Articles...
Nov 7 2006
A £3m development to provide state-of-the-art studios for students has been given the go-ahead by Middlesbrough planners....
Nov 7 2006
Utility company Severn Trent offloaded another part of its business after agreeing to sell more than 500 acres of development land. The Birmingham company's latest move involved the disposal of Severn Trent Property in a deal worth £71.7m....
Nov 7 2006
Pioneering businesses are gearing up to move into new state-of-the-art office accommodation in Darlington....
Nov 7 2006
In 2004, the word "blog" officially entered the Oxford English Dictionary....
Nov 7 2006
An innovative export programme has helped 18 Tees Valley firms increase their overseas sales....
Nov 7 2006
As a marketing professional I am often asked how to set a marketing budget. Unfortunately there is neither a set formula nor a definitive answer....
Nov 7 2006
In a recent Gazette column, I referred to the need to maximise Business Property Relief (BPR) as one of nine ways to reduce the Inheritance Tax bill....
Nov 7 2006
Top 200 ranking - 123...
Nov 7 2006
A sparkling performance by Marks & Spencer cheered the London market today after it posted its largest profits haul for nine years....
Nov 7 2006
A huge leap in pre-tax profits at North drug testing kit firm Immunodiagnostic Systems (IDS) led its share price to reach a record high....
Nov 7 2006
The managing director of Corus suitor Tata Steel has surprised industry analysts by insisting that he can achieve 30% margins within five years, even with the Anglo-Dutch acquisition....
Nov 7 2006
Up to 800 jobs could be created - and maintained in the North-East for six years - on the back of a massive £300m fabrication contract heading to the region....
Nov 7 2006
The owner of the GNER rail franchise looks set for conflict with the UK's pension regulator over deficits on two of its schemes....
Nov 7 2006
An upmarket spa and beauty salon celebrated the opening of a second outlet in the North-East with the help of one of its original customers - millionaire entrepreneur and TV star Duncan Bannatyne....
Nov 7 2006
A business networking organisation set up with a blank 'sheet of paper' will celebrate its first anniversary next week with over 200 members....
Nov 7 2006
A mum is putting her best business foot forward with the opening of the only dedicated children's shoe retailer in Tynedale....
Nov 7 2006
A 117-year-old Hartlepool company has been taken over by a large American manufacturer....
Nov 7 2006
Gordon Brown and David Cameron are to present their pro-business credentials to Britain's corporate leaders at the CBI annual conference on November 27-28 at the Business Design Centre, London....
Nov 7 2006
Steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal has been appointed chief executive of Arcelor Mittal just months after he stepped aside from the top job....
Nov 7 2006
A North designer has come up with a new-look Manchester store for jewellery retailer Beaverbrooks....
Nov 7 2006
As the needs of your business change, you could consider letting part of your premises. This may be a more efficient way to use them and may generate a rent to set off your business expenses....
Nov 7 2006
Small business lobby group The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has reached 200,000 members - more than the UK's three leading business groups combined....
Nov 7 2006
This supplement celebrates the high achievements of the 12 finalists in the North-East Business Executive of the Year Awards 2006....
Nov 7 2006
North-East Business Executive of the Year Gordon Banham, chief executive, Hargreaves Services....
Nov 7 2006
Tyneside & Northumberland winner Dr Roger Duggan, managing director of IDS, Boldon....
Nov 7 2006
Wearside & County Durham winner Gordon Banham managing director, Hargreaves Services....
Nov 7 2006
Tees Valley winner Steve Smith, chief executive of Northgate, Darlington....
Nov 7 2006
Young business person winner TAREK NSEIR founder and managing director, TH_NK, Newcastle....
Nov 7 2006
Lifetime Achiever Sir Frederick Holliday....
Nov 7 2006
The Journal...
Nov 7 2006
Shares in gaming group 888 Holdings surged yesterday as investors reacted to the possibility of a £470m takeover by high street bookie Ladbrokes....
Nov 7 2006
Four months of growth in the manufacturing sector appear to have come to an end as official figures showed activity levels stalled during September....
Nov 7 2006
Uk equities began the week in buoyant mood with investors pushing the FTSE 100 Index above 6200 for the first time in more than five years....
Nov 7 2006
The ftse 100 closed up 76.4 points yesterday at 6224.5, benefiting from a strong opening on Wall Street as investors remained bullish after stronger than expected US jobs data which was reported on Friday....
Nov 7 2006
The boss of a Tees Valley plastering firm has seen his career come full circle, after completing a £38,000 contract on the conversion of a former church mission building into flats....
