Feb
2010
Articles from 22nd Feb 2010
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Ashley's Sports Direct threatens Blacks vote
Feb 22 2010 | Business News
MIKE Ashley's Sports Direct today threatened to vote against a recovery plan at rival Blacks Leisure if it can acquire 29% of the outdoor retailer's shares. Read
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Cash boost to help balance the books
Feb 22 2010 | Business News
MILLIONS of pounds will be released over the next few months for Teesside’s energy-hungry process industry to make efficiency savings that could radically alter its balance sheet. Read
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Bad timing on wind turbine blades
Feb 22 2010 | Business News
GREEN bosses in the Tees Valley have questioned how a Tyneside scheme to build the world's biggest wind turbine blades was announced as the Corus blast furnace on Teesside was mothballed. Read
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Support in place for Corus workers
Feb 22 2010 | Business News
A PACKAGE of support is being rolled out to workers facing redundancy from Corus’ Teesside Cast Products site. Read
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Teesside steel future still uncertain
Feb 22 2010 | Business News
AS Corus began the controversial mothballing of Teesside Cast Products this weekend - its single biggest closure since recession wiped 35% off the European steel market - 20,000 British-based workers in the rest of Tata Steel’s European division, including more than 2,000 on Teesside, still faced a fragile future. Read
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Northern Rock boss confirms sale talks
Feb 22 2010 | Business News
THE chief executive of Northern Rock has revealed "informal discussions" are under way with possible buyers as the bank moves closer to a return to private ownership. Read
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Jobs in the production line for packaging firm
Feb 22 2010 | Business News
A COMPANY that recycles household plastics for the food packaging industry is investing in a second production line as it aims to build sales from £9m to £16m within 18 months. Read
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Brownfield grass may be answer for biomass
Feb 22 2010 | Business News
GREEN energy could soon be generated on a large scale from grass grown on contaminated former industrial sites, including the "wilderness" once famously walked by Margaret Thatcher. Read
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Unearthing a perfect family-run business
Feb 22 2010 | Business News
A FATHER and his two sons have found a formula for success at their County Durham farm which uses the power of thousands of subterranean workers. Read
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Rock close to buyout?
Feb 22 2010 | Evening Gazette Business News
THE chief executive of Northern Rock has revealed “informal discussions” are under way with possible buyers as the bank moves closer to a return to private ownership. Read
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Welsh chief blows Teesside trumpet
Feb 22 2010 | Evening Gazette Business News
THE Government has already sent a clear message that it wants to see the North-east emerge as one of the country’s leading offshore wind construction hubs. Read
