Jul
2008
Articles from 9th Jul 2008
-
VAI planning for expansion
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
TEESSIDE firm Siemens VAI has announced expansion plans on the back of a booming global steel market. Read
-
£80m green energy project launched
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
A NEW project has been launched to generate more than £80m of investment in the North-east’s green energy sector - and put Wilton at the heart of developing the region’s environmental technology. Read
-
North’s booming oil and gas sector gets a boost
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
THE region’s booming oil and gas sector received a further boost yesterday as a new report estimated that there could be as much as 25 billion barrels of oil waiting to be extracted from the North Sea and other parts of the UK coast. Read
-
Anti-fraud project being rolled out across country
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
THE success of a North East business anti-fraud organisation has led to the formation of a national body based on the same principle and headed up by a former Northumbria Police chief. Read
-
Union leader optimistic about North’s construction industry
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
THE hundreds of North East construction workers recently made redundant following a nationwide cull by housebuilders have “plenty of jobs to fall back on in the region”, according to a union leader. Read
-
Three new directors appointed at Esh Group
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
CONSTRUCTION specialist the Esh Group has three new directors. Stephen Francis has been promoted to managing director of Dunelm Property Services, after joining the business as operations director from Frank Haslam Milan two years ago. Read
-
Stanley puts own cash into Tanfield
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
THE founder and chairman of electric vehicle manufacturer Tanfield Group has invested just under £500,000 of his own money on acquiring eight million shares in the troubled company. Read
-
Bullish Bannatyne ready to flex financial muscles
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
ENTREPRENEUR Duncan Bannatyne is shrugging off fears of a recession and pushing ahead with the expansion of his fitness empire after newly published accounts show a 40% surge in annual turnover. Read
-
Top women in business urged to enter awards
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
THE best businesswomen in the North East are being urged to compete for some of the most sought-after prizes in the business world. Read
-
Landlords feel they have nothing to lose but their ties
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
Two veterans of the North East pub trade are at the heart of a campaign taking on the giants of their industry to fight for a fair deal. Graeme King spoke to both sides of the Fair Pint campaign. Read
-
The legalities of redundancies
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
The Journal and Evening Gazette have teamed up with Weightman Associates and Dickinson Dees LLP to stage a mock employment tribunal in November. In the run up to the event James Wilders at Dickinson Dees LLP looks at what employers needs to do if they want to lay-off workers Read
-
Power to the people
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
HARTLEPOOL's nuclear power station begins a charm offensive this Saturday as British Energy draws closer to announcing sites for its second generation plants. Read
-
Firms invited to supply 2010 Tall Ships festival
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
BUSINESSES are being courted to supply the Tall Ships festival due to dock at Hartlepool in 2010. Read
-
Durable set for its first million
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
A HARTLEPOOL firm set up 18 months ago claims to be on track to bank its first million, simply by turning the lights off all over Britain. Read
-
Campaign may not have enough bite
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
Sarah Smith, a partner at Sintons law firm in Newcastle and an expert in licensing, gives an independent assessment of what lies at the heart of the Fair Pint campaign and assesses its prospects. Read
-
B&B underwriters set for £100m loss
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
BRADFORD & Bingley shares have plunged to fresh lows amid mounting fears that the stock is worthless. Read
-
Barclays under fire for cutting 300 jobs at mortgage division
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
THE UK’s biggest trade union has condemned banking giant Barclays for cutting more than 300 jobs at its home loans division. Read
-
Financial world still in turmoil
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
Data suggests the global economy was running close to capacity at the end of last year Read
-
New boss will lead goldmine
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
CHINA Goldmines, which was launched by North East entrepreneur Karl Watkin in 2005, has appointed a new chairman. Read
-
Talk of bid for M&S sends its shares soaring
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
TALK of a possible bid for Marks & Spencer sent shares in the struggling retailer soaring after recent steep falls as shareholders prepared to grill executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose later today. Read
-
Confidence at record low
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
CONSUMER confidence slumped to a record low during June as a run of bad economic news made people worry about the future. Read
-
Countdown to Top 250 annual review
Jul 09 2008 | Business News
ONE week today The Journal will publish our annual review of the region’s top 250 companies. This is the 31st list of the region’s top companies and there promises to be some changes at the top of the order following the seismic changes that have taken place in the North East business landscape over the last year. Read
