Feb
2009
Articles from 5th Feb 2009
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MP calls for new jobs strategy
Feb 05 2009 | Business News
MIDDLESBROUGH MP Ashok Kumar has called for a hands-on approach to help hundreds of Invista Textiles workers facing redundancy. Read
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Movie-maker on the move
Feb 05 2009 | Business News
A SUCCESSFUL firm of film animators has quit Teesside, taking all five of its staff to Newcastle as it looks towards to a possible merger later this year. Read
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Able bidforBritishships
Feb 05 2009 | Business News
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Sales plunge at North East building firm
Feb 05 2009 | Business News
NEWCASTLE housebuilder Bellway’s sales have plummeted by 38%, despite a string of initiatives to tempt buyers. Read
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Thorn's £30m new site lights the way to a brighter future
Feb 05 2009 | Business News
A £30M manufacturing, training and research site that has been five years in the planning will officially open today in County Durham with work for 700 workers. Read
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Don't blame me for run on the Rock
Feb 05 2009 | Business News
BBC business editor Robert Peston denied yesterday that he was to blame for the run on Northern Rock as he was quizzed by MPs on his role in the banking crisis. Read
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Quirky car to be built in Sunderland
Feb 05 2009 | Business News
NISSAN has announced that the model to be built in its Sunderland plant will be known as the Qazana and will be a five door ‘crossover’ vehicle. Read
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D1 Oils takes a £3.5m writedown on plants
Feb 05 2009 | Business News
RENEWABLE energy company D1 Oils is hopeful it will be able to sell its mothballed Teesside biofuel plant but has opted to take a £3.5m write-down on it, and its Merseyside sister plant in the meantime. Read
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Art sales rise for dealer announcing China outlet
Feb 05 2009 | Business News
AN art dealer has expanded his business into the Far East and hopes to benefit from the growing number of people investing in art since the onset of the global recession. Read
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70 jobs set to go as downturn bites
Feb 05 2009 | Business News
AROUND 70 jobs are under threat at two major employers in the south of the region. Read
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£3.7m lean green savings
Feb 05 2009 | Business News
NORTH East companies have saved £3.7m over the past two years thanks to a pioneering lean green energy team of regional specialists. Read
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Creditors call for Woolworths trading probe
Feb 05 2009 | Business News
CREDITORS to Woolworths have called for an inquiry into why its directors did not stop trading earlier. Read
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RBS unveils £250m SME package
Feb 05 2009 | Business News
SEMI-NATIONALISED bank The Royal Bank of Scotland has unveiled a £250m funding package for North East SMEs as part of a wider £3bn national package to back business through the recession. Read
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Aviva withdraws £1bn payout to policyholders
Feb 05 2009 | Business News
LIFE and pensions firm Aviva is slashing a £1bn payout promised to a million policyholders last year following the stock market turmoil. Read
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Evening Gazette latest news
Feb 05 2009 | Evening Gazette Business News
THE Teesside firm behind Europe's largest ship recycling project is in negotiations to bring another two British ships to the region for dismantling, The Evening Gazette can reveal. Read
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Credit security
Feb 05 2009 | Evening Gazette Business News
THE well-publicised hit taken by many smaller firms caught up in Woolworth’s spectacular crash out of the high street has led one Teesside insurance broker to launch a new credit protection package for SMEs. Read
