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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
