Jun
2008
Articles from 4th Jun 2008
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IT WAS good to see that one of the staples of this newspaper is now into his eighth decade.
Jun 04 2008 | Business News
I speak, of course, of the ever-readable Geoffrey Bulmer of Billingham, a man who has kept the letters page in business since the late 1950s. Looking back, there is not, it seems, any subject on which he has not voiced a view. He is of the left, but can see and appreciate the arguments of the right. He comes from academia, but sees issues not through the tinted spectacles of the lecture theatre, but from the standpoint on the man or woman on the Billingham omnibus. Read
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Housebuilding jobs to go as credit crunch bites
Jun 04 2008 | Business News
THE CRISIS hitting the region’s house builders sector has gathered pace with four major firms looking to shed jobs in order to survive the credit crunch. Read
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O’Leary set to ground planes and freeze pay
Jun 04 2008 | Business News
BUDGET airline Ryanair has warned that its fares may have to rise 5% this year as costs increase. Chief executive Michael O’Leary said the airline would be grounding up to 20 aircraft this winter and forecast some airlines would go bust if oil stayed at $130 a barrel. Read
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Airline keeps trade hopes afloat
Jun 04 2008 | Business News
Andrew Mernin finds out why the region’s thriving trade links with Norway will not be drowned by the loss of DFDS’s Newcastle to Bergen ferry service. Read
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New model secures jobs
Jun 04 2008 | Business News
THE boss of Nissan has spoken directly to staff at its Sunderland factory to assure them that a new model to be built at the plant from 2010 will compensate for the transfer of Micra production to India. Read
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Putting brake on soaring costs
Jun 04 2008 | Business News
CHECK your vehicle fleet’s routines and practices closely and you’ll minimise adversity in the currently soaring fuel costs. Read
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Broadband is brake on rural businesses
Jun 04 2008 | Business News
A DIGITAL divide between urban and rural areas is making it harder to do business in the countryside, Tees entrepreneurs said today. Read
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Private firms can learn lesson of Charity trust
Jun 04 2008 | Business News
PRIVATE and public sector organisations have much to learn from social enterprises, according to a Middlesbrough organisation, which has been held up as a model of good practice in the so-called 'third sector'. Read
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Aussies to boost Tees
Jun 04 2008 | Business News
ESCALATING oil prices and increasingly sophisticated deep sea technology could see the opening of as many as 300 new oils fields in the North Sea, a BBC documentary claims tonight, potentially giving a dramatic boost to Tees' offshore industry. Read
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A great line-up of speakers at event
Jun 04 2008 | Business News
FOLLOWING the success of last year’s service excellence seminar, The Journal, eaga plc and Muckle LLP – with sponsorship from One NorthEast and Business Link – are again teaming up to host this year’s event, service excellence 3. Read
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Newcastle law firm to open up in Leeds
Jun 04 2008 | Business News
ONE of the region’s biggest law firms is making its first foray out of the North East to open an office in Leeds. Read
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Rubbish idea could revolutionise waste
Jun 04 2008 | Business News
TWO brothers have raised £50m to launch what they hope will become one of the country’s biggest recycling companies and create hundreds of jobs. Read
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Water warning on energy cost
Jun 04 2008 | Business News
NORTHUMBRIAN Water Group today warned a “dramatic increase” in energy prices will add more than £8m to its costs, but has pledged not to pass it on to customers. Read
