Jan
2008
Articles from 15th Jan 2008
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25 years in their sights...
Jan 15 2008 | Business Weekly
AS A LAD, Stockton’s Andrew Petch played pass-the-parcel with ticking time bombs crafted by his dad, Terry - founder, somewhat ironically, of Safeguard Security Systems. Years later, he’d play his part in protecting the Enron power station against terrorist threat and even came close to outwitting a crack team of soldiers determined to bag a local landowner’s pheasants. As the company celebrates 25 eventful years, MIKE PARKER reflects on the growth of a well-respected family firm... Read
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Advice to keep business on track
Jan 15 2008 | Business Weekly
RESEARCH from Barclays Bank recently revealed almost three quarters of businesses were braced for a more competitive marketplace in 2008. Read
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POSITIVE changes for inheritance tax following the Chancellor's 2007 Pre Budget Report have led some families to believe that they no longer need to put in place tax efficient arrangements in their Wills. I urge caution in this approach.
Jan 15 2008 | Business Weekly
Prior to last October, the situation for married couples and civil partners was as follows: Read
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Are YOU ready for Tees Dragon’s Den?
Jan 15 2008 | Business Weekly
ARE YOU sitting on the next big business idea? Do you have the guts to take it into the Dragon’s Den? Read
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Take the leap to a global triumph
Jan 15 2008 | Business Weekly
GEORGE Riddle of North-east web designers simplywsi.com and Dean Benson of Stockton’s visualsoft.co.uk make a living creating parallel retail worlds. Many clients now have their own international sales division, generated exclusively on the web. Read
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Beating the cold with the help of the Earth
Jan 15 2008 | Business Weekly
A REDCAR company said it was making “phenomenal progress” as customers flocked to install an innovative heating system that uses geothermal pumps to take heat direct from the earth. Read
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Sexy website boosts Bizou Boutique
Jan 15 2008 | Business Weekly
WERE it not for its sexy new website, which gave it international exposure for the first time last year, Yarm’s exclusive lingerie outlet the Bizou Boutique might never have come to the attention of American bra brand Le Mystere. Read
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Old industry gives way to new
Jan 15 2008 | Business Weekly
A FORMER steelworks site, adjacent to the A66 between Middlesbrough and Redcar is poised to take on a new industrial life as Tees Valley’s first dedicated waste management and recycling complex comes before planners at the end of the month. Read
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Psyche website boosting high street sales
Jan 15 2008 | Business Weekly
CLICK happy consumers spent £84m online on Christmas Day, pushing British e-tail sales to a record high last year. Read
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The UK’s 27 million online shoppers generated around 860 million parcel deliveries in 2007.
Jan 15 2008 | Business Weekly
43 million Britons aged 16+ use the internet. Read
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Geek’s guide to the internet
Jan 15 2008 | Business Weekly
THE lexicon of the net is like no other, but to use the web effectively, you need to speak the lingo... Read
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How Steve helped setmould for etail success
Jan 15 2008 | Business Weekly
STEVE Cochrane is a veteran in the eternally youthful world of web-based retailing. Read
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Language of cyberspace
Jan 15 2008 | Business Weekly
FOR 10 years Kirby Fleetham’s Bernadette Wall has been running a successful one-to-one language training company. But five years ago she began to notice a distinct change in attitude among her corporate clients. Read
