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Jul 15 2008
Bureaucracy - we only have ourselves to blame if we get caught up in India’s red tape. It was the British colonials, after all, who left them with the legacy....
Jul 15 2008
THE trend is shifting with the traditional high-end shopper also hunting for bargains - Lynn Stainsby, right...
Jul 15 2008
WITH a population of more than 1bn people, India is the biggest democracy in the world, covering 3.3m square kilometres....
Jul 15 2008
ALBERT PATTISON won’t be complaining about red tape in the UK - not compared with what he believes are onerous Indian trading regulations....
Jul 15 2008
“THERE’S a lot of money in India,” observes Guy Woodall, chief executive of Thorncroft Drinks, a premium beverage company....
Jul 15 2008
AS TEESSIDE looks forward to unveiling the eighth Wonder of the World at Middlehaven, local businesses are looking East towards the home of the first....
Jul 15 2008
SELF-trained florist Tina Steinmetz is no shrinking violet. In business less than three months she says: “I’m not shy. I want to be known as the best florist you’ve ever seen.”...
Jul 15 2008
Top 10 UK home improvements...
Jul 15 2008
THIS has been the month from hell for the UK housing market - and the national economy. Mortgage approvals are down, the new-build market has shuddered to a standstill and housebuilders are laying off staff. Homeowners aren't trading up, first-time buyers don't have enough money for a deposit and, even if they did, liquidity has all but disappeared from the lending market....
Jul 15 2008
THE Studios, at Darlington’s Lingfield Point business park, will be the new base for a ground-breaking partnership between Darlington and Stockton councils....
Jul 15 2008
LONG-SERVING employees at leading insurance broker BiB in Darlington have been honoured after clocking up a century of dedication between them....
Jul 15 2008
TWO trainees are embarking on career development programmes with Middlesbrough’s independent accountancy practice Chipchase Manners....
Jul 15 2008
July 17: PAYING your employees, Morton Park, Darlington, open to all, 9.45am-3.30pm, free. To book call HM Revenue and Customs on 01642 795036....
Jul 15 2008
MORE than 50 national and regional property agents attended an event to celebrate the successful completion of one of the latest schemes to be constructed at the prestigious 700-acre Wynyard Park mixed-use development....
Jul 15 2008
DO you already fill your recycling bin or do you need a financial sweetener to go greener? News that the Conservative party wants to pay people to recycle, was greeted by widespread scepticism on Tees, as GLORIA McSHANE discovered...
Jul 15 2008
CONSUMERS are being urged to be vigilant following a 200% jump in email scams that trick people into disclosing financial information....
Jul 15 2008
Reefs facing extinction...
Jul 15 2008
It gave us tiffin and jodphurs and the resources on which to build an empire; we left it with a legal system, a universal language, and a desire to turn the economic tables. The former jewel in the British crown is now shining brighter than ever and the lustre is rubbing off on Teesside. SUE SCOTT reports on a subcontinent that is anything but subordinate...