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    • Backing for the power of plastic
    • Pupils helping to save the earth
    • Shuttle crew helps NETPark celebrate new phase
    • Brainwave comes to NETPark
    • Success story for NETPark's first company
    • TDK-Lambda announces collaborative research initiative with Thermastrate
    • School Children Recharging the Earth at Brainwave10
    • Scientific Brainwave for school children at NETPark
    • GEKA Brush buyout secures 110 jobs
    • Christmas in summer: my iPad arrived
    • Science park expansion given the go ahead
    • Lord Young replaces Lord Sugar as enterprise tsar
    • Small manufacturers 'expect to raise output'
    • Air tax rise brings fears for North East economy
    • Augmented Reality will take centre stage
    • Coalition shuts North East business fund
    • Shepherd Offshore swoop on massive factory
    • SCM Pharma expands into US
    • Survey eases fears over double-dip recession
    • Shedding light on the world’s fastest growing energy market
    • Questions raised over fate of agency’s £180m portfolio
    • 140 jobs secured in Sanofi-Aventis takeover
    • Slashed Warm Front funding to cost Eaga £20m
    • Proton set to commercialise hydrogen fuel cell systems
    • Planning ahead is vital for Astrum
    • Technology available to everyone
    • Fire safety firm Fyr Fyter taken over
    • Fuel research centre set to open in Middlesbrough
    • Railway business ‘needed overhaul’
    • Inquiry to look into Tanfield’s accounts
    • Building a shared sense of purpose
    • Agency axe raises region's wind jobs doubts
    • Bowburn eco-homes unveiled by Eagles star
    • Fund has pumped £20m into North businesses
    • Former Northern Rock boss turns down £500,000 package
    • Stiller Warehousing and Distribution destroyed
    • Rok goes into administration
    • Backing for Green Investment Bank campaign
    • Job cuts feared at troubled company
    • Swedish bank in regional ‘invasion’
    • MPs’ support for new trains deal
    • Nissan warns Government as grant is axed
    • Money runs out for North East tourism drive
    • Low-carbon industrial project trialled in the North East
    • Teesside University at heart of international link-up
    • Region's output falls but still up on UK average
    • Anger as Auckland Castle sale plans are uncovered
    • Research indicates turmoil over university budget cuts
    • Lloyds data plan ‘to create 50 jobs’
    • Services cut to pay for council redundancies
    • Slowdown in manufacturing growth fuels recovery fears
    • Bank of England says inflation will be above 2% in 2011
    • Ian Hargreaves to lead independent review into IP and growth
    • Hungary calls on Newcastle expert for help
    • Durham Heritage Coast celebrates
    • Delay will hit the North’s great science experiment
    • Jobs lost at Rok after administrators called in
    • County Durham entrepreneur scoops awards
    • Innovative energy system to be made in region
    • Solar Flair back on the agenda
    • Reaching for the final frontier
    • Contracts are exchanged for business park
    • Redcar MP secures SSI Corus site green tax talks
    • Durham Tees Valley Airport charge to take off
    • Spin-off looks to join big time with silicon rival
    • Durham public health labs to be shutdown
    • Gateway to North East trade opportunities
    • Demolition begins for Durham Gate
    • Cuts concern Brussels over future of North East
    • Minister hails region's wind industry potential
    • Week to inspire others to become entrepreneurs
    • Corus deal could be in weeks
    • Dales Go Digital
    • Furniture design spirals into control of consumers
    • Cable announces new business mentoring network
    • Minister Pickles says cash fears are 'nonsense'
    • PWS Distributors Ltd hit by consumers' thrift
    • Fears for jobs at Walkers crisp factory in Peterlee
    • Robert Wiseman profits hit by intense competition
    • Cridland is named voice of UK business
    • School Sport Partnerships scrapped
    • Airlines in boycott threat over passenger surcharge
    • UK unemployment total sees slight fall
    • Reinnervate plans to recruit 30 staff by June 2011
    • Electronics company Filtronic confirms deal
    • Global mission for training firm Velocity Learning
    • Police say factory fire was not started deliberately
    • Oil shock warning to government from UK business
    • Union warns of the calm before the storm
    • Decision sought on Intercity Express Programme
    • Expansion plans signal change of gear for firm
    • Keeping IT package in the region
    • Lord Beecham launches bid to save agency
    • Business & Enterprise North East set to expand
    • Jet2 set to create jobs at Newcastle International Airport
    • A19 jams may force minister into a rethink
    • Decision day soon on vital train jobs contract
    • Measuring up with the competition
    • Plans to cut payouts anger union officials
    • No decision on the Intercity Express Programme
    • Plugging in to the future of motoring
    • University firm launches 3D cell breakthrough
