The plight of the UK plc has been highlighted in booming bold, letters by news that dividend payments from UK companies fell by a whopping £10bn last year.... Read

I have just come off the phone from a conference call with Northern Rock chief executive Gary Hoffman, and it's fair to say he is in an upbeat mood about the bank's annual results announced this morning.... Read

Last week's mothballing of the Corus steel-making plant in Redcar drew the curtain down on a proud tradition stretching back 150 years on Teesside.... Read

The rising tide of young people out of work is a sobering reminder of the trail of destruction left by the recession.... Read

The sharp slump in passenger numbers at Durham Tees Valley Airport (DTVA) has highlighted in bold the monumental challenge facing Britain's aviation industry.... Read