Jun
2009
Articles from 12th Jun 2009
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Local meat helps North East firm to award
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
A BUTCHER has scored a first for the North East by winning a top industry award after moving to larger premises and specialising in local produce. Read
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Journalist consults a new career
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
A FORMER journalist and broadcaster who made his name in a career spanning more than 25 years at the BBC, Border Television and Trinity Mirror, has set up his own consultancy firm. Read
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Learning curve for boss at coalface
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
THE chief executive of one of the country’s biggest builders got a fresh view of his company when he went under- cover as a labourer for a new television series. Read
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Fine weather brings good results for firms
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
FINE weather and price cutting have helped struggling DIY chain Homebase to like-for-like sales growth for the first time in two years. Read
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Natural flu killers will add zest to turnover
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
Middlesbrough firm Phytologica is launching a range of naturally derived protective gels and sprays which it hopes to sell through Boots stores nationwide by the end of the year to help boost turnover at its parent company. Read
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Legal threat is bar to agreement on Corus
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
THE FOUR international steel buyers who walked out on an agreement with Corus Teesside Cast Products’ (TCP) plant at Redcar, putting more than 2,000 jobs at risk, broke their silence today. Read
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Quest for Olympic gold is on
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
THE number of companies who have registered an interest in competing for work on the London Olympics has doubled since February. Read
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MPs call for backing for Revolution
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
NORTH-EAST MPs have called on the Government to back the Great North Revolution. Read
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The hub of new business ideas
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
A £4.5M initiative to create a tailor-made incubator for new business opportunities in the process industries sector has been launched on Teesside. Read
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Department store is blooming good move for florist
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
AN award-winning Yarm florist has opened a new outlet in Newcastle’s Fenwick department store, creating three jobs. Read
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North’s exports fall again
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
NORTH-EAST exports have fallen for the second successive quarter, official figures have revealed. Read
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Talks on debt deal to rescue lender
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
WEST Bromwich Building Society has confirmed it is in talks over a debt deal that would boost its capital strength. Read
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Signs of easing in deflation concerns
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
DEFLATION fears have showed signs of easing after data showed a rise in inflation expectations in the year ahead for the first time since last August. Read
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£4.5m initiative to create new business incubator
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
A £4.5m initiative to create a tailor-made incubator for new business opportunities in the process industries sector has been launched on Teesside. Read
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Be Modern buys eco friendly heating firm
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
A FIREPLACE maker has signed a hot deal to take over a Midlands stove specialist and create a company with turnover of more than £30m. Read
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Sales down by one-third at estate agents
Jun 12 2009 | Business News
NEWCASTLE estate agency your-move.co.uk has seen sales plummet by more than a third to £47m – as well as posting a loss of £5.7m – as the housing market slowed last year. Read
