Nov
2008
Articles from 3rd Nov 2008
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Heavyweight results to reflect the global turmoil
Nov 03 2008 | Business News
THE corporate impact of the UK’s slide into recession will be shown this week when Marks & Spencer and British Airways publish results. Read
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Inside information on running a business
Nov 03 2008 | Business News
Entrepreneurs Fiona Raglan and Andrew Fisk meet and ask each other five questions about running a business in the North East. Read
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Call to cut interest rate by a full 1%
Nov 03 2008 | Business News
BANK of England rate setters are expected to slash the cost of borrowing by up to 1% this week in a dramatic attempt to stave off a deep recession. Read
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Heavyweight results to reflect the global turmoil
Nov 03 2008 | Business News
THE corporate impact of the UK’s slide into recession will be shown this week when Marks & Spencer and British Airways publish results. Read
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Conference to tackle new education agenda
Nov 03 2008 | Business News
THE Tees Valley’s first Employer Engagement Conference on work-based learning takes place in Middlesbrough this Thursday. Read
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Clean and green for pets
Nov 03 2008 | Business News
AN ECO-MINDED cleaning company is branching into the pet market. Read
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Investment pays off for Brettle
Nov 03 2008 | Business News
A BOOMING process sector is helping a small Teesside engineering company go from strength to strength. Read
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Vacancies cost economy £35m
Nov 03 2008 | Business News
HARD-TO-FILL vacancies in the engineering sector are costing the North-east economy an estimated £35m a year in lost productivity, but giving a new lease of life to retired professionals who are being tempted back into the workplace to fill a skills gap. Read
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Confidence in North East on the up
Nov 03 2008 | Business News
THE North East is bucking the national trend of doom and gloom in the commercial property sector, a new report has revealed. Read
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Bank targets £1.5bn in cost savings from merger
Nov 03 2008 | Business News
A LEADING businessman involved in talks about a possible alternative bid for the Halifax Bank of Scotland said yesterday that the situation must not descend into political “mud-slinging”. Read
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Electrical firm to close after 88 years
Nov 03 2008 | Business News
ELECTRICAL engineering company Watson Norie is to close by the end of the year, with the redundancies of the 49 staff still remaining from the former 543-strong workforce. Read
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The future’s green for North East eco-friendly builders
Nov 03 2008 | Business News
AN ECO-FRIENDLY housebuilder has won a deal worth up to £15m to build 2,000 zero carbon homes in Romania. Read
