increase in energy costs, by2015, for those with poor, relativeperformance and penalties fornon-compliance.“Some major organisations areoblivious to CRC. One area inparticular which could be seriouslyoverlooked, is where the obligationfalls on parent organisations, notentities or sites.“Therefore, private equity fundscould be responsible for emissionsfrom their portfolio.”Orchard Energy has drawn on itsexpertise dealing with complexissues with organisations such astrade associations and theEnvironment Agency to devise threeflexible packages providing varyinglevels of compliance managementfor firms facing the CRC.“It is our responsibility to guide ourclients through the process and weare visiting each client to raiseawareness of their obligations andoptions,” said Mr Henderson.

Media messagesA MEDIA company set up just three yearsago with four employees has opened anew office and has a 50-strong staff.Reactiv Media, based in Elland, wasformed in 2007 by managing directorTony Abbott to bring together variousaspects of the direct marketing industryunder one roof.Despite the economic downturn, it hascontinued to expand and has now openedan office in Leamington Spa,Warwickshire, under businessdevelopment manager Leigh Cheshire.Mr Abbott, who spent 15 years in salesand marketing before launching ReactivMedia, said: “I am very excited by the newoffice opening and looking forward tofurther opportunities for Reactiv Mediathroughout 2010.”

Seminar eventMANUFACTURERS will get soundadvice on attracting newcustomers and increasing sales ata meeting tomorrow.The Calderdale and KirkleesManufacturing Alliance stages itslatest seminar at 5.30pm at theCedar Court Hotel, Ainley Top.The CKMA stages regular meetingsand visits to business premises tocover topics important tomanufacturers.

Funeral servicein expansion planA FUNERAL business based in the HolmeValley for more than 40 years has expanded withthe addition of new premises in Kirkheaton.

Radcliffe Funeral Service, owned by husbandand wife Andrew and Gwen Schofield, hasopened the new funeral home at New Road tocomplement its existing business in the Holmfirtharea..

A service of dedication and blessing at the newpremises was conducted by the Rev Leslie Noon,of the United Church, Kirkheaton; and by theRev Richard Steel, of Kirkheaton parishchurch.

The service was also attended by Clr JulieStewart-Turner, Mayor of Kirklees, and by SueSaville, president of the National Association ofFuneral Directors.

Gwen said the decision to open new premiseswas taken last March and an existing funeralparlour at New Road was acquired in April.

Work to renovate the premises and create atwo-storey extension have now been completed toprovide up-to-date facilities.

Gwen has provided funeral services in theHolme Valley and surrounding areas for morethan 30 years. Husband Andrew joined the busi-ness in June last year.

The business is a member of the NationalAssociation of Funeral Directors and the Societyof Allied and Independent Funeral Directors.

Gwen has been a member of the British Insti-tute of Embalmers for more than 27 years.

■ SERVICE: Gwen Schofield (second right) and husband Andrew (second left) with (from left) theRev Leslie Noon; Kirklees Mayor Clr Julie Stewart-Turner, Sue Saville, president of the NationalAssociation of Funeral Directors; and the Rev Richard Steel at the ceremony

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KIRKLEES BUSINESS NEWS local Page 5

