A NORTH-East energy chief today welcomed news that French firm EDF had cleared the final hurdle in its £12.5bn purchase of British Energy - the UK’s only nuclear power operator, which owns the Hartlepool reactor.Read
A UNION leader has described housebuilder Bellway’s decision to hugely increase the size of bonuses to its top three directors in the same year it axed more than a third of its workforce as “quite appalling”.Read
AN ONLINE business is preparing to go live this month thanks to two new potential backers – one of whom contacted the company after reading a Journal story about its struggle to secure start-up finance.Read
SHOPPERS fought off the cold weather and economic gloom at the weekend to hit the high street in greater numbers than last year. Over Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the number of people out looking for bargains in the post-Christmas sales was up 2.7% on the same period in 2008.Read
Fashion chain Next said like-for-like sales across its high street stores fell 7% between the end of July and December 24 - worse than the 4.4% fall reported in November, but just within the lower end of its previous forecasts.Read
STAFF at ITV’s online business directory - Scoot - are settling into their new offices on Preston Farm Industrial Estate, Stockton thanks to Tees Valley Regeneration.Read
