Mar 26 2012 | Business Interviews
STEWART Watkins, the first chief of newly created Business Durham, talks to Peter Jackson about a career spanning much of the UK's post war economic history. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Farming News
PIG producers' confidence about the future remains subdued but other parts of the supply chain are more optimistic, according to the latest analysis by the British Pig Executive (Bpex). Read
Mar 26 2012 | Farming News
FARMERS must have fair access to water during drought conditions as the industry faces greater competition for the resource, the NFU said. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Comment
THE Chancellor will be thoroughly disappointed that headlines in the days following the political theatre of last week’s Budget were dominated by the ‘granny tax’ rather than the major cuts in corporation tax and the lifting of the untaxed personal allowance for the lowest paid workers. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Comment
THE majority of world stock markets have performed well in 2012, many posting double digit returns. What has been interesting is that this has coincided with Vix Index falling to five year lows. Read
Mar 26 2012 | National Business News
BANKNOTE printer and anti-counterfeiter OpSec has announced the £12.5m acquisition of clothing brand protection business Delta. Read
Mar 26 2012 | National Business News
Low-cost airline easyJet said today that half-year losses would be smaller than expected as its revenues were boosted by higher baggage charges. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Business News
TEESSIDE’S renewable energy industry has been dealt a hard blow with Hartlepool losing out on plans to build a multi million pound wind turbine facility which would have created hundreds of jobs. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Business News
TEESPORT bosses say new pollution rules for shipping could drive up prices of freight and lead to job losses. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Business News
A DEFEATED bidder in the sale of 632 branches by Lloyds is understood to be ready to capitalise on any regulatory difficulties at its Co-op rival. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Business News
LENDERS of stricken Game Group are working on plans to buy the slimmed-down retailer out of administration. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Business News
DATA monitoring business Brulines has signed a five-year deal with Morrisons Supermarkets petrol stations. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Business News
ANGRY business people claim organisers of an exhibition for which they had paid to take stalls, called it off without telling them. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Business News
SQUARE One Law has made two new big signings, bringing total staff numbers to 26 - less than a year after its launch. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Business News
THE former deputy chief executive of regional development agency One North East has got a new job encouraging business growth in Sunderland. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Business News
LEADING industrialists from across the North East have put their weight behind The Journal's campaign to boost the number of apprenticeships in the region. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Business News
A TYNESIDE engineering firm has unveiled plans to create 85 jobs over the next three years. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Business News
A TRADING update from holidays giant TUI and full-year results from the Co-operative will dominate the business agenda next week. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Marts Prices
Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their Special Sale of Ewes & Lambs along with the Weekly Sale of Cast Cows & Store Stock. 607 Head of Stock was sold. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Small Business
AN artist has swapped teaching for portrait painting and is aiming to take bespoke art into more people's homes. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Small Business
START-UP businesses and SMEs are being offered free financial consultations in a drive by the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Small Business
FIVE North East businesswomen whose enterprises have been recognised in Theo Paphitis's weekly Twitter competition are off to meet the Dragons' Den star. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Solar Energy
UCS is celebrating 10 years of trading this month. Branching out in several directions and going from strength to strength, the UCS group covers TV & data, access control and for the past two years Solar PV. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Solar Energy
SOLEC is a family run company based in the North East. It has been trading for several years as electricians but has recently set up a new side of the company concentrating on solar photovoltaics. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Solar Energy
WHAT seems like the endless round of fuel price rises is increasing interest in renewable energy heating systems. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Solar Energy
AT the heart of GenFlux is the belief that energy can be affordable without costing the Earth. A fantastic way to achieve this is by tapping into the power of the Sun and wind. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Solar Energy
A LOCAL company is highlighting how both domestic customers and businesses can reduce their energy, improve their carbon footprint and save money by installing solar panels to their premises. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Solar Energy
IN April 2010 the Government introduced the Clean Energy Cashback scheme. This scheme is designed to persuade people into investing in renewable energy technologies. Read
Mar 26 2012 | Solar Energy
THEY know all about all things green at Morpeth Golf Club where some of the finest playing surfaces in the county are prepared for golfers to sink their putts. Read