Yorkshire isout in frontYORKSHIRE is outpacting the rest of theUK when it comes to business growth,says a new survey.The latest Purchase Managers’ Index frombusiness information company Markitshowed that the region’s private sectoreconomy expanded at a faster rate in April– in contrast to the softer growth seenacross the UK as a whole.Total activity rose at the strongest pacesince January, 2000, and the regionposted the third-fastest growth of 12 UKareas covered by the regional PMIs.The headline seasonally adjustedBusiness Activity Index rose to 58.8 from56.5 in March. Evidence of a firmingrecovery was also provided by the firstrise in private sector employment in twoyears.Private sector business activity rose forthe 11th successive month in April.Moreover, the rate of growth in Yorkshirewas stronger than the UK average for thefirst time since August, 2009.Underpinning growth was a furthermarked rise in new business. The rate ofexpansion was the second-fastest in sixyears and greater than the UK average.April data signalled a rise in private sectoremployment in Yorkshire for the first timesince April, 2008. Job creation was linkedto rising current and expected workloads– and was more prevalent inmanufacturing than services. Overall,workforces expanded at a rate that wasslightly greater than the UK average.Sharp growth in new business generateda rise in outstanding work for the first timein over two years in April. Moreover, therate of backlog accumulation was thefastest since July, 2007.Firms’ average input prices rose at thefastest rate in nineteen months in April.Input cost inflation was much sharperthan the historic trend of the series, andgreater than the UK average. Rising fueland raw material prices – particularlymetals and chemicals – were quoted assources of upward pressure on costs.Prices charged by private sectorcompanies in Yorkshire rose for the firsttime in 2010 in April, largely as a result ofthe passing through of higher input pricesto customers. However, the rate of outputprice inflation remained well below that forinput prices, and was only moderate.Moreover, sector data suggested thatservice providers continued to cut theircharges in the face of intense competitivepressures.Trevor Balchin, senior economist atMarkit, said: “Yorkshire and Humberbucked the national trend of slowinggrowth in April. Private sector output roseat the fastest pace for a decade, reflectinga strengthening rebound from the extremelow of last year. The other key positivesurvey finding was a first rise inemployment in the region for two years.”

TAXTALKColin Barratt

Colin Barratt is tax partner at Wheawill and Sudworthchartered accountants, Huddersfield

Thoughtful ideato assist firmsKIRKLEES firms should getthinking – and bid for a share of£90m of funding, a financialreward of up to £100,000 eachand a trip overseas.

HSBC Commercial Bankinghas launched Business Thinking2010 to support and fund theUK’s most innovative and for-ward thinking companies.

Businesses with turnoversexceeding £2m can put forwardtheir vision and ambitions fortheir company, how their man-agement team intends to achievethem and how the prize wouldhelp them succeed.

Business Thinking 2010 hasthree phases of reward.

Phase one will see up to 54companies across the UK short-listed as regional finalists. Eachcompany selected from thenorth-east at this stage will havethe chance to take part in aninternational Thought Exchangeas a guest of HSBC to one of theworld’s most dynamic areas ofeconomic growth – China, theAmericas or Europe – for the

opportunity to meet like-mindedbusiness thinkers and enjoy net-working and business develop-ment opportunities.

At phase two, the regionalfinalists will be invited to refinetheir business case to win basedon the insights gained on the

Thought Exchange to be judgedby HSBC’s panel of experts. Tworegional winners per region willthen receive up to £5m in lendingplus a financial reward of up to£100,000 each.

Phase three will see one of the18 regional winners crownedoverall Business Thinking 2010winner at a gala event in HongKong in front of an internationalaudience and receive a furtherfinancial reward of up to£100,000.

Mark Vines, HSBC’ regionalcommercial director for York-shire said: “We know the mostsuccessful businesses are thosethat innovate and invest to getahead and we are launchingBusiness Thinking 2010 to helpsupport companies do just that.

“We firmly believe that formany businesses in the region,trading internationally couldhelp them drive their way out ofthe recovery to success, which iswhy we are giving so many final-i s t s t h e c h a n c e t o m e e tlike-minded companies in other

countries and find out aboutdoing business overseas.”

Entrants to Business Thinking2010 must be able to demon-strate outstanding businessthinking whether trading inter-nationally or only in the UK.

They must be UK-based, haveoperated for two years or longerand have turnover of £2m ormore.

They must be able to provideprofit and loss and balance sheetinformation for a minimum trad-ing period of 12 months andprojected financials for a min-imum of two years.

Go to www.hsbc.co.uk/busi-nessthinking to register interestand receive an application form.For questions regarding entriesand the process, ring 0800 3283211. The closing date for entriesis midnight on June 25, 2010.

For more information, contactJill Hague, area commercial dir-ector for Calderdale, Kirkleesand Wakefield. Tel 08455848153

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■ IDEAS MAN: Mark Vines,HSBC regional commercialdirector for the north-east

Putting a focus on expensesOVER the next few

weeks, businesses willbe busy reporting to HMRevenue & Customsexpenses payments madeand benefit in kindprovided to their employ-ees on forms P11D for theyear ended April 5, 2010, inreadiness for the filingdeadline of July 6.

