Feb
2009
Articles from 9th Feb 2009
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Training is the key
Feb 09 2009 | Business News
LOCAL bosses claim employer buy-in will be needed if Teesside’s new logistics academy, unveiled at Middlesbrough College on Friday, is to succeed. Read
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SeaDragon’s rescue talks ‘positive’
Feb 09 2009 | Business News
UNIONS representing hundreds of staff who stand to lose their jobs if the SeaDragon contract goes overseas said they were more hopeful of rescuing something from the deal as a series of emergency meetings take place. Read
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Savings in full flow for water group
Feb 09 2009 | Business News
ENERGY costs should fall over the next three years for Northumbrian Water (NWL) as it said today it had already secured much of its future electricity requirement. Read
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Nissan to slash 20,000 jobs globally
Feb 09 2009 | Business News
CAR maker Nissan, which last month axed 1,200 jobs at its Sunderland plant, has said it will cut 20,000 jobs - 8.5% of its global workforce - over the next year after sinking into a net loss for the fiscal third quarter. Read
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Baker rises again as friends rescue jobs
Feb 09 2009 | Business News
FAMILY run bakery chain Dundees has been rescued from liquidation by its old boss after long-standing business partners and friends rallied round to help. Read
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Jobs go as Tanfield fights the recession
Feb 09 2009 | Business News
MANUFACTURING firm Tanfield Group has made dozens more redundancies as it battles to get its cost base right in tough economic times. Read
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Food and drink on business fair menu
Feb 09 2009 | Business News
THE region's host of food and drink companies will get the chance to meet buyers from leading national retailers at the North East Regional Business Fair next month. Read
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Family firm finds itself in demand
Feb 09 2009 | Business News
A FAMILY-owned sawmill is bucking the national trend and launching a recruitment exercise to deal with increasing demand for its products. Read
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Battered Nissan cuts more jobs
Feb 09 2009 | Evening Gazette Business News
NISSAN, which announced 800 job losses at its Sunderland car plant in October, said today that it would cut a further 20,000 jobs - 8.5% of its global workforce - over the next year after sinking into a net loss for the fiscal third quarter. Read
