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Business News for 2 May 2008

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Prices ‘a key factor in insolvency rise’

May 2 2008

RISING fuel and commodity prices have been cited as a key reason for a 41% rise in the number of regional firms going bust in the last three months....

Darchem Engineering wins top company title

May 2 2008

DARCHEM Engineering was last night named the Company of the Year at the biggest and best business awards in the North East....

Special alliance expands drug company’s markets

May 2 2008

FAST growing pharmaceuticals business Specials Clinical Manufacturing has signed up for a strategic alliance with one of the most innovative companies in its field....

Transport firm off to flying start

May 2 2008

RAIL, bus and coach operator National Express has matched its rivals by reporting a strong start to the year....

Real estate market suffers

May 2 2008

REAL estate group Hammerson has painted a gloomy picture of its UK market after revealing further falls in property values and an easing in City of London rents as banks cut staff numbers because of the credit crunch....

Tesco confirms import centre

May 2 2008

WORK is set to start by the summer on a £50m import centre as supermarket giant Tesco today confirmed it would be taking over the site on the Tees....

University on top for engineering degree

May 2 2008

TEESSIDE University is the top place in the country to study mechanical engineering, according to a new report....

Life goes on with gap years for Grumpies

May 2 2008

I’VE been reading about Gaps for Grumpies. The ethos suits me down to the ground. It’s a volunteering and holiday package from which the under-40s and Peter Stringfellow wannabees are banned....

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