F. Jones Cleveland is an award-winning family firm carving out a strong future in the Tees Valley with a band of brothers driving growth. Karen McLauchlan found out more.Read
NORTHUMBRIAN Water is pushing ahead with its long term plans – to be the national leader in water and waste water services. The County Durham-based company last year launched Looking To The Future, a document setting out the firm’s ambitions for the next 20 to 30 years.Read
Nearly 30 North East businesses have also been automatically referred through CompeteFor to the local Business Link for business improvement support.Read
RUMMAGE through the average wardrobe in the UK and you’ll find staples such as fleeces and multi-activity shoes, says Richard Cotter. “Outdoor wear has got to the point where it’s transcending the activity,” says the brand president of Sunderland-based company Berghaus.Read
YOU have exchanged contracts on the sale of Lake View, your little pad overlooking the sewage works. Everything will now simply wind its gentle way to completion. Of course it will. Then you will bank your massive profit and depart for Spain. Unless the buyer, Owen Munny, backs out of the deal.Read
WHEN the law changed two years ago to allow dental hygienists to be become their own boss, Louise Parker was one of the first to take advantage of the new rules.Read
AS part of Muckle LLP’s recent move to their new offices at Time Central, Gallowgate, Newcastle, the commercial law firm hosted a series of launch parties to celebrate.Read
SKILLED engineers commanding starting salaries of £28,000 in their early 20s will soon be coming off the production line at the region’s newest learning facility.Read
NATURAL England is the new government organisation formed by bringing together English Nature, the landscape, access and recreation elements of the Countryside Agency and the environmental land management functions of the Rural Development Service.Read
LOCATION, location, location – a key ingredient for any successful business. Whether a firm is just starting out or is well established with plans to expand, choosing the right premises with the correct address can be crucial to success.Read
NEW business park developments are bringing investment, jobs and great opportunities to our region. And two new sites are putting Durham Tees Valley Airport firmly on the commercial property map.Read
WESTMINSTER Business Centre is continuing its growth in the Tees Valley. The team was established in the North-East five years ago, opening a site in York. This was soon followed by a base at Wynyard Park almost two years ago.Read
SUCCESS is continuing elsewhere on Wynyard Park. International oil and gas drilling rig design and engineering company RDS is opening a new office at the site – which could create up to 200 jobs. The base, the company’s third UK office, is set to become operational in August.Read
TEESSIDE’S biofuels industry has the potential to create thousands of jobs and help sustain the local economy for years to come. But it could be dead in the water if national and EU governments don’t act now to create a more competitive environment for Britain’s bio-fuel producers.Read
Construction and the Built Environment: AWARDS have recognised achievement, innovation and continued development of the North-East’s construction sector. The Constructing Excellence Awards celebrate best practice in the industry and are now in their fourth year.Read
A TANTALISING glimpse of the future has been revealed as a futuristic college takes shape against the skyline of Middlesbrough. The £68m Middlesbrough College will be completed at the beginning of June bringing unrivalled facilities to the town.Read
STOCKTON-based civil and structural engineering consultants, Billinghurst George & Partners, were appointed in 2007 to join the team developing Britain’s latest coastal holiday village, The Bay, near Filey in North Yorkshire.Read
I GUESS if I were giving marks out of 10 after 10 years, I’d probably only give the industry about four out of 10, and that’s basically for trying, for having its demonstration projects, still being in the game, and still having enough there to actually, get it done the next time around.”Read
