Oct
2008
Articles from 6th Oct 2008
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HSBC is well placed for future growth
Oct 06 2008 | Business News
HSBC has outperformed the UK banking sector by 35% since the start of 2008, despite the fact that it now represents more than half of the sector by market capitalisation. Read
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Don’t tar JD with the same brush
Oct 06 2008 | Business News
Retailer JD Sports (300p) recently posted profits that were well ahead of expectations, like-for-like sales growth touched 6%, while margins improved and costs were kept firmly under control. Read
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Key week as giants fend off effects of the slump
Oct 06 2008 | Business News
A MORE detailed picture of high street trading will emerge this week when Sainsbury’s and WH Smith post updates. Read
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China move rejected as company stays in North
Oct 06 2008 | Business News
ONE of the UK’s few remaining independent chemical companies has vetoed a move to China and opted to keep its manufacturing base in the North East. Read
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New Ambic base will be signal for growth
Oct 06 2008 | Business News
A COMPANY that makes and supplies furniture for schools and universities believes it can almost treble its turnover as it prepares to move into a new 24,000sq ft factory. Read
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Garlands shrinking carbon footprints
Oct 06 2008 | Business News
HARTLEPOOL-BASED Garlands Call Centres has launched a new initiative to help employees reduce their carbon footprint. Read
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Time to tackle fuel poverty, says Fabrick
Oct 06 2008 | Business News
A GOVERNMENT report out today on price-setting by energy companies has fuelled calls for an energy summit on Teesside. Read
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It’s indecent if you’re ill from work
Oct 06 2008 | Business News
TOMORROW is World Day for Decent Work. Representatives of the global 165 million trade union members will be taking some kind of action to demonstrate against the indecent, often inhuman, conditions in which many people are forced to work. Read
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Mandy role welcomed
Oct 06 2008 | Business News
BUSINESS groups have welcomed former Hartlepool MP Peter Mandelson’s return to the Cabinet as Business Secretary after Gordon Brown’s reshuffle. Read
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A ‘cleaner’ way to treat waste
Oct 06 2008 | Business News
A TEES Valley waste management company is due to launch a pilot project on Teesside that it claims will close the energy loop for firms across the country. Read
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We need to get moving
Oct 06 2008 | Business News
A MIDDLESBROUGH company has called for the creation of a dedicated logistics training centre to capitalise on “two or three generations of work” in the Tees Valley. Read
