Credit crunch

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East Lancs Samaritans dealing with more calls 'due to credit crunch'

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Barnoldswick bed firm set to cut 22 jobs

TIME: Number Fifteen has shut down

TIME: Number Fifteen has shut down

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Chorley town centre bar shuts due to credit crunch

‘Downturn’ threat for up to 35 Burnley jobs

‘Downturn’ threat for up to 35 Burnley jobs

‘Downturn’ threat for up to 35 Burnley jobs

TEMPORARY MEASURES: One of the company's coaches

TEMPORARY MEASURES: One of the company's coaches

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50 jobs under threat at Fraser Eagle

DOWNBEAT: Mr Walmsley is out of work

DOWNBEAT: Mr Walmsley is out of work

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I may have to sell home, says unemployed Blackburn man

70 jobs face axe at Clitheroe firm

70 jobs face axe at Clitheroe firm

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70 jobs face axe at Clitheroe firm

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Barnoldswick's last toy shop to close

‘DOING OK’: Colin Rigby

‘DOING OK’: Colin Rigby

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Report: Blackburn and Burnley will be hard hit by recession

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Demand for allotments in East Lancashire soars in credit crunch

CRUNCH TIME: Minister of State for employment and welfare reform Tony McNulty meets Lancashire Telegraph reporter Tom Moseley

CRUNCH TIME: Minister of State for employment and welfare reform Tony McNulty meets Lancashire Telegraph reporter Tom Moseley

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Government minister avoids predicting East Lancs job losses

Many retailers are suffering in the recession, but the East Lancashire economy is less dependent on consumer spending than some other areas

Many retailers are suffering in the recession, but the East Lancashire economy is less dependent on consumer spending than some other areas

Blackburn with Darwen

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Experts fear 5,000 East Lancashire jobs could go in 2009

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86 jobs under threat at Blackburn brewers Thwaites

THE owner of an award-winning bookshop, which is closing after 60 years, says the business has lost its place in the market.

THE owner of an award-winning bookshop, which is closing after 60 years, says the business has lost its place in the market.

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Historic Clitheroe bookshop to close

Haslingden medical firm to make quarter of staff redundant

Haslingden medical firm to make quarter of staff redundant

Haslingden medical firm to make quarter of staff redundant

BARREN: Empty shelves in Woolworths, Burnley, where stock was massively reduced before it closed its doors last Tuesday

BARREN: Empty shelves in Woolworths, Burnley, where stock was massively reduced before it closed its doors last Tuesday

Burnley town centre

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Empty shops in East Lancashire a 'tragic situation'

‘CLOSING’: Mercer’s

‘CLOSING’: Mercer’s

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Shock as Blackburn's oldest shop announces plans to close

East Lancashire workers wait on M&S closure announcement

East Lancashire workers wait on M&S closure announcement

Burnley town centre

East Lancashire M&S stores avoid closure

DISMAY: Coun Peter Britcliffe outside the Accrington branch of Card Warehouse

DISMAY: Coun Peter Britcliffe outside the Accrington branch of Card Warehouse

Burnley town centre

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Five East Lancashire card shops to close

DOWNTURN: The Adams chain

DOWNTURN: The Adams chain

Adams stores in Accrington and Chorley to close

PLEA: Beverley Hughes

PLEA: Beverley Hughes

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Pull together and we'll survive recession, Lancashire people told

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East Lancashire charity shops boost

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More Lancashire retail jobs under threat

CREDIT CRUNCH: Jake Berry and shopper Hannah Gee with the Tories cards

CREDIT CRUNCH: Jake Berry and shopper Hannah Gee with the Tories cards

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Money-off vouchers to bring Christmas cheer to Rossendale

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Advice to East Lancashire businesses hit by credit crunch

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Fears more Lancashire jobs will go in recession

‘SQUEEZE’: Mike Damms

‘SQUEEZE’: Mike Damms

Blackburn with Darwen

East Lancashire businesses keeping upbeat despite credit crunch

FIGHT: HJ Berry MD John Woodruffe

FIGHT: HJ Berry MD John Woodruffe

Workers at historic Ribble Valley firm to go to three day week

Woolworths in Clitheroe

Woolworths in Clitheroe

Burnley town centre

Lancashire retail jobs fears as Woolworths call in administrators

evate chief executive Max Steinberg

evate chief executive Max Steinberg

Bank Top, Blackburn

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Credit crunch hits East Lancashire regeneration

LEAD MAN: Jim Potts

LEAD MAN: Jim Potts

Lancashire scientists in ‘value for money’ store food probe

ENERGY SAVERS: Paul Leech (company managing director) and Danielle Fish (director)

ENERGY SAVERS: Paul Leech (company managing director) and Danielle Fish (director)

Blackburn energy brokers warn against 'throwing away cash'

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80 jobs under threat at Bacup firm

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Credit crunch 'won't hit East Lancashire as hard as other areas'

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Nelson County Court should be saved because of credit crunch

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Ribble Valley farm shops hit by credit crunch

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Credit crunch causing rise in divorce, says East Lancs solicitor

Pray for credit crunch victims, says Bishop of Blackburn

Pray for credit crunch victims, says Bishop of Blackburn

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Pray for credit crunch victims, says Bishop of Blackburn

Ribble Valley MP calls for help for businesses in credit crunch

Ribble Valley MP calls for help for businesses in credit crunch

Ribble Valley MP calls for help for businesses in credit crunch

WELCOME: Matthew Kibble, of Colne was paying £1,000 a week to fuel one of his lorries

WELCOME: Matthew Kibble, of Colne was paying £1,000 a week to fuel one of his lorries

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East Lancs businesses welcome petrol price drop

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Blackburn with Darwen

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Soaring cost of fuel hits Blackburn with Darwen council

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Blackburn carpet firm's plight saddens Accrington charity

Shock as huge Burnley development plans shelved

Shock as huge Burnley development plans shelved

Burnley town centre

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Shock as huge Burnley development plans shelved

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Blackburn with Darwen

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More join dole queue in East Lancashire

KEEPING STEADY: Taskers furniture firm boss Ivor Lefton

KEEPING STEADY: Taskers furniture firm boss Ivor Lefton

Prudence will see East Lancashire's small businesses through

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Credit Crunch: Jargon-busting guide

Darwen family forced to tighten belts

Darwen family forced to tighten belts

Darwen family forced to tighten belts

Credit Crunch: East Lancs farmers riding out crisis

Credit Crunch: East Lancs farmers riding out crisis

East Lancs farmers riding out credit crunch

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Credit crunch 'will not stop East Lancashire housing regeneration’