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Executive pay as back in the spotlight at HSBC

MORE than 10% of shareholder votes went against HSBC’s pay report at its annual meeting yesterday after the banking giant’s boss took home £7.5m in pay and bonuses last year.Read

Royal Mail beats delivery targets

ROYAL Mail has reported its best quarterly delivery performance for first and second-class post for almost two years, according to new figures.Read

Banks back Dixons as sales grow

PC WORLD and Currys owner Dixons Retail Group received the backing of its banks today with a new £300m lending facility.Read

Entrepreneur Festival is a rare chance for students

DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg has named a group of entrepreneurial colleges, including Gates- head, as major sponsors in the UK’s leading enterprise event.Read

Book now for investment event

INVESTORS can find out some of the latest news on the global economy and investment strategy at an event in Newcastle next month.Read

The first of four 'slug catcher' vessels is lifted into place

Teesside's Breagh gas project will miss key targets

BOSSES say a major Teesside project to bring North Sea gas ashore for processing will over-run.Read

Stockton firm Francis Brown tipped for the top

A STOCKTON engineering firm has completed a specialist fabrication project for the BP Andrew platform in the North Sea.Read

New apprentices to start in Siemens's Newcastle base

AT least 36 apprentices will start work in Siemens’s Newcastle base in September as part of a UK recruitment drive.Read

A&P Group's Tyneside workforce to convert 'hotel' ships

GLOBAL oil and gas company Talisman Energy has turned to A&P Group's Tyneside workforce to turn two new vessels into "floating hotels".Read

Region’s successes belie gloomy national picture

THE North East's businesses have been told not to lose heart at the news of the UK's fall into recession.Read

Economists pour scorn on downbeat ONS figures

A GROUP of economic forecasters is confident the latest downbeat economic figures will be adjusted upwards shortly, but warned confidence may well sink in the meantime.Read

Insolvencies in North East are now lowest in UK

FOR the second month in a row, firms in the region have seen the biggest fall in business insolvencies in the UK.Read

Banknote security firm's 'disappointing' 12 months

ANTI-COUNTERFEITING specialist OpSec Security has plunged into the red after a difficult 12 months of lower sales to international governments, and costs associated with a bid to take over the company.Read

Exchanging ideas on sustainable transport in North East

A DELEGATION of experts from around Europe visited Sunderland yesterday to see how the city was creating a more sustainable transport network.Read

PricewaterhouseCoopers to split its regional practice

BUSINESS services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has announced it will split its Northern practice into two regions, the North West and the North East.Read

'Disappointing' year for OpSec Security

ANTI-COUNTERFEITING specialist OpSec Security fell in to a pre-tax loss as revenues dipped during what the company said was a "disappointing" year.Read

Alnwick firm Marishal Thompson is sold in £5m deal

A NORTHUMBERLAND tree specialist has been snapped up in a £5.2m deal which is set to create around 20 jobs in the short-term, and more in the future.Read

Digital start-up accelerator Ignite100 returning to Newcastle

EUROPE'S first £1m digital start-up accelerator is returning to Newcastle in early September.Read

Scheme to help best performing North East firms grow

HIGH-potential businesses across the North East are being urged to take advantage of a £200m Government-backed GrowthAccelerator programme which was launched by Business Secretary Vince Cable yesterday.Read

Jobs secured as Hartlepool firm Expamet is sold

BUILDING supply company Expamet has been bought out of administration, saving the jobs of the firm’s 87 staff.Read