Mar
2011
Articles from 8th Mar 2011
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Special guests for nebusiness awards
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
THREE of the main players in the landmark deal for Thai steel giants SSI to take over the former Corus site will be special guests at the Gazette’s nebusiness awards on Thursday. Read
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Teesside MP backs plea over fuel duty
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
MP James Wharton has written to Chancellor George Osborne to back campaigners for lower fuel prices in this month's Budget. Read
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Exports stoke up recovery
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
STRONG exports are underpinning a manufacturing revival on Teesside, new data has shown. Read
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Offshore joy for Hartlepool firm Heerema
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
HARTLEPOOL'S Heerema has clinched a North Sea offshore contract which will create almost 200 jobs at the peak of construction - and secure jobs at the site until next year. Read
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Teesside businesses to talk about Olympic contracts
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
TEESSIDE businesses targeting contracts at the 2012 Olympics are meeting to talk about their strategies. Read
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Free business coaching event
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
THE Journal is offering ten readers an exclusive free taster session with an innovative business coaching organisation that has just come to north east England for the first time. Read
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Masterchef contestant opens bakery in Sunderland
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
THE PA who impressed the judges on BBC’s Masterchef is about to expand the cake business she runs in her spare time. Read
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North East firms set to lead in turbine repairs
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
FIRMS across the North East will be helped to become the UK's leading wind turbine maintenance experts. Read
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Washington-based Tanfield in line for share of £32m
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
MANUFACTURER Tanfield looks set to be in line for a significant investment after the US company which bought half its electric vehicles revealed plans to raise £32.6m. Read
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Green energy is big business in apprentice deal
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
THE Government is to fund the training of 1,000 "Green Deal" apprentices to install energy-saving measures in homes and businesses. Read
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Coca-Cola's £5m boost for ECO Plastics
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
GLOBAL drinks' giant Coca-Cola has agreed to invest £5m and enter into a 10-year supplier agreement with a North East company at the forefront of the recycling industry which will help to nearly double its revenues. Read
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Helping young people to have a bigger say
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
THE regional arm of enterprise education charity Young Enterprise has been merged into the national organisation. Read
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Meet the women behind Teesside firm Miss Plumb
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
VERINA Horner has a plumb job - on any given day you can find the 38-year-old Middlesbrough mum doing everything from servicing boilers to fixing leaky pipes. Read
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Teesside companies invited to contract briefing
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
TEESSIDE companies are being invited to a briefing about potential contract opportunities for the planned Hub development in Redcar. Read
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North East businesses must innovate to grow
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
NORTH-East businesses must innovate if they want to grow, according to a leading expert in forecasting and innovation. Read
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Saltburn company hoping to win new business at event
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
A SALTBURN business is hoping to use its creative licence to win new business when it attends the region's largest business-to-business event today. Read
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Barclays: Three earned more than Bob Diamond
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
BARCLAYS has fuelled anger over bankers' pay after it emerged three senior staff topped the £6.75m earned by boss Bob Diamond last year. Read
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New bid to take over port company Forth Ports
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
BRITAI'’S only listed ports company, Forth Ports, was the subject of a new takeover proposal valuing the Tilbury docks owner at around £750m. Read
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Bad weather fails to dent profitability of Stagecoach
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
STAGECOACH has said the severe weather which crippled parts of the UK transport network in December had failed to derail its performance. Read
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Rolls-Royce in talks over engine maker
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
ROLLS-ROYCE and car giant Daimler have confirmed they are working on a joint plan to buy a leading maker of engines for ships and trains. Read
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Lights are starting to shine bright on Teesside
Mar 08 2011 | Business News
SSI's historic takeover of Teesside Cast Products has re-ignited local steelmaking, boosted business confidence and sent the Gazette's Teesometer rocketing skywards. Jez Davison reports. Read
