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Castlegate Shopping Centre undergoes £1.5m refurb

THE Castlegate Shopping Centre is undergoing a £1.5m refurbishment, which will see the central Market Hall increase its size from 5,000sq ft to 8,000sq ft.Read

Endeavour Partnership appoint solicitor Nicola Howarth

TEESSIDE law firm Endeavour Partnership has appointed solicitor Nicola Howarth, pictured, to join its commercial property team.Read

Dancing celebs boost Additional Lengths hair company

A HAIR extensions company has gone to great lengths to supply luscious locks to some of the country’s best-known TV celebrities.Read

MJN Colston close Gateshead and Thornaby offices

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

Future of Petroplus is on the table

THE administrators running the UK interests of collapsed Swiss oil refiner Petroplus, including its site on Teesside, have issued their restructuring plans to the company’s creditors.Read

420 jobs at risk as MJN Colston folds

TEESSIDE building services firm MJN Colston has been put into administration, putting 420 staff nationwide at risk.Read

Dickinson Dees supports Attends Healthcare with £80m sale

LAW firm Dickinson Dees has acted for the management of Attends Healthcare, an international manufacturer and supplier of adult incontinence care products in Europe, on its 180m sale to Canadian based Domtar Corporation.Read

Endeavour Partnership to help struggling firms

TEESSIDE law firm Endeavour Partnership has created a specialist corporate recovery and insolvency team to advise insolvency practitioners and businesses affected by the downturn.Read

Terrace Hill supermaket deal will create 250 jobs in Sedgefield

AROUND 250 permanent jobs will be created at a new supermarket due to open at Easter next year.Read

Terrace Hill supermarket deal to create 250 jobs

PROPERTY developer Terrace Hill has signed up to build a new Sainsbury’s supermarket in County Durham, which will create around 250 jobs.Read

Petroplus oil storage business

Petroplus administration puts Teesside jobs at risk

SIXTY jobs are at risk at the Petroplus oil storage business on Teesside which has gone into administration, along with other UK sites owned by the Swiss company.Read

Tees Valley Unlimited launches search for projects that promote growth

TEES Valley Unlimited has launched a search for development projects which could win cash backing from the Government.Read

M&S revamp hailed as vote of confidence in Teesside Shopping Park

RETAIL giant Marks and Spencer has unveiled a £2.5m expansion at its Teesside Shopping Park store, which has created 50 jobs.Read

Teesside water sports centre generates electricity

ENGINEERS and architects have worked together on an innovative new scheme to which not only transformed a North East white water sports centre so it works all year round, but generates electricity. John Hill reports.Read

Cosyseal Insulation lands first major national project

A FAMILY-RUN Teesside insulation firm has just landed its first major national project .Read

Ikon Science set to fund lectureship at Durham University

GLOBAL geoscience firm Ikon Science is funding a lectureship at Durham University which aims to provide added insight into oil and gas exploration.Read

Stockton High Street

Pride of place in Stockton high street space

AN INFLUX of businesses are establishing themselves in Stockton town centre.Read

Stockton casino is set to create 100 new jobs

AROUND 100 jobs are being created on Teesside at an £8m casino which Rank Group aims to open this year.Read

Success in store for property developer Terrace Hill

PROPERTY developer Terrace Hill is continuing to make progress in the foodstore sector after exchanging contracts to acquire a development site in Sedgefield.Read

Property firm Terrace Hill posts earnings of £7m

A STRONG performance from its London investments and ongoing success in supermarket development has seen property firm Terrace Hill post a strong set of results for the first half of the year.Read

Profits grow at property developer Terrace Hill Group

PROPERTY developer Terrace Hill Group has seen its profits grow in six months which has it moving ahead with its large North East portfolio.Read

Talks over Tata Steel Teesside job cuts

MP Ian Swales has held an emergency meeting with Employment Minister Chris Grayling to demand support for steelworkers facing redundancy on TeessideRead

Teesside company px group acquires SCL

AN expanding Teesside group that provides services to the energy and process sectors has acquired a nearby consulting engineering firm to build business in the Middle East.Read

