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1. 41. Life's a beach

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 22 September 2003 A FIRM which makes beach-cleaning machines has won its biggest-ever order - to supply £250,000 worth of equipment to the Far East.

2. 42. Conference revival helps De Vere profits rise

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 04 December 2002 HOTELS and fitness clubs operator De Vere says it is enjoying a revival in the conference market, which was shattered in the wake of September 11.

3. 43. Shy and retiring Len? Not likely

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 25 May 2004 LEN Collinson is not the type to retire and become 'uninteresting'. Now aged 70, the former Trotskyist is a champion of enterprise, as the chairman of the Knutsford-based Forum of Private Business and a director of Universities Superannuation Scheme, a fund with assets of '21bn and a major investor in public companies.

4. 44. De Vere VAT blow

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 14 May 2003 HOTELS and leisure group De Vere suffered a 78 per cent fall in half-year profits after taking a '9.3m hit for VAT, the Warrington-based chain announced today.

5. 45. Odds-on job bonanza

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 03 September 2003 NORTH-west bookie Fred Done today unveiled plans to spend almost £70m on expanding his betting empire, creating 1,000 jobs in the UK over the next five years.

6. 46. Fraudbusters set up Manchester base

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 15 August 2003 THE backlash against the compensation culture has taken a new turn with the creation of a fraud investigation firm's first base in Greater Manchester.

7. 47. Nigel brings home the bread

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 28 January 2003 NIGEL Brown, a corporate partner at Manchester law firm Halliwell Landau, got his teeth into a tasty '108m deal when he acted for bagels, bread and rolls supplier Maple Leaf Foods on the sale of its bakeries in the US and the UK to Canada Bread.

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