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De La Rue chases £100m target

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

Motor dealer Richard Hardie sees profits slump

MOTOR dealer Richard Hardie has seen its profits fall back from over £33,000 to just over £3,000 as a challenging year for new and used car sales took its toll.Read

Future is bright for Newcastle firm Low Carbon Lighting

A LIGHTING company is well on its way to achieving more than £2m in sales after securing an order from a money printing firm.Read

Northern Film & Media chief Tom Harvey steps down

THE man who has championed the North East film industry for the past decade has stepped down as chief executive of Northern Film & Media.Read

Newcastle firm Cravens opens office in Dubai

CREATIVE agency Cravens has set up an office in Dubai after sealing a deal with a fashion watch retailer.Read

Newcastle firm eWowBooks launches new iPad app

A FORMER Bafta-winning feature film producer is hoping to encourage publishers to try making their own interactive e-books after releasing her own creation on the App Store.Read

Pyeroy adds new member to its senior management team

INDUSTRIAL services firm Pyeroy has added a new member to its senior management team.Read

Former Alcan worker launches Aspin Digital TV Solutions

A FORMER Alcan worker who left behind the TV and aerial installation business to work for the industrial giant has gone back to his roots to open his own business.Read

Pearson Engineering owner uses cash to help young engineers

A NORTH East entrepreneur has donated £250,000 to establish a scholarship to encourage pupils in the region to take up engineering.Read

Godfrey Worsdale, Director, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

Godfrey Worsdale has been head of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art since 2008 - its fourth director since the opening 10 years ago. For a while, it seemed the role came with some form of ancient curse that couldn't be shaken.Read

New apprentices to start in Siemens's Newcastle base

AT least 36 apprentices will start work in Siemens’s Newcastle base in September as part of a UK recruitment drive.Read

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

Region’s successes belie gloomy national picture

THE North East's businesses have been told not to lose heart at the news of the UK's fall into recession.Read

Banknote security firm's 'disappointing' 12 months

ANTI-COUNTERFEITING specialist OpSec Security has plunged into the red after a difficult 12 months of lower sales to international governments, and costs associated with a bid to take over the company.Read

'Disappointing' year for OpSec Security

ANTI-COUNTERFEITING specialist OpSec Security fell in to a pre-tax loss as revenues dipped during what the company said was a "disappointing" year.Read

Digital start-up accelerator Ignite100 returning to Newcastle

EUROPE'S first £1m digital start-up accelerator is returning to Newcastle in early September.Read

Top line-up for Thinking Digital conference at The Sage

NORTH East ideas conference Thinking Digital has built up a weighty line-up of speakers on its final day.Read

Photon Fire moves into an expanding energy sector

ELECTRONICS design house Photon Fire is expanding into the energy industry.Read

Ignite100 ready to set imaginations buzzing again

Following the success of the first programme last year, the ignite100 digital start-up accelerator is back for a second round. John Hill finds out what the people backing the programme hope it can achieve for the region.Read

Software firm Ground Six has potential to go global

SOFTWARE developer Ground Six is enabling businesses to track quotes and converted sales with its first app product.Read

Licensing deals for retro footy shirt firm TOFFS

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

e-Therapeutics promises a 'year of delivery'

DRUG discovery and development company e-Therapeutics says 2012 is a "year of delivery" as it prepares to begin clinical trials on its first promising drugs.Read

Zytronic sees profits grow by 68%

BROKERS have increased their full-year profits forecasts for Zytronic after the touchscreen specialist unveiled an impressive set of interim figures.Read

Jones Lang LaSalle helps to site Nissan supplier SNOP

REAL estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle played an important role in helping a French supplier to Nissan to expand its UK operation.Read

Demand for office space in Newcastle rises

DEMAND for office space in Newcastle city centre picked up in the first quarter of the year, and there’s also been a rise in people signing up for homes in the city.Read

Travel Bureau and Kuoni teaming up for travel venture

A NORTH East firm has joined forces with one of the world’s leading travel companies to offer customers first-class experience in travel and luxury services.Read

