By Rachel Conner-Hill echorachelc Chief Reporter (Tees Valley & North Yorkshire) It was an exciting time - SSI employee on his 50 years working inside Redcar s Steel House A FORMER SSI employee who spent half a century working in Steel House says the Redcar Steelworks redevelopment plans are a “wonderful prospect” for the region. John Baker, who worked at Steel House for 50 years, used to have an office on the fifth floor – now one of the most damaged areas. More than five years after being left to rot, the former headquarters of steelworking in Teesside has been frozen in time. Once home to British Steel’s Teesside headquarters, Steel House has been left almost untouched since workers walked out for the last time.
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revitalizing the economy. american express open is here to help. that s why we are proud to present your business on msnbc. hi, there, everyone. i m j.j. ramberg. welcome to a very special edition of your business. it comes in between black friday and cybermonday. this year, small business saturday is november 24th. it is a day people are urged to shop local and is support their communities. we are coming from maplewood, new jersey. a storm-battered state where small businesses need customers more than ever. across the country in burbank, california, the shop local movement has taken off in a big way. in the magnolia park section of that city, local retailers have banded together to revitalize not only sales but also their neighborhood. it is the last friday of the month in the magnolia park section of burbank, california. normally, the stores would be closing and streets would be quiet but the creative small business owners here have figured out a low cost way of bri
says running a small business is more about cooperation than ever before. it is truly about not competition but camaraderie. the third generation of the jewel box agrees. she said when the economy is down, she and her peers turned to each other. the result was south carolina s own buy local movement. i often tell people we re about preserving a people and place. i think it gave a collective voice to the local businesses here in this community. executive director, jamie haley says thinking small wasn t something a lot of people talked about in 2007. there was nobody add voe tating for them. nobody educating the community on why it was important. and while trying to get started wasn t easy nobody was working together to try to get that message out. so, we just did a whole lot of knocking on 0 people s doors and