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| Crutes gives the go-ahead |
| Lawyers at the Newcastle office of Crutes Law have completed the purchase of Hexham bus depot on behalf of Go-Ahead Plc’s Go North East subsidiary in a six figure deal. |
| Crutes aims for growth following partner |
| Crutes Law Firm has appointed two new partners with Paul Nickalls andAndrea Ward being promoted from within the firm. |
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| France to leave old-school Aubry out of new cabinet | | PARIS (Reuters) - French Socialist Party boss Martine Aubry, a veteran who oversaw her country's shift to a 35-hour work week, will not be in the new government, contrary to initial expectations that she would take a major post, an official close to Aubry told Reuters on Wednesday. President Francois Hollande's new government was due to be announced later on Wednesday and will be headed by Jean-Marc Ayrault, a moderate Socialist and longtime Hollande ally. (Reporting by Brian Love; editing by Geert De Clercq) | | France's Hollande to give moderates key cabinet jobs |  PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande is to unveil his government on Wednesday, likely to opt for moderate social democrats in the key posts of finance and foreign affairs and put a more old school Socialist in charge of a new super ministry for youth and education. The cabinet, due to be announced in early afternoon, is expected to respect gender parity and reflect Hollande's pledge to make schools and youth employment a central priority of his administration. ...
| | Hollande says all growth ideas must be discussed | | BERLIN (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said after his first meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday that Europe should consider all possible measures that could spur economic activity and growth. Hollande, who wants to temper Berlin-led austerity policies with pro-growth measures, told a news conference with Merkel that he and his German counterpart both wanted Greece to remain in the euro currency zone and hoped voters there would show they did too in a June 17 election. ... | | Merkel, Hollande promise joint growth strategy | | BERLIN (Reuters) - New French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged differences on Tuesday over how to boost growth in recession-plagued Europe, but pledged to forge a joint approach in time for an EU summit next month. The Socialist Hollande jetted to Berlin only hours after being sworn in to meet Merkel, a conservative, for the first time, arriving over an hour late after his plane was hit by lightning and he was forced to return briefly to Paris. ... | | Iran criticizes Saudi-Bahrain union plan | | DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran criticized on Tuesday plans by Gulf Arab leaders to form a closer political, economic and military union to counter Shi'ite Muslim discontent in Bahrain, warning such move would "deepen the wounds" in the island state. Gulf Arab countries held a summit in Riyadh on Monday to establish closer union between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, which sent troops in March last year to help squash the uprising in Manama, but failed to agree on further integration. ... |
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