Dec
2004
Articles from 15th Dec 2004
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Charity effort's a corker
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
A group of the region's leading female entrepreneurs is celebrating the festive season with a difference this year by sampling Christmas fortified wines - all in the name of Breast Cancer Research. Read
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North bottom of festive league
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
It's yo ho no for the North-East when it comes to eating, drinking and being merry, according to the latest seasonal survey. Read
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Charity boost
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
The Journal's charity, St Oswald's Hospice, is set to benefit from a five-figure fundraising effort after being chosen by the Newcastle branch of the Allied Irish Bank as its dedicated charity for 2005. Read
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Family Tree
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
After 15 years in the financial services industry, David decided to set up the company from scratch with business partner Maurice Cotter in 1997. Read
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Business Diary
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
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Stock watch
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
The ftse 100 closed 14 points down at 4722.8 yesterday following an intraday low of 4709.7. Read
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Inflation highest since June figure
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
Inflation is at its highest level since June after figures for November showed the annual rate rose by 0.3pc to 1.5pc. Read
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Brian Tora column
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
Having once been a member of the London Stock Exchange, it comes as quite a jolt to recognise that not only is this august body capable of being taken over, the acquirer is likely to be foreign. Read
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Scottish & Newcastle
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
Regional brewer Scottish & Newcastle gets back behind the bar at almost 100 pubs it sold just over a year before. Read
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Northern business daily annual review 2004: December
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
Hundreds of jobs are safeguarded and more created in Northumberland under multi-million pound investment plans from chipboard manufacturer Egger. Read
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Northern business daily annual review 2004: November
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
One of the North-East's oldest building contractors relaunches with a new name and plans to increase sales by nearly two thirds in the next four years. Read
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Northumberland Street
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
Newcastle's Northumberland Street is named as the most expensive shopping street in the UK outside London, in a new survey. The North-East's renowned appetite for retail spending, combined with the street's central location and its compact size, make it a magnet for stores and pushed shops' annual rental prices up to £1,742 per square metre. This puts Northumberland Street fifth in the list of UK shopping streets, with only West End London streets more expensive. Read
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Huntsman
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
The building of the largest chemical plant of its type in the world is announced for Teesside at a cost of £200m. Huntsman is behind the polyethylene plant plan for Wilton, which will employ more than 100 people when it is running in 2007. Read
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Northern business daily annual review 2004: October
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
Menswear retailer The Officers Club unveils plans to create hundreds of jobs as it doubles the size of its 185 stores and hunts for new headquarters. Read
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Northern business daily annual review 2004: September
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
Teesside International Airport's controversial name-change is made official. The new name is Durham Tees Valley Airport. Read
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An exciting year for commercial team
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
For the well-respected commercial team at Jesmond- based legal firm Mincoffs, 2004 has been typified by a series of multi-million pound back-to-back deals that have topped half a billion pounds in value. Read
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Durham County Cricket Club
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
Durham County Cricket Club develops a masterplan which may see it becoming the first ground in Britain with a stock-market listing. Read
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Northern business daily annual review 2004: August
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
Most of the former Samsung workforce are reported to have found new jobs. Read
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Northern business daily annual review 2004: July
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
A team of managers buys the former Freshbake Foods site in Hartlepool, which employs 300 people. Read
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Romag
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
Glassmaker Romag hails the success of its stock market flotation and moves into niche markets after unveiling an 11pc rise in profits. Read
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Northern business daily annual review 2004: June
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
The first of 200 new workers arrives at a new £7m showpiece science park in Sunderland as 10 companies prepare to sign up to the development. Read
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Northern business daily annual review 2004: May
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
A North-East firm is voted as making the best butty in Britain. A spicy onion bhaji sandwich made by Brambles Foods proves too hot for its rivals - including the likes of Marks & Spencer - to land the title of Britain's best new sandwich. Read
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And the winners are
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
The past year has seen the best in North-East business rewarded at the region's finest business awards. Read
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Penny plain
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
North fashion chain Penny Plain sets its sights on quadrupling in size and becoming a national force following a management buy-out. Managing director Nick Oliver leads the buy-out from Gillian Banyard and Christine Kerr, who launched the Newcastle group 30 years ago from a small shop in the city centre. The women's fashion specialist has a chain of seven stores from Edinburgh to Mayfair, plus 100,000 mail order customers. Read
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Northern business daily annual review 2004: April
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
Around 700 jobs are said to be on the cards for the region with retail giant Argos proposing to build a major distribution centre. The firm wants to site a base for its home delivery division, Argos Direct, at Faverdale East Business Park, Darlington, near the A1(M). Read
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Northern business daily annual review 2004: March
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
An innovative £1.6m business centre opens in Derwentside. The building at Consett Business Park has space for 18 ventures and has been aided with £400,000 from the European Regional Development Fund and £800,000 from regional development agency One NorthEast. Read
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Northern business daily annual review 2004: February
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
Family-owned convenience store chain Bells, with outlets stretching from Teesside to South Tyneside, is snapped up by supermarket giant Sainsbury's in a deal thought to be worth nearly £22m. Launched in 1968, Bells has 54 stores across the region. Read
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Northern business daily annual review 2004: January
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
More than 420 jobs are axed as Korean electrical giant Samsung announces that its Billingham microwave plant will close in April. Read
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Planning applications
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
Ward: Tynemouth Read
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Alistair Arkley column
Dec 15 2004 | Archive
So what did the referendum vote say about our region? Did it suggest we all believe everything in the garden is rosy and we don't need to change the way the North-East is governed? Read