The completion of formsP11D can be a laborious task aswell as a potentially costly oneif they are not correctly com-pleted as the Revenue canimpose penalties up to 100% ofthe tax and national insurancecontributions unpaid, togetherwith interest charges.

Common P11D mistakesfound by the Revenue whenthey review employer businessrecords are:

● Interest-free or subsidisedloan benefits – No taxablebenefit will arise if the totalamount of loan does not exceed£5,000 at any time in the taxyear. Often, loans exceedingthis figure do arise but are alsorepaid before the end of theyear but a benefit in kind willstill arise and this needs report-

ing on form P11D● Cars provided to employ-

ees for their private use – Thebenefit in kind charge isdetermined by a combinationof the car’s list price, optionalextras and vehicle’s CO2 emis-sion. Sometimes, businesses donot use the correct list price orforget to include optionalextras when preparing formsP11D leading to additionaltax/NIC liabilities

● Employer-owned cars andvans only used for business pur-poses – There are strict condi-tions for tax exemption to begiven for any incidental privateuse by employees of such“pool” vehicles and frequentlythe Revenue obtain additionaltax & NIC due to the lack ofrecords kept by businesses tosupport pool status or becausean employee has used the car on

more than “incidental” occa-sions

●Assets owned by a businessand transferred to employees – Abenefit in kind arises if the pricepaid for the asset is less than itsmarket value. Additional liabilit-ies arise as the Revenue do notalways accept the value paid byemployees for such assets. It isadvisable to obtain a third partyvaluation where the asset is ofsubstantial value such as a car orhouse etc in order to counter

Revenue attempts to imply that abenefit in kind arises

● Business Mileage Allow-ances – No records being kept tosupport the payment at tax-freerates of 40p for the first 10,000miles and 25p thereafter inemployees own vehicles

● Home telephones – A bene-fit in kind arises if the businesspays the employee’s privatephone bill. Often the bill is in theemployee’s name and the moreexpensive payroll NIC will bedue instead of the usual Class 1ANIC associated with P11Ds.

The Revenue can go back anumber of tax years when look-ing at business records and mis-takes as mentioned above canresult in unexpected and expens-ive tax bills.

KIRKLEES BUSINESS NEWS property Page 6

Market activitystarts to pick upINVESTMENT activity haspicked up in the Yorkshire prop-erty market, says a new survey.

Figures from property con-sultancy Lambert Smith Hamptonshowed that investment across theregion totalled £233m during thefirst quarter of the year – up by41% on the £165m achieved in thefinal quarter of 2009.

Retail and office sectors saw thebiggest increases – accounting for48% and 38% of total activityrespectively.

The largest transaction in theregion was Ignis Asset Manage-ment’s purchase of Junction 27Retail Park in Birstall from Hende-rson Global Investors for £56.6m.

The first quarter of 2010 sawinstitutional investors make theirlargest net commitment to the UKproperty market for more thanthree years, according to LSH.

Its quarterly UK InvestmentTransactions bulletin showed thatinstitutional net investment topped£1.1bn – following on from £0.3bnin the final quarter of 2009.

LSH said: “In what is a tradi-tionally quiet period for UK insti-tutional investors, they havedominated buying act iv i ty,accounting for 42% of the value oftotal purchases undertaken. This isthe most dominant buying posi-tion they have held on record.”

The major source of stock beingtransacted has been from the UK’s

private sector, where unquotedcompanies and private individualsaccounted for almost £2bn ofsales.

Said the report: “We have beenwaiting for the banks to beginreleasing stock onto the marketand it looks like this process hasbegun.

“Many of the sellers in the firstquarter have been highly gearedproperty companies. Banks chosenot to foreclose on these loans inthe bad times, but have waited for arecovery in values before lookingfor repayment.”

The report said overseasi nv e s t o r s h a d “ s o m e w h a tretreated” from investment in UKcommercial property – with pur-chases at their lowest quarterlylevels in over two years.

In Yorkshire, the average prop-erty price for investment transac-tions surged to £11.6m from £7.8m– its highest increase since the firstquarter of last year.

Graham Foxton, agent at LSHin West Yorkshire, said: “The

Yorkshire property market contin-ues to see increasing demand, par-ticularly from the retail and officesectors.

