SALES at recruitment firm NRG (Northern Recruitment Group) are expected to come in £1m below previous expectations after the business saw a fall in temporary recruitment income.
Read
AROUND 30 taxi owner-drivers are celebrating a cash windfall believed to be at least £20,000 each after selling their company to one of Tyneside’s major operators.
Read
OIL has remained in the headlines. The brief strike at the Grangemouth refinery raised the spectre of nationwide petrol shortages, and created queues at the pumps and an unwelcome sense of déjà vu.
Read
THE region’s dynamism and innovation was applauded by Lord Digby Jones when he visited three North East companies in his role as Minister for Trade and Investment.
Read
WORK is set to start later this month on construction of the North East’s largest wind farm, after property and energy firm Banks Developments secured £30m of finance for the project.
Read
RISING fuel and commodity prices have been cited as a key reason for a 41% rise in the number of regional firms going bust in the last three months.
Read
FAST growing pharmaceuticals business Specials Clinical Manufacturing has signed up for a strategic alliance with one of the most innovative companies in its field.
Read
REAL estate group Hammerson has painted a gloomy picture of its UK market after revealing further falls in property values and an easing in City of London rents as banks cut staff numbers because of the credit crunch.
Read
I’VE been reading about Gaps for Grumpies. The ethos suits me down to the ground. It’s a volunteering and holiday package from which the under-40s and Peter Stringfellow wannabees are banned.
Read
WORK is set to start by the summer on a £50m import centre as supermarket giant Tesco today confirmed it would be taking over the site on the Tees.
Read
A PATERNITY testing firm is looking to take on more staff after becoming the first in the North East to be approved by the Ministry of Justice to carry out parentage tests.
Read
THE banks behind the lending boom which came to a spectacular end last summer are now hindering the recovery of the financial system by being too cautious, the Bank of England has warned.
Read