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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

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

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

Mike Matthews of Stockton-based Nifco UK

Nifco UK on track for record year

CAR parts supplier Nifco UK is on track to beat its record sales year.Read

Ingleby Barwick dental lab joins 'British Bite Mark' campaign

AN Ingleby Barwick dental laboratory has become one of the first in the country to join the 'British Bite Mark' campaign.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

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

Stockton disposal firm set to expand in other areas

ECO-FRIENDLY disposal company Innov8 Disposal is targeting high-profile clients after expanding its workforce in Stockton.Read

Stockton firm Brulines rebrands as Vianet

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

NIFCO MD Mike Matthews

Nifco UK boss Mike Matthews started as an apprentice

HE'S the boss of Teesside's Company of the Year, a £30m turnover car parts manufacturer which has just moved into a new £8.5m factory. But how did our nebusiness cover star Mike Matthews get his first foot on the career ladder?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

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

Stockton woman finds work thanks to Shaw Trust

A DYSLEXIC woman from Stockton who had given up hope of getting a job has found work thanks to a disability charity.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

Ramsdens Pawnbrokers

Ramsdens passes £50m mark

THE annual turnover of the UK's largest independent pawnbroker, which is based in Middlesbrough, has passed the £50m mark for the first time.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

Ramsdens

Pawnbroker Ramsdens hits £54m revenue

PAWNBROKER Ramsdens has seen its revenues jump by more than half to £54m over the last year as demand grows for quick no-strings loans.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

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

Manheim Auctions Middlesbrough site to close

MANHEIM is to close its Middlesbrough vehicle auction centre following a review of its infrastructure.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

Gary Lumby on board at Erimus Insurance Brokers

A TEESSIDE business has welcomed a new non-executive director to its team as it starts a new era under a new name.Read

Durham Tees Valley Training recruit new staff

A DRIVER training firm has powered ahead with its plans to expand by recruiting three new staff members since launching eight months ago.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

Katmex Holdings Limited is celebrating acquisition

A FAST-GROWING engineering business which has seen staff numbers double since a management buy-in last year has acquired a Seaham-based company.Read

Brulines set to grow despite posting slump in profits

DATA monitoring firm Brulines says it is well positioned for growth despite posting a slump in profits in its half year results.Read

Steel parts supplier in deal to buy engineering firm

THE parent company of steel part supplier Katmex Limited has completed a deal to buy Seaham’s Geoffrey Maskell Engineering.Read

Prestige Group steps into save care centre

THE future of a Middlesbrough care centre threatened by the collapse of Southern Cross has been secured by a Teesside company which is owned by a football club chairman.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

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

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

Cosyseal Insulation lands first major national project

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

Onyx cash boost will fuel acquisitions

FAST-GROWING data management company Onyx has received a £42m cash injection to fund a series of acquisitions.Read

Fast-growing Onyx makes the list yet again

NATIONAL technology provider Onyx has been recognised as one the fastest growing companies in the country.Read

Durham Tees Valley Airport boss says airport can take off

Steve Gill, who took on the role of director of Durham Tees Valley Airport and Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster earlier this month, said: “There is a market and there is a demand and I am absolutely determined to fulfil that demand.Read

Steve Gill director of Durham Tees Valley Airport

Durham Tees Valley Airport director pledges to turn around the fortunes of site

THE new director of Durham Tees Valley Airport has pledged to turn around the fortunes of the site.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

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