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Jan 31 2008
THE two brothers who founded Paramount Windows have completed two deals to buy the assets of collapsed rivals Budget and Pennine in their bid to be the region’s “big player”....
Jan 31 2008
A DOWNTURN in the betting market is being blamed for a planned refinancing and restructuring of County Durham bookmaker Neville Porter....
Jan 31 2008
BANK note manufacturer De La Rue has reported that its operations are ‘bang on the money’ in following exactly what the company promised the City for the financial year....
Jan 31 2008
SPENNYMOOR will be known to many as the home of Bobby Shafto but it is now developing a different reputation after a raft of recent job losses....
Jan 31 2008
SINCE the beginning of the 2002/03 financial year, One NorthEast has made grant support offers to 112 companies in County Durham valued at a total of £28.2m....
Jan 31 2008
1980s Courtaulds closes with the loss of 2,000 jobs...
Jan 31 2008
LIFE and pensions giant Standard Life has reported a 20% drop in fourth- quarter UK sales as market volatility hit the group’s domestic business....
Jan 31 2008
MANUFACTURER Black and Decker has revealed plans to cut 169 jobs at its North-East factory to save nearly a third of its labour costs....
Jan 31 2008
THE North-East has lost 58,000 manufacturing jobs since the turn of the century and now employs around 140,000 people in this sector....
Jan 31 2008
By Alan Hall, director of manufacturers organisation EEF Northern...
Jan 31 2008
Top of the climbers was credit information group Experian which jumped over 5.75% to close 23.5p up at 432.5p....
Jan 31 2008
RETAILER Premier Direct announced that it has successfully raised around £1.3m from the market through a share placing....
Jan 31 2008
MERVYN King has been handed a second five-year term as Governor of the Bank of England....
