VITAMIN testing kit maker Immunodiagnostics Systems (IDS) is aiming to streamline the business after warning that its full year revenues would be below market expectations.Read
THE amount of farmland marketed in the North East dipped last year, largely due to a major decrease in the land becoming available in Northumberland and County Durham.Read
ALL laying hens across the European Union should have been removed from “barren” battery cages by January 1 this year, but despite having more than a decade to prepare themselves, a number of nations missed the deadline.Read
PRIMESTOCK sale: Cast cows & OTM cattle - Once again a good show of 210 cast cows and cast bulls were forward with all classes being good to sell, but plainer black and whites cheaper.Read
HRH the Countess of Wessex is to be the patron for the celebrations marking 200 years of the Border Union Agricultural Society (BUAS), which runs the annual Border Union Show.Read
John Swan Ltd sold 55 store cattle. An excellent show of forward cattle from Standhill, Bathgate saw bullocks sell to £1160 per head (217.6p per kg) and heifers to £1050 (210p).Read
UP to 250 jobs will be created in the North East after engineering group Wilton won a multi-million pound fabrication contract from global energy giant ConocoPhillips.Read
THE Northern Design Centre, which opens for business next month, has signed up its first tenant and expects many more young firms ripe for growth who will carry on the region's heritage of innovation. Karen Dent reports.Read
Karen Dent is a business reporter who specialises in small businesses and rural affairs. Prior to joining the our team Karen spent most of her career as a broadcast journalist, most recently working for the BBC.
