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National reports and local North East business news. en-gb nebusiness.co.uk http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/17/investment-and-jobs-for-teesside-engineering-51140-21357241/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/17/investment-and-jobs-for-teesside-engineering-51140-21357241/ TEESSIDE'S engineering capability is set to attract major inward investment; TECHCONSULT UK has clinched a £100,00 contract; THE FUTURE OF six Somerfield stores on Teesside is in the balance. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/17/new-tees-firms-500-jobs-boost-51140-21357547/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/17/new-tees-firms-500-jobs-boost-51140-21357547/ TEESSIDE’S engineering capability is set to attract major inward investment from two international companies, creating up to 480 jobs and hundreds more across the local supply chain. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/17/170m-of-grants-on-offer-51140-21357548/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/17/170m-of-grants-on-offer-51140-21357548/ A £170m honeypot of grants ringfenced for the hard-pressed construction industry could go unused on Teesside if local builders follow last year’s trend and fail to apply. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/17/a-brain-drain-reversal-51140-21357549/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/17/a-brain-drain-reversal-51140-21357549/ TECHCONSULT UK has clinched a £100,000 contract to supply up to 50 skilled offshore workers to Darlington sub-sea specialist CTC Marine Projects Ltd - which climbed 56 places to 117th in this year’s Top 250 North-east companies. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/17/teesside-companies-climb-top-250-ladder-51140-21357550/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/17/teesside-companies-climb-top-250-ladder-51140-21357550/ THE TOP 250 companies in the North-east region are employing more people and turning over more cash, according to an independent annual review by the Durham Business School. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/17/co-opsecure-somerfield-51140-21357551/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/17/co-opsecure-somerfield-51140-21357551/ SUPERMARKET chain the Co-operative Group, which has 16 outlets on Teesside, agreed a £1.56bn takeover of rival Somerfield today. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/16/work-needed-on-recycling-chain-51140-21350384/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/16/work-needed-on-recycling-chain-51140-21350384/ THE UK’s only producer of virgin and recycled blended polyethylene terephthalate - the basis for the ubiquitous PET packaging used for millions of food products - says the country’s recycling system is failing the industry. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/16/plans-for-our-club-unveiled-51140-21350385/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/16/plans-for-our-club-unveiled-51140-21350385/ THE Gazette and its sister title on Tyneside, the Journal, are today unveiling plans for a new club for members of the business community in the North-east. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/16/sabic-confirms-closure-of-two-sites-51140-21350386/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/16/sabic-confirms-closure-of-two-sites-51140-21350386/ CHEMICAL giant SABIC has announced plans to close two sites on Teesside which employ about 180 staff. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/16/newvisionto-deliver-jobs-51140-21350387/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/16/newvisionto-deliver-jobs-51140-21350387/ GROUNDBREAKING plans to boost economic development in Teesside, upgrade the area’s transport infrastructure and create thousands of jobs have been unveiled. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/16/aker-to-expand-base-51140-21350388/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/16/aker-to-expand-base-51140-21350388/ ENGINEERING company Aker Solutions is expanding its base on Teesside. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/15/helping-smes-adopt-green-habits-51140-21339087/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/15/helping-smes-adopt-green-habits-51140-21339087/ SMALL BUSINESSES on Teesside are in danger of falling into a green vacuum as bosses struggle to find the time, money and support to draw up and implement environmental policies. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/15/manufacturers-fight-back-51140-21341950/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/15/manufacturers-fight-back-51140-21341950/ NEW RESEARCH has revealed Teesside manufacturers are a shining light in deepening economic gloom, which has seen the biggest annual factory gate price rise for more than 20 years. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/15/protection-call-from-cameron-51140-21341951/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/15/protection-call-from-cameron-51140-21341951/ US-style bankruptcy protection should be introduced for companies at risk of being destroyed by the credit crunch, David Cameron was due to argue today. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/15/brown-loses-small-business-voters-51140-21341952/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/15/brown-loses-small-business-voters-51140-21341952/ DESPITE Teesside’s solid manufacturing performance, if an election was called tomorrow, Gordon Brown wouldn’t win the small business vote. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/15/darchem-gets-off-to-a-flier-51140-21341954/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/15/darchem-gets-off-to-a-flier-51140-21341954/ A BOOMING order book for European planemaking company Airbus is also boosting business in the Tees Valley. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/14/amec-named-as-part-of-winning-consortium-51140-21335721/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:47:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/14/amec-named-as-part-of-winning-consortium-51140-21335721/ AMEC has been named as part of the winning consortium to decommission Sellafield; THE DEPARTMENT for Business move to quash claims that a list of nuclear power stations has been drawn up; SENIOR GOVERNMENT minister extends helping hand to Teesside's biofuels industries. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/14/power-station-list-claims-are-denied-51140-21336273/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/14/power-station-list-claims-are-denied-51140-21336273/ THE DEPARTMENT for Business moved today to quash claims that a list of sites for new nuclear power stations, including Hartlepool, had been drawn up by ministers. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/14/report-shows-demand-for-change-in-careers-51140-21336274/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/14/report-shows-demand-for-change-in-careers-51140-21336274/ THOUSANDS of people are looking to radically change their career and follow a path into plumbing, a report has shown today. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/14/winners-day-at-the-palace-51140-21336275/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/gazette-business-news/2008/07/14/winners-day-at-the-palace-51140-21336275/ TWO Tees Valley firms have a date with the Queen today.