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Harland Corporation co-founder uses talents to aid charity

ONE of the North East's most successful young entrepreneurs has been asked to bring some new ideas to one of the region's biggest charities.Read

David Hall of Smart Procurement Ltd

Smart Procurement aims to help retailers cut costs

A NEW concept in procurement has been launched which aims to help motor retailers cut their costs.Read

Prima Cheese

Seaham firm Prima Cheese breaks into Middle East market

A NORTH East company which processes Belgian cheese and sells it to restaurants and takeaways across Britain is looking to increase its sales 20% after breaking into the Middle East market.Read

Final phase of units completed at Admiral Point

THE last industrial units at Jomast's Admiral Point development in County Durham have been completed, marking the end of a multi million pound construction programme on the site.Read

Cumbrian Seafoods

600 jobs secured as Cumbrian Seafoods is sold

THE immediate future of hundreds of North East fish industry jobs looked secure last night after Cumbrian Seafoods was sold to frozen fish giant Young's Seafood.Read

Lickety Split presented with top award at Ramside Hall

RETRO-STYLE ice-cream parlour Lickety Split was named the SME Business of the Year at the Celebration of Enterprise Awards organised by the East Durham Business Service (EDBS).Read

Business & Enterprise Group lands manufacturing conference

BUSINESS & Enterprise Group has won a contract to run a big manufacturing conference in Scotland which it says will help to spread its reputation further across the UK.Read

Harland Corporation's sales keep growing

A FIRM which sells hair extensions from its North East base to women around the world has nearly doubled its sales in the last year.Read

Seaham Hall Hotel in County Durham

Seaham Hall Hotel asking price slashed to £5m

THE price tag on one of the region's most luxurious hotels has been slashed by 60% just six months after it was put on the market.Read

Cumbrian Seafoods fishing for potential new buyers

SEAFOOD supplier Cumbrian Seafoods has said it is assessing "significant" interest from potential buyers after deciding to explore options for the business.Read

Innovative Software Direct is bought out of administration

A TELECOMS company in County Durham has been bought out of administration and the jobs of its staff have been saved.Read

Second major contract is great news for BEG

A NORTH East business support group has won its second major Government contract in as many months, which it expects to safeguard jobs as it prepares for the loss of a large contract.Read

US rocker brings success to Harland Corporation

WHAT sort of weird fashion craze has teenagers lurking around fly fishing shops? You won't be surprised to learn that our tale starts with a celebrity. But it keeps going from there; sweeping across the USA before eventually settling in an industrial estate in Seaham.Read

Seaham Hall Hotel retains it five AA red star rating

ONE of the North East's most luxurious hotels has been awarded a special honour given to few venues outside London.Read

1,000 jobs planned for North East blackspot area

PLANS to create up to 1,000 jobs in a North East unemployment blackspot could finally be given the go-ahead next month.Read

Alastair MacColl

North East business support company expanding

AN organisation that offers business advice and support to North East companies is expanding its reach by buying a national business development firm.Read

Vicky Gleghorn

Seaham mum launches fashion business

A SINGLE mother has proved she is the mistress of multi-tasking by launching her own business while juggling full-time education, part-time employment and family life.Read

Nigel Suggett

Dentist goes it alone ... with a little family help

THE new owner of a County Durham dental practice is keeping it in the family - from purchase to staffing.Read

Seaham hair company bids to increase overseas sales

A COMPANY which sells hair has bought the rights to a web domain name for £30,000 it hopes will increase its overseas sales.Read

Dalton Park

Out-of-town retailers bucking economic trend with sales rise

DALTON Park is leading the way for the region's factory outlets, say our North East property experts.Read

Darren Williams

Durham hair firm extending into overseas markets

HAIR X-Tensions co-founder Darren Williams has said that his firm may be on the verge of an international deal with a leading US retail brand.Read

Seaham Hall Hotel event that's strictly for the ladies

A GROUP of North East business women have joined forces to launch a charity ball which is strictly for the ladies.Read

Staff at The Fin Machine Company take pay cut

STAFF at The Fin Machine Company have agreed to take a 10% salary cut to enable the Seaham firm to weather a slump without axing jobs.Read

Alastair MacColl

A successful year for Business Link in the North East

BUSINESS Link says it has beaten its targets in helping firms in the North East to grow and create more than 5,500 jobs over the last year.Read

Craig Billingham MD of Fin Machine Company, Seaham

The Fin Machine Company eyeing £44m turnover target

A GROUND-BREAKING technology developed in the North East will help double turnover to £44m within four years at a privately-owned manufacturing company.Read

Jobs boost at retro American diner in Seaham

A FORMER contact centre worker who gave up her job to concentrate on opening her dream business after recovering from breast cancer is taking on extra staff to cope with the North East’s demand for retro America.Read

Dalton Park

Dalton Park shopping centre expansion unveiled

THE owner of the region's largest factory outlet shopping centre has ditched plans to sell it and is set to embark on a £30m expansion.Read

Durham based seafood firm offloads division

COUNTY Durham-based chilled seafood manufacturer Cumbrian Seafoods has sold on its Grants smoked salmon business to a firm in the US in order to concentrate on its core supermarket customers. The firm, which sold the Cumbrian business to the Miami- based The MacKnight Food Group for an undisclosed sum, is looking to boost its direct sales to supermarkets by moving away from its wholesale activities – which represents 80% of Grants’ contracts.Read

Restoration firm’s order book defying recession

A BUILDING and restoration company has exceeded its turnover targets by £1m and is now looking to enter the lucrative market of council framework agreements.Read

Innovative measures to stimulate market

A DESIRE to avoid empty property taxes and boost activity is seeing developers come up with an increasing number of imaginative packages – including rent-free periods and try before you buy incentives – to kick-start the market.Read

Speculative development in Seaham

DEVELOPERS Jomast are pressing ahead with one of the few speculative developments in the region with the creation of a new business park at Dawdon, County Durham.Read

Dalton Park bucks trend

A COUNTY Durham retail park says it is beating the recession with the opening of three new stores this year.Read

Keith and Lynn Glendenning

Recession couple turn to man's best friend

THE owners of a double glazing businesses have turned to their love of dogs to help them beat the recession.Read

60 jobs go at Fin as orders 'fall off cliff'

A DRAMATIC downturn in orders at a car radiator company which saw monthly orders plummet from £2m to £50,000 has led to 60 redundancies.Read

Drilling company beating slump with £1.5m deals

A DRILLING company has secured new contracts worth £1.5m which will help boost staff numbers and annual turnover. Read

Collectables opens 11th store

NORTH East giftware chain Collectables has acquired another new outlet, its second in four months, to bring its tally to 11 stores in the region.Read

Ex-Seaham Hall owners refocus their work

THE former owners of Seaham Hall say they are taking a step back from the world of high class hotels and refocusing their attention on their spa and restaurant businesses.Read

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