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Property, Houses for Sale, Estate Agent

Gentoo Genie offers homes with no mortgage

PEOPLE anxious to step on to the housing ladder will get a chance to buy one of 60 new homes in the North East from today, without the need for a deposit or a mortgage.Read

Gentoo partners with Gateshead College for solar panel training

GATESHEAD College has won a new contract from social housing provider Gentoo to train its electrical contractors in the installation and connection of special solar-powered roof panels.Read

Sunderland based 2Touch hoping to create 300 jobs

A NORTH East contact centre operator hopes to create around 300 jobs over the next two years after picking up a raft of lucrative contracts and strengthening its e-commerce sales.Read

Stuart Gray, Managing Director, 2Touch

Stuart Gray, Managing Director, 2Touch

CALL centres are one of the North East's biggest industries despite the rise in overseas outsourcing.Read

Arriva reports good progress in markets across Europe

TRAIN and bus company Arriva has reported good progress in markets across Europe in a year in which the Sunderland company was taken over by German firm Deutsche Bahn.Read

Long-term planning makes Gentoo stand out

IN the latest of our series taking a closer look at some of the companies who made it into the Journal Top 200 we catch up with Sunderland-based housing company Gentoo. Journal deputy business editor Peter McCusker and Paul Woolston, senior partner of Top 200 sponsors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) talk to its chief executive, Peter Walls.Read

Pitbull Studios work on new circus game project

NEW Sunderland games company Pitbull Studios is developing a circus game which will help its client fine-tune a next generation motion controller.Read

Arriva takeover deal is complete

GERMAN transport operator Deutsche Bahn has completed its acquisition of bus and train operator Arriva.Read

Arriva takeover is not running to schedule

THE takeover of North East transport giant Arriva has been delayed but both parties are confident it will go ahead.Read

Productivity project for MAS North East

NORTH EAST skills in lean manufacturing techniques are being showcased across Europe under a new initiative.Read

Marc and Alex Gordon of Network North

Sunderland networking firm creates Networking Bingo

BRINGING the bingo concept to business people who are struggling to break the ice is a winning line for a Sunderland networking firm.Read

Gentoo maintains turnover as reservations pick up

PROPERTY developer and construction firm Gentoo has maintained its £140m turnover after reporting a pick up in reservations for its new homes.Read

Software firm 4Projects continues with recruitment drive

SUNDERLAND software company 4Projects has added nine people to its workforce since the turn of the year, and hopes to have another 10 on board by the end of the year.Read

Metro operator in Arriva takeover link

THE German company due to start operating the Metro next month is being linked with a possible multi-million pound takeover bid for Sunderland public transport giant Arriva.Read

Go Global

Sunderland company 4Projects reaching out to the world

A PROJECT management software firm has extended its global reach by setting up offices in the Middle East and the US and is now hoping to grow its sales after expanding into new markets.Read

Arriva bus

Arriva aim for growth in Europe markets

EUROPEAN expansion will drive Arriva's growth in the next 12 months, and the ambitious public transport group hopes to announce more contract wins in the next few months.Read

Sean O'Connor

Sunderland firm in line for £110m turnover

A NORTH East company taking advantage of the growing green energy market is aiming for a £110m turnover in only its third year of trading.Read

North East students plug in to Eastern knowledge

EXPERTS from One North East have been working with the next generation of industrial leaders to find out about lean manufacturing.Read

Royal recognition for transport giant Arriva

TRANSPORT giant Arriva yesterday received official royal recognition for the huge growth of its overseas business.Read

4Projects expands into South American market

A SOFTWARE firm has revealed plans to expand into the vast South American market as it looks to service oil and gas giants in Brazil, Columbia and Venezuela.Read

An Arriva Train

Transport firm Arriva overtakes Nissan to be the best

TRANSPORT company Arriva is today back at the top of the list of the North East's Top 250 companies, which celebrated the biggest and best businesses in the region.Read

Brake on rail travel to hit Arriva

TRANSPORT group Arriva has warned that slackening growth at its CrossCountry rail franchise will affect first-half results.Read

Arriva may seek Government aid in two years' time

BUS and rail operator Arriva has said its UK CrossCountry rail franchise may need Government support in two years’ time, due to slower revenues.Read

Worried savers make work for 2Touch call centres

CALL centre operator 2Touch is looking to add 250 jobs to its Sunderland workforce of more than 750 over the next three months as it expands to deal with a rise in calls to its clients in the financial services sector.Read

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