Jun
2008
Articles from 5th Jun 2008
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Smaller building firms missing out on £6.5bn
Jun 05 2008 | Business News
SMALLER BUILDING firms are passing up the chance to share in an estimated £6.5bn of regeneration work on Teesside because the cost of bidding for public tenders is too expensive, while they said joining a tender consortia pose unnecessary risks to their business. Read
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MPs to debate sustainability of biofules
Jun 05 2008 | Business News
MPS WERE due to gather today for what was described as a ‘critical’ point in the future of biofuels on Teesside. Read
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Profit rise renews talk of takeover at water group
Jun 05 2008 | Business News
NORTHUMBRIAN Water’s profits have surged ahead of expectations, despite its decision to peg price rises to inflation last year, fuelling further takeover speculation. Read
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MAJOR North East employer Orange is to halt the expansion of its call centres in India.
Jun 05 2008 | Business News
The France Telecom-owned firm, which has 5,000 staff at call centres on North Tyneside and in Darlington, said it intends to eventually ensure all of its UK customer queries are answered in the UK. Read
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Marine firms on lookout for recruits
Jun 05 2008 | Business News
SOME of the region’s leading marine design and engineering companies are looking for new talent. Read
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Oil prices boost sales
Jun 05 2008 | Business News
HIGH oil prices are helping to drive strong sales at Johnson Matthey, which operates its catalysts division at Billingham. Read
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Awards will encourage firms to grow green
Jun 05 2008 | Business News
As green issues increasingly dominate the news agenda, Karen Dent finds out about one North East company aiming to help and reward businesses that make the environmental grade. Read
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One ray of sunlight is peeping through gloom
Jun 05 2008 | Business News
THERE are many reasons not to be cheerful on the economic front at the moment. Read
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Mail order specialists invest £3m in packers
Jun 05 2008 | Business News
A MAILING company is set to quadruple its profits after investing £3m in new equipment as it looks to capitalise on the problems facing its biggest rival. Read
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North Sea ‘has much more oil in pipeline’
Jun 05 2008 | Business News
THERE could be as many as 300 untapped oil fields – or 30 billion barrels of oil – beneath the bed of the North Sea, experts claimed yesterday. Read
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How games can go where movies never can
Jun 05 2008 | Business News
The producer of one of the coolest British films in recent years has turned his back on the movie industry for now to join the North East’s global video games revolution. Andrew Mernin talks to American Todd Eckert to find out why games are set to blow movies out of the water. Read
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HBOS to mobilise private shareholders to help raise £4bn
Jun 05 2008 | Business News
THE United Kingdom’s biggest mortgage lender is preparing to mobilise its two million-strong army of private shareholders to back its £4bn fundraising plans. Read
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Cheshire lays out ‘seven major steps’ for Kingfisher
Jun 05 2008 | Business News
KINGFISHER’s new chief executive Ian Cheshire has set out “seven major steps” to improving the fortunes of the B&Q owner. Read
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Government criticised as growth forecasts slashed
Jun 05 2008 | Business News
AS policymakers sit down for a second day of deliberations on interest rates a leading economic watchdog has warned Britain is heading for a “significant downswing”. Read
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New office for North npower staff
Jun 05 2008 | Business News
ENERGY giant npower is to move 900 staff in Newcastle into a new purpose-built office. Read
