Tuesday, 06 January 2009

Two words for 2009 – realistic optimism

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CUMBRIA is uniquely well-equipped to survive as Britain enters a recession, according to the region’s top civil servant NWDA chief exec Steven Broomhead.

CN Group Business Awards 2008 winners

Awards photo

Recession? What recession? Cumbria’s business community shrugged off the financial crisis to turn out in force for the county’s most prestigious business awards last night. Two hundred and fifty of the region’s most influential industry chiefs were at Rheged, Penrith, for the CN Group Business Awards 2008

  • WITH PHOTO SLIDESHOW
  • WITH VIDEOS
  • FULL LIST OF WINNERS

Moral courage needed to tackle TB

Jim Webster Jim Webster examines the launch of the Bovine TB Eradication Grroup and asks if government has the backbone to do the right thing when it comes to tackling TB

Obama’s near universal love-in

alan air headshot Cumbrian PR and media adviser Alan Air asseses press reaction to the success of Barack Obama in his end-of-year column on what the papers say

Tide tables

Waves photo High water times for Silloth, Workington and Whitehaven

Sunrise and sunset times

Sunset photo Sunrise and sunset times for west and north Cumbria