Sep
2008
Articles from 30th Sep 2008
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‘Two years of hurt’ for Tees
Sep 30 2008 | Business News
BUSINESS leaders claim the Tees Valley is set for “at least two years” of hurt after the failed $700bn rescue of the US financial system and record profit falls among UK financial services firms. Read
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Being ready is key in tribunal cases
Sep 30 2008 | Business News
PREPARATION is key when it comes to employment tribunals, says JAMES WILDERS, pictured, of law firm Dickinson Dees as nebusiness prepares for another in its successful series of mock hearings. Read
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Chance ‘missed’ over tidal energy
Sep 30 2008 | Business News
TEES VALLEY inventors have welcomed plans to build one of the world’s largest tidal energy farms in UK waters - but said it was a huge missed opportunity for British technology. Read
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159 jobs go as Watson Norie looks for buyer
Sep 30 2008 | Business News
MORE than 159 North East workers have been axed at troubled electrical engineering firm Watson Norie, which is desperately searching for a prospective buyer. Read
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Operators share spoils of collapse
Sep 30 2008 | Business News
TOUR operators TUI Travel and Thomas Cook have posted strong trading updates as they showed signs of benefiting from the collapse of rival XL. Read
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Not all doom and gloom in business
Sep 30 2008 | Business News
OVER the last week, Richard Lambert, director general of the CBI has been talking about the need for confidence: confidence in the structure of our financial system; confidence about the way our economy works and confidence about the prospects for our economy over anything beyond the short term. Read
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Skincare shares remain suspended
Sep 30 2008 | Business News
SKINCARE company Dermasalve said yesterday it is not ready to start trading its shares on the stock market again as it has failed to find new funding. Read
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EDS investing £30m in storage as jobs face axe
Sep 30 2008 | Business News
INFORMATION firm Electronic Data Systems is investing £30m in a new data storage centre at Wynyard Park, at the same time the company is expected to shed thousands of jobs after being take over by Hewlett Packard. Read
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North firm to pay £6m in Wembley damages
Sep 30 2008 | Business News
THE North East company which erected the huge steel arch at Wembley Stadium has been ordered to pay more than £6m damages after losing a lengthy and bitterly fought legal case with the giant Australian company which hired it for the job. Read
