Oct
2007
Articles from 12th Oct 2007
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Sage 'loses' US chiefs after sales slowdown
Oct 12 2007 | Business News
BRITAIN’S biggest software firm Sage yesterday said it would be losing its US managers after sales were slower than expected. The Newcastle-based company, said that results for the year would be in line with expectations, with pre-tax profits up 18%. Read
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Today's shipping arrivals
Oct 12 2007 | Business News
Today: Seabass, Fos; Dutch Engineer, Immingham; Alcedo, Tyne Read
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Virgin Group confirms Northern Rock interest
Oct 12 2007 | Business News
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has confirmed interest in a potential rescue of crisis-hit mortgage lender Northern Rock. Read
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Ports seals Spanish link
Oct 12 2007 | Business News
MIDDLESBROUGH-BASED PD Ports, owner and operator of Teesport, has established a formal partnership with Spain’s third largest port. Read
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£1bn ‘clean power’ scheme put in doubt
Oct 12 2007 | Business News
PLANS to build a pioneering “clean” coal power station on Teesside, creating more than 1,100 jobs, hang in the balance today. Read
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Talks staged in bid to end postal chaos
Oct 12 2007 | Business News
POSTAL workers staged a third day of unofficial strike action today, which further disrupted mail deliveries, in their bitter row over pay, jobs and pensions. Read
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Deadline to save 500 jobs just weeks away
Oct 12 2007 | Business News
BOSSES at a struggling factory which makes household cookers have just two months to save the jobs of its 500 workers. Staff at the Electrolux plant in Spennymoor, County Durham, were told yesterday that the Swedish electronics giant would launch a two-month investigation into the future viability of the loss-making site. Read
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Car tuner takes lead in Europe
Oct 12 2007 | Business News
ASPECIALIST car tuning business in Gateshead is aiming to treble its turnover in the next five years as it prepares to open a £1m garage and win more business around the world from fans of the sportier motor. Read
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Cut in interest rates urged to lift economy
Oct 12 2007 | Business News
BUSINESS leaders have renewed calls for an interest rate cut, claiming fresh evidence of a faltering UK economy. Confidence over prospects among manufacturers has declined in the past three months. Read
