Oct
2005
Articles from 12th Oct 2005
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City news
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
The rollercoaster ride for investors in London continued today as the market gave up all the gains racked up earlier this week. Read
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Business Diary
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
12 - Is It Legal? Advertising and Marketing Law - an update. 6.30pm-8pm, Copthorne Hotel, Newcastle. Talk from Dickinson Dees brand law expert Ed Meikle. £5 CIM members, £10 non-members. Email Glasgow@cim.co.uk Read
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Family tree
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
In our regular look at the structure of North-East companies, we feature Isos Housing Ltd, which has combined housing associations Enterprise 5 and Milecastle Housing in a bid to access more Housing Corporation funding and save around £13m over 30 years. Read
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Back to basics dates helps homeless
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
By Howard Walker Read
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Promises to keep, miles to go
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Corporate fitness fans congratulating themselves after the Great North Run should think again if they reckon they've achieved a major feat. Read
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We're giving it large, OK!
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Among the less well-informed, entrepreneurs are sometimes seen as grasping individuals looking out only for number one. Read
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Young dairy farmers take show honours
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
The next generation of dairy farmers in the North- East proved they are already onto winning ways when they came home from All Britain All Breeds Calf Show at Stoneleigh with a fistful of prizes. Read
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Heifer Newstart Virtue tops Carlisle sales
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Sales from three pedigree Limousin herds at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, saw a healthy trade topped by the stylish heifer, Newstart Virtue, the first daughter of world record-priced bull, Grahams Samson, to be offered for sale by public auction. Read
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Marts
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
St Boswells Read
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Farmwatch alert cuts crime in the country
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Rural crime in Derwentside has been cut significantly following the introduction of a Farmwatch scheme. Read
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Tough times on the high street
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Life on the high street is tough just now - as we are reminded by any retailer obliged to provide us with an update on current trading. Read
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Katrina hits UK trade gap
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Hurricane Katrina blew a bigger hole in the UK trade gap, which reached a record £5.3bn last August. Read
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Stock watch
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
It was another brighter day for the FTSE 100 on Tuesday as the index recorded an intraday high of 5404.4 before closing 6.2 points up at 5380.7. Read
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Shops in gloom but home front bright
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
The UK market continued yesterday where it left off on Monday with mining stocks again leading the way. Read
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Furniture store has designs on the North
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
With a growing portfolio of franchise stores in major towns and cities across the world, contemporary furniture specialist BoConcept has its sights set on the North-East for its new franchisees. Read
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The facts
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
The term `franchising' has been used to describe many different forms of business relationships, including licensing, distributor and agency arrangements. Read
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Be your own boss without the risks
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Thousands of would-be entrepreneurs in the region are missing out on the chance to run their own business because they don't understand the concept of franchising. Rebekah Ashby looks at the benefits of "franchiseurship". Read
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planning applications
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Ward: Chopwell Read
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Can any map rewrite the law?
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Alan Kind is a renowned campaigner for old highways. He and I have disagreed in principle about the use of green lanes and old roads for cars and motorcycles and have had a number of interesting debates about the status of some paths and tracks. Read
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Law firm celebrates sealing a £28m sale
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Law firm Ward Hadaway has sealed a deal for Shanks Group plc, selling its UK hazardous waste operations - Hazwaste Activities - to Onyx Environmental for £28m. Read
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Thriving group set for major growth
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Leisure to care homes operator The Ladhar Group has acquired a chain of specialist care facilities to boost its growing portfolio. Read
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Top team's £30m deal
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
The £30m management buy-out of one of the country's largest environmental and engineering consultancies, Entec UK Ltd, from Northumbrian Water, brought together a top team from the region to ensure a speedy completion for the deal. Read
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Bigger is better for accountancy firms
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Two North Tyneside firms have merged to create what is claimed to be the largest accountancy practice between the River Tyne and the Tweed. Read
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BAA airports are all starting to lift off
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Airports operator BAA reported a pick-up in passenger figures yesterday as it showed signs of recovering from the London bombings and strikes at Heathrow. Read
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Stay-at-home shopping service reports a boom
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Catalogue retailer N Brown mirrored forecast-busting Marks & Spencer amid signs it had persuaded more customers to shop from home. Read
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Somerfield takeover is still on the cards
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
The prospect of a £1bn bid for supermarket Somerfield has been kept alive by the last remaining bidder in the long-running takeover saga. Read
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Marks on the mend as their shares soar
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Marks & Spencer has halted a two-year trading slump after new ranges and an overhaul helped the embattled retailer to a surprise pick-up in sales. Read
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Alistair Arkley column
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
You may recall that it's only a few weeks since we had not one, but two, Government Ministers visiting the region to discuss with North-East businesses our views on reducing the burden of regulation. Read
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Pyrex glass maker in shock sale to French
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Historic Sunderland glass manufacturer Newell is being taken over by French firm Arc International. Read
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Coach company drives into Spain
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Train and coach operator National Express has taken a leaf out of North rival Arriva's book, with a £262m deal to buy a substantial chunk of Spain's coach market. Read
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TUC moves to new city office
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Tuc general secretary Brendan Barber will be in Newcastle today to open the organisation's new northern region offices. Read
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Christmas reality
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
One of Britain's biggest producers of reality television has put viewers on standby for a doubling in the number of its shows this Christmas. Read
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100 new jobs at business centre
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Up to 100 jobs could be created with the opening of a new £1.3m business centre on Tyneside. Read
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Burberry
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
The driving force behind the revival of luxury goods brand Burberry is to stand down after eight years as chief executive. Read
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High fuel bills hit firms hard
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
North-East companies fear the region's economy has peaked and that tougher times are round the corner, a key survey has found. Read
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CBI
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
Employers' organisation the CBI has appointed Sarah Green as its new director for the North-East. Read
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Questions & Answers
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
By the time the Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King travels back to London he and a delegation of 41 members of the Bank of England will have attended 23 events in the North-East. Rebekah Ashby used an exclusive one-to-one interview with the man responsible for setting interest rates to pose questions from the North-East business community about the issues that matter most to them. Read
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Oil, inflation, wages: The governor speaks
Oct 12 2005 | Archive
The North-East has seen a bigger transformation than any other region in the UK over the past two decades, the Governor of the Bank of England said yesterday. Read
