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
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
COUNTY Durham waste firm Premier Waste Management is expanding its services out of its native North East to Yorkshire, and also has plans to enter the Midlands market.Read
THE region's largest independent waste management firm has launched a three month project in partnership with Newcastle College to ensure designers of the future become environmentally aware of their products.Read
THE new president of the region's biggest business organisation yesterday launched an attack on the public sector, accusing it of being a case of "the tail wagging the dog".Read
ONE of our early adverts for Netpark described it as the place where you can work with the brightest minds in the business of science. And the best brains in the science of business.Read
AS County Durham draws nearer to the launch of the new unitary authority in April 2009, the North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC) has seen a reinvigorated Durham committee. Members in the county have been called to action to help support the new authority bed in.Read
AS THE TUC predicted today that unemployment would rise by at least 30,000 nationally, a new report has given every indication that the region is sliding inexorably towards recession.Read
AS THE TUC predicted today that unemployment would rise by at least 30,000 nationally, a new report has given every indication that the region is sliding inexorably towards recession.Read
NORTH EAST business leaders have welcomed the Government’s £37bn cash injection into the banking system, hailing it as a “watershed day” for the financial markets and the region.Read
RISING costs and disappearing customers are putting the thumbscrews on small businesses that are struggling to cope as the economic crisis tightens its grip.Read