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Maltby problem to hit Hargreaves Services 2013 profits

GEOLOGICAL problems at Maltby Colliery are set to hit Hargreaves Services' 2013 profits to the tune of between £12m and £16m.Read

Newcastle Lloyds Bank team help fund mine contract

INDUSTRIAL services group Hargreaves has started extracting coal on the site of one of the world’s oldest deep mines helped by a £21.5m funding package from the Newcastle team at Lloyds Bank.Read

Learning Curve training company doubles turnover

TRAINING company Learning Curve says it has doubled its turnover in the 12 months, and expects to clear £10m this year.Read

Inov-8

Inov-8 running shoe brand takes on the world

THE company which makes shoes for some of the world's best athletes has landed a £12m investment it hopes will help it hike worldwide sales by 50% this year.Read

Banks Group secures £21.9m funding for wind farm

THE renewables arm of Banks Group has secured £21.9m in bank funding to build a wind farm in Yorkshire.Read

Banks Group growing its wind farms

NORTH East mining and renewable company the Banks Group is looking to grow its portfolio of onshore wind farms, despite recording a £1.5m fall in earnings.Read

Hargreaves starts coal shipments from Tower Colliery

Coal is being delivered from Tower Colliery in the Rhondda Valley in Wales to Aberthow Power Station, with which it has a three-year supply contract.Read

Coal shipments start from Hargreaves Services' Tower Colliery

SHIPMENTS of coal from Hargreaves Services’ Tower Colliery site have started ahead of schedule.Read

C2M (UK) wins funding for building material made from rubbish

AN innovative North East company has won more than £670,000 investment to roll out production of a green building material it has developed which it hopes will revolutionise the construction industry.Read

OneGym opens in Bishop Auckland

TWO brothers have won £60,000 investment to roll out a business operating "no frills" gyms in the North East.Read

Morgan appointed to board of Hargreaves Services

CHARTERED accountant David William Morgan has been appointed to the board of Hargreaves Services.Read

Carlton & Co rethink strategy in response to changes

A PROPERTY company started by two brothers is aiming to kick-start work on regeneration schemes around the region by attracting backing from major investors.Read

Hargreaves looks to open surface mines in North East

ENERGY services group Hargreaves is aiming to open three new surface mines in the North East after finally getting its Welsh opencast project off the ground.Read

Hargreaves signs Welsh power deal

ENERGY support services group Hargreaves has signed a deal with a Welsh power station to sell all the coal from its Tower Colliery project for at least the next three years.Read

Fresh blood for G Gardiner and Son as it plans to grow

A WEARDALE business which has been in the same hands for two and a half centuries has brought in fresh blood as part of its plans to grow.Read

Hall Hill Farm

Hall Hill Farm gears up to reopen after winter break

AWARD-WINNING farm visitor attraction Hall Hill Farm is gearing up to reopen after the winter break with a baby alpaca among the new arrivals.Read

John Warren ABP has plans for expansion

A FALLEN stock and animal waste collection company is expanding out of its County Durham heartland into North Yorkshire and Lancashire.Read

Housing company Livin get the keys to DurhamGate

A SOCIAL housing company has become the latest business to move into a flagship County Durham business park.Read

Help Training Courses to invest in course providers

TRAINING course innovation Help TrainingCourses.com has boosted its balance with a £55,000 investment, which it will use to swell its growing roster of course providers.Read

NECC launches its skills policy report

A FEW simple skills reforms would give an economic boost to the region. That is the message from the North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC) which today launches its skills policy report, Bridging the Gap.Read

200 jobs saved as Astrum (UK) is bought

A TANK track manufacturer with more than 200 staff has been bought out by its former owner after it was hit by the Government’s defence spending cuts.Read

Low-carbon move pays off for construction firm CA Group

A CONSTRUCTION firm is rebuilding its business with new green technology and taking on more workers after winning a string of high-profile contracts.Read

Ann Darlington of Hall Hill Farm

Hall Hill Farm harvests another award

A COUNTY Durham farm centre has won a regional tourism award as it marks its 30th year in business.Read

Tallent Automotive Ltd creates 100 temporary jobs

A CAR parts supplier is creating 100 temporary jobs at its County Durham factory - just weeks after adding 141 staff to its books.Read

First tenant takes up residence at Moor Chambers

MOOR Chambers - Durham City's latest office development - has welcomed its first tenant. Online marketplace company uBrands Limited is the first business to move into the scheme in Framwellgate Moor.Read

