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Nissan take top spot in the North East Top 200 companies 2012

BOOMING car maker Nissan takes top place this year in the list of North East Top 200 companies.Read

North East flair truly impresses Business Secretary Vince Cable

Business Secretary Vince Cable gives his impression of North East business following his recent visits to the region.Read

Bad times are good times for Kilfrost

KILFROST with a leap of 83 places to 109 is this year's biggest climber in the Top 200. A business with a 75 years-plus history, it was started by Joseph Halbert and inspired by the sight of a snowdrop peeping through the snow.Read

Virgin Money enters the Top 200 for the first time

VIRGIN Money (13), unlucky for some but not for Sir Richard Branson obviously, whose bank enters the Top 200 for the first time having bought the good side of Northern Rock. The Rock, in its entirety, had topped the 200 for three years running between 2005 and 2007.Read

200 ways to grow and take the North East forward

GIANTS of the Top 200 will help ensure the North East economy continues to grow, says James Ramsbotham.Read

Private sector now the only game in town

THE Top 200 companies list is, as ever, revealing about where the growth is coming from in the North East economy.Read

North East ports continue to show progress

THE region's two major ports continue to build their businesses.Read

Top 200 2012: So much more than a business league table

THE Top 200 is a sobering chance for us all to reflect on tangible realities of the North East's commercial economy.Read

More than a dram of good fortune for Simpsons Malt

BEER may be flat. But with whisky distilling resilient, a fine old Northumbrian firm, Simpsons Malt, can confidently enjoy a toast to its 150 years in business this year – marked by rising success in the North East Top 200.Read

Go green: that's the message to North East firms

TOP 200 and other well-established firms are focusing on green business for new growth streams.Read

All's calm in the kitchen

NISSAN, DB Arriva and the Go-Ahead and Sage groups all level pegged comfortably in the top four positions this year but what about further down the table?Read

North East businesses facing future stronger after recession

WE'VE all learned a lot from the recession and North East businesses are facing the future stronger and better prepared, says Paul Woolston.Read

IHC Engineering Business goes from strength to strength

IHC Engineering Business is going from strength to strength in 2012; securing new contracts, fulfilling long standing orders, more than doubling its turnover and growing its impressive staff base.Read

J Barbour and Sons and Berghaus move up the ladder in style

THE North East is nothing if not fashionable with both J Barbour and Sons and Berghaus scaling the Top 200 ladder this year.Read

Strategic advantage the crux

It's clearly a step forward for us to pool policy and strategy across sensible economic areas, says Edward Twiddy.Read

Clarity's our burning need

TOO much Government focus on particular sectors to the exclusion of others would not bring the country the manufacturing success it needs, says Andy Tuscher.Read

Spirit of get up and go is growing

SURVEYS suggest that our region's entrepreneurial spirit and optimism is growing, says Nigel Mills.Read

A toast to our Mittelstand

IT'S understandable that shiny new start-ups and big boys of business should catch the eye.Read

Drive, create - a double incentive

FIVE companies now on site encourage the prospect for Tees Valley of a thriving and prosperous economy, says Stephen Catchpole.Read

Marking 10 years of success at manufacturing firm OPSOL

THERE’LL be champagne corks popping at electronics design and manufacturing firm OPSOL as its 10th anniversary co-incides with news of an impressive 46% growth this year.Read