Jul
2008
Articles from 22nd Jul 2008
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Polar a clear winner for hospital job
Jul 22 2008 | Business News
A MIDDLESBROUGH specialist window fabricator is celebrating clinching its biggest contract - which is only 10 minutes from its factory. Read
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Act set to boost firms on Teesside
Jul 22 2008 | Business News
A RADICAL European shake-up of the financial and regulatory landscape in which small businesses on Teesside operate is on the cards. Read
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First class service
Jul 22 2008 | Business News
WHEN Royal Mail brought the axe down on the Roman Road post office in Middlesbrough, during the last branch cull, it threatened to disrupt dozens of local businesses who had come to rely on it for the bulk handling of mail and other services. Read
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Tote sale price tumbles
Jul 22 2008 | Business News
THE Government is preparing to put its Tote horseracing bookmaker business up for sale on the open market this autumn. Read
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Detica soars after talk of takeover
Jul 22 2008 | Business News
A TECHNOLOGY firm involved in the UK’s roll-out of intelligence-led border security is at the centre of £450m bid speculation. Read
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Underwriters bear brunt of HBOS failed rights issue
Jul 22 2008 | Business News
UNDERWRITERS were left with the vast majority of new HBOS shares after investors shunned the bank’s £4bn rights issue. Read
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Battle goes on for deadly dust claims
Jul 22 2008 | Business News
It’s more than 30 years since the killer asbestos was banned, but its deadly legacy still haunts Teesside, as the death of former British Titanium worker Peter Allen reveals. Sue Scott reports. Read
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Domino’s aiming to grab bigger slice of the pizza
Jul 22 2008 | Business News
AMERICAN pizza chain Domino’s is set to create jobs as it looks to take a bigger slice of the North East fast food market. Read
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New barge helps oyster farm grow
Jul 22 2008 | Business News
A BARGE capable of operating on land and sea is revolutionising work at the North East’s only oyster farm. Read
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Signage firm sales set to soar by 25%
Jul 22 2008 | Business News
SALES at a leading North East signage company are set to soar by 25% in two years after a new owner took charge. Read
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Car firm Vertu motoring ahead despite downturn
Jul 22 2008 | Business News
ONE of the region’s car dealers is defying the downturn in the sector after recording double-digit growth over the second quarter. Read
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Dragons’ Den-style help for North entrepreneurs
Jul 22 2008 | Business News
TEN prominent North East business people have each put hundreds of thousands of pounds into a Dragons’ Den-style venture capital fund to encourage the region’s next generation of entrepreneurs. Read
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Focus is still set on career in hand
Jul 22 2008 | Business News
PEOPLE on Teesside are not looking to make radical career changes, an nebusiness poll has revealed. Read
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Upbeat start for Johnson Matthey
Jul 22 2008 | Business News
ONE of Teesside’s major process sector players has made a strong start to the year and expects half-year profits to be “well ahead” of the same period last year. Read
