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Keep up to date on finance, technology, construction and local businesses. en-gb http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/19/it-wrks-for-gary-51140-20642716/ Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/19/it-wrks-for-gary-51140-20642716/ BLACKHALL COLLIERY man Gary Coulthard is one of nearly 600 regional entrepreneurs who have realised their dreams of starting their own business, thanks to Government-backed business support agency Entrust. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/18/wise-up-to-helpingcommunity-51140-20636980/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/18/wise-up-to-helpingcommunity-51140-20636980/ BUSINESS and organisations in Redcar and Cleveland get wise to social enterprise tomorrow through a unique event showcasing the vital role of community organisations involved with social enterprise activities in the borough. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/18/grant-support-for-creativity-51140-20636984/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/18/grant-support-for-creativity-51140-20636984/ FLEDGLING company Babel Digital is among six creative firms to receive thousands of pounds in start-up funding through Tees’ DigitalCity enterprise hub. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/18/eyes-open-to-size-of-uk-waste-problems-51140-20636995/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/18/eyes-open-to-size-of-uk-waste-problems-51140-20636995/ THE DIRECTOR of a company formed to develop sustainable materials for the construction industry has become one of the first in the region to gain a nationally recognised waste awareness qualification. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/11/trioonthemove-51140-20600477/ Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/11/trioonthemove-51140-20600477/ BELASIS HALL business park near Billingham is helping three companies to achieve success. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/11/a-traditional-seaside-sweet-shop-is-up-for-sale-on-teesside-51140-20600592/ Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/11/a-traditional-seaside-sweet-shop-is-up-for-sale-on-teesside-51140-20600592/ Allsorts on The Front, Seaton Carew, trades as an off licence, confectioners and general store. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/06/short-term-fixed-rate-51140-20563190/ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/06/short-term-fixed-rate-51140-20563190/ Accord Mortgages is offering a fixed rate deal until April 30, 2010, at a rate of 5.49%, reverting to its standard variable rate for the remaining term of the mortgage, currently 7.5%. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/05/a-decade-of-success-for-epicurus-events-51140-20556811/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/05/a-decade-of-success-for-epicurus-events-51140-20556811/ THE GAZETTE’S Tees Valley Business Awards tomorrow will be a platform for a successful food business celebrating 10 years of trading this month. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/05/fair-chance-to-join-energy-boom-51140-20556813/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/05/fair-chance-to-join-energy-boom-51140-20556813/ NOF Energy is to launch the Jobs4Energy Recruitment Fair 2008 - a new recruitment event to help address the skills shortage facing the oil, gas and energy-related sectors. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/05/arts-status-opens-new-learning-world-51140-20556948/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/05/arts-status-opens-new-learning-world-51140-20556948/ MORE YOUNG people than ever before will be encouraged to follow a career in the arts following the accreditation of Middlesbrough’s Tees Valley Training Centre as part of the national Arts Award scheme. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/05/region-schefsto-cook-up-a-storm-51140-20557336/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/05/region-schefsto-cook-up-a-storm-51140-20557336/ A REGION-wide competition has been launched to find the next Gordon Ramsey - someone with a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ who can stand the heat of the Hell’s Kitchen. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/05/parental-leave-51140-20557337/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/05/parental-leave-51140-20557337/ Q. Who has the right to Parental Leave? http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/05/trainees-winningmessage-on-safety-51140-20557338/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/05/trainees-winningmessage-on-safety-51140-20557338/ TTE Technical Training Group students are driving home an important road safety message. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/05/so-what-s-red-iconic-and-hangs-around-middlesbrough-town-hall-51140-20560075/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/05/so-what-s-red-iconic-and-hangs-around-middlesbrough-town-hall-51140-20560075/ Well, it’s that row of old phone boxes between the Empire Club and the town hall crypt. That set has, it seems, arrived in a volume celebrating all that's good in British design http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/04/time-to-plug-into-the-renewables-gap-51140-20552344/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/04/time-to-plug-into-the-renewables-gap-51140-20552344/ A RENEWABLE energy connection business has won a contract that could help Tees Valley become part of the UK’s first “renewables ready region”. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/04/help-and-advice-if-you-want-to-look-east-51140-20552352/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/04/help-and-advice-if-you-want-to-look-east-51140-20552352/ UK Trade and Investment works with a wide range of partners to help Teesside firms enter and become more competitive in overseas markets, including China. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/04/china-s-expansion-boosting-business-on-teesside-51140-20552353/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/04/china-s-expansion-boosting-business-on-teesside-51140-20552353/ “In China, people are very commercial. Everybody wants to be a millionaire,” says Wen Cai, the Chinese-born, Middlesbrough-based md of business introduction service UK-China Connex. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/04/tuc-calls-for-green-power-tax-51140-20552354/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/04/tuc-calls-for-green-power-tax-51140-20552354/ THE Government has been urged to introduce a “green” windfall tax on energy firms and spend the money on tackling fuel poverty and creating environmental jobs. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/04/dos-and-don-ts-behind-the-bamboo-curtain-51140-20552355/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/04/dos-and-don-ts-behind-the-bamboo-curtain-51140-20552355/ The Orient is not as inscrutable as it might first appear, but the golden rule is take an interpreter. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/04/backing-for-action-on-highway-robbery-51140-20552360/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/business-weekly-news/2008/03/04/backing-for-action-on-highway-robbery-51140-20552360/ GOVERNMENT steps to protect creative industries from being robbed of ideas have been welcomed by the head of Teesside’s Institute of Digital Innovation.