    • Energy device in for award
    • Arrivals for train firm
    • North East town centre developments are criticised
    • Give councils tax powers, Eric Pickles urged
    • Business tool helping firms in recession
    • Durham takes plans for growth to London
    • £150m oil contract for Offshore Group Newcastle
    • David Cameron seeking a balanced recovery
    • UK must try harder to cut its emissions
    • Cuts-hit firm lands Space Centre deal
    • Smoke signals sales for trio
    • Pearsons workforce axed as firm fails to recover
    • Providing expertise to ideas-rich companies
    • A sporting chance for all in the North East
    • Councils eye public health funds
    • Ireland to get €85bn loan in deal that will nationalise its banks
    • Hitachi jobs bid goes to the wire
    • Devil is in the detail, warns online business
    • Outlook positive, but policy criticised
    • Take the chance to secure US contracts
    • Web designers launch mobile recycling business
    • Asian office opens as firm bids for work overseas
    • Railways to get £8bn investment
    • Northern Bear aiming to diversify
    • Hitachi decision is deferred until new year
    • Public sector has a role in recovery
    • PV can play 'huge part in power generation'
    • Blueprint for the future of the process sector
    • North East councils face crisis over new budgets
    • Tourism bosses warn one in 10 jobs at risk
    • Train delay puts Newton Aycliffe jobs in jeopardy
    • Hitachi hopes hit by foreign option
    • Revealed: Newcastle Airport scandal that could cost us millions
    • Questions asked of rail option
    • Solar panels help famous festival save our planet
    • 50,000 North jobs at risk as cuts bite deeply
    • Park work turns debit into profit
    • Kromek announce 3D x-ray breakthrough
    • Renewable energy strategy under fire from MPs
    • North East in a battle to keep going in blizzards
    • Vital economic partnership gets go-ahead
    • Nissan Leaf wins an automotive Oscar
    • Region in the running for GlaxoSmithKline jobs
    • Former Pearsons directors buy digital arm of business
    • £54m smart grid project approved
    • UK manufacturing growth 'hits 16-year high'
    • Councils face criticism over £10bn reserves
    • Surge in water profits
    • Jobs lost as Newcastle advertising firm collapses
    • Newton Aycliffe tile firm going mobile
    • Funds shortfall stymies biotech incubator plan
    • Drug testing firm IDS sees profit soar
    • Hargreaves results in line with expectations
    • US flights set for take off
    • Number of businesses in region at record levels
    • Internet has transformed our worlds
    • Work under way on wind turbine plant
    • Factory will let the sun shine in
    • North East counts cost as England 2018 bid shunned
    • North energy firms are on track for recovery
    • County’s ‘hidden gems’ will boost tourist trade
    • Bid to secure funds for business scheme
    • Up to 400 jobs under threat at Barclaycard call centre
    • Durham company director jailed for EC fraud
    • Networking platform for thousands on way
    • Two companies are reaching for the sky
    • North East tourism cash could go to London councils
    • Government reveals super-fast broadband plans
    • Durham Energy Institute plays key part in UK’s biggest smart grids project
    • Durham tourism bosses launch economy campaign
    • De La Rue shares leap following takeover bid
    • UK power sector 'needs overhaul'
    • Knight in shining armour...
    • Qatar is a whole new ball game
    • ‘Look around you – there is so much success’
    • Zytronic scores record order book
    • Councillors being given more powers than ever to become local champions
    • Sunderland graduate singled out for top US research role
    • Lecturers fear cuts’ cost
    • Glass firm Romag in row over solar cells
    • North East business gives treats to troops on frontline
    • Selected firms bid for Northumbrian Water contracts
    • Staff to reap the benefits of being based at Spectrum
    • Renewed hope city vision will become reality
    • Green firm opens office in North-East
    • Small regional firm beats big names to win order
    • Revealing our best kept scientific secrets
    • Private sector leads North East to recovery
    • Coalition Government is 'building a war chest'
    • Former staff breathe life back into Robson Brown
    • Increase in output is predicted by manufacturers
    • Kromek working on improved breast cancer screening
    • Solar technology experts set to gather in region
    • PR firm’s Gott the magic of Christmas in its hands
    • BAE Systems set to cut 1,350 jobs
    • 80 jobs created as North call centre expands
    • Herb Kim is top communicator
    • Universities play major role in our region
    • Gala boss quits over ‘procedures’
    • Awards celebrate the best on offer in energy sector
    • North East's recovery gets huge boost from exports
    • North East firms capitalise on solar potential
    • Government warning over push for North East jobs
    • Small businesses need to be supported to grow
