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Gloom lifting as Lloyds predicts return to profit Mar 20 2010

LLOYDS Banking Group had some cheer for the taxpayer as it predicted a return to profit this year after lower than expected bad debts.Read

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Blacks says Ashley bid is 'inadequate' Mar 20 2010

BLACKS Leisure snubbed a £26m takeover approach from Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley’s Sports World business as it vowed to press on with expansion plans.Read

Yale historian calls for new industrial revolution Mar 20 2010

A WORLD-FAMOUS Tyneside- born historian has spoken of his sadness at the region’s industrial decline – and urged a push for rebirth.Read

Bad debts and fraud double to leave B&B with £195m losses Mar 20 2010

NATIONALISED lender Bradford & Bingley has posted annual losses of £196m as write-offs on bad debts and fraud almost doubled.Read

Engineering firm launches with promise of new jobs Mar 20 2010

AN engineering business is creating 21 jobs as it launches to provide work for the offshore engineering industry.Read

Entrepreneur Mike Clare to share his story Mar 20 2010

ONE of Britain's foremost serial entrepreneurs is set to help others turn their dreams into reality when he offers an exclusive glimpse behind the story of his success.Read

Jobs boost as Artenius takeover gets backing Mar 20 2010

BOSSES at a Teesside chemical plant, bought out of administration earlier this year, say the site is well on its way to being back in production as the takeover deal gained Euro approval.Read

Review will consider the future of pre-packs Mar 20 2010

THE Government is considering new laws governing controversial “pre-pack” administrations after research revealed rules were being not complied with in more than a third of cases.Read

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Top award goes to The Specials Laboratory Mar 19 2010

A FAST-GROWING pharmaceuticals business was last night named the Tyneside and Northumberland Company of the Year in the region’s biggest and best business awards.Read

Windpower is key for Teesside firms Mar 19 2010

ENERGY bosses have said the Tees Valley has the potential to build a strong offshore wind supply chain, as the UK’s first turbine training tower was unveiled in the region.Read

Moves to reassure staff amid Arriva takeover talk Mar 19 2010

CITY analysts tried to calm the concerns of Arriva staff as German transport giant Deutsche Bahn confirmed it was looking to take over the Sunderland company.Read

Refinement clears the road ahead for Reevu Mar 19 2010

AFTER spending a further £250,000 refining the prototype of their motorbike helmet rear view mirror, North East company Reevu says it now has clear visions of a successful future.Read

MP Vera Baird positive on Corus sale plan Mar 19 2010

REDCAR MP Vera Baird believes moves to bring Teesside’s Corus plant back to action and save the 1,600 threatened jobs are “a couple of steps further on” but remain “on a tightrope”.Read

Cable contract for sub-sea experts Mar 19 2010

DARLINGTON sub-sea firm CTC Marine has clinched a major contract in the wind energy market from an international cabling company.Read

Greggs welcomes another rise in share dividends Mar 19 2010

GREGGS is accelerating its plans to roll out the North East bakery brand to the rest of the UK after announcing a 25th consecutive year of growing dividends for shareholders.Read

National Skills Academy’s new skills boost Mar 19 2010

THE Darlington-based National Skills Academy for the Process Industries (NSAPI) is being expanded to champion skills in two further key areas.Read

Technology skills in demand Mar 19 2010

A NATIONAL skills audit has red-flagged critical shortages of science and technology professionals and a wider lack of staff trained to any meaningful level in the so called STEM subjects - science, technology, engineering and maths - all of which are needed to drive the North-east’s new manufacturing sectors.Read

Electronics company Opsol UK's £350,000 expansion Mar 19 2010

AN electronics company is about to move to a larger headquarters in Northumberland as part of a £350,000 expansion.Read

Events firm TEM recruiting staff Mar 19 2010

MORE than 100 jobs will be created by a Gateshead event company taking charge at the Tall Ships’ Race in Hartlepool and the Great North Run.Read

German group confirms Arriva approach Mar 18 2010

The German transport operator Deutsche Bahn which takes over operation of the Metro next month today confirmed it was in takeover talks with Sunderland-based bus and trains firm Arriva.Read

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