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Chief claims Teesside bucks national manufacturing trend

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. Read

Greener ways drive growth

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. Read

Manufacturing ‘is not all gloom and doom’

AN ENGINEERING chief claimed Teesside was bucking the trend of a national survey, which painted the bleakest picture for manufacturing in seven years. Read

The right side of the law

A NORTH EAST event is set to help Teesside business bosses keep up to date with employment law. Read

TEES Valley’s offshore sector has been bolstered by news of another global specialist setting up in the region, creating 80 jobs.

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. Read

Booming sector

Recent investments in the oil and gas sector on Teesside include: Read

Trouble in store?

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. Read

Digital media champions welcome report

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. Read

Goonlineto cutredtape

IT’S not all doom and gloom in Teesside’s housing market. Read

Strategy key to progress

TEESSIDE's digital media champions have welcomed a university think-tank report, which urges greater support for the sector. Read

Entrepreneurs stay positive

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. Read

Fuel protest worthwhile

THE boss of a top Tees Valley trucking company said she was upbeat after the massive fuel protest by hauliers in central London. Read

Teesside housebuilding crisis worsens

BELEAGUERED housebuilders revealed the economic downturn has stifled construction on developments across Teesside. Read

A digital crusade

A SELF-APPOINTED white knight of the digital and multi-media industry has vowed to clean up what he claims is its high-cost to low-value image. Read

Steelwork specialist secures two £2m deals

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. Read

900 jobs set to go as downturn continues

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. Read

Contract coup for company

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. Read

Truck bosses to meet MPs

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. Read

Reduced demand to blame for losses

ENGINEERING giant Cummins has blamed a downturn in construction markets for axing one tenth of its Darlington workforce. Read

Positive margins for Northgate

“CHALLENGING economic conditions” have slowed growth at vehicle rental firm Northgate, which announced annual results today. Read