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A&P Group's Tyneside workforce to convert 'hotel' ships

GLOBAL oil and gas company Talisman Energy has turned to A&P Group's Tyneside workforce to turn two new vessels into "floating hotels".Read

Expansion plan helping Tharsus to land deals

ENGINEERING company Tharsus is to expand into another Blyth facility and see its revenues rise by around 60% in the next year.Read

Tedco backs the boom in home-based businesses

PROFESSIONAL space is being created for the increasing number of North East craft-based enterprises being run from home.Read

Restaurant Design Associates have recipe for success

A FAMILY firm which designs kitchens for canteens, offices, schools and hotels nationwide has seen its revenues grow by more than half over the last year.Read

A&P shipyard contract could be hit by BAE Systems review

A MULTIMILLION-POUND contract to make part of an aircraft carrier on Tyneside could be affected as BAE Systems reviews its UK operations, it has been claimed.Read

The Longship pub in Hebburn set to close for makeover

A LANDMARK pub, the Longship, will call last orders next month as it undergoes a £200,000 makeover.Read

Sunfest Solar set to create 60 jobs on Tyneside

AN Indian businessman who pioneered renewable energy technology in Asia is to create 60 jobs on Tyneside with the launch of a £5m-a-year solar panel manufacturing plant.Read

Nichol Associates wins £70,000 investment

A SUCCESSFUL asbestos management firm is eyeing bigger and better contracts right across the UK after investing in new equipment and expanding the range of services it provides.Read

Coalfields' Regeneration Trust digs deep to help

UNEMPLOYED young people in former coalfield areas will get help to find work from a £700,000 scheme.Read

Hippo Baby Care business launched on Tyneside

AFTER moving to the North East from her native Poland, Joanna Bursztynska-Haber started a college course to improve her English.Read

A&P Tyne in Hebburn

A&P Tyne lose out as shipyard work moves south

A CHUNK of a contract that would have provided nine months of work for a North East shipyard has been moved to the South Coast.Read

A&P Tyne completes second order for Subsea 7

THE A&P Tyne shipyard has completed its second order this year for Subsea 7 - one of the world's leading subsea engineering and construction companies.Read

HM Plant in Hebburn

Cost control is key to profit rise at HM Plant

A HEAVY plant supplier has boosted profits in the face of falling revenues and a beleaguered construction industry by keeping a tight rein on costs.Read

Andy Preston with Chris Pearson

Rents cut by Tyneside offices owner

THE new owner of some prime Tyneside offices is slashing rents in a bid to achieve early lettings in a difficult market place.Read

A&P Tyne completes work on aircraft carrier order

THE last working shipyard on the Tyne has completed its part in building Britain’s biggest warship ahead of schedule.Read

Tracy Harrison

Scootsafe storage unit set for mass manufacture

AN entrepreneur with an idea to improve the storage and safety of mobility scooters has brought her scheme to fruition with support from engineering company Tharsus.Read

Will Blackstone bid for Northern Rock?

AN American private equity group which has been criticised for its ownership of care company Southern Cross is now considering a £1bn bid for nationalised lender Northern Rock, it has been reported.Read

Northern Rock

Northern Rock put up for sale by George Osborne

NORTHERN Rock was last night put up for sale by Chancellor George Osborne.Read

Plea to Osborne as Northern Rock sale prepared

THE North East’s long-term interests must be considered in any sale of Northern Rock, says the MP whose constituency is home to the bank’s headquarters.Read

Photographer puts expansion in focus

A PHOTOGRAPHER has moved into a bigger studio after shrugging off the recession and trebling the size of her business premises to cope with demand.Read

Northern Rock

Yorkshire calls for Northern Rock re-mutualisation

THE campaign to turn Northern Rock back into a building society has stepped up a gear.Read

Tharsus boss encourages support for Let's Grow campaign

A NORTH East business that successfully secured funding to expand by taking a consortium approach is encouraging others to do the same. Karen Dent reports on Tharsus's experience and why the company is backing The Journal's Let's Grow campaign.Read

Northern Rock could help to shake up banking

MINISTERS were yesterday urged to consider using Northern Rock as the base for a new "challenger bank" to spark a competition revolution in high street banking.Read

Green makeover for enterprise agency Tedco

A SOUTH Tyneside enterprise agency is aiming to attract more small business tenants by giving its facilities a green revamp.Read

Debbie Caygill who runs Musical Minis

Chester-le-Street mum nominated for three awards

A MUMPRENEUR who was so impressed after taking her daughter to a musical group that she bought the franchise has now been nominated for three awards for her work.Read

