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Business News for 25 April 2008

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Persimmon slams brakes on new sites

Apr 25 2008

THE downturn in the housing market was exposed yesterday when one of the country’s largest housebuilders said it would not start work on any new sites until the market improves....

Metnor profits down but future ‘positive’

Apr 25 2008

PROFITS have plunged at North East property and engineering company Metnor, partly as a result of a loss- making mobile phone venture....

Ashley group says it will beat setback

Apr 25 2008

NEWCASTLE United owner Mike Ashley’s sports retail company insisted yesterday it was on course to hit profit targets despite a tough market which has hit rivals hard....

Rural haulier buy gives group way into Scotland

Apr 25 2008

A YORKSHIRE haulage company has added a fourth business to its North East portfolio, bringing its regional fleet to 70, and says it is still hungry for more acquisitions here....

Profits at Barclays are hit by credit squeeze

Apr 25 2008

BARCLAYS has said that profits fell at the start of this year after the credit squeeze brought a reversal of fortunes at its investment banking arm....

Farms give food to grow

Apr 25 2008

RISING FOOD prices have led two Tees companies to target what they predict will be a booming agricultural sector as they grow their businesses....

Biofuel chief backs rival

Apr 25 2008

A LEADING energy chief has claimed a second bio-fuels plant in East Yorkshire “would have great synergy” with operations in the North East....

Banks ‘in no rush to settle’

Apr 25 2008

SCORES OF claims by Teessiders who say they have been cheated out of money by the high street banks could sit on lawyers’ desks for months, a debt specialist said today....

Learning saving lesson

Apr 25 2008

AS OIL supplies tightened in Scotland this week and prices hit record highs at the pumps, one local haulage firm has sent its drivers back to school in a bid to slash costs....

PRICE-FIXING and preferred bidding in the construction industry, which has been slammed by the Office of Fair Trading, is rife in Teesside’s booming building sector, according to local contractors....

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