Yorkshire Business Headlines: Openreach to bring Full fibre broadband to over 100,000 more homes in Yorkshire and Humber,

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Yorkshire Business Headlines: Openreach announces 100,000 more homes across Yorkshire and Humber set for full fibre broadband, while profits and revenue up at Sports Direct, Business Reporter Michael Crossland reports.

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00:00 Hello, I'm Michael Crosland, Business Reporter with the Yorkshire Post and we have a few

00:04 interesting business headlines to go over with you this morning.

00:09 So firstly, news from Openreach which has announced that more than 100,000 homes across

00:15 Yorkshire and the Humber are now set to receive full fibre broadband as part of a £30 million

00:21 investment across 13 locations.

00:25 These locations include Maltby, Ilkley, Pocklington and York, obviously amongst others.

00:31 The locations join around 180 other towns and villages across Yorkshire and the Humber

00:36 which are already included in Openreach's build plans.

00:40 Also some positive retail news today as we go into the Christmas period.

00:46 Sports Direct's parent firm, the Fraser Group, which is of course owned by ex-Newcastle

00:51 United owner Mike Ashley, has said that it is heading into the Christmas trading period

00:56 with what it has described as "great momentum".

01:01 The firm has seen both profits and revenues rise over the past half year, with revenues

01:06 up 4.4% to £2.77 billion.

01:12 Another positive Christmas story in the retail world.

01:15 Games Workshop has announced that under its profit share scheme it will be paying £2,500

01:21 in cash to each employee in December to reward their contribution to the company's performance.

01:28 The company said that it expects revenue for the six months into November to fall at £235

01:35 million, which is up from £212.3 million for the same period last year.

01:42 So the full story for each of these of course available on the Yorkshire Post website with

01:47 more stories to come throughout the day and the evening.

01:51 That's all we have at the minute.

01:52 I'm Michael Crosland reporting for the Yorkshire Post.

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