Apr
2008
Articles from 4th Apr 2008
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100 new jobs in the pipeline
Apr 04 2008 | Business News
UP TO 100 new jobs will be created in the region with the opening of a new cable factory. JDR Cable Systems, which supplies the offshore, sub-sea and energy sectors, plans to open a factory in Hartlepool within a year. Read
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UK lacking in nuclear skills
Apr 04 2008 | Business News
BRITAIN no longer has the manufacturing capability or skills to handle the technology at the heart of the next generation of nuclear reactors - but Teesside firms are well-placed to cash in on 80% of the remaining work generated by any future programme. Read
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Eco blow for Teesside
Apr 04 2008 | Business News
Teesside was rueing a missed opportunity today, as the government snubbed its renewable energy capability by excluding it from a list of proposed new ‘eco-towns’. Read
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Councils could do more to help small businesses
Apr 04 2008 | Business News
TEES VALLEY COUNCILS should and could be doing more to support local small business by being inventive in their tendering processes. Read
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Chief is positive despite job cuts
Apr 04 2008 | Business News
AS THE countdown begins towards the April 7 deadline for redundancies at drugs firm Lundbeck’s plant on Seal Sands, a leading pharmaceuticals chief said Teesside was well placed to capitalise on the industry’s powerful regional manufacturing capability. Read
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BAE Systems to axe 600 jobs
Apr 04 2008 | Business News
BAE Systems is to axe almost 600 jobs at Brough, near Hull, and Woodford, near Manchester, the Unite union said yesterday. Read
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Hargreaves acquire niche engineering outfit
Apr 04 2008 | Business News
ENERGY, waste and minerals company Hargreaves Services has acquired a niche engineering maintenance business in a £4.64m deal, it was announced yesterday. Read
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Jingle mail landing is not a happy sound
Apr 04 2008 | Business News
DURING a meeting at a major New York bank last week, it was hard not to be drawn to the words someone had scrawled on the office whiteboard, which was otherwise blank. Read
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Management buyout for subsea vehicles
Apr 04 2008 | Business News
FAST-GROWING subsea vehicle maker SMD Hydrovision has been bought out by its management for an eight-figure sum, it emerged yesterday. Read