“Key transactions includedNFU Mutual Insurance Society’spurchase of No 1 Whitehall River-side in Leeds from London &Stamford for £51.3m – who pur-chased the property for £37.6mnine months earlier – and Lan-cashire County Pension Fund’sacquisition of Benson House inLeeds from MEPC for £20m.”

Guy Gilfillan, head of LSHYorkshire, said: “While it mayappear that investment activityacross the region is improving, wemustn’t get ahead of ourselves.

“Activity is restricted purely toprime stock as investors continueto adopt a cautious approach.

“However, it is only a matter oftime before the north witnessessimilar improvements in rentalgrowth, which will underpin a sta-bilised return to activity across allsectors.”

■ RENTAL GROWTH: GuyGilfillan, head of Lambert SmithHampton in Yorkshire

Awards upfor grabsTWo extra awards are up for grabs atYorkshire’s property “Oscars”.Commercial property magazineEstates Gazette will announce thewinners of its regional awards for thenew categories of Best PropertyAdviser and Best Property Companyat the 2010 Royal Institution ofChartered Surveyors Pro-YorkshireAwards.In previous years, all UK regionalwinners of the annual EstatesGazette Regional Awards wereannounced at the national awards inLondon. This year, the winners willbe crowned in their respectiveregions.The 2010 RICS Pro-Yorkshire Awardswill be held on Friday at The Pavilion,Elland Road, Leeds.The regional winners of the EstatesGazette awards are automaticallyentered into the magazine’s nationalawards, which will be held inNovember in London.Last year, property consultantsSanderson Weatherall scooped theEstates Gazette award for Yorkshireand North East Property Adviser ofthe Year, while commercial propertydevelopment firm CaddickDevelopments was named Yorkshireand North East Property Company ofthe Year.The RICS Pro-Yorkshire Awardsfeature eight categories as well as aprize for Project of the Year, whichgoes to the entry judged to havescored the highest across all.

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4 RANGE LANEHalifax, HX3 6DLFORMER HOSTEL PREMISES395m2 (4,250ft2)Site Area 0.13 Hectares (0.33 Acres)■ Vacant possession■ Suitable for refurbishment foralternative occupational residentialuses or possible completeredevelopment, subject toplanning consent












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DOCTOR LANE, WF14 8DP£50,000 or £85 p/w

● 14.5m² (156ft²)

● Rateable value £1,950

● Outskirts of popular town centre

● Sold with vacant possession

retail premises

WAKEFIELD ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 9ABTo Let £12,500 p/a

● 103m (1,110ft)

● Main road location

● Outskirts of town centre

● On Street car parking

retail shop

LEYMOOR ROAD, GOLCAR, HUDDERSFIELD, HD7 4QFTo Let £11,500 p/a

● 579.60m² (6,233ft²)● Roller shutter door access

● Competitive Rent

● Rent Free period available

● Flexible terms available

industrial premises

LEEDS ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 6DDTo Let £20,000 p/a

● 632sq yds● High profile position

● Outskirts of Huddersfield town centre

● Good access to M62

● Close vicinity to retail park

prominent site

MOORSIDE APPROACH, BRADFORD, BD11 1JF£5,000 p/a

● 49.7sqm (535sqft)● Village location

● Security alarm system

● Rateable value £4,350

● Will Sell - £50,000

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OLD WAKEFIELD ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 8AATo Let £6,250 p/a

● 50.16sqm (540sq ft)

● Prominent Main Road Position

● Double Fronted

● Rateable Value £4,850

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SUNNY BANK ROAD, MIRFIELD, WF14 0NL£60 pcm p/w

● 71.35m² (768ft²)

● Competitive Rent

● Rateable Value £2,600

● Ideal for small business start up

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GREENHEAD ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 4ENTo Let £19,500 p/a

● 227.4sqm (2,446sqft)● Accessible location

● On-Site car parking

● Excellent security system

● Perimeter of Huddersfield town centre

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NORTHUMBERLANDST, HUDDERSFIELD,

HD1 1PLFor Sale £600,000

● 1,729.28sqm(18,614sqft)

● Former music school

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7 ST GEORGESSQUARE,

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Rents on Application● 67.07m² - 275.17m²

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1812 Building, Mirfield

The Water Mill, Mirfield

400 – 1,200 sq ftGood quality flexible office accommodationin tranquil setting with on site parking.

