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Ryder Architecture win design contract on academies

RYDER Architecture has won a design contract with Carillion Construction on a £24.3m project to build or refurbish three academies on Teesside.Read

Rivergreen Centre earth wall praised by the experts

THE rammed earth wall at the centre of one of the North East’s most environmentally friendly buildings is receiving praise from Africa where the technology began thousands of years ago.Read

Positive news for the future of oil refinery

ADMINISTRATORS to an oil refinery which went bust have received over 40 expressions of interest from companies around the world.Read

Turney Wylde apprentices gain useful skills

FOUR young apprentices are getting a foot on the ladder at a major construction project in South Tyneside.Read

Miller Homes predicts year of the investor

MILLER Homes North East has predicted that 2012 will be the year of the investor and investor sales are set to rocket, with private landlords returning to the property market for the first time in more than three years.Read

Tech group Onyx hopes to see profits double

TECHNOLOGY group Onyx plans to spend its entire £15m war chest this year as it prepares for another year of growth that it hopes will push profits up by 50%.Read

Star staff at hotels in awards ceremony

STAR staff from the North East’s hotels are to be honoured at an awards ceremony celebrating the region’s hospitality industry.Read

Profit jump for oil giant Royal Dutch Shell despite tough trading

OIL giant Royal Dutch Shell has reported profits of £18.1bn for 2011, a jump of 54% on a year ago.Read

Cost cuts and price rises lift Unilever

WALLS and Knorr firm Unilever scraped a small rise in 2011 profits yesterday after price hikes and cost savings offset difficult markets.Read

Electricals chain Comet changes hands for a token £2

STRUGGLING electricals chain Comet is set to change hands for a token £2 today following days of tense talks with suppliers.Read

Rewarding North East businesses in the CIPD Awards 2012

MANY of the North East's biggest business successes have relied on innovation whether it is from lightbulb creator Joseph Swan, steam railway pioneer George Stephenson or the team behind software giant Sage.Read

Defeat for BAA over Stansted sell-off

AIRPORTS operator BAA has lost its appeal at a tribunal against a ruling that it must sell Stansted Airport, the Competition Commission said.Read

Roll-ups boom as UK smokers cut back

SMOKERS trading down to value cigarettes and rolling tobacco in the UK boosted the owner of the Gauloises, Ducados, Lambert & Butler and Davidoff tobacco brands.Read

Amazon suffers profits slump despite Kindle sales up

A DOUBLING in UK sales of its Kindle ebook reader failed to stop Amazon - the world's biggest online retailer - suffering a profits slump.Read

Trade union says seven construction firms acted as cartel

A LEADING trade union is to report seven major construction firms to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), claiming they acted in an anti-competitive way by driving down pay and conditions.Read

Cramlington wood-burning boiler firm wins funds boost

A WOOD-BURNING boiler firm is looking to a bright future after winning a £150,000 investment and a boost from new Government subsidies.Read

Joe Ridgeon

Joe Ridgeon becomes youngest chairman of regional planners' body

PLANNING consultant Joe Ridgeon has become the youngest chairman of the Royal Town Planning Institute in the North East.Read

Work to restart production SSI nears completion

MOST of the work needed to restart production at a giant Teesside steel plant has been completed and the finishing line is now "within sight".Read

Fall recorded in North East commercial property investments

THE total value of commercial property investment transactions across the North East decreased dramatically in the last three months of 2011.Read

The Bridges, Sunderland

Sunderland looks to the future with renewed confidence

SUNDERLAND has come through the economic challenges of recent years with hopes intact for a series of major regeneration schemes. Three North East property specialists take a look at its potential.Read