TAG Energy Solutions has recruited its first apprentices since the completion of its multi-million pound offshore wind turbine facility in Billingham.Read
A NEW alternative energy company has won major backing from UK Steel Enterprise to roll out anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in the North East and Cumbria.Read
SOFTWARE and services firm Datum360 is setting up a two-year partnership with Teesside University to develop a versatile management system for the oil and gas industry.Read
THE derelict former headquarters of chemical giant ICI is finally set to be demolished. Stockton Council said the end of Billingham House was imminent after the Court of Appeal dismissed a legal challenge which has delayed its plans to demolish the derelict buildings.Read
WELDING and manufacturing specialists, QA Weld Tech, have laid the foundations for further growth after investing more than half a million pounds in their Middlesbrough factory.Read
STEELMAKING has resumed at one of the UK's biggest plants after its blast furnace was finally re-lit, sparking a resurgence in the North East economy.Read
LONG-ESTABLISHED local commercial property agency Dodds Brown has been appointed to help promote The Wilton Centre as a unique location for office-based businesses.Read
MIDDLESBROUGH Football Club fell to a loss of almost £14m after relegation from the Premier League, and the club is receiving around £1m a month in support from chairman Steve Gibson's company.Read
THE creator of software which helps managers keep tight control of sales staff has landed the top prize in awards for the North East’s best export idea.Read
ADMINISTRATORS have announced that the North East offices run by Teesside-based firm MJN Colston have been closed after a buyer failed to emerge for the entire building services business.Read
A NUMBER of Year 10 design technology pupils at a local college have been putting their skills to the test, in a challenge which has helped towards their GCSE studies.Read
A FIRM created to help oil and gas companies manage projects is hoping to double its workforce in the next year after landing a £500,000 investment.Read
It’s just a few days since the internationally-renowned Animex Festival wrapped up on Teesside, and director Chris Williams is already planning for 2012. John Hill talks to him about the role of the festival in educating and inspiring people from the region and beyond.Read
WHETHER building the fast-growing Teesside engineering group Wilton from scratch or giving up his time for charity, Bill Scott maintains a remorseless pace, as Tom Rowley discovers.Read
COULD your business make the leap to Thailand, Vietnam or Indonesia? Firms are being encouraged to think about potential markets in Asia this month at two events run by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI).Read
THE in-administration Petroplus refinery in Essex has reportedly attracted interest from dozens of potential buyers, which could be good news for its sister site on Teesside.Read
WORKERS at the Petroplus oil storage site on Teesside, which went into administration last week, are hoping finance can be secured so it can continue operating.Read
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
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
UP to 250 jobs will be created in the North East after engineering group Wilton won a multi-million pound fabrication contract from global energy giant ConocoPhillips.Read