BUSINESSES across Northumberland are set to benefit from a £5.4m superfast broadband project aimed at developing a thriving digital economy following European investment.Read
ACCOUNTANCY giant KPMG is facing a potential investigation over the audit work that gave HBOS a clean bill of health in the run-up to its collapse.Read
COLD weather sent bicycle sales tumbling at Halfords but boosted sales of de-icer and screenwash, allowing the retailer to maintain positive momentum for the year.Read
FAST-growing Solutions Recruitment brought together a top team of corporate finance advisers and funders from the North East to help advise on and deliver its recent fundraising and refinancing deal.Read
ONE of Newcastle’s most iconic office developments is celebrating 40 years of providing affordable space for charities and not for profit organisations.Read
SUNDERLAND businessman John McDonough has secured a deal which will see the single malt - Spey Whisky - sold in the US for the first time since 1920’s prohibition.Read
FOLLOWING a rigorous competitive tendering procedure, leading law firm Dickinson Dees has been appointed to the Government Procurement Service Legal Services Framework.Read
AWARD-winning marmalade-maker Lynne Allan, who runs Lady Waterford Preserves as part of The Old Dairy in Ford, has gone back in history 500 years to create a special Flodden marmalade to commemorate the famous battle which took place in 1513.Read
THE head of BT has defended the telecoms giant against claims it is being unfairly propped up by the Government to roll out fibre broadband across the country.Read
THE contrasting fortunes of Britain’s retailers have been highlighted after the coldest March in 50 years froze sales of clothing and footwear, but boosted demand for food and drink.Read
SMALL to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the already hard-pressed North are owed almost twice as much in late payments than their Southern counterparts, according to new research.Read
A NEW six-figure investment is set to help a North East training company that specialises in the low-carbon sector underpin and extend its operational footprint right across the UK.Read
Iain Laing has been business editor for four years. He started his ncjMedia career as a Durham district reporter in 2000. He has served as a reporter at the Evening News in Edinburgh and the Northern Echo in Darlington.