3,000 – 12,700 sq ftAvailable as a whole or in four suites, Modern specificationwith under floor comfort cooling.

Barncliffe Business Park,Shelley, Huddersfield

2 Brewery Lane, Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury

Unit 4 - 426 m² (6,738 sq ft)Unit 6 - 234 - 468 m² (2,519 - 5,038 sq ft)

Good quality single storey industrial/storageaccommodation immediately available for occupation.

Approximately 75 m² (800 sq ft)

Two storey part residential/part former commercial premisesrequiring refurbishment. Suitable for a variety residential andcommercial uses (subject to planning).

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ONLY TWOUNITS rEMAINAVAILABLE

Unit 5 riversideCourt, Colne road,Huddersfield95 m² (1,027 sq ft)

Modern single storey tradewarehouse/industrialunit close to town centre onsecure site. Nearby occupiersinclude James Hargreaves& Plumb Centre.

TO LET

Thornhill Beck Lane,off Bradford road, Brighouse

864 – 3,622 m² (9,305 – 38,815 sq ft)

Modern good quality single storey industrial/warehouseaccommodation with offices only two miles from junction25 M62 (Brighouse).

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KIRKLEES BUSINESS NEWS Movers and shakers Page 8

Martin Taylor

BogeMARTIN Taylor has beenappointed an area sales managerby Brighouse-based BogeCompressors Ltd.

Mr Taylor (pictured) will beresponsible for developing salesand the firm’s distributor networkin the south of England. He bringsa wealth of industry andengineering experience to the rolehaving spent more than 29 yearsin the compressed air sectorworking for both manufacturers and distributors inthe industry.

Said Mr Taylor: “Boge has a formidablereputation in the UK market. I am looking forwardto developing the Boge business further in thesouth.”

Ivor Nicholas

Clough & CoCHARTERED accountancy firmClough & Co has appointedformer Barclays relationshipdirector Ivor Nicholas as anintroducer.

Mr Nicholas (pictured) hasmore than 35 years experience inthe financial sector and will usehis specialist knowledge toidentify opportunities whereClough & Co’s services couldbenefit existing and potential new clients.

Mr Nicholas will work across all the firm’sdivisions, but will mainly focus on its expandingClough Corporate Solutions arm, which offers awide range of services including corporate andpersonal insolvency, debt recovery andmanagement or ownership dispute resolution.

Chris Wood, partner at Clough CorporateSolutions, said: “Ivor’s extensive experience willprove invaluable to our clients as he will be ableto help us formulate bespoke solutions for thoseclients going through difficult times as well asadvising on how to preserve stakeholder value”.

Mr Nicholas was educated at Holme ValleyGrammar School and has lived in Huddersfield allof his life. He is captain of Woodsome Hall GolfClub.

Mr Nicholas will be operating across Yorkshirewith a primary focus on Huddersfield andBradford in 2010. Clough & Co has offices inCleckheaton and Keighley.

It all adds up toa higher status

A FIRM providing independentfinancial advice has gainedcoveted chartered financial plan-ner status.

The Chartered Insurance Insti-tute has conferred the sought-aftertitle on Hastings O’Loughlin – theonly all-women firm of charteredfinancial planners in West York-shire – with offices in Greetland.

The status is only awarded tofirms meeting rigorous criteriarelating to professionalism andcapability and includes a series ofexams.

All chartered financial plannerscommit to the CII’s Code of Eth-ics, reinforcing the highest stand-ards of professional practice intheir business dealings.

Francesca O’Loughlin, man-aging director, who already holdsthe individual chartered financialplanner title, said that securingCFP status for the company was alandmark.

She said: “We have alwaysprided ourselves on being thor-oughly professional in everything

we do – and to receive externalrecognition in this way is verygratifying.

“As chartered financial plan-ners, we can signal our commit-ment to the highest levels of serviceto our customers.”

The company has recently beenstrengthened by the recruitment ofindependent financial adviser SueWest, who also holds the indi-vidual Chartered Financial Plan-ner title.

She joins the company as co-dir-ector and brings expertise in theform of specialist pension adviceand advice in the area of long-termcare to complement Francesca’sspecialist area of investment plan-ning.

