A RAPIDLY-growing retailer says it has plans to open two more North East car supermarkets which would nearly double its sales to £60m as it celebrates the success of two new sites in the region.Read
TEESSIDE-based builders Rok defied the national trend for downbeat results in the construction industry today by reporting a seventh successive year of record results.Read
SPECIALIST STONE workers, F Jones Cleveland, a leading contender in tonight’s Tees Valley Business Awards, which has invested more than £6m in its Middlesbrough factory over the last year, is set to launch a new national division.Read
A FLAGSHIP retailer in Middlesbrough’s Mall is to close, less than 18 months after it moved into one of the largest, purpose-built units at the centre.Read
ITV boss Michael Grade insisted that his turnaround plan had attracted viewers and advertisers back to the broadcaster as he posted a fall in profits of more than a third.Read
WHAT was the greatest achievement of John Major’s government? Against admittedly feeble competition from Black Wednesday, the Maastricht Treaty and the cones hotline, the answer surely has to be the creation of the National Lottery.Read
WITHIN a matter of weeks chancellor Alistair Darling is expected to increase fuel duty by 2p. The increase may not sound like it will impact hugely on drivers’ wallets, but it could be a life-threatening change to small haulage operators in the region.Read
