Jan
2008
Articles from 23rd Jan 2008
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CAV hoping for its best year to date
Jan 23 2008 | Business News
AEROSPACE firm CAV says it is on track to almost double turnover this year from £35m to £68m and intends employing extra staff on top of the 100 new posts created last year. Read
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Biofuels companies slam parliamentary report
Jan 23 2008 | Business News
Biofuels companies on Teeside have slammed a parliamentary report calling for the brakes to be put on the industry. Read
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Place for age and wisdom
Jan 23 2008 | Business News
WITH many people claiming that 50 is the new 30, should 50-year-olds be more prepared to go it alone and set up their own business and should 60 and 70 year olds be putting off retirement in order to run their own business empire? Read
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Inventors scent a lifesaving market
Jan 23 2008 | Business News
A COMPANY working on technology which will “sniff out” explosives, bird flu, and MRSA has unveiled plans to list on the Alternative Investment Market and then expand through acquisition. Read
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Biggest challenge in a decade, says King
Jan 23 2008 | Business News
BANK of England chairman Mervyn King has warned that 2008 will pose the UK its greatest economic challenge in a decade. Read
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Growing ambition to create 500 new jobs
Jan 23 2008 | Business News
ONE of the region’s biggest construction groups is to add an extra £20m to its turnover within five years as a result of buying a maintenance service business. Read
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Yoga coaching stretches to boardrooms
Jan 23 2008 | Business News
AN executive coach and former big business director has stretched his talents further and is now teaching yoga to corporate clients. Read
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Company founder ‘left lasting legacy’
Jan 23 2008 | Business News
THE founder and CEO of a successful Northumberland technology company and a member of the well-known family which owned the former John & Robert Sinclair Tobacco Co in Newcastle has died after a short illness. Read
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Pub chain is cautious as Christmas sales drop
Jan 23 2008 | Business News
PUB group Wetherspoon has reported a drop in demand for premium lagers and spirits after like-for-like sales fell over the festive period. Read
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Festive win for Morrisons
Jan 23 2008 | Business News
MORRISONS has emerged as the Christmas winner among the UK’s “big four” supermarkets after tempting in more than four million extra customers over the festive period. Read
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Matchmaker scores big success
Jan 23 2008 | Business News
The departure of talented young people from the region has been a serious concern for business for years. At last the educational, business and publicity campaigns appear to be making a difference. The Journal reveals today that the trend may be coming to an end. Peter McCusker finds out why. Read
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High street food retailers remain defiant
Jan 23 2008 | Business News
Tees Valley high street food retailers defiant in the face of growing supermarket heavyweight dominance which saw Morrisons announce buoyant Christmas trading figures yesterday Read
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Investors are hopingforcut
Jan 23 2008 | Business News
INVESTORS desperate for an interest rate cut will scour Bank of England minutes today for hopeful signs amid continuing market turmoil. Read
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£2m business park is driven by commuters
Jan 23 2008 | Business News
DEMAND for commercial premises from professionals looking for a better quality of life in market towns is driving a £2m business park development, which could create up to 130 jobs. Read
