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COLUMN: Barrie Hensby - Recycling's important role in business Mar 27 2013

WHEN I was young, the concept of recycling was generally limited to taking your empty fizzy pop bottles back to the corner shop to retrieve the deposit that was part of the price you’d paid for it.Read

Yorkshire Bank sets up new business leadership team Mar 20 2013

A NEW business and private banking leadership team in Newcastle has been announced by Yorkshire Bank.Read

Sintons law firm keeping it in the family with new apprentice Mar 20 2013

LAW firm Sintons is keeping it in the family by taking on an apprentice whose mother has worked at the firm for over 25 years.Read

Collingwood Legal deliver mock tribunal sessions Mar 20 2013

SPECIALIST North East employment law firm Collingwood Legal has successfully won a contract to deliver a series of mock tribunal sessions in conjunction with Acas, the advisory, conciliation and arbitration service.Read

COLUMN: Paul Holborow - Employers must use new system Mar 20 2013

TECHNOLOGY constantly finds new ways to enter our lives. For example, some of you will be using The Journal Anytime app to read this article, an undertaking that wouldn’t have been possible just a year ago.Read

Stone Technical Services join forces with English Heritage Mar 13 2013

A CONSTRUCTION company is cementing its future by joining forces with English Heritage on a series of historic projects.Read

Passage to India pays dividends Mar 13 2013

BUSINESSES leaders have returned from India after a fruitful week strengthening the North East’s global reputation at a major conference.Read

Hotel Indigo included in takeover by US firm Mar 06 2013

A TRENDY city hotel is under new management after US based Interstate Hotels & Resorts bought the management arm of its parent company.Read

Places available for North East firm on China trade trip Mar 06 2013

NORTH EAST firms are being urged to go east to expand their export potential in China.Read

Fendor's future is bright after investment Mar 06 2013

A FIRM that makes commercial glazing systems has received a £400,000 mezzanine investment from FW Capital.Read

Dickinson Dees set to advise Northern Rail Feb 27 2013

THE region’s largest law firm Dickinson Dees has been picked as the new advisor of one of the largest train operators in the UK.Read

Gordon Brown Law Firm appoints Simon Dakers Feb 27 2013

A NORTH East law firm has appointed a new partner specialising in family and matrimonial law.Read

UNW strengthens its team Feb 27 2013

ACCOUNTANCY firm UNW has attracted two highly-regarded partners as it steps up investment in its people and premises following new deal wins.Read

Deloitte deals spike Feb 27 2013

DELOITTE'S mergers and acquisitions tax team in the North East has reported a spike in the number of deals done in the past six months.Read

Muckle LLP helps complete training centre for autistic children Feb 20 2013

A PROJECT to create a £9m training centre for autistic children and their families in the North East has been completed with the help of commercial law firm Muckle LLP.Read

Smiles Engineering North East receives funds for expansion Feb 20 2013

AN engine re-powering business has won a six-figure investment to help fund its ambitious plans for expansion.Read

COLUMN: Barrie Hensby - Ambition shines through the gloom Feb 20 2013

SO, the first month of another year has been and gone, and as has become the regular pattern over the last few years, the economic news that filtered through during those 31 days has been enough to make even the hardiest of souls think about getting back into bed and never coming out again.Read

Muckle LLP recruit entire team of experts from Northern Rock Feb 13 2013

COMMERCIAL law firm Muckle LLP has recruited five key members of the former legal team at Northern Rock, and latterly Northern Rock Asset Management (NRAM), to its specialist financial disputes expertise.Read

DLA Piper advise on 4Projects US sale Feb 13 2013

LAWYERS from DLA Piper’s corporate team have advised August Equity and the management shareholders of the 4Projects group of companies on the sale of 4Projects to US-based Viewpoint Construction Software (Viewpoint), a division of Coaxis, Inc, for an undisclosed sum.Read