Feb
2008
Articles from 1st Feb 2008
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Rock staff could be losers whoever wins bid battle
Feb 01 2008 | Business News
THE jobs of Northern Rock staff were under new threat last night as reports surfaced of potential redundancies – whoever takes over the bank. Read
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China’s freeze good news for Corus
Feb 01 2008 | Business News
FREEZING conditions in China, which have wrought havoc on the population’s New Year travel plans, could bring a warm glow to Teesside’s steel industry. Read
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Home-grown talent wanted
Feb 01 2008 | Business News
Engineering bosses in the region have urged the industry to develop more home-grown talent the Association of Graduate Recruiters revealed one in four firms is looking to recruit workers from overseas. Read
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Enterprise zones can work again, says top economist
Feb 01 2008 | Business News
ONE of the country’s leading economists has called for the return of enterprise zones as a means of helping the North-East achieve its target of developing more than 20,000 business in the next eight years. Read
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1,200 jobs as Nissan goes into overdrive
Feb 01 2008 | Business News
UP to 1,200 new jobs will be created in the region as car giant Nissan responds to growing demand for its Qashqai model. Read
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Information gap on sector
Feb 01 2008 | Business News
“MY boyfriend, who is from London, refers to Teesside’s industrial skyline as the fires of Mordor because it looks like something out of Lord of the Rings,” said Jane Swinbank, a 32-year old Fine Art student at Teesside University, who took part in our nebusiness poll on public perceptions of the chemical process. Read
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Energy bonus
Feb 01 2008 | Business News
HIGH energy prices are boosting profits for a major process player on Teesside as fuel-hungry industries adopt its technology to cut costs. Read
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Citigroup lowers GSK price target
Feb 01 2008 | Business News
IN THE regional portfolio, pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline confirmed that vaccine Synflorix has been accepted for review by the EU regulators. Read
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Failures are on the rise
Feb 01 2008 | Business News
INSOLVENCY specialist Begbies Traynor, which has an office in Middlesbrough, said today it had dealt with a big rise in business failures since the credit crunch, and forecast more to come. Read
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Shell profits spark call for windfall tax
Feb 01 2008 | Business News
CALLS for a windfall tax on oil companies have been reignited after Royal Dutch Shell posted record UK company profits of almost £14bn. Read
