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Article: Fishy tale in Golden Grimsby
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 15, 1995
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There is a new "posh" end of town in Grimsby. West side. On the
industrial estate. The council has planted daffodils by the
roadside. It gives the place a "prosperous feel", said the council
officer, on our half-hour tour of the town.
Clients are taken in by it. Evidence? Business is booming.
According to a survey by the business information service Dun and
Bradstreet International, 89.5 per cent of Grimsby's companies made
a profit last year, giving the town the highest proportion of
profitable companies in the UK.
Austin Mitchell, Labour MP for Grimsby, says the survey results
come as no surprise. Grimbarians, he says, have known for years