MORE than £20bn has been wiped off the value of the North East’s top 40 quoted companies in the last 12 months, reflecting the significant impact of the credit crunch on the region.Read
DESPITE racking up annual losses of £2m, a drug research company expects to hit the headlines when its cancer drug goes to market in five years’ time.Read
THE man who launched over 1,000 Greggs bakeries across the country opened his final store as he draws the curtain on nearly 25 years at the helm of the North East firm.Read
ASEALANT company believes its long-term future will be secured if it lands a contract to help in the construction of two giant Royal Navy aircraft carriers.Read
NEWCASTLE Building Society (NBS) has urged redundancy-threatened Northern Rock staff to apply for work after signing a deal worth over £10m with a national finance firm creating 50 jobs.Read
A NEW North East branch of a supercar driving club is making the world’s fastest – and most expensive – automobiles available to wealthy motoring enthusiasts.Read
A NEW generation of nuclear power stations could be built in flood-risk or “environmentally protected” areas, under proposed rules set out by the Government today.Read
KIND-hearted bosses at a North East IT firm have driven to the aid of an ex-soldier by raising funds for servicemen injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.Read
