ELECTRIC vehicle component-maker Sevcon has handed a £25,000 tuition fee lifeline to a Northumbria University student ... along with a guaranteed job on graduation.Read
AN ambitious recruitment firm has revealed plans to reach a target turnover of £20m within five years after expanding its services with help from investment cash.
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A SOFA company is looking to sell one of its most iconic product lines to China and open a trendy London store as it targets sales in excess of £1m in 2013.
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IT started in the Channel Islands 200 years ago today - now it prints bank notes for around 150 countries worldwide and employs 450 people at its biggest UK bank note factory in Gateshead.
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SECURITY company Protector Group is on the verge of a major expansion after former Metropolitan and Northumbria Police chief Lord Stevens took a controlling interest in the firm.Read
RETRO football top maker The Old-Fashioned Football Shirt Company (Toffs) has added a certain je ne sais quoi to its shirts following Newcastle United's January splurge on French players.Read
THE founder of a successful North East workplace training provider received support from RMT Accountants and Ward Hadaway law firm in finding the right buyer for her business.Read
A DIGITAL marketing firm is on course to double its workforce since moving into bigger premises after securing £200,000 via The Journal's Let's Grow campaign.Read
VERTU Motors has become the UK's biggest Honda dealer after buying three more dealerships from Springfield Cars. The Gateshead-based business is paying £3.7m for the trade and assets of the dealerships in Newcastle, Sunderland and Durham.Read
BANK note printer De La Rue yesterday promised further investment and more jobs at its Gateshead plant as it unveiled a rise in half-year turnover and profits.
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A SECURITY firm is bouncing back from the recession after making significant inroads into major sporting and entertainment venues around the world.Read
ELECTRIC and hybrid vehicle specialist Sevcon hopes its crucial role in the development of Renault's new electric city car will create further inroads into the rechargeable vehicle market.Read
A NORTH EAST care provider is recruiting 200 staff this year after moving into new regions and picking up new contracts left behind by cuts in the public and private sectors.Read
OIL field products manufacturer NOV Mission Products UK has reported an increase in turnover of more than £10m in 2011, but that profit is down by a similar amount.Read
BANKNOTE printer De La Rue today reported a strong rise in revenues and operating profits and said it is on target break through the £100m operating profits target in 2013/14.Read
RETRO football top maker The Old-Fashioned Football Shirt Company (TOFFS) has signed two major licensing deals and is looking at the Japanese market in what is proving to be a busy year.Read
THE BOSS of rapidly expanding Vertu Motors says his experience of the current market throws doubt on the official statistics that the UK has entered a double-dip recession.Read
FAST-GROWING car dealership group Vertu is creating 19 jobs at its support centre in Gateshead to handle sales enquiries from customers nationwide.Read