Apr
2008
Articles from 29th Apr 2008
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Airport looks to spread its wings
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
DURHAM Tees Valley Airport is looking to expand its range of European destinations and cash in on the booming in-bound tourism market to boost passenger traffic to two million by 2012. Read
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Hauliers hit at oil ‘crisis’
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
WHILE Tees Valley road hauliers were not part of a lorry drivers’ diesel price protest through London today, they were there in spirit. Read
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Sporting cousins are moving fast
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
SPORTING web design company 13 Strides, set up by two Teesside cousins has crowned a whirlwind 12 months by moving into one of the specialist business units in the University of Teesside’s Institute of Digital Innovation (IDI) Phoenix Building. Read
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Tees split on power provision
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
TEESSIDE stands divided over the benefits of a new nuclear power station in the region, according to an nebusiness poll. Read
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Paper mill cost soars
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
THE COST of building what it is claimed will be the UK’s biggest paper recycling plant at Wilton has spiralled by about £100m as a worsening financial climate made investors nervous. Read
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Buffet is planned
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
THE former Gastro Restaurant in Gladstone Street, just off the A167 in Northgate, Darlington, has been sold by the Newcastle office of Christie and Co. Read
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Feeling the squeeze in the crunch
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
THE credit crunch has left many small and medium-sized businesses in the Tees Valley feeling the squeeze, according to one advisor who helped two to refinance in a week. Read
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Park proves popular as tenants flock in
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
LETTINGS are on the up at Wynyard Park and a locally operated business centre, which manages two office centres at the 700-acre site, is set to boost figures further with an open day. Read
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Community award for care development
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
NORTH-EAST architectural firm, Browne Smith Baker and Stockton-based Endeavour Housing Association, have won a prestigious award for a flagship project that has helped to transform a community in the region. Read
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Powerful friends
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
HARTLEPOOL power station's charity partnership with fundraisers Help the Hospices finished on a high this week with more than £500,000 brought in by staff and contractors at British Energy nationwide. Read
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Company’s culture of care
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
FOR THORNABY-based engineering firm K Home International, CSR has been part of the culture since the company was founded 35 years ago - it just hadn’t found an acronym for it. Read
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Barratt recruits ex-tobacco firm chief
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
STRUGGLING housebuilder Barratt has appointed a former tobacco finance chief to its board as it searches for a path out of its difficulties. Read
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U-turn car dealer races beyond credit crunch
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
ONE of the biggest car dealers in the North East, Springfield Motor Group, has posted an impressive 43% rise in profits, just months after owner Ron Price opted not to sell the business. Read
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Wellstream bosses sell shares worth £72.9m
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
EIGHT bosses of the North East’s top-performing listed company are to harvest the fruit of their labours by selling shares which will net them a total of nearly £73m. Read
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Trading update boosts shares in Stagecoach
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
STAGECOACH shares posted strong gains yesterday after the bus and rail firm said it had been trading ahead of expectations. Read
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Break chains on small firms
Apr 29 2008 | Business News
SMALL firms on Teesside have condemned the regulatory climate as a drain on resources, as lobbyists gather in Europe. Read
