DEPARTMENT store chain John Lewis has seen its weekly sales soar 15.8% as households turned their attention to home furnishings ahead of the Easter break.Read
BELLWAY is back in the black and poised to start growing again but the builder said difficulties faced by first- time buyers could still stifle the housing market’s recovery.Read
DARLINGTON Building Society has seen its first loss in 152 years turn into a profit after keeping a tight rein on costs and a massive reduction in mortgage lending.Read
BAE Systems bosses are to hold talks with staff in the next couple of weeks to pick through the wreckage of their failed bid for a massive Government armoured vehicle contract.Read
AN OIL and gas pipeline company which axed 200 jobs in Newcastle this year because of the global recession is optimistic the upturn will come in the second half of 2010.Read
HOPES of a stronger economic recovery in the first quarter have been winged by official figures showing a sharp fall in manufacturing output during snowbound January.Read
THOUSANDS of Northern Rock staff will receive bonuses of up to £3,000. The windfall comes as a reward for helping the bank slash its losses last year, it was announced today.Read