Muckle plays role in Kenton School conversion

LAW firm Muckle LLP has played a central role in converting the North East’s biggest school into an academy.Read

Itmsoil MBO advised by Ward Hadaway

LAW firm Ward Hadaway has acted as adviser for a multi-million-pound management buy-out deal of an international geotechnics group.Read

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Zytronic profits leap by almost 70%

SPECIALIST touchscreen technology manufacturer Zytronic has boosted profits by almost 70% in the first half of the year.Read

Gibside Estate stables provide homes for creative businesses

AN historic estate is proving to be the ideal new home for creative businesses on Tyneside.Read

Oil firm PII reduces losses as sales dip

OIL and gas maintenance technology company PII has managed to reduce its losses by nearly £2m but has seen sales dip on last year.Read

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

New home for specialist law company Claire Collinson Legal

FORMER Ward Hadaway partner Claire Collinson has moved her specialist solicitor's practice into its first office near Stocksfield.Read

Financial managers create Blackett Walker firm

TWO financial managers have committed some of their own funds to complete a management buy-out and launch a new brand for their business.Read

Jane Hogan of Taste North East

Jane Hogan, business development manager, Taste North East

From initial ambitions of becoming a farmer to running regional food group Taste North East, KAREN DENT meets Jane Hogan and discovers why she believes women really come into their own in their 40sRead

Software company signs six-figure deal for China

SOFTWARE specialist Datawright has signed a six-figure deal with a marine sector supplier in China as it explores new opportunities in the country.Read

Vertu Motors Plc

Vertu Motors boss casts doubt on double-dip

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

Grainger out performs property market

PROPERTY giant Grainger today said it was a out performing the market as it revealed its results for the six months to March.Read

Wessington Cryogenics expands and creates 30 new jobs

FAST-GROWING manufacturer Wessington Cryogenics is expanding into new premises at Castletown in Sunderland and creating 30 jobs this year following new global contract wins.Read

Land Securities in good stead despite outlook

COMMERCIAL property firm Land Securities has said it is making good progress in the midst of a challenging environment for the sector.Read

Cloud has a silver lining for IT company Atlas IM

IT infrastructure firm Atlas IM is continuing to pick up clients as businesses come round to the benefits of storing assets in the cloud.Read

Greggs warms up for tax showdown with the Treasury

THE boss of bakery giant Greggs said the Government’s planned pasty tax would threaten jobs and high street closures as he prepared for a showdown with the Treasury today.Read

C&C Design designs young athletes' portal

THE Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme has often been praised for its work in encouraging young athletes to balance studies with training.Read

Data pool specialist Sits Group just keeps growing

VIRTUALISATION specialist Sits Group says it is picking up more work from sectors such as education as well as larger outfits around the region.Read

Cineworld sees boost in admissions

DISNEY'S Avengers superhero movie and a wet Bank Holiday weekend have proved the perfect combination for the UK's largest cinema operator.Read

Cautious optimism as Dickinson Dees sees recovery

THE North East's largest law firm has seen its revenues recover over the last year and expects growth to double at twice the rate over the next year.Read

Flexible Engineered Solutions grows in world market

OIL and gas firm Flexible Engineered Solutions International (FES) is looking to increase its turnover by 50% after expanding its shop window and opening offices in Asia, USA and South America.Read

Aframe funds will help US expansion

CLOUD video firm Aframe has completed a £4.5m funding round which will help it build business in America.Read

North East entrepreneur launches own brand of paddle boards

IT'S taking off fast as a fitness craze among celebrities and a North East entrepreneur is set to become one of the UK's top names in paddle boarding after launching his own brand of boards. Karen Dent reports.Read

Isos Housing takes up Newburn Riverside unit

HOUSING association Isos Housing, advised by Knight Frank, has taken a 14,951 sq ft production/warehouse unit at The Waterfront development, Newburn Riverside, in Newcastle.Read

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