BRITAIN’S biggest landlord has defended a multi-million-pound payment to its former chief executive when he stepped down from the company due to health reasons.Read
A TECHNOLOGY firm has won a £600,000 boost in its bid to win the race to improve the efficiency and stability of energy distribution around the national electricity network.Read
BUSINESS leaders believe the North East economy has entered a period of recovery after new figures revealed that the region was the only one to record an acceleration in private sector output in January.Read
THE high street suffered its worst January in at least 15 years after snow and economic woes hurt sales, the British Retail Consortium said yesterday.Read
THE future of 76-year-old discount retailer Ethel Austin was once more under threat after the group called in administrators for the second time in two years.Read
LA Tasca and Ha Ha Bar & Grill owner Bay Restaurants is being circled by private equity-backed firms keen to snap up the group, it was reported yesterday.Read
A TEESSIDE biofuels expert claims a heating fuel made from used cooking oil could slash emissions from off-gas properties by a quarter and save on home energy costs.Read
THE future of around 60 Teesside workers was in doubt today after clothing retailer Ethel Austin called in administrators for the second time in two years.Read
A COMPANY which makes hydraulic excavators is confident that it can stage a turnaround after axing almost 500 staff and seeing its pre-tax profits plummet from £37m to £3.4m.Read
THE UK’S biggest van hire firm has appointed a well known business troubleshooter, previously shipped in to sort out the now washed-up Sea Containers empire and its rail franchise GNER, as chairman.Read