Five Lamps sets up shop in Billingham

A CHARITY aiming to help more people into self-employment has opened a new office on Teesside.Read

Teesside Urgent Care lease Crutes House

TEESSIDE Urgent Care (TUC) has leased the 4,093sqft ground floor suite in Crutes House, Teesdale Park, Stockton, on a new 10-year lease.Read

Trailer-Lift aims to grow sales with new product

A FLEDGLING Teesside company is seeking investment as it aims to grow its turnover to £3m-plus in the next three years with a unique product aimed at the export market.Read

Philip Tucker elected to be chair of Five Lamps

PHILIP Tucker has been elected to be chair of Five Lamps, the Thornaby-based social enterprise.Read

An artists impression Hartlepool Marina - site of the Jomast Trincomalee Wharf site

Jomast Group poised to start building again

ONE of the region's wealthiest real estate developers is poised to start building again after putting a raft of projects on hold during the property market crash.Read

Teesside electronics plant given £1m cash injection

A FORMER electronics plant has been transformed as part of a £1m refurbishment project to provide new premises for a fast-growing manufacturing business.Read

Cotswold Manufacturing looking to grow turnover

A COMPANY that makes door units and internal screens is looking to grow its turnover from around £3m to £10m over the next five years after moving to a larger factory.Read

First-aider launches new business venture

FIRST-AIDER Steve Tait is taking the pain out of health and safety by offering round-the-clock training to businesses.Read

Teesside expansion hope to attract major firm

PLANNING permission has been granted for a new warehouse building on Teesside with developers hoping to secure a major logistics company as tenant.Read

Union bid to save Armstrong Floor Products jobs

UNION chiefs were today meeting to discuss the future of a beleaguered Teesside flooring factory, where 163 jobs are under threat.Read

Armstrong World Industries factory

Armstrong World Industries plans Teesside factory closure

US flooring giant Armstrong World Industries has plans to close its Teesside factory, which employs 163 people.Read

Terrace Hill's on the up in profit boost

A DEVELOPER working on Middlesbrough's multi-million pound Middlehaven scheme has bounced into the black as it revealed its interim results today.Read

Orders still have regeneration role

DICKINSON Dees, which has an office in Stockton, has published a groundbreaking report commissioned by The Northern Way, a partnership between three northern Regional Development Agencies, on the use of compulsory purchase orders by local authorities over the last seven years.Read

Breathing new life into stores

TWO former Woolworths stores on Teesside are to get a fresh lease of life after securing new tenants.Read

A ship loading system designed by Cleveland Cascades

Engineering company's blockbusting new deal

THE North African port immortalised on the silver screen by Bogart and Bergman has proved the source of a blockbusting £1.5m deal for an engineering firm.Read

Law firm praised over designer clothing website

DICKINSON Dees law firm has been praised for its “high-quality advice and unrivalled personal service” by the company behind a pioneering fashion website.Read

Consolation prize eases misfortune

THE Terrace Hill Group has responded to the disappointment of losing a pre-let at a prestigious Tyneside site by signing an agreement for 38,500sq ft on Teesside.Read

Toys Direct getting bigger playroom

A FAMILY run toy company has moved into bigger premises for the second time to accommodate its growing business.Read

Takeover for Stockton estate agency Snail Homes

A TAKEOVER deal has breathed new life into an ailing Stockton estate agency business, although hopes of a quick recovery of the housing market were dampened again yesterday.Read

Elliott will lead dedicated technology team

ONE of the region’s best-known solicitors in the field of Intellectual Property (IP) and technology law is joining Crutes to lead a new team.Read

Firms warm to wood power

By Environment Correspondent KELLEY PRICERead

We’re raising a toast to successful century

THREE long-standing Tees Valley businesses joined more than 30 companies commemorating a century of success in the region.Read

New Asda store set to open at Teesside Park

SUPERMARKET giant Asda is about to open the doors on its first new format ‘Living’ store in the Tees Valley.Read

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