The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) inherited the cinema from Yorkshire Forward when it was abolished last year.
The arrival of Yorkshire Forward, the region's development agency, however, seems to have caused both cities to co-operate more.
Representatives of the three agencies - Yorkshire Forward, One NorthEast and Northwest Development Agency - also attended the launch in Leeds.
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The regional development agency acquired the site in 2005, but it was transferred to the HCA when Yorkshire Forward was abolished.
Yorkshire Forward, the Leeds-based RDA, finished up with a budget approaching three quarters of a billion pounds and a staff running into hundreds.
That helped Mr Allen convince the Department of Trade and Industry, which came on board along with Yorkshire Forward and Sheffield's various development agencies.
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The credit for spotting that this co-operation could have big potential belongs not to Yorkshire Forward, however, but to a Sheffield businessman and a professor.
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Linda Pollard, board member for regional development agency Yorkshire Forward, said in addition to the expected boost in tourism, the awards acted as a catalyst to access new markets.
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But Martin Havenhand, chief executive of Yorkshire Forward, the local development agency, says that there is enough difference between the two economies for them to avoid competing with each other.
Northern Rail, which runs the franchise service, partnered with West Yorkshire Metro, the passenger transport executive and development agency, Yorkshire Forward, all signed the deal to bring extra trains to the network.
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Yorkshire Forward sees it differently.
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Scarborough Borough Council gave the project planning permission last week and Mr Hodgkinson, the former chairman of Forward Yorkshire, said he expected work to be completed by next spring.
Not a single one of the 60 or so UKIP candidates who put themselves forward across Yorkshire will be occupying a seat when the new councils meet for the first time this week.
Plans to reduce the number of councillors on a North Yorkshire district council have moved forward.
The Yorkshire club made the brighter start and Australian forward Garcia shot wastefully wide in the 15th minute after Koren's measured pass.
Susan is looking forward to ushering you through bookshops from Bath to Yorkshire.
Plans for a new joint control system enabling two Yorkshire fire services to handle each other's emergency calls has taken a step forward.
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Ms Curran said she was "delighted" at being put forward for the role of chief constable which covers the areas of East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire.
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North Yorkshire Police appealed for anyone who used the post office between 0400 and 0900 GMT on Tuesday to come forward.
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