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Caterpillar Stockton doubles up on apprenticeships

ONE of the world’s leading construction businesses has shown its support for the future of manufacturing in the North East by adding two new apprentices to its 400-strong team.Read

Strategy pays off for Stockton firm Vianet

THE strategy to reduce costs and drive sales of new products is paying off for data monitoring company Vianet, which predicts profits 25% higher than a year ago.Read

Vianet Group expects £4m profit

DATA monitoring business Vianet Group - rebranded earlier this month from Brulines - says it is on course to report annual profit of around £4m.Read

M Media & Design keen to enter sporting fray

DESIGN agency M Media & Design is keen to add more clients in the sports sector after whetting its appetite with a schools rugby tournament.Read

Stockton firm Brulines rebrands as Vianet

DATA monitoring company Brulines has changed its name to the Vianet Group plc.Read

Brulines fuel monitoring deal extended with chain

PUBS to petrol station data company Brulines has signed a 'significant' five-year extension to its contract with supermarket chain Morrison's fuel forecourts.Read

Brulines signs Morrisons fuel monitoring deal

DATA monitoring business Brulines has signed a five-year deal with Morrisons Supermarkets petrol stations.Read

Design and media team merges with website outfit

THE team at Teesside’s M Media and Design has been doubled following its merger with web firm Property Webmasters.Read

Caterpillar boss vows to triple his apprentices

ONE of the region's biggest manufacturers has vowed to more than triple the number of apprentices is takes on each year as it prepares to take part in a major event aimed at tackling the North East's looming skills gap.Read

Temp-Team turnover up by £1m

FAST-GROWING recruitment firm Temp-Team has swelled annual turnover by £1m after finding new jobs for 3,000 people.Read

Stockton-based Brulines shrugs off profits fall

DATA monitoring group Brulines says it has all the pieces of the jigsaw to get where it wants to be after its recent growth spurt.Read

Odyssey Systems boss criticises BT ruling on file-sharing sites

ODYSSEY Systems, the Tees Valley based business-to-business communications provider, has labelled a high court judge’s ruling a “complete waste of valuable resources”.Read

Opus Park in Stockton is close to full capacity

CHARTERED surveyors Sanderson Weatherall LLP, is reporting a duo of deals at Opus Park in Stockton, Teesside.Read

Brulines signs deal with Enterprise Inns

DATA monitoring company Brulines has signed a long term deal with Enterprise Inns to take its flagship iDraught system into a further 500 pubs.Read

Stockton firm Brulines signs new pub co deal

DATA monitoring company Brulines has signed a long term agreement with a major pub group to use its beer monitoring system.Read

Brulines chief executive, James Dickson

New addition for Stockton firm Brulines

DATA monitoring specialist Brulines has bought a vending machine software specialist to add to its growing stable of businesses.Read

Telecoms boss Mike Odysseas has bullish outlook at work

TELECOMS boss Mike Odysseas had been dodging bulls for a few days in Spain when he picked up the phone to me in Newcastle. But after a few hours of fleeing pain in the Pamplona bull run, the Teesside entrepreneur was used to firing up his computer and getting back to work.Read

Brulines gets the nod for name change

STOCKTON data capture company Brulines has been given the green light to change its name.Read

Stockton firm Power Tech on course to triple turnover

AN electrical installation firm is on course to triple turnover following a surge in business.Read

Brulines logo

Spending spree, but Brulines profits crash

DATA monitoring specialist Brulines has seen a fall in profits despite boosting revenues by more than a fifth.Read

Stockton based Brulines plans name change

DATA monitoring group Brulines is planning to change its name to Vianet.Read

Cornerstone Business Solutions success continues

STOCKTON-based Cornerstone Business Solutions has grown by 65% in the last year - 15% more than was predicted in September last year.Read

Pub firm buys into CBio's toilet cleaning technology

A BACTERIA-BASED solution to smelly toilets will be found in bars across the UK, thanks to a Teesside biotechnology company.Read

Revamp at Makro in Stockton creates new jobs

A £2.2m REVAMP at Stockton’s Makro has created eight new jobs.Read

Investment and new jobs at Makro

A £2.2m revamp at Stockton's Makro has created eight new jobs.Read

Sunny inspiration for Stockton firm

IT'S funny how some business ideas begin. For Paul Halligan he knew it was time for a change when his head turned red.Read

Fridge success prompts business growth at CBio

ENVIRONMENTAL biotechnology firm CBio is hoping to build on the success of its product designed to stop gel build-up in fridges, by developing a product for air-conditioning systems.Read

Pearson's had debts of more than £1.1m

A MARKETING and recruitment business which went into administration late last year with the loss of almost 40 jobs had debts of more than £1.1m, it has emerged.Read

Chilling increase in claims for Teesside businesses

SNOW damage insurance claims are literally going through the roof for Teesside businesses.Read

Rok Building Ltd

Jobs lost at Rok after administrators called in

ADMINISTRATOR PricewaterhouseCoopers has revealed that 711 jobs have been lost at construction firm Rok. Ninety-one workers on Teesside face weeks of uncertainty after the axe fell.Read

Workers fearful after Rok goes into administration

MORE than 150 construction workers in the North East are worried for their jobs after one of the industry’s biggest companies went into administration.Read

Future in doubt for Rok staff

MORE than 90 Teesside workers are left facing an uncertain future as administrators are announced for a major building company.Read

Rok Building Ltd

Building firm Rok goes into administration

A NATIONAL building company which employs around 200 people at Stockton, has gone into administration today.Read

Stockton firm sets its sights on £3.5m turnover

A STOCKTON-based business technology solutions company which has more than doubled in size and won a number of awards in its first two years has now set its sights on a £3.5m turnover by 2012.Read

Makro Teesside store to be given revamp

CASH and carry wholesaler Makro has announced its Teesside store will be among the next in line for a revamp.Read

Managing director of CBio, Ben Hoskyns

Cleveland Biotech aims to shake up art of cleaning

CLEVELAND Biotech has contributed strains of bacteria to a product that uses a different approach to cleaning. Television ad breaks are peppered with scary stories about the deadly bacteria that lurk in the kitchen.Read

Mark Skirving and Gavin Hatton (front)

Teesside marketing firm looks to expand

A TEESSIDE marketing firm is flexing its muscles following a £25,000 contract to carry out branding activities for an international event.Read

Energy firm is powering ahead in business boom

AN oil and gas inspection firm is planning to create a new division after beating its own five-year growth targets in just 18 months.Read

Public fund gives boost to company

INCREASED public sector spending will push Stockton building services firm LJJ closer to a £30m turnover target this financial year.Read

Major project for MCE Group

MCE Group, the Stockton-on-Tees- based engineering specialist, has completed a major project on behalf of Total for three massive offshore generators for a new Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO).Read

Builder’s campaign aims to save jobs

A BUILDER this week held a campaign in the centre of Newcastle calling on the Government to safeguard around 250,000 jobs in the UK by reducing the cost of private repair and maintenance work.Read

Rok’s foundations grow

TEES Valley building and maintenance company Rok has launched a new business stream following a clutch of acquisitions.Read

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