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HSBC raises £50,000 for local charity

AROUND the world, HSBC staff at all levels are supporting projects in their local communities and raising funds for causes close to their hearts. With this in mind, in June 2008 HSBC in the North committed to a year-long partnership with The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS). The aim of the campaign to raise awareness along with funds for this great cause. Read

Hands-on manager joins the board

MELDRUM Construction Services has boosted its management team with an employee who has been promoted to the board. Read

Creativity lures recruiter back to home region

EXPERIENCED recruitment professional Keith Moutter has come back to the North East to help lead the expansion of creative recruitment consultancy Altitude Recruitment into new markets. Read

ACOMMUNITY interest organisation has strengthened its team with the appointment of an environmental technology graduate.

Karen Rumsey has joined Leeds group Community Energy Solutions (CES) as project assistant, having just completed a master’s degree in Environmental Technology at Hull University. Read

Complex law governs rules of redundancy

IN these troubled times, redundancies are on the increase, and businesses are not helped by the complexity of the law governing the conduct of a fair redundancy dismissal. Read

Just what does future hold for staff bonuses?

DAVID Wilkinson, senior associate in the employment team at the Newcastle office of international law firm Eversheds, considers what the future holds for employee bonuses, particularly in the financial services sector. Read

Successful ‘perks’ are often free

THE £2bn set aside by one bank for “staff costs” including bonuses while being bailed out with £20bn of taxpayers’ money beggars belief. Read

North East conference attracts big names

MARKETING practitioners and business people from across the region looking to make the most of their marketing budget in the current climate should take advantage of a new event from Business Link, taking place next week. Read

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Tough times make wellbeing more vital

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Auntie’s going to need her Labour friends

MY GOOD friend and fellow columnist Keith Hann wrote in these pages earlier in the week, with his accustomed eloquence, on the political prejudices of the BBC. Read

ARRIVALS

Today: Saargas, Thames; Salmon, Krefeld. Read

Search on for North’s top property projects

THE search is on to find the best property projects in the North East as the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) North East Renaissance Awards 2009 are open for entries. Read

What to do at the end of your business lease

WHAT happens at the end of a lease can be more expensive to sort out than taking the lease in the first place. Read

Your indispensible friends

IN the current economic climate, businesses across the North East have more than enough to deal with taking care of day-to-day operations. Read

The lifecycle of business property advice

CHARTERED surveyors are the professionals when it comes to commercial property. Read

Meeting your property needs

WHEN it comes to meeting the property needs of businesses, Tyne and Wear Development Company offers an unrivalled support service. Read

Sponsors salute value of awards

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Fears grow for manufacturing jobs

THE AXE is hovering over an increasing number of manufacturing jobs in the Tees Valley, according to regional employers organisation EEF North East. Read