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Business News for 27 December 2007

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Uni assists in healthy game

Dec 27 2007

A NEW health software venture which could be worth more than £10m in three years is being developed with help from Teesside University....

Jobs outlook looks poor

Dec 27 2007

PROSPECTS for new jobs in 2008 are the worst in a decade as private firms recruit fewer staff and the public sector cuts back, according to a report today....

Too much to do to take time off

Dec 27 2007

UP TO 40% of employees will work between today and the end of the year, a survey by Post Office travel services found today....

US step for BAE Systems

Dec 27 2007

DEFENCE giant BAE Systems has taken a new step into the US market with the acquisition of military support services firm MTC Technologies....

Nisaa community work wins commission praise

Dec 27 2007

A PROJECT that helped bridge ethnic divides in Middlesbrough and encourage women from minority groups to take advantage of training and job opportunities, has won praise from the Equality and Human Rights Commission....

Boost for local beer brewers

Dec 27 2007

AS BEER drinkers on Teesside prepare to toast the New Year, North-east brewers are bracing themselves against some of the biggest price rises ever seen in the industry....

Blazing a trail in energy field

Dec 27 2007

THE first building in the UK to be powered by wind and hydrogen is being developed by a North-East company as it continues to lead the way in the field of renewable and sustainable energy sources....

Jobs saved

Dec 27 2007

POUNDSTRETCHER owner Instore has saved almost 400 jobs after buying 33 stores from the firm behind the Ponden Mill soft furnishings chain. Around 1,300 staff at Marston Mills were facing an uncertain future after the company went into administration earlier this month. Administrator Ernst & Young said it had agreed a deal to sell a quarter of the group’s 135 stores to the cut-price retailer, securing 384 jobs....

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