A NORTH EAST firm has recruited more than 200 mortgage brokers around the UK and says it has plans to have more than 400 people working under its umbrella by the end of next year, despite the problems besetting the housing market.Read
SHAREHOLDERS in beleaguered buy-to-let lender Bradford & Bingley have agreed to allow the firm to go ahead with its third attempt at a balance sheet boost.Read
GAS prices are set to soar and then remain high for the foreseeable future, a report has revealed. The independent report commissioned by Centrica, which owns British Gas, warns that prices could increase by 70%. Jake Ulrich, managing director of Centrica Energy, admitted that gas price rises were likely to lead to a “potentially significant” rise in the number of people in fuel poverty.Read
BIOFUELS producer Ensus took the opportunity to bend the Royal ear over political pressure on the industry during a tour of the Wilton site by Prince Andrew.Read
MIDDLESBROUGH-based Berco, which announced earlier this year that it was to move to a bigger base at Spennymoor, opened the doors on the new plant today.Read
