nebusiness.co.uk - League Tables - Top 200 Businesses

Nissan soars back to the top of the table

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:59:00 GMT

BY innovation, export endeavour and a will to hit production targets Nissan has reclaimed number one place in the North East Top 200 List of Companies.

The big climbers in the Top 200 this year

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:58:00 GMT

HIGHEST big climber this year is The Gibson O'Neill Company, at number 32, 94 places higher than when it last appeared.

R&R proves a really cool choice for ice cream lovers

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:57:00 GMT

R&R Ice Cream which, at 15th, is the highest new entry on the Top 200 table - and top of the private equity-backed businesses - is the successful outcome of a North Country farmer's small investment, combined with an American equity firm’s financial panache.

Fears of population growth led to new foodstuff

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:55:00 GMT

THE top five North East businesses fuelled by private equity include a foodmaker, a heating specialist and a leisure organisation.

Medicine and food essential in tough times

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:55:00 GMT

YOU have to eat and you have to look after your health even during tough times. So it’s maybe no surprise to see food and pharmaceutical firms with sales enabling them to breakthrough to the Top 200 for the first time.

North East firms with a formula for success

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:49:00 GMT

TWO firms outside the chemical concentration of Teesside, but still using their knowledge of chemicals profitably, are Kilfrost of Haltwhistle and Celtic Aerospace Ventures of Newcastle.

Hooray for Hartlepool fabricator Heerema

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:50:00 GMT

WITH the recovery of engineering and manufacturing, and growth of offshore and renewable activities, the Hartlepool fabricator Heerema returns to the list at 95 and is eighth highest among entries and re-entries.

North East plays to its strengths once more

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:47:00 GMT

SURVIVING has been a challenge for most. But, once more, growth and resilience have emerged as key strengths in our region, says Paul Woolston.

Trio keeping their places on Top 200 ladder

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:45:00 GMT

THERE are even fewer level peggers this year. Three notables retain their existing rung on the ladder, compared with four last time.

James Ramsbotham: Let's just get on with it

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:40:00 GMT

GOVERNMENTS seem more and more eager to come up with initiative after initiative. Our region just wants them to provide financial certainty, support for skills development and strategic infrastructure, otherwise, keep out of the way, says James Ramsbotham.

Pearson Engineering shoots into 55th place in the Top 200

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:37:00 GMT

PEARSON Engineering, as it saves the lives of soldiers and civilians in Afghanistan, has more than doubled its turnover in a year to £116.2m.

Northumbrian Water is utility with a social conscience

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:30:00 GMT

NORTHUMBRIAN Water rides high in the Top 200 carrying other imperatives besides the financial ones. Chief executive Heidi Mottram tells Brian Nicholls.

Tony Sarginson: We must see long-term investment in skills

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:27:00 GMT

TO achieve real change in business and realise full economic potential we must see long-term investment in skills, technologies and our national infrastructure, says Tony Sarginson.

Alastair Thomson: Economy has been chugging along in the North East for decades

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:29:00 GMT

HOW surprised Whitehall must have been, Alastair Thomson suggests, to find that the sort of economy we now want for the UK is the sort of economy that's been chugging along in the North East, largely under the radar screen, for decades.

Dan Brophy: Businesses must go with the tide

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:28:00 GMT

IT costs five times more to find a new customer than to retain an existing relationship and that is something businesses must recognise both in services and manufacturing, says Dan Brophy.

Gillian Hall: A brand is a prized asset

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:27:00 GMT

Customers will pay more for a trusted brand, and are more likely to become loyal, repeat consumers. Word-of-mouth benefits follow, says Gillian Hill. So how's your brand?

Sarah Green: Mid-cap businesses need greater backing

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:20:00 GMT

MID-CAP businesses in the past decade have shown particular growth hot spots in the North East and they need greater backing, says Sarah Green.

Rob Dixon: Expansion meets needs of business

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:20:00 GMT

MANY Top 200 companies and others besides know where to sharpen their corporate skills and those of people working for them, says Rob Dixon.

Paul Buie: Recounting 25 years of achievement

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:20:00 GMT

AMID the economic challenges, Tyne and Wear is attracting new investment and new firms, and giving ongoing support to Top 200 companies. Paul Buie recounts 25 years of achievement.

Hands-on is the Hays Travel way

nebusiness.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:19:00 GMT

HOLIDAYS are often the first thing to come under scrutiny when there’s pressure on our bank accounts. John Hays tells Brian Nicholls how he finds ways round the problem for his customers.