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Graeme King

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Tanfield launches US joint venture

ELECTRIC vehicle maker Tanfield Group is launching itself into the American market with a joint venture to be known as SEV US (Smith Electric Vehicles US).Read

Bellway Homes

Incentive in every sale lets builder limit pain

HOUSEBUILDER Bellway has revealed sales have slumped 38% in six months despite the company’s strenuous efforts to tempt buyers.Read

Protector Group is growing strongly

AMBITIOUS security company Protector Group has revealed details of several major contract wins helping to drive the business towards its aim of doubling sales to £20m inside five years.Read

Santander's Abbey sees profits up more than 20%

Spanish-owned Abbey National has provided some rare good news in the embattled banking sector awith annual pre-tax profits up by more than a fifth to £991m.Read

70 jobs set to go as downturn bites

AROUND 70 jobs are under threat at two major employers in the south of the region.Read

Quirky car to be built in Sunderland

NISSAN has announced that the model to be built in its Sunderland plant will be known as the Qazana and will be a five door ‘crossover’ vehicle.Read

Hotel and homes for new-look city

THIS is the stunning 60-bed hotel and apartment block planned for the centre of Sunderland.Read

Latest creative project for Baltic waterfront unveiled

THIS is one of the first images of a proposed hotel and office project on Gateshead quayside, which includes a Jurys Inn hotel.Read

Neighbourhood revival idea to shape borough

PLANS for a major regeneration scheme in Gateshead will be put together by Newcastle architecture firm Ian Darby Partnership (IDP).Read

£15m offices that tick boxes will soon be completed

THE head of developer Fordgate Group says he remains confident of the prospects for the £15m Regent Point office scheme in Newcastle after its construction went exactly according to plan.Read

Dreams come to life underneath the arches

RAILWAY arches refurbished by Network Rail’s Spacia division on Forth Street in Newcastle have proved so popular they are already 40% let, a few weeks after hitting the market.Read

Developers must consider climate change

PARLIAMENT has recently been hard at work passing legislation which will impose new obligations on businesses to combat climate change. What are the implications for developers?Read

Ian Edge, managing director of Quantum Specials

Quantum md wants jobs to stay in the North East

THE man who has led a £32.5m buy out of North East pharmaceuticals company Quantum Specials says he wants the company to be around for 150 years in the region.Read

Quantum sold in £32.5m deal

A BUY out deal worth £32.5m for North East pharmaceuticals company Quantum Specials has been hailed as showing some sectors are escaping the recession.Read

Mark Thompson

High-speed links transporting architects into future

THE managing director of Ryder Architecture enjoyed a rapid rise through the company, but tells Graeme King it was being made redundant 20 years ago which started him on the road to success.Read

CV

Education 1979-1982 George Stephenson High School, KillingworthRead

QUESTIONNAIRE

What car do you drive? A Lexus.Read

Ford announces massive £10.2bn loss for 2008

Carmaker Ford has posted full-year losses of £10.2bn ($14.6bn) after an ``extraordinary slowdown" in sales across the world.Read

Subway expanding again

Sandwich chain Subway has unveiled plans to open 600 new stores in the UK and Ireland, creating more than 7,000 jobs.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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