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Business News for 17 March 2008

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Conference eyes up a return to Tyneside

Mar 17 2008

ONE of the UK’s biggest conferences could make a rapid return to the North East – if there is a facility to house it....

Careless talk is blamed for crisis

Mar 17 2008

INVESTORS are braced for turmoil after the dramatic rescue of US investment bank Bear Stearns shook stock markets last week....

Doctor on the team will be boost for test kit firm

Mar 17 2008

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....

UK squeeze alert

Mar 17 2008

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....

Gloom spreading over here as well

Mar 17 2008

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....

Buy-outs surge in sales rush

Mar 17 2008

THE VALUE of buy-outs involving UK firms is set to top £5bn in the first three months of 2008, experts said today....

Week which will test consumer confidence

Mar 17 2008

CONSUMER confidence will be tested this week with figures and outlook statements due from Next and Comet owner Kesa Electricals....

Freshly-hatched plan is a winner with kids

Mar 17 2008

A NEW business is taking its cracking idea to schools and care homes around the region....

Lesley’s luxury salon is the best of British

Mar 17 2008

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....

Elite ‘home from home’

Mar 17 2008

AN ENTERPRISING Teesside-based executive chauffeur service has moved into the property market....

Northgate keeps fleet options open

Mar 17 2008

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....

Trend for outsourcing IT services growing

Mar 17 2008

A LEADING Tees Valley IT specialist has reported a 25% increase in the number of companies choosing to outsource their IT services since 2000....

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