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May 9 2008
BRITAIN’S biggest software company, Sage, has seen half-year profits outstrip analysts’ forecasts and is confident it will continue to beat the credit crunch and achieve record earnings for the year....
May 9 2008
THE dismantling of former US naval vessels in the region could begin in a matter of weeks as a five-year row over the controversial plans draws to a close....
May 9 2008
Poking fun at his former Soviet masters and praising a Europe without borders, former Polish president and Nobel peace prize winner Lech Walesa tells Karen Dent why he believes migrant workers are good for Poland – and the North East....
May 9 2008
THE North East is leading the country in combating the skills shortage by proving it is the most dedicated to training its workers....
May 9 2008
I’VE been seeing stars. I was invited to a fascinating astronomical event – the launch of the Kielder Observatory – at the aptly-named Black Fell. Northumberland has some of the blackest, unpolluted skies in the UK....
May 9 2008
A METAL coatings company which applied the finishing touches to Alan Shearer’s security fencing is set to double in size following a management buy-out....
May 9 2008
BUSINESSES called for a cut in interest rates as soon as possible after the Bank of England froze rates at 5%. Members of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) had been under pressure to make a fourth cut in six months following a flurry of poor economic news....
May 9 2008
A POWERFUL coalition of business interests has put its weight behind the Tees Valley’s biofuels industry....
May 9 2008
REFLEX Vehicle Solutions is investing further in its Teesside workforce by opening a new site in the area....
May 9 2008
FOUR young businesses are through to the final of the Young Enterprise North East awards after successfully coming through two hotly contested regional heats....
May 9 2008
FOURTEEN of the best new business brains will go before the public next week in the final stage of the If We Can, You Can challenge, backed by the Evening Gazette....
May 9 2008
THE GOVERNMENT has been urged to press ahead with its programme for building new nuclear power stations - regardless of who ends up owning British Energy....
May 9 2008
SHARES in books and novelty goods retailer Premier Direct Group have been suspended after it asked for time to secure new funding....
May 9 2008
A MIDDLESBROUGH-based autocare company has revealed it has earmarked further sites “in the North-east and Yorkshire” after opening a new £2.5m site in Knaresborough....
