Nov
2008
Articles from 11th Nov 2008
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What a difference a year makes
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
January: Washington’s Nissan plant announces the creation of 800 jobs and the introduction of a third production shift to help meet demand for Qashqai. Read
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Celebrating business success in North-east
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
THE Evening Gazette, The Journal and Business Link are passionate about business in our region and we want you to be too. The nebusiness awards are now in their ninth year of the regional format and at their heart are the aims of recognising achievement, encouraging excellence and celebrating success. Read
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‘Give us our cut of cheap money’
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
A MASSIVE £400bn has now been pumped into the UK banking sector with Prime Minster Gordon Brown and Chancellor Alistair Darling both vowing the injection will help small businesses. Read
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Orchid is blooming faster than expected
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
TWO twenty-somethings who independently funded their own firm earlier this year, offering marketing advice to the professional services sector, have seen business grow so fast that they have already taken on extra staff and are looking to move on from their Teesside University-supported incubator business unit. Read
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Uni highlights eco agenda
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
THE University of Teesside has planned a week of events under its Sus-tees project in January to highlight the sustainability agenda. Read
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Slump in profits and jobs as HSBC wilts
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
BRITAIN’S biggest bank HSBC has seen profits hit further as a result of the financial crisis and disclosed further sub-prime writedowns. Read
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Dairy Crest warning
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
COUNTRY Life butter firm Dairy Crest has warned annual profits will be 10% down on last year due to higher milk costs and the economic slump. Read
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Car dealer Pendragon braced for loss of £30m
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
PENDRAGON, the owner of the former North East car dealer Reg Vardy, has warned it expects to make losses of £30m this year. Read
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FSB head’s warning to the banks
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
THE Middlesbrough-based chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses said today that banks “had been warned” over their treatment of SMEs struggling to cope in the financial downturn. Read
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Looking up on the property market
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
TEESSIDE’S housing market is on the up. Read
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HURWORTH-BASED Country Valley Foods' Teesside-themed porkers proved a smash with judges of the BPEX Landmark Banger competition to find the best regional sausage.
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
it was the first time in the Thin Pork Sausage’s 152-year history that it had been entered into a competition, but it narrowly missed a gold medal. Read
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CAR TROUBLE
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
BRITISH drivers’ love affair with the car looked to be heading for the rocks when recent official figures revealed that even the new 58-registration number plates had failed to ignite enough passion to prise open their wallets. Read
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Ex-footballer creates field of dreams
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
A FORMER Newcastle United player has set up a business venture to raise funds for grassroots football clubs. Read
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Fireman recognised for innovative idea
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
Still in development, Streetlife Youth Fitness will take fitness equipment to schools and community venues for young people and uses innovative LifePod technology to help monitor their progress. Read
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Credit crunch gloom for Nationwide Building Society
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
NATIONWIDE Building Society has reported a drop in its pre-tax profits. The group said it made £322m in pre-tax profits in the first six months of its financial year, down 18% from £394m a year ago. Read
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World price surges lift Cumbrian farm group
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
A YEAR of soaring commodity prices has helped agriculture and engineering group Carrs Milling notch up record results as revenues rose 50% and profits doubled. Read
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New jobs in pipeline at water treatment firm
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
A WATER treatment company believes it can triple its turnover and create new jobs after opening up a Far East research and production facility. Read
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'Things are looking up' for discount retail firm
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
A DISCOUNT retailer with North East roots is recovering from a spectacularly bad year which saw it plunge further into the red and suffer a £136m drop in turnover. Read
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Students’ model business plan
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
THREE Newcastle University Business School students have stripped down to their bare essentials to launch their lingerie business. Read
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Downturn has a silver lining for firms on Teesside
Nov 11 2008 | Business News
AS UK car manufacturers slam on the brakes, countless smaller firms in the motor supply chain are feeling the impact. But Teesside technologies could put us back in the fast lane Read
