Mar
2008
Articles from 4th Mar 2008
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North’s fall in orders is the steepest in the UK
Mar 04 2008 | Business News
NORTH EAST manufacturers are suffering from some the slowest levels of growth in the UK as they continue to be hit by inflation and weakening consumer spending. Read
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Campaign to put Tees ‘on radar’
Mar 04 2008 | Business News
A MAJOR inward investment campaign is being drawn up to attract firms to Tees Valley. Read
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Time to aim higher
Mar 04 2008 | Business News
THE OWNER of the luxury Tall Trees Hotel in Yarm has warned that Tees Valley is in danger of being left behind the rest of “Middle England” by a failure of investment in its “trophy sites”. Read
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Grainger closer to German purchase
Mar 04 2008 | Business News
THE UK’s biggest residential landlord has moved a step closer to realising its ambition of owning property in Germany worth £383m. Read
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Increasing costs hit Premier
Mar 04 2008 | Business News
HOVIS bread maker Premier Foods, owner of the Quorn-making facility on Teesside, today slashed its final dividend and began rescheduling its massive £1.6bn debt as a result of soaring wheat prices. Read
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Barclays boosted by Russian deal
Mar 04 2008 | Business News
BANKING group Barclays has entered the Russian retail banking market by agreeing a deal to buy Expobank for £373m. Read
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HSBC boss stands by US group
Mar 04 2008 | Business News
THE boss of banking giant HSBC has vowed to stand by its troubled US consumer business, despite writing off nearly £6.1bn of bad debts last year. Read
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Angela gives child carers a stake in their company
Mar 04 2008 | Business News
WOMEN who achieved their ambitions to become professional child carers are to have a stake in their own company in the first social enterprise of its kind in the UK. Read
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Let’s cut out the theatricals, Mr Darling
Mar 04 2008 | Business News
THE CBI has published an “alternative Budget speech” that it believes the Chancellor should deliver on March 12, stripped down to the bare necessities to reflect the Government’s lack of room for manoeuvre in troubled economic times. Read
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Seven new homes for Southern Cross
Mar 04 2008 | Business News
A FAST-GROWING care home company has spent £42m buying seven homes from a North East competitor – strengthening its position as the biggest business in its sector in the UK. Read
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Joanne's cold start
Mar 04 2008 | Business News
WHILE most people in the North East will be thinking about swapping the region’s bitter weather for a holiday in the sun, a businesswoman is braving the colds of Antarctica for two weeks in order to highlight the problem of global warming. Read
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Firm ready to spread wings
Mar 04 2008 | Business News
BUILDING materials firm JT Dove is re-locating its Stockton-based staff to a purpose-built site near Portrack Lane as part of plans to create at least 40 jobs and increase turnover from £34m to £41m within the next year. Read
