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May 16 2008
BUSINESS leaders in the North are demanding a cut in fuel duty after claiming the Government has pocketed £505m from rising fuel bills in just six weeks. The North East Chamber of Commerce has called on Ministers to abandon plans to add 2p to the cost of petrol in October, saying that they risk pushing up inflation as costs are passed on to customers....
May 16 2008
A TEAM of entrepreneurs have seen their new software business recover from a technical hitch which delayed its launch, and it has already handled £40m in commission payments this year....
May 16 2008
A LEADING regional biotech company is on the verge of paying £1m for a Manchester firm for access to a product which can detect the presence of bird flu and MSRA....
May 16 2008
SOFTWARE supplier Newcastle Computer Services (NCS) has gone into administration, with the immediate loss of 30 jobs....
May 16 2008
BARCLAYS is keeping shareholders guessing over whether it will make a multi- billion-pound cash call to bolster its balance sheet....
May 16 2008
EAT! No encouragement needed. The North East food festival is a remarkable success, mainly because the local products it celebrates are addictively delicious....
May 16 2008
SPIRALING costs are forcing Tees manufacturers and retailers to put the squeeze on consumers, as official figures showed UK factory gate prices and producers’ costs rising at a record pace....
May 16 2008
ENTREPRENEURS and business leaders today welcomed a £2.4m funding boost for fledgling technology firms....
May 16 2008
ON concerns sparked by gloomy economic forecasts from the governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King, the FTSE 100 index opened in negative territory before gaining lost ground to close 35 points up at 6251....
May 16 2008
ENTREPRENEURS and business leaders today welcomed a £2.4m funding boost for fledgling technology firms....
May 16 2008
HAULIERS and commercial fleet managers under the cosh from rising fuel prices are turning to sophisticated technology to beat prices at the pumps....
May 16 2008
TWO entrepreneurs are looking for public support as they go head to head in the final of the If We Can, You Can challenge....
May 16 2008
ENTREPRENEURS and business leaders today welcomed a £2.4m funding boost for fledgling technology firms....
