REVOLUTIONARY lighting technology that could create hundreds of jobs and revitalise the North East’s manufacturing industry has won the backing of Regional Minister Nick Brown, who pledged to help turn that potential into reality.Read
A HOUSEBUILDER taken over in a management buy-out deal in October is looking to shed at least 50 staff because of the slowdown in the housing market.Read
THE number of businesses in the North East rose by more than 2,000 last year – the highest annual rise in start-ups in the region since records began in 1994.Read
WHILE the economic down turn may be limiting the amount consumers are spending in high street stores , it seems that shoppers in Newcastle are more reluctant to give up their coffees and takeaways.Read
ABOUT 10,000 savers are to be rescued by a UK compensation scheme after London Scottish Bank became the first British bank in the economic crisis to go into administration.Read