Hastings O’Loughlin is one ofabout 260 firms nationwide andone of only a dozen or so inYorkshire to achieve charteredstatus.

The firm specialises in providingadvice on all types of investment,asset protection and life assurancefor individuals and businesses.

Practice makes perfect

STAFF at Meltham Dental Care areall smiles after achieving theInvestors in People standard.

The practice at Station Street nowjoins a group of 35,000 organisationsrecognised for their commitment toinvestment in staff training anddevelopment.

Practice principal Bal Dhesi said: “Iwas keen for the practice to achieve arecognised standard that was not justa tick box exercise, but was actuallyvaluable for the business, the staffand the customer. Having achievedthe standard I do feel that theorganisation has benefited as awhole.”

Carole Reid, chief executive ofYHAL, the Investors in People centrefor Yorkshire, said: “This is a fantasticachievement for Meltham Dental Careand I would like to congratulate the

organisation and its people on theircommitment to continuousimprovement.

“We work with organisations toraise standards and improveperformance through people.

“By offering a flexible, practical andeasy-to-use improvement framework,Investors in People is designed tohelp organisations and their peopleenhance performance and meetgoals.”

The 17-strong team at MelthamDental Centre offer NHS and privatedentistry. Mr Dhesi took over thepractice in December, 2006, sincewhen it has gone from strength tostrength.

“We are a business committed todeveloping the skill and knowledge ofour team which in turn enables thepractice to grow” said Mr Dhesi.

■ FULL SET: Staff at Melthm Dental Care, which has gained the Investors inPeople award

Further winsfor Cooper’sCOFFEE distributor Cooper’s Coffee is allshipshape after securing new business winsworth more than £195,000.

The Bradley-based firm has been supplyingits coffee to five of the National MuseumsLiverpool group’s seven museums for the pasttwo years.

Now the relationship has been strengthenedwith six of the group’s venues – World MuseumLiverpool, Walker Art Gallery, MerseysideMaritime Museum, National ConservationCentre, Lady Lever Art Gallery and SudleyHouse – having signed up for a range ofespresso machines and grinders from Cooper’spremium Dalla Corte brand.

All of the venues are also being supplied withCooper’s Fairtrade coffees.

In another deal, Cooper’s Coffee has beenappointed to supply a north-west chain of“coffee boutiques”.

Centro Coffee & Juice Bar has signed up toCooper’s own award-winning coffee blendLouie Mio as well as premium Italian brandDalla Corte.

Cooper’s is also supplying three espressomachines and a grinder as well as a range ofteas, syrups, frappés and traditional ItalianPanettone cake.

The independent coffee bar chain run byentrepreneur Lee Chester has outlets in Ashtonunder Lyne and Altrincham as well as a newflagship store in the new Liverpool One devel-opment.

Lee launched his first Centro Coffee & Juicebar in 2007 and plans to open 10 more over thenext 18 months.

The latest contracts follow Cooper’s successin securing a deal to supply coffee, tea andcoffee making equipment to the Three Acresrestaurant at Shelley earlier this year.

Roger Marsh

PwCACCOUNTANCY firm PricewaterhouseCoopershas appointed a new leader for its governmentand public sector practice in Yorkshire.

Roger Marsh is a senior partner and wasformerly with the firm’s business recoveryservices. He has spent the past two-and-a-halfyears working on secondment in the CabinetOffice.

Mr Marsh joined Pricewaterhouse aftergraduating in metallurgy from Leeds University in1976. He joined the business recovery servicespractice in 1980 and spent time in the Londonoffice and in Toronto before being promoted topartner in 1988.

During the 1990s, he became leader forbusiness recovery services in the North, Scotlandand Northern Ireland. With the merger ofPricewaterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand in1998, he was given the task of integrating tworecovery practices into one. In 2007, he wasseconded to the Cabinet Office as directorgeneral of strategic finance and operations.

In his new role, Mr Marsh will lead and developthe firm’s northern government and public sectorpractice using his knowledge and experience ofboth business recovery and Whitehall.

■ CHARTER DAY: Francesca O'Loughlin and Susan Westof Hastings O'Loughlin, with their certificate

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Kirklees Business News, 11th May 2010