THE tough economic climate has made it a testing time for many North East companies, but 2011 certainly hasn't been all doom and gloom, says Andrew Hebden.Read
ALMOST 100 staff were made redundant when Newcastle building company Dorin Construction went into administration. The company blamed the difficult trading conditions, and said that the icy winter weather had exacerbated the situation.Read
THAI firm Sahaviriya Steel Industries provided a huge boost for steelmaking in the region by announcing it was taking on the mothballed Corus plant in Redcar in a £291m deal.Read
THE JOURNAL was busy drumming up interest for its Let's Grow campaign, which aimed to bring together a consortium of smaller firms to bid for money from the Regional Growth Fund.Read
NISSAN announced it would be building its next model at its Wearside plant. The decision to build the replacement for the Qashqai in the region will safeguard the jobs of 1,500 of its 5,000 workers.Read
BUSINESS leaders were officially appointed to the North East Local Enterprise Partnership, which is designed to take on the region-supporting mantle of One North East.Read
THE North East was cleared to go ahead with a £200m enterprise zone, which is designed to create 7,000 jobs over the next decade using incentives for businesses along the A19.Read
THE Tyne and Wear Development Company celebrated its 25th anniversary, with chairman Paul Watson hailing the "thousands of jobs" created due to its influence.Read
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