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1. 1. Founder tees up £40m golf sale

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 23 August 2004 GOLFING enthusiast Howard Bilton, who founded Europe's leading golf store chain from a '36 garden shed in Lancashire, has scooped more than '21m from its sale.

2. 2. John's £60m golf swoop

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 17 September 2004 A LUXURIOUS golf resort in Barbados, a playground for the wealthy, has been snapped up by north west caravan park owner John Morphet in a '60m deal.

3. 3. Tony tees up a fresh focus

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 10 November 2004 GOLFING entrepreneur Tony Taylor is teeing off in a new direction after the retail arm of his County Golf business was bunkered.

4. 4. Growing . . . along with the grass

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 29 July 2004 GOING "green" is poised to generate a '1m turnover for a former one-man business in Wilmslow.

5. 5. Full Marks to United's Peter

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 05 October 2004 WHEN Peter Marks quit his A-levels midway through, and went to work stacking supermarket shelves, his parents were horrified, but they didn't need to worry. 30 years on Mr. Marks is talented CEO, and part-time blues musician.

6. 6. Caravan wars over fees hike

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 20 November 2004 FURIOUS caravan owners locked in legal wrangles over soaring site fees are accusing a north west caravan park firm of profiteering.

7. 7. Helping the wordblind see clearly

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 20 April 2004 SCHOOL was pure hell for Gary Chevin. As a dyslexic he found it confusing and frustrating and left at 16, without basic reading or writing skills, to become a self-employed builder.

8. 8. David broadcasts across the east

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 20 March 2004 A STOCKPORT firm is adding sound to the vision of a world-class school in India.

9. 9. Joe's cutting edge

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 17 March 2004 JOE Summerhill was in Manchester getting his hair cut when the IRA bomb that tore out its centre, exploded. Like most of us caught up in the events of that shocking day in 1996, it is something he will never forget.

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