Aug
2009
Articles from 5th Aug 2009
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Marital strife
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
PART nationalised banking group Lloyds posted a £4bn half year loss this morning, which was largely blamed on its Government-arranged forced marriage to HBOS. Read
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Success in the air for Protherm
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
AN £85,000 investment in new machinery has helped a Thornaby fabrication specialist win £600,000 of new business and create five jobs. Read
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Home owner smile replaces a frown
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
THE ratio of “happy sales” to “sad sales” of homes in the Tees Valley is showing signs of rebalancing as home owners who have sat tight for months tiptoe back into the market. Read
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Towering above rivals
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
AN award-winning engineering firm is forging ahead with contracts on the Tees and the Tyne. Read
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Quorn parent at loss
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
PREMIER Foods, owner of the Quorn-making Marlow Foods operation on Teesside, today reported a £30m pre-tax loss after being hit with costs from restructuring its debts. Read
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Firm’s ‘dirty data’ notice
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
DARLINGTON’S Whessoe Oil & Gas has been hit with legal action following the “dirty data” row over construction workers. Read
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Chartered accountant in the chair
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
INDUSTRY finance specialist Richard Jackson has become the new chairman of the Teesside Society of Chartered Accountants Read
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20 jobs to be created at law firm's north base
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
A NATIONAL law firm that has been serving the health and social care sectors for more than a century has chosen Newcastle to set up its fourth office and now hopes to create up to 40 jobs in the region. Read
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Northgate steps up it's public sector hire effort
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
VEHICLE hire firm Northgate has launched a new public sector division as it looks at ways to build its business in a tough market. Read
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Footballer launches site to beat rip-off merchants
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
THEY may live a lavish lifestyle often fuelled by astronomical wages, but spare a thought for the humble footballer. Read
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Under-threat food factory is given lifeline
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
A JOBS lifeline has been handed to a Northumberland town as £1.5m is loaned to an under-threat food factory. Read
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Pressure is on to nationalise rail franchise
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
PRESSURE is mounting on ministers to permanently nationalise the troubled East Coast rail franchise. Read
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£48m bar and club sale falls through
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
STRUGGLING leisure company Premium Bars and Restaurants (PBR) went into administration last night after a £48m deal to buy the company fell apart. Read
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We're still strong, insists Rock chief
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
NORTHERN Rock chief executive Gary Hoffman yesterday insisted the bank was continuing to grow in strength despite seeing losses increase by almost a quarter. Read
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Chelsea wins deal to make not just any occasion card
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
A DESIGN graduate is hoping for a glittering career after selling her products to Marks and Spencer while on work experience. Read
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Going green inspires innovative leadership in firms
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
GREEN issues are increasingly at the top of the news and political agendas and now the role businesses can play in cutting their carbon footprint is coming under closer scrutiny. Read
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Cancelled fixtures add to profit fall
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
BOOKMAKER William Hill has warned that the full-year profits from its high street betting shops will be lower than expected. Read
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RBS to sell Asia assets
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
ROYAL Bank of Scotland has agreed a deal worth £327.1m to sell operations in six Asian countries. Read
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Standard Chartered plans to raise £1bn in funding
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
BANKING group Standard Chartered has revealed plans to raise £1bn through a share placing to fund growth of its Eastern-facing businesses. Read
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Huge decline in volume of North deals activity
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
AS predicted in the deal survey for the first quarter of the year deal activity in the region has continued to slow markedly. Read
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Lending falls by £14.7bn
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
THERE was fresh evidence of the credit squeeze on business as figures showed lending tumbled by a record £14.7bn between April and June. Read
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Quick response street Ghostbusters to keep city clean
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
CITY centre management group Newcastle NE1 has launched a new rapid response cleaning team, which it said had already made an immediate impact on the city. Read
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Search is on for top executive
Aug 05 2009 | Business News
THE search is on to find the stars of the North East business world in our prestigious North East Business Executive of the Year Awards 2009. Read
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Undefined Headline
Aug 05 2009 | Evening Gazette Business News
FOOD price inflation fell to its lowest level for more than a year and a half in July, figures revealed today. Food prices rose by 3.8%, down from a 5.6% increase in June, marking the fourth month of falling inflation in a row, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Nielsen Shop Price Index. A supermarket price war and a sharp fall in commodity prices contributed to the fall. Yesterday, major retailers warned that calls by the Competition Commission for a supermarket ombudsman at a cost of £5m a year could signal the end of cheap food. Read
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Undefined Headline
Aug 05 2009 | Evening Gazette Business News
NEWCASTLE Business School, part of Northumbria University, is sponsoring this year’s Tyneside and Northumberland Business Executive of the Year category. Read
