May
2008
Articles from 14th May 2008
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F Jones keeps growing with £2.5m expansion
May 14 2008 | Business News
AN award-winning Teesside company is planning to sink a further £2.5m investment in its specialist stoneworking plant. Read
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Teesside firms on red alert
May 14 2008 | Business News
LOCAL firms were desperately seeking news of employees and suppliers in China yesterday as the full horror of Monday’s quake reached Teesside. Read
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Chris’ Ambition is growing
May 14 2008 | Business News
A STOCKTON WOMAN who fulfilled a lifetime’s aim by starting her own business, is about to embark on an expansion programme that will give confidence for others to realise their dreams. Read
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Continued education a boost for working life
May 14 2008 | Business News
JOB prospects and long-term career success are increasingly being influenced by individuals’ willingness to mix their working lives with time spent studying. Read
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North East training spend soars
May 14 2008 | Business News
COMPANIES in the Tees Valley have contributed to the North East spending more than £2bn on training - up 44% from 2005, the highest percentage increase in England, according to findings from the National Employer Skills Survey 2007. Read
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Holiday trading remains strong
May 14 2008 | Business News
THOMSON and First Choice owner TUI Travel has said trading remains buoyant as households showed no sign of ditching summer travel plans. Read
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Ships on horizon
May 14 2008 | Business News
NEWS that two of the defence and engineering firms working on a contract to deliver the biggest aircraft carrier ever built in Britain are ready to sign a deal has been welcomed on Teesside. Read
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Buy-out secures jobs
May 14 2008 | Business News
A MANAGEMENT buy-out has safeguarded the future of a North East company and its staff. Read
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Cost of living soars as prices rise at fastest rate in six years
May 14 2008 | Business News
THE cost of living unexpectedly surged at its fastest rate for almost six years during April, surpassing City forecasts. Read
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Store wants to cushion shoppers from inflation
May 14 2008 | Business News
SUPERMARKET Asda has pledged to protect shoppers from inflationary pressures after revealing a 5% rise in underlying first-quarter sales. Read
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Pure Gold!
May 14 2008 | Business News
Today The Journal launches the search for an outstanding entrepreneur to become the next holder of a coveted professorship at the Newcastle University Business School. Read
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Budget cuts now will only profit in the short-term
May 14 2008 | Business News
THERE’S little doubt that it’s a tough time for businesses right now. I don’t want to talk us into a recession, but it is timely to remind readers that it is important to maintain advertising and marketing communications expenditure in a business downturn. Read
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Northern’s food factory closure put jobs at risk
May 14 2008 | Business News
THE future of more than 700 jobs at a factory which makes Italian ready meals for Marks & Spencer appears grim after Northern Foods said it would stop production there. Read
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Panic eases, but ride will be bumpy
May 14 2008 | Business News
FOLLOWING a period of relative calm in markets and stronger performance from corporate credits and equities, last week saw the return of some volatility and fear. Read
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Founder’s fears of move not on agenda
May 14 2008 | Business News
THE founder of Hargreaves Services has spoken of his fears the fast growing company could be pressured into leaving the North East – though the company’s chief executive has made it clear this is not on his agenda. Read
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Van Hire firm is driving force behind top business awards
May 14 2008 | Business News
ONE of the North East’s outstanding companies will this year sponsor the closely watched list of the 250 biggest companies in the region. Read
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Insolvency team called in by crisis-hit bookie
May 14 2008 | Business News
TROUBLED bookmaker Neville Porter has appointed an insolvency expert to strike a deal with its creditors. Read
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Work to nurture firms branches into training
May 14 2008 | Business News
A HIGH-PROFILE businessman has bought part of the enterprise company he founded to create better opportunities for the region’s budding entrepreneurs. Read
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Dazzling and incisive column
May 14 2008 | Business News
IT’S funny how sticky adjectives can be. As sticky, as Blackadder once put it, as the time that Sticky the stick insect got stuck on a sticky bun. Read
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Jobs in jeopardy as one factory closes and another sheds staff
May 14 2008 | Business News
A TOTAL of 74 jobs are under threat after a chemicals business announced plans to close one of its North East sites and cut jobs at the other. Read
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Poor weather brings slower sales for baker
May 14 2008 | Business News
BAKER Greggs has reported slower sales growth after being hit by bad weather and the credit crunch. The Newcastle firm revealed in an interim management statement that like-for-like sales increased by 4.7% in the 19 weeks to May 10, compared to 6.2% for the first 10 weeks of the year. Read
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TV’s dragon is talking a lot of sense
May 14 2008 | Business News
BEWILDERING, confusing and out of control – that was the verdict delivered yesterday by the chairman of a taskforce established to investigate the Government-backed support on offer to businesses in the UK. Read
