Aug 04 2010 | Business News
TEESSIDE business leaders are set to meet with Tees Valley Unlimited next week for a briefing on the bid for a Local Enterprise Partnership. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
A NORTH-EAST print and design firm has inked a new deal to expand into Hartlepool as part of its ongoing growth plans across the region. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
Analox Sensor Technology is aiming to double turnover to £12m by 2014 after launching the Sub Aspida, which can detect sudden changes in atmospheric pressure in submarines and decompression chambers. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
AN INTERNATIONAL development charity in Newcastle has been awarded just over £500,000 to fund business skills training in one of Africa’s poorest countries. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
PAINTER Joanne Wishart never imagined her designs would win customers around the world when she left her job as a designer five years ago to set up as a freelance artist. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
FISH and chip shop supplier Henry Colbeck believes it is still on target to becoming a £50m-a-year business after launching new packaging, and is now looking to grow its market share in Yorkshire and Scotland. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
HGCAPITAL has announced it has agreed a deal worth about £468.3m for Italian software firm TeamSystem, which was a target for North East giant Sage as late as last week. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
A HUSBAND and wife team are re-inventing a much-loved cinema snack and could secure a deal with one of the UK’s biggest supermarkets. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
A FIFTH of North East businesses surveyed by Virgin Media Business see improvements to the region’s communications network as more important to their bottom line than road or rail upgrades. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
A MANUFACTURER of parts for railway lines has landed a £500,000 contract to upgrade tracks in Sudan and is now hoping to land a contract in Malaysia which would double its annual turnover. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
UP TO 30 jobs are being created at the Alcan aluminium smelter in Lynemouth, Northumberland, as the company looks to return to full production for the first time in almost two years. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
ITV has announced plans to “transform” itself, in part by getting its star names to “work much harder” as it revealed it had returned to the black. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
OIL giant BP has raised more cash to meet the huge cost of the Gulf of Mexico spill after agreeing the £1.2bn sale of its Colombian oil and gas exploration business. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
ROYAL Bank of Scotland has been fined £5.6m after lax controls put the banking group at risk of laundering money for terrorists. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
THE hunt is on for the stars of the region’s business world in our prestigious North East Business Executive of the Year Awards 2010. We take a look at last year’s winners of two of the prizes to find out what this year’s finalists will have to live up to. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
THE way evidence is presented can often be the key to success at an employment tribunal. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
A NORTH East business is helping workers across the region to save money, get fit and help the environment all at once. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
AN electrical engineering company believes it can more than double its turnover to £10m after landing a host of overseas orders as well as benefiting from cost-cutting in the UK’s railway industry. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
DEFENCE giant QinetiQ has unveiled plans to axe 325 jobs on top of almost 400 cuts announced last month. The group said it is consulting with staff over the latest cuts, which cover jobs mainly in the managed services operations across a number of sites in the UK. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
HOUSEBUILDER Taylor Wimpey has swung back into profit after its focus on margins over sales growth helped to boost half-year results. Read
Aug 04 2010 | Business News
CAR parts and engineering firm GKN has said its recovery has “moved into another gear” as the company reported improving conditions across its major markets. Read