Oct
2009
Articles from 27th Oct 2009
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Barclays' Standard Life deal
Oct 27 2009 | Business News
BARCLAYS has agreed to buy the banking business of insurer Standard Life for £226m. Read
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Inspiring speakers for up and coming entrepreneurs
Oct 27 2009 | Business News
STUDENTS will be urged to "bring out the Branson" in themselves at a big event hoping to inspire entrepreneurship in the North East. Read
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Scrappage boost for Nissan
Oct 27 2009 | Business News
THE success of the ‘cash for bangers’ scheme has helped to secure the jobs of 350 temporary workers at Nissan’s Sunderland factory until at least Christmas. Read
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Ashley's Sports Direct loses Blacks Leisure stake
Oct 27 2009 | Business News
Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct lost its 29% stake in outdoor chain Blacks Leisure today after administrators of failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander (KSF) took control of the holding. Read
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Bradford & Bingley plays down plan to hive off its bad assets
Oct 27 2009 | Business News
PART-NATIONALISED Bradford & Bingley is playing down suggestions that it is to divide its £50bn balance sheet into good and bad assets in an effort to speed up the repayment of a £18.4bn loan. Read
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Social networking bid to get people back into the pubs
Oct 27 2009 | Business News
A FAMILY business is aiming to lure people back into pubs using the power of social networking. Read
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First flight school graduates are flying high
Oct 27 2009 | Business News
THE first ever commercial airline pilots to train at Newcastle have just graduated with flying colours. Read
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Anxious wait to find out top call centre workers
Oct 27 2009 | Business News
THE finalists of the biggest awards in the region's growing contact centre industry have been named. Read
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Onyx's acquisition hunt will win national clients
Oct 27 2009 | Business News
DATA security group Onyx has made its fifth acquisition in 18 months as the fast-growing firm continues its aggressive national expansion. Read
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Business park put on Map
Oct 27 2009 | Business News
A LEADING independent provider of communication network services is to become the first occupier in a new Tees Valley office development. Read
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A touch of glass
Oct 27 2009 | Business News
David Foreman of Nunthorpe-based glass installation specialist Forefit Structural Glass Solutions, assembled Gerhard Richter’s 11 Panes of Glass at the Institute Of Modern Art mima. Read
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Travel withgoldentouch
Oct 27 2009 | Business News
OIL, gas and energy sector organisation NOF Energy has helped its members secure £10m in new business this year. Read
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Skills degree sails in
Oct 27 2009 | Business News
PORT workers on Teesside have started a new degree course aimed at boosting skills in the sector. Read
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Full house at birthday party
Oct 27 2009 | Business News
JOBS are being created at a Teesside shopping centre - which is also celebrating 100% occupancy. Read
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Government’s on chemical watch - MP
Oct 27 2009 | Business News
A TEESSIDE MP today said the Government was standing watch over Tees Valley’s chemical industry. Read
