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NECC leads way as apprenticeships increase

FIGURES released by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills show a huge rise in regional apprenticeships over the past year.Read

Ocado in red

The boom in internet shopping failed to stop online grocer Ocado slipping back into the red.Read

SSI flag flying at the Redcar steelworks

Blast furnace stoves lit at Redcar's SSI steel plant

BOSSES at the SSI steel plant in Redcar say the 'finishing line is now in sight' after four massive stoves were lit in preparation for restarting the blast furnace.Read

If We Can, You Can Challenge 2012 set to launch on Teesside

A SEARCH has started to find the North-East's most promising new entrepreneur.Read

New social media contracts boost for Fifteen Digital

ONLINE marketing firm Fifteen Digital has landed several new clients in the hospitality sector after launching a new social media training and support service.Read

MC Ware punches well above its weight

FAST-GROWING MC Ware Group has more than doubled turnover following a string of lucrative contract wins.Read

Slaters Electricals finishes work on SSI plant

A NORTH-EAST electrical engineering firm has finished installing the vital power distribution plant needed to power the rebuild of the blast furnace at the SSI site.Read

Latimer Hinks Solicitors staff celebrate success

NATALIE Palmer and Gillian Ibbotson of the Private Client Team at Latimer Hinks Solicitors in Darlington are celebrating their success after passing their Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) examinations.Read

Niven Architects appoints new associate

AN architectural technician has been appointed an associate of one the region’s leading practices.Read

Paladin Capital is looking to help North East

A YOUNG property investment company doing big business in hard times is looking north for fresh opportunities.Read

Turnover and losses both up for Filtronic

MOBILE technology firm Filtronic increased turnover but its losses also rose in the six months to the end of November.Read

FMB says Government must make construction a priority

THE Government must make construction a priority, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), the largest trade association in the construction industry, in response to the latest GDP figures released by the ONS, which show that construction and manufacturing have dragged the economy back into negative growth.Read

Teesside students' chance for business nous

A NEW type of designer shop has opened its doors for the first time on Teesside allowing creative minds to hone their business skills.Read

Manheim Auctions Middlesbrough site to close

MANHEIM is to close its Middlesbrough vehicle auction centre following a review of its infrastructure.Read

Fifteen Digital works with Desperate Scousewives star

A TEESSIDE digital firm has been enlisted by one of the nation's rising reality TV stars to ensure that a 'desperate scousewife' gets more than her fifteen minutes of fame.Read

GVA appointed at Asda project in Wynyard

A NORTH-EAST firm has been appointed consultant on a multi-million pound distribution warehouse project for supermarket giant Asda at Wynyard.Read

Investment boost for printing partnership MTPrint

A LONG-ESTABLISHED north east printing firm has kicked off a new era by bringing £175,000 of new investment into the business to help support its future development plans.Read

Efforts to financially restructure Petroplus

EFFORTS are being made to financially restructure the beleaguered Swiss company Petroplus, which has put its Teesside oil storage site into administration along with other parts of its UK business.Read

Row over RBS bonus

A £963,000 bonus for the boss of a taxpayer-funded bank has been attacked as “out of touch” by Labour.Read

'Slug catcher' vessel

£450m gas project moving forward on Teesside

A £450m project to bring new gas supplies to the UK has moved forward on Teesside.Read

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