Nottinghamshire business news

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Waitrose sees festive sales soar
Supermarket chain Waitrose reports a 41% surge in sales for Christmas week, despite the economic slowdown.

Concerns about 999 time wasters
Police in Nottingham fear that up to a quarter of 999 calls they receive on New Year's Eve might be not be real emergencies.

Ready fire control centres unused
The government spends £750,000 a month on buildings for new fire control centres which are unused, the Fire Brigades Union says.

City watchdog's fines at record
The City watchdog handed down fines of £22m in 2008 as it clamps down on mortgage fraud and loan insurance mis-selling.

New fire station plans unveiled
A new fire station costing nearly £2m is to be built in Nottinghamshire, fire officials announce.

Doctors fast-track flu patients
GP surgeries in Nottinghamshire are abandoning their traditional appointments systems to cope with the number of flu cases.

New road hailed as business boost
A new £15m road in Derbyshire is hailed as a boost to the area, despite being only three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) long.

Customer sends bailiff to bank HQ
A customer sends in the bailiff to collect her small claims court settlement from banking giant Capital One.

Police target disorderly youths
A dispersal order is set up to break up groups of young people in a Nottingham neighbourhood.

Free parking for festive shoppers
Free parking is on offer to Christmas shoppers in a Derbyshire borough, council officials announce.

Parking levy plan consultation
A consultation begins on penalties if firms in Nottingham refuse to pay a proposed parking levy.

Festive shoppers get free parking
A council offers free parking to entice Christmas shoppers to spend their cash in the Derbyshire Dales.

Four charged over dead gamekeeper
The wife and son of a stabbed Nottinghamshire gamekeeper appear in court charged with his murder, along with two other men.

Credit data firm to cut 300 posts
Credit information company Experian plans to cut 300 jobs in the UK and Ireland next year.

Stabbed gamekeeper found by wife
Police investigating the fatal stabbing of a gamekeeper in Nottinghamshire say he was found outside his home by his wife.

Pool thrives with community help
A community proves its commitment to a Nottingham swimming pool it campaigned to reopen.

Mumbai death man was millionaire
A British man killed during the attacks in Mumbai describes himself as a self-made millionaire in a biography published on the internet.

Burglars to face cloak of smoke
A new device designed to help prevent burglaries from business premises is unveiled by police in Nottinghamshire.

Town's bypass delayed until 2015
Residents and business owners will have to wait until 2015 for a much-needed bypass in Melton Mowbray.

Rail users protest with sardines
Passengers annoyed with overcrowding on a train service send tins of sardines to rail bosses as a protest.

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