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Business News for 17 April 2008

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Woman four times more likely than men to give passwords for chocolate

Apr 17 2008

A SURVEY of 576 office workers has found that women far more likely to give away their passwords to total strangers than men, with 45% of women versus 10% of men prepared to give away their password to strangers masquerading as market researchers with the lure of a chocolate bar as an incentive for filling in the survey....

Family venture sets up HQ in tax haven

Apr 17 2008

ONE of the North East’s largest family businesses is moving its head office offshore to Gibraltar as its growth accelerates....

200 jobs to be created with conversion of ship

Apr 17 2008

AROUND 200 jobs will be created at the A&P shipyard in South Tyneside after the company won a £30m contract. The A&P team will convert an icebreaking ship known as Ice Maiden I into a floating accommodation vessel, or flotel, for use in the offshore oil and gas industry....

JJB to axe 800 jobs as profits collapse by 72%

Apr 17 2008

A DRAMATIC drop in profits will see JJB Sports axe 800 jobs with the closure of 72 stores. The sportswear retailer has more than 400 outlets in the UK including shops and health clubs in Newcastle, Sunderland, Washington, Gateshead, South Shields, Wallsend, North Shields, Durham and Darlington....

Teesside property ‘poised for surge’

Apr 17 2008

A NORTH-EAST firm of chartered surveyors is defying the property crisis by expanding into Teesside....

FSB chief in Afghan support trip

Apr 17 2008

THE MIDDLESBROUGH-based chief of lobby group The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) returned from the Afghan war zone this week to praise the work of reservists....

Last orders are called for successful brewery

Apr 17 2008

THE award-winning Mordue Brewery in North Tyneside has been placed in administration after the taxman complained about an unpaid bill....

Finalists just keep winning

Apr 17 2008

FINALISTS IN the nebusiness awards are already reaping the financial benefits of being associated with one of the region's premier business trophies....

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