Dec
2008
Articles from 23rd Dec 2008
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Review of the year
Dec 23 2008 | Business News
A look back at the highs and lows of a tough year for North East businesses. Read
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Sainsbury’s pledge to turn waste into power
Dec 23 2008 | Business News
FOOD waste from Sainsbury’s stores across the Tees Valley will be recycled as part of an ambitious zero-waste to landfill pledge. Read
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Forging ahead with enterprise
Dec 23 2008 | Business News
SOCIAL enterprise firms on Teesside are coming together to form a partnership with the principal aim of lobbying for significant changes to public sector procurement procedures. Read
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Step up to Vantis challenge
Dec 23 2008 | Business News
VANTIS, the Teesside-based business advisory, tax and accountancy group, is throwing down the gauntlet to 100 leading businesses in the Tees Valley by inviting them to take part in a fundraising challenge. Read
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Retailer is teetering on the brink
Dec 23 2008 | Business News
AS high street retailer Whittard of Chelsea looked poised to enter administration today, news emerged of four Teesside shops in another bust chain being saved from closure. Read
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Emissions scheme welcomed on Tees
Dec 23 2008 | Business News
PROCESS industry experts have welcomed compromise agreements set out in the EU’s carbon emissions trading scheme. Read
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Easing credit could jump-start car market
Dec 23 2008 | Business News
BRITAIN’S ailing motor industry would benefit from Government action to make credit available again rather than a direct bailout, one of the country’s most senior business leaders has claimed. Read
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BA orders greener new fleet
Dec 23 2008 | Business News
BRITISH Airways yesterday said it had ordered a fleet of fuel-efficient aircraft for use on short-haul routes in an order worth around £252m. Read
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Rolls-Royce secures big Sea King contract
Dec 23 2008 | Business News
ENGINE maker Rolls-Royce has secured a £258m Ministry of Defence contract to supply engine support to the UK’s Sea King helicopter fleet. Read
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The Officers Club latest to suffer slump
Dec 23 2008 | Business News
NORTH East discount menswear chain The Officers Club is up for sale, it was reported last night. Read
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Energy as clean as new laundry’s linen
Dec 23 2008 | Business News
A NEW £3m laundry in North Tyneside is to create 79 jobs as a Scottish company expands south of the border. Read
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Power station sales to ease £12.5bn takeover
Dec 23 2008 | Business News
BRITISH Energy buyer EDF has said it will sell two power stations as part of a deal to gain European approval for its £12.5bn takeover. Read
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Traidcraft sales down but buyers stay loyal
Dec 23 2008 | Business News
THE credit crunch is biting into sales at Traidcraft as Christmas shoppers tighten their belts but the pioneering fair trade organisation says customers are remaining loyal to ethical goods. Read
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Date for GrowHow UK ammonia plant operations
Dec 23 2008 | Business News
DIRECTORS at an ammonia plant that was forced to suspend production earlier this month said that they hope to be back up and running in February. Read