Hargreaves Services

Hargreaves Services aims to tap Asian markets

ENERGY support business Hargreaves Services is investing £1m to establish a foothold in the lucrative Asian market and is aiming to expand further into Europe, where its revenues have rocketed.Read

Rushlift

Major deal for North forklift truck firm Rushlift

A FORKLIFT truck company has signed one of the biggest deals in its sector which will be worth around £100m over the next decade.Read

Confident Hargreaves unveils strong results

TRANSPORT, mining and services company Hargreaves Services said revenues and profits both jumped by 20% in a year of "significant achievement" for the group.Read

Bonds Foundry wins £4m contract from MoD

A NORTH East iron foundry has been awarded a multi-million pound contract from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) which it hopes will lead to more jobs.Read

David Coulson, founding partner at Broadley and Coulson

North East farmland prices hit record high

FARMLAND prices in the North East reached a record high during the first half of the year as growing demand outstripped supply.Read

Downturn impacts on Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Company

A MARINE insurance firm has seen a significant fall in profits after pulling out of a number of markets in Central America and making only moderate increases to its written premiums.Read

Hargreaves gets Tower Colliery green light

ENERGY support group Hargreaves Services has finally received the go-ahead to develop an opencast mining venture in South Wales after 18 months of delays.Read

Hargreaves Services wins colliery contract

NORTH EAST energy support group Hargreaves Services has won the management contract for a South Yorkshire colliery, which has just been bought out of administration by a Dutch bank.Read

New working practices boost production at Hargreaves Services

ENERGY support group Hargreaves Services, which runs collieries and cokeworks, says new working practices are boosting production.Read

Interesting new faces at Durham Convention

THERE were some interesting new faces in the crowd at the celebrations of 25 years of the MBA at Durham Business School.Read

Tracy Playle of Picklejar Communications speaking at the Durham Convention at Durham University Business School

Durham Business School MBA celebrates 25 years

AN EXPLORER, a pudding entrepreneur and a television presenter led a celebration of a quarter century of Durham Business School.Read

Subsea North East exhibition set to take place

SUBSEA North East, the regional industry advocacy organisation, is offering supply chain companies the opportunity to shout about their products and services.Read

David Armstrong

Pair secure certificate in dry-stone walling

THE art of dry-stone walling is alive and well in the North Pennines, where two men have hit an important milestone of their own.Read

Star speakers to talk at Durham Business School convention

DURHAM Business School has lined up a series of inspirational speakers for its annual convention as it marks 25 years of the school’s MBA programme.Read

Jon Dunn

Couple create local pasty for County Durham restaurant launch

A CAFE has created its own pasty - a North East version of the Cornish pasty - to mark the opening of its new restaurant.Read

Apex Wiring Solutions wins London hospital contract

DURHAM-based Apex Wiring Solutions has won a £9m contract to supply a new electrical wiring system to a London hospital.Read

Wind turbine

Will incentives get alternative green power off the ground on North East farms?

BILLED as one of the most environmentally-friendly methods of alternative energy generation, anaerobic digestion (AD) hasn’t yet taken off in the region like it has in other parts of Europe.Read

Bishop Auckland space brought on to the market

FIVE floors of prime office space have been brought on to the commercial property market in a County Durham building named after a nearby Roman fort.Read

Barnaby the Alpaca

Boys name Barnaby the baby alpaca

A YOUNG alpaca at a County Durham farm visitor centre has a new name thanks to a competition run through social networking site Facebook.Read

Infoserve job cuts as profits fall away

E-MARKETING firm Infoserve has said it will cut 10 jobs in Darlington from its 170-strong workforce.Read

Hargreaves Services aiming to win Asian business

ENERGY support group Hargreaves Services said it is aiming to win its first business in the Asian market as it reported a strong set of interim results.Read

Profits boost for Hargreaves Services

HIGHER coal and coke prices helped County Durham's Hargreaves Services to push up sales and profits.Read

Hall Hill Farm wins top tourist award - again

A COUNTY Durham farm has won a second top award for its success as a tourist attraction.Read

Infoserve announce jobs losses

THE FUTURE of more than 100 Teesside staff has been plunged into doubt after e-marketing firm Infoserve announced it was cutting costs and scaling down its business.Read

Premier Waste Management returns to profit

A WASTE collection company owned by the taxpayer has returned to profits after managing to strip over £1m from its administrative costs.Read

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