Jun
2007
Articles from 20th Jun 2007
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Wednesday business news bulletin
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
Sainsbury's sales down; MPC split over interest; Profits down at Currys owner Read
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Business diary
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
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Slower growth at Tesco reported
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
Supermarket chain Tesco reported slower-than-expected UK growth yesterday in a more "challenging" market for its non-food goods. Read
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Stock watch
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
Disappointing sales figures from the UK's largest supermarket chain weighed heavy on the London market yesterday, leaving a raft of blue chip retailers in the red. Read
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Franchise news hits Go-Ahead price
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
A 2.1% dip in US housing starts in May weighed on sentiment and contributed to the decline in UK equities. The FTSE 100 Index closed 53.30 points lighter at 6650.20. Read
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Andrew Miller column
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
Whatever your view on the global warming debate, it seems certain the coming years will see significant growth in demand for power from nations such as China and India as industrialisation continues apace while standards of living rise. Read
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`Challenging' market hits sales at Tesco stores in UK
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
Supermarket giant Tesco reported slower-than-expected UK growth yesterday in a more "challenging" market for its non-food goods. Read
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Cadbury workers shocked by job cuts
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
Cadbury Schweppes has rocked its workforce once again with plans to cut 15% of its global staff and factories by 2011. Read
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Ruth Kelly's crew are pushing us backwards
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
How will you be travelling to work in 20 years' time? By an upgraded Metro system that reaches out further than ever before? By car, along fit-for-purpose roads? Read
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Learn the secrets of being the best
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
A senior executive from one of the UK's most successful store groups is heading to the North-East to share the secrets of Service Excellence. Read
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Planning applications
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
Ward: Beacon and Bents Read
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Retail park goes for even more
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
Property company Land Securities has sold a retail park near Stockton to a fund for an amount more than its £12.25m price tag. Read
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City lawyer joins the Watson Burton team
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
Tyneside law firm Watson Burton has recruited a top City lawyer as a partner to its commercial property department. Read
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Multiplex portfolio concerns Brookfield
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
The Canadian bidder for Multiplex - which is drawing up plans for a massive re-development of Pilgrim Street in Newcastle city centre - has raised concerns about the Australian developer's UK portfolio. Read
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Aeroflot signs first Trent deal with R-R
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
Rolls-royce's ambitions in Russia have been boosted as national carrier Aeroflot placed its first ever order for the company's Trent engines. Read
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Analysts add agri-sector to D1's mix
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
Agribusiness interests were yesterday added to the mix of potential suitors looking to acquire a cornerstone stake in alternative fuels producer D1 Oils. Read
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Responsive invests in staff, equipment
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
In our series looking at the winners of the North-East Business Awards 2006, which are organised by The Journal and the Evening Gazette on Teesside, we focus on Responsive Engineering. The Manufacturing Company of the Year has taken great strides in recent years putting new systems and equipment in place to sustain growth. James Barton reports. Read
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Chrysalis swoop
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
An investment group backed by Irish tycoons JP McManus and John Magnier was yesterday reported to be in talks to buy Chrysalis' radio arm for up to £180m. Read
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Bigger and better now it's the Top 250
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
The 2007 list of top North-East companies will be out soon and it is bigger than any list before and promises some surprises. Read
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Bookmakers are on a winner with website
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
A new call centre and website launched by bookmakers Neville Porter raked in £2m last month, putting that part of the business on target to smash its £7m year-end prediction. Read
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Alistair Arkley column
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
In less than a fortnight local councils will have the chance "to further improve their relationships with local businesses". Read
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Sevenfold profits rise for Cropper
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
A buoyant aircraft manufacturing sector in North America has lifted paper and filter maker James Cropper's profits sevenfold to £2.5m in the year to the end of March. Read
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People on the move
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
Bill hamilton has been appointed managing director of Hebburn-based Variable Message Signs Limited (VMSL), the UK's leading supplier of driver information systems, Read
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Lawyers leap from plane to raise charity cash
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
Partners and staff of a Newcastle law firm ditched their pinstripe suits in favour of jumpsuits last week and threw themselves out of a plane at 10,000 feet. Read
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No business but a long and celebratory lunch
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
The 20th annual general meeting of the Geordie Cresta Club was yet another day of no formal business and a long, celebratory, lunch says my "fly-on-the-wall" reporter from the Black Bull at Moulton, North Yorkshire. Read
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Middlesbrough’s Working Links team are celebrating after beating off tough competition to win a top European award.
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
The organisation was awarded first place for Best Use of Technology for Employee Development in the prestigious European Retail Solutions Awards 2007. Read
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TRAINEES SET FOR CONTEST
Jun 20 2007 | Archive
PERSIMMON Homes Teesside has launched its Apprentice of the Year award scheme. Read
