Mar
2008
Articles from 17th Mar 2008
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Doctor on the team will be boost for test kit firm
Mar 17 2008 | Business News
MEDICAL testing kit maker IDS has signed a deal with a world famous doctor which could help thousands of sufferers of growth hormone defects and provide a huge shot in the arm to the firm’s profits. Read
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Week which will test consumer confidence
Mar 17 2008 | Business News
CONSUMER confidence will be tested this week with figures and outlook statements due from Next and Comet owner Kesa Electricals. Read
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UK squeeze alert
Mar 17 2008 | Business News
THE Bear Stearns crisis, which broke overnight in the US, could tighten the squeeze on UK consumers and industry for a long while to come, a leading North-east analyst warned this morning. Read
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Lesley’s luxury salon is the best of British
Mar 17 2008 | Business News
A BEAUTY therapist is looking to expand her chain of beauty salons and hit a turnover of over £1m after picking up a coveted award. Read
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Freshly-hatched plan is a winner with kids
Mar 17 2008 | Business News
A NEW business is taking its cracking idea to schools and care homes around the region. Read
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Conference eyes up a return to Tyneside
Mar 17 2008 | Business News
ONE of the UK’s biggest conferences could make a rapid return to the North East – if there is a facility to house it. Read
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Trend for outsourcing IT services growing
Mar 17 2008 | Business News
A LEADING Tees Valley IT specialist has reported a 25% increase in the number of companies choosing to outsource their IT services since 2000. Read
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Buy-outs surge in sales rush
Mar 17 2008 | Business News
THE VALUE of buy-outs involving UK firms is set to top £5bn in the first three months of 2008, experts said today. Read
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Elite ‘home from home’
Mar 17 2008 | Business News
AN ENTERPRISING Teesside-based executive chauffeur service has moved into the property market. Read
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Northgate keeps fleet options open
Mar 17 2008 | Business News
BRITAIN’S biggest commercial vehicle rental company, based in Stockton, has launched a “sale and rentback” service in anticipation of UK firms axing fleets as the economy tightens. Read
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Careless talk is blamed for crisis
Mar 17 2008 | Business News
INVESTORS are braced for turmoil after the dramatic rescue of US investment bank Bear Stearns shook stock markets last week. Read
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Gloom spreading over here as well
Mar 17 2008 | Business News
CONFIDENCE in the state of the UK economy has fallen for the sixth month in a row and slumped to a six-year low, according to a survey of companies. Read
