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North East ports can pick up

NORTH East ports, in particular Port of Tyne and PD Ports (Teesport) now have the capacity to take some of the strain off congested southern ports such as Felixstowe, Southampton and Tilbury. Read

Two-pronged challenge facing today’s developers

A FALL in land values, demands for higher building standards, and the demise of Empty Building Rates relief are making large-scale logistics and distribution development a financial challenge, says Paul Nicholson.Read

Side street options for the niche retailers

THOUGH large-scale redevelopment in Newcastle’s central core has obliterated many of the city’s less fashionable side streets, the existence of a handful of these smaller streets could offer retailers opportunities to relocate to less expensive thoroughfares but nevertheless maintain a city centre presence.Read

Steve Cram sees new campus

THE Chancellor of Sunderland University has taken a tour of the new £75m facilities being built on the City Campus.Read

Campaigners protest against eco towns in countryside

ECO towns, the first new towns in England in 40 years, are arousing fierce public protests because of their proposed locations and concerns about the manner of Government consultation.Read

Property firms unveil their rights issues

SOME of the UK's biggest property companies are preparing rights issues worth hundreds of millions of pounds.Read

O2 arena for sale at £35m

THE O2 entertainment arena in London is reported to have been put up for sale at £35m by owner Meridian Delta Dome Ltd (MDDL), which is a joint venture between the property companies Quintain Estates and Development and Lend Lease.Read

Commercial property on show at football club

THE region’s biggest commercial property show is at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland next month.Read

Consultant Atisreal’s positive move forward with rebrand

ONE of the biggest property consultants in the North East, Atisreal, is to become known as BNP Paribas Real Estate from later this year.Read

Big debate on garden grabbing

“GARDEN grabbing” is the practice whereby developers offer lucrative prices to owners of houses with large plots in order to demolish the house and construct a number of smaller homes on the plot.Read

North East ports can pick up

NORTH East ports, in particular Port of Tyne and PD Ports (Teesport) now have the capacity to take some of the strain off congested southern ports such as Felixstowe, Southampton and Tilbury. Read

Authority: Darlington Borough Council

Ward: PierremontRead

Bids due on healthcare buildings

THREE former health centres in the Tyne Valley and the west end of Newcastle have been brought to the market this week.Read

Apartments for pub site

A NEW block of apartments will be built on a prominent site at the south end of Low Fell in Gateshead, where the Beacon Lough pub used to stand.Read

Big shed sector continues to grow

Industrial activity in the North East has declined in response to the economic downturn although perhaps to a lesser extent than other regions, says Karen Shorten.Read

Two-pronged challenge facing today’s developers

A fall in land values, demands for higher building standards, and the demise of Empty Building Rates relief are making large-scale logistics and distribution development a financial challenge, says Paul Nicholson.Read

Grainger sees pick up in housing demand

THE UK's biggest residential landlord Grainger says it has seen a "gentle pick up" in demand for buying homes, but says prices are under pressure from bargain hunters.Read

John Phillips

Baker rises again as friends rescue jobs

FAMILY run bakery chain Dundees has been rescued from liquidation by its old boss after long-standing business partners and friends rallied round to help.Read

Employers must hold on to valued members of staff

AT A TUC seminar last week, a number of trade union representatives voiced their concern that there were some businesses seeing the current recession as an opportunistic moment to cut staff numbers and to reduce their terms and conditions.Read

Jobs go as Tanfield fights the recession

MANUFACTURING firm Tanfield Group has made dozens more redundancies as it battles to get its cost base right in tough economic times.Read

Author Profile

Graeme King is a business reporter for The Journal covering stories across the spectrum of North East business, as well as recently developing a specialism in commercial property. He joined the paper in 2001 as a news reporter before moving to the business desk a year later, having started his career on a weekly community paper in Leeds.

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