Feb
2009
Articles from 11th Feb 2009
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Propertyslumpslowsup
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
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Flexibility’s costly
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
JOHN Wright, Middlesbrough-based chairman of the Federation of Small Business, called on the Government today to halt the introduction of statutory rights to more flexible working, Read
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Future’s Bright for store growth
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
BUDGET homewear chain BrightHouse has unveiled ambitious plans to more than double its North-east store portfolio in a recession-busting, £10m expansion drive, with five new outlets in Tees Valley. Read
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It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it!
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
Corporate social responsibility is something big businesses like to boast about in their annual reports. But as job losses multiply and the purse strings tighten, Karen Dent finds out whether CR is about to be relegated to the back burner. Read
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Bank of North East 'could free up credit'
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
A BANK of the North East should be set up using cash from council reserves and investments thought to be worth at least £500m, experts have claimed. Read
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We are sorry say bankers as regulator is accused over role in crisis
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
THE Government was facing demands for an inquiry last night into the role played by one of the top City regulators in the collapse of HBOS. Read
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Fund fuels growth at telecoms group
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
A FAST-GROWING Tyneside telecommunications firm is aiming to maintain its growth as well as create jobs after securing a second tranche of investment. Read
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Grainger is upbeat - but still no green shoots yet
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
THE UK's biggest listed residential property owner says it has seen slim signs of recovering demand in the market, but has stopped well short of identifying any "green shoots". Read
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Top award for Ian
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
A TEESSIDE business coach is celebrating winning a top award. Read
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Game to be lean
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
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Car dealer prepares for economic upturn with franchise buy
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
INDEPENDENT Tyneside motor dealer Benfield has demonstrated its resilience in a struggling sector by snapping up a Teesside Honda franchise. Read
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44 jobs saved as timber supply firms dovetail
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
A TIMBER merchant has bought a rival from administration, saving the jobs of 44 people and creating a company with a joint annual turnover approaching £16m. Read
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Rose scathing about errors
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
THE boss of Marks & Spencer has admitted to errors in the opening of its first store in mainland China. Read
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Small firms demand ban on job laws
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
BUSINESS leaders have urged the Government to delay new employment and other laws they claim would cost companies almost £800m a year. Read
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Firm finds perfect match for dream launch
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
A YOUNG entrepreneur is in the pink after her new business venture got off to a flying start. Read
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Chance to take advice from top
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
ONE of the North East’s most successful entrepreneurs is giving readers of The Journal the chance to tap into the expertise that helped turn a small Tyneside software company into one of the UK’s biggest plcs. Read
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Skill won on Rock rollercoaster
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
THE two women at the helm of Northern Rock’s human resources department when the nationalised lender cut 2,000 jobs have taken redundancy and opened their own business. Read
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Chain thrives in hard times
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
BUDGET retail chain BrightHouse has unveiled ambitious plans to more than double its North East store portfolio in a recession-busting, £10m expansion drive. Read
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Coatings firm sets £1m turnover target
Feb 11 2009 | Business News
A TYNESIDE entrepreneur has fought back after losing business and cutting production by 90% last year to open a new factory with plans to grow his firm’s turnover from £160,000 to around £1m. Read
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Sign up to a staff swap
Feb 11 2009 | Evening Gazette Business News
EMPLOYERS in the North-east desperate to hang on to skilled employees but unable to afford them as the recession deepens are being urged to sign up to a ‘staff swap’. Read
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UNEMPLOYMENT is expected to surge past two million today for the first time since Labour came to power in 1997, amid evidence that the UK jobless total is increasing twice as fast as the average across Europe. For more details on the latest figures go to www.gazettelive.co.uk
Feb 11 2009 | Evening Gazette Business News
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Tontine’s tasty treat
Feb 11 2009 | Evening Gazette Business News
TEES Valley has shot to the top of the connoisseur dining list with news last night that McCoy’s at the Tontine near Stokesley had taken the honours at a prestigious regional restaurant award. Read
