An engineering chief claims Teeside bucks national manufacturing trend; Demand for renewable energy sees increase in staff at Swepco; Eighty jobs due to be created at Hartlepool dock.
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ACCELERATING demand for small-scale renewable energy installations has driven a five-fold increase in turnover and doubled staff in only 12 months at Billingham-based AAG Swepco, which said it would see sales of almost £7m this year.
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AN ENGINEERING chief claimed Teesside was bucking the trend of a national survey, which painted the bleakest picture for manufacturing in seven years.
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JDR Cables, which manufactures cable systems for the oil, gas and windfarm industry, is to be based at the deep water berth at Hartlepool Dock. The 100,000sq ft manufacturing operation will be created by conversion of an existing warehouse facility at the site.
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THE strongest hint yet that the delayed Gallagher Report into sustainable biofuels could derail Gordon Brown’s plans to increase green energy at the pumps, came with a slip by shadow agriculture spokesman James Paice this week.
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Teesside's digital media champions welcome think-tank report; Financial specialist calls for government help in housing market; White knight pledges to clean up digital and multi-media image.
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NORTH-east entrepreneurs are more likely to drink wine than beer, love the local countryside, and would rather get behind the wheel of a Bentley than worry about their carbon emissions.
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A Middlesbrough steelwork specialist has secured two multi-million pound deals; A Darlington engineering firm has been hit by a downturn in foreign construction markets; A fledgling Marske sales consultancy has landed a £2m contract.
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HOUSEBUILDER Taylor Wimpey, which has base in Stockton, has announced it is to close a third of its 39 offices, with the loss of 900 jobs, as it struggles to survive the property downturn.
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A FLEDGLING Marske sales consultancy has landed a £2m contract with one of the world’s largest energy companies only six months after starting out.
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THE HEADS of three leading Teesside trucking companies were due to take their place in Westminster today as thousands of hauliers lobbied MPs against rising fuel prices.
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