Sep
2008
Articles from 4th Sep 2008
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Engineers fire with new furnace
Sep 04 2008 | Business News
A NEW furnace is firing up production at an engineering firm which makes components for the chemical, oil and gas industries. Read
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Pre-built ‘may solve crisis’
Sep 04 2008 | Business News
A NEWTON Aycliffe manufacturer has claimed its “unique” ready-made home could be the answer to Britain’s social housing crisis. Read
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Workers want bosses to make a green effort
Sep 04 2008 | Business News
OFFICE workers on Teesside want more green measures in the workplace. Read
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Eaga supported but shares drift
Sep 04 2008 | Business News
IN THE regional portfolio, investment house Panmure Gordon was positive about the prospects for green support services company eaga and increased its price target for the shares from 150p to 175p. Read
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Electronics chain sees gloom to 2010
Sep 04 2008 | Business News
CONSUMER electronics group DSG International has reported a worse-than-expected fall in sales and warned there was little hope of a market recovery until 2010. Read
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Worker sacked by M&S for revelation
Sep 04 2008 | Business News
A WORKER at Marks & Spencer who was suspended after revealing plans to cut redundancy pay to staff has been sacked. Read
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£10m shot in the arm for crisis firms
Sep 04 2008 | Business News
AN emergency £10m economic “shot in the arm” fund has been launched to help hundreds of North East firms hit by the economic slowdown. Read
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Paintball venture aims for Europe
Sep 04 2008 | Business News
SERIAL entrepreneur Jim Mann is aiming to shoot his Darlington paintball retail business - already the largest in Europe - into France and Spain. Read
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Engineering firm looks to future with the young
Sep 04 2008 | Business News
IN the shadow of Swan Hunter’s redundant cranes, a Wallsend engineering company is looking to the future of industry on North Tyneside. Read
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Boost for apprentice schemes
Sep 04 2008 | Business News
APPRENTICESHIPS are back in fashion with the Government. Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced in January that he wanted one in five young people to be on apprenticeships within 10 years – double the current number. Read
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Hope for future as food inflation slows
Sep 04 2008 | Business News
THERE was a glimmer of hope on the inflation front yesterday as high street data showed the rocketing rate of food inflation slowed markedly last month. Read
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Profits dive at pub chain proves industry downturn
Sep 04 2008 | Business News
PUB and bar company Sir John Fitzgerald has reported a steep dive in profits as the downturn in the licensed trade begins to bite. Read
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Prestigious new role for leading engineer
Sep 04 2008 | Business News
AN engineering entrepreneur who set up what became a £30m-plus business from his home has been appointed to a prestigious professorship at Newcastle University Business School. Read