Apprentices at HarperCo group

Apprentices get their chance at HarperCo group

A SOUTH Tyneside training and business improvement group which has backed apprenticeship schemes in other companies for years is now taking on its own apprentices.Read

Northern Rock

Northern Rock announces £232.4m loss

NORTHERN Rock today announced it was £232.4m in the red but said it cut its losses during the second half of the year.Read

A&P Tyne in Hebburn

New owner for A&P Tyne shipyard

TYNESIDE shipyard A&P Tyne has its second new owner in the space of 18 months after being bought by a North West consortium which includes directors of a previous operator Cammell Laird.Read

eaga

Eaga staff's anger over missing option of pay out

A GROUP of staff at Tyneside environmental services group Eaga have complained they were never given a chance to break up an employee trust and get a payout if it is taken over in a £306.5m deal.Read

Tharsus Engineering Ltd

Tharsus recovers after being hit by fall in orders

AN engineering and manufacturing company has recovered after being hit by a fall in orders in the defence, transport and communications sectors, resulting in the loss of 50 jobs.Read

Restaurant Design Associates doubles its workforce

A RESTAURANT and cafe installation company has doubled its workforce since moving to new premises and is now looking to grow its sales after picking up a number of public sector contracts.Read

Eaga

Eaga income and profits plummet

INCOME and profits are down at Warm Zone company Eaga, which said before Christmas that it plans to make up to 700 people redundant.Read

Northern Rock takes first step to private sector

NORTHERN Rock is set to start meeting with advisers next week as it continues with the early stages of its plan to return to the private sector.Read

South Tyneside base to be firm's ideal HQ

TRAINING company Harper Co has signed up to 4,420sqft of high-specification office space at Merchant Court in Monkton Business Park, South Tyneside, for its new headquarters.Read

Poll backs mutual future for Northern Rock

NORTHERN Rock should be turned back into a building society rather than be sold on, an exclusive opinion poll has revealed.Read

HM Plant manages growth despite a tough year

CONSTRUCTION vehicles company HM Plant says it has managed to grow both its turnover and profits despite a tough year in the building sector, but remains cautious over impending Government spending cuts.Read

Northern Rock withdraws £99 mortgage fee

NEWCASTLE-BASED bank Northern Rock has been forced to withdraw its £99 mortgage application fee due to a technical problem, it emerged last night.Read

Turnover quadruples for Restaurant Design Associates

A RESTAURANT and cafe installation company has quadrupled its turnover and landed a contract with one of the UK’s biggest coffee shop chains.Read

Narec in advanced talks on wind turbine tests

RENEWABLE energy organisation Narec is hoping its Clothier Laboratories site will soon be putting wind turbine blades through their paces in South Tyneside.Read

A&P Tyne in Hebburn

Carrier deal saves jobs at A&P Tyne

HUNDREDS of jobs have been safeguarded at a Tyneside shipyard looking to make a name for itself in Asia.Read

Marine firm C&D Group wins contract for £50m

A JARROW production facility has won a £50m contract to supply ducting systems for a new class of aircraft carriers.Read

Doug Scott

North East super seven celebrating Queen's Award accolade

SEVEN North East businesses and three individuals are today unveiled as the regional winners of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise 2010 - the UK's most prestigious business accolade.Read

Tedco boss Doug Scott honoured by The Queen

ENTERPRISE agency boss Doug Scott has been honoured by The Queen.Read

Complete Fabrication Services on the move

A FLEDGLING steel manufacturing business which has increased its turnover almost tenfold over the past five years is looking to continue its expansion after moving to a bigger factory.Read

Jarrow cleaning company has high hopes of wiping out the opposition

A WINDOW cleaning company hopes to more than triple turnover after picking up a number of large contracts and is now looking to become a fully fledged facilities management business.Read

TV winner boosts Tyneside property firm

A YOUNG entrepreneur has turned his life around and more than quadrupled the size of his property business over night after a successful contestant in a television game show added 800 properties to his portfolio.Read

A&P Tyne in Hebburn

A&P Tyne win huge aircraft carrier contract

A £55m contract to build parts of two new aircraft carriers has gone to a North East shipbuilding firm.Read

A&P Tyne in Hebburn

Five year deal for Tyneside shipbuilder

TYNESIDE shipbuilder A&P Tyne has landed a £55m deal to build two sections of the country's future flagship vessels, the HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.Read

Northern Rock

Northern Rock to stay in the North East

NORTHERN Rock bosses have promised the company's North East roots - its "heart and lungs" - will not be put at risk by plans to split up the bank.Read

Northern Rock

Northern Rock will be split, but stay in North East

THE sale of Northern Rock will be kick-started today with Brussels approving its split into a "good" and "bad" bank. Read

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