Dec
2010
Articles from 15th Dec 2010
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Smith takes crown after record year
Dec 15 2010 | Annual Review
CAR giant Nissan warned the Government to invest in business – or see jobs go abroad. Read
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Northern Rock’s 'bad bank' returns to profit
Dec 15 2010 | Annual Review
NORTHERN Rock confirmed that its asset management business, which holds most of the mortgages on the former bank’s books, had returned to profit. Read
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Arriva confirms status as biggest company in region
Dec 15 2010 | Annual Review
TRANSPORT giant Arriva - which earlier in the year agreed to be taken over by German firm Deutcshe Bahn - remained at the top of The Journal Top 200 list of the region’s biggest businesses, keeping Nissan in second place for the second year running. Read
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End for One North East announced
Dec 15 2010 | Annual Review
NEW Business Secretary Vince Cable confirmed regional development agency One North East is to be abolished. Read
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Profits flow for water company
Dec 15 2010 | Annual Review
NORTHUMBRIAN Water announced better than expected profits as demand from industrial customers started to recover. Read
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Fears for jobs as Osborne cuts
Dec 15 2010 | Annual Review
THE Government announced its long-awaited spending review, sparking fears tens of thousands of public sector workers will lose their jobs. Read
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Projects are hit as One scales down
Dec 15 2010 | Annual Review
THE North East economy was dealt a substantial blow after the Government unveiled £33m worth of public sector cuts. Read
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Businesses tough it out during 2010
Dec 15 2010 | Annual Review
IN searching for a shorthand way to characterise the fortunes of the North East business community during 2010, I am tempted to borrow one of those horribly cliched football phrases. Read
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Celebration time for top IT business
Dec 15 2010 | Annual Review
FAST-growing Teesside data security firm Onyx was awarded the coveted North East Company of the Year award for 2009 at the nebusiness awards. Read
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Band plays on as plant goes down
Dec 15 2010 | Annual Review
A BRASS band played outside the gates of Teesside Cast Products as work began to mothball the Redcar plant, with the loss of 1,600 jobs. Read
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Welcome for landmark new £125m funding pot
Dec 15 2010 | Annual Review
A £125m fund designed to support North East businesses for the next five years was launched at the Ramside Hall Hotel in Durham. Read
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Good news for North car giant
Dec 15 2010 | Annual Review
NISSAN workers in the North East were celebrating after the car company revealed it had been handed £20m by the Government to refit its Washington plant to build the Leaf electric car. Read
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Triple contracts collapse is curtains for call centre
Dec 15 2010 | Annual Review
THE loss of three major contracts in a matter of days spelled the end for the North East’s biggest call centre, as Garlands called in the administrators. Read
