PROMINENT North-East businessman Ashley Winter says he taking time off after selling the family car dealership – although he may return to business in the new year.Read
DEMAND for permanent staff and the number of job vacancies have fallen in the past year, suggesting that the credit crunch is tightening its grip on the economy, according to a new report.Read
STOCKTON-BASED Aker Kvaerner Engineering Services is holding a special open day on Saturday as the company gets ready to make the move to new premises in the town.Read
TIME is running out to enter the North East Business Awards. Friday is the closing date for the awards, organised by the Evening Gazette and its sister paper The Journal.Read
SMALL businesses in the Tees Valley will be hardest hit if the UK government fails today to stop a European directive giving agency and temporary staff the same rights as permanent employees, warned a leading industry figure.Read
DANNY PALMER’s ambition to become a bobby on the beat was “arrested” by a family steeped in the care sector. The police may have been his first thought when he left school but, five years later, Danny decided to pursue a career in nursing.Read
A MANUFACTURERER of cast rolls for the metal industry is warning UK manufacturers that they have to concentrate on improving the quality of their output if they want to compete with Asian competitors.Read
THE UK stock market was in the doldrums yesterday after a lacklustre session from Wall Street on Monday amid concerns about the continuing sub-prime problems. Banking stocks were among the heaviest fallers.Read
