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Training's the answer to recruitment problems

THE Road Haulage industry is intensely competitive, with every business doing its best to keep existing customers and to attract new business. That new business, however, is likely to mean a loss of business for a competitor, so it has never been more important to ensure that the service offered is better in some way than the competition. Read

Family firm succeeds by diversifying

WHAT have the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, the pop band Genesis, and a model of a football stadium got in common? Answer – they have all been taken to their destinations by David Fox Transport. Read

Hutchinson ethos based on service and commitment

THE Hutchinson Group of Companies was founded by Bruce Hutchinson in October 2000. The concept of the group is to provide a high service level and commitment to quality providing complementary services to assist businesses across the globe involved in the logistics of liquid, gas, powder and granular products. Read

A.V. Dawson multi-modal hub distribution...

Ask A.V. Dawson if they can meet a tight deadline, for animportant customer, with a difficult load and the answer will be ‘yes of course, but whatmore can we do for you’. Read

National haulier chooses Teesport for reasons of efficiency

Hanbury Davies, known nationally for its high levels of service in container haulage and distribution, has recently opened a new depot in Teesport. The reason for this is clear - to reduce road mileage by serving northern and Scottish towns and cities from Teesport rather than from southern ports such as Felixstowe or Southampton. Read

TEESSIDE-BASED firm AlphaGraphics North-East says it is investing £4m in new technology and creating more jobs. The Stockton-based company, which also has sites at Redcar, Durham, Sunderland and Newcastle, said it has already added seven new staff to its North-east workforce of 86 and hopes to recruit another 20 over the next two years.

CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer Alistair Darling met leaders of the UK’s four biggest business organisations, including John Wright, the Teesside-based national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, to discuss their concerns over planned changes to capital gains tax. The North East Chamber of Commerce has said small firms in the region face an 80% tax rise due to the Chancellor’s efforts to close a loophole on private equity. Read

Costigan tells of £4m impact on AlphaGraphics North-East

“This investment and restructure is set to make a huge impact on our business and on our clients” Read

Small business, but a big reward for efforts

WHEN RS Industrial Services started out five years ago, the Haverton Hill-based company concentrated its efforts on selling, repairing and refurbishing cranes and lifting equipment. Read

Four build their new future

HOUSING Hartlepool is helping build the skills of young people by taking on four apprentices. Read

Psyche facts

Psyche bills itself as the lifestyle destination in the North-east. The department store offers everything from designer label clothes and tailoring for men, women and children to art, homewares and even a 4D baby scanning unit. Read

Psyche owner celebrates 25 years in the fashion industry

WHEN he opened his first clothes store in Redcar in the heat of the new wave 80s, Steve Cochrane never imagined what it would become. Read

A MAN WITH A PLAN

LINTHORPE Road South is a corner of Middlesbrough that’s been totally transformed in recent years. Read

Search goes on

OUR search for the best in business in the region continues today as we profile the Export category of the Tees Valley Business Awards, organised by the Evening Gazette and it sister paper The Journal on Tyneside. We meet last year’s winner - Cleveland Cascades - and give you all the information you need to enter. Read

NT Whitfield Transport Ltd - The Logistics partner you can rely on

The movement of goods from one part of the country to another can be a stressful activity at the best of times. With so many issues to consider and time so often of the essence, it’s vitally important that one thinks carefully about their road haulage partner. Read