    • Councils await funding cut as Localism Bill unveiled
    • CBI calls for retirement age change delay
    • The region can become ‘21st Century Aberdeen’
    • GE reveals Wellstream deal
    • Tax pledge means race is on for £300m factory
    • New legislation will extend the Right to Build across the country
    • Teesside is low-carbon leader now
    • Go-Ahead driving up profits
    • Wellstream board backs £800m sale to US giant
    • Maximuscle purchase to beef up Glaxo portfolio
    • New face to head up banknote printer De La Rue
    • Mounting cost pressure on North manufacturers
    • Nine electric cars will be eligible for subsidies
    • Retailers 'to increase prices by more than VAT rise'
    • Mark Prisk backs microfinance for small firms
    • Eric Pickles' cuts U-turn not good enough for region
    • Eaga announces hundreds of redundancies
    • £200m: The price we’ll have to pay
    • Minister criticises councils over planned services cuts
    • ‘Toughest cuts in living memory’
    • Pickles vows end to big Government
    • Firm buys Laurel letter ‘for the area’
    • Combined talents put test card on market
    • Local government pension deficit 'totals £100bn'
    • State-controlled banks may need more public funds, warns NAO
    • More UK companies feel the icy blast of lost business
    • 1,600 jobs will be axed by Durham County Council
    • Skills upgrades for Durham coastal outfits
    • North East leads €6m nanotechnology collaboration
    • Norchem profits rise on back of 100-hour licences
    • Business rates rejig 'threat to recovery'
    • Aesica buys three European drugs' plants
    • ‘Clear unfairness’
    • Cash to jump-start electric car sales
    • Hotel takes opportunity to boost region’s tourism economy
    • Government to guarantee electricity prices
    • Business leaders given government advisory roles
    • European expansion for fireplace firm CVO Fire
    • Eaga pushes on with solar project
    • Bid for Eldon Square and Metrocentre rejected
    • Rise in jobless adds to pressure for train deal
    • £2m spent on Eastgate Renewable Energy Village in Weardale
    • Tourism brings in £203m as marketing bill is cut
    • Science must inspire our youngsters
    • Dole queues grow as public sector shrinks
    • Ringing the changes with new vision of a high-speed future for UK
    • Green bank shake-up is ‘bad for the North-East’
    • Reforming UK electricity market
    • Gulf of Mexico leak: BP shares hit over legal move
    • On the right track in east Durham
    • EU agrees on permanent eurozone rescue fund
    • Investment bankers blamed for driving up the price of turkeys
    • Cash-strapped UK shoppers go online
    • Two dales towns set to lose tourist information centres
    • MP demands probe of secret £377m deal
    • Media monitoring firm creates 60 jobs in North Tyneside
    • World's first 3D website is pioneered in region
    • Energy service scheme is plugged into solar power
    • Region produces lowest commercial waste
    • Cameron announces EU budget freeze pact
    • Who holds the Teesside keys?
    • Welcome for power station life extension
    • Wheels grind slow on plan for economy
    • North will be hit hardest by coalition cuts
    • Delay on drug approval sees AstraZeneca shares drop
    • University chosen to recruit Olympic volunteers
    • Call for evidence from review into intellectual property and growth
    • George Osborne and Vince Cable to hold bank bonus talks
    • UK economy to avoid double dip recession next year, says CBI
    • British industry needs to aim higher - BCC boss
    • Tester finds a spark of initiative to go it alone
    • Teesside pupils learn about careers in engineering
    • Universities' teaching grant cut by 6%
    • Researchers plan for deeper cuts to science budget
    • Bankers' showdown postponed because of the weather
    • A bacterial "anti-glue" to fight infections
    • Survey aims to identify growth opportunities
    • Butcher’s loan approved, but credit still a problem
    • Vince Cable could break ranks to expose City's top earners
    • Ill winds blow British economy no good
    • Fire HQ shuts before it has chance to open
    • Astrum expects to get back on track
    • National projects bring a boost for Esh Group
    • Partnering with universities helps businesses to increase profits by £150 million
    • 'Build trains in the North East to save £100m'
    • Plane lies...
    • UK government borrowing hits record high
    • Treasury under charged banks by £4bn to insure toxic loans, NAO finds
    • Jobs fund axe 'will leave support gap'
    • Teesside project to help region's electric car ambitions
    • World-renowned status beckons for DigitalCity
    • EC approves News Corp’s planned BSkyB takeover
    • Lib Dems 'concern' over policies secretly recorded
    • Public pension schemes 'should be career average'
    • Vince Cable stripped of Sky role after 'war with Murdoch' gaffe
    • Achieve cuts by taking out wasteful managers, says Pickles
    • Union fury at plan to reduce council pay-offs
    • Funding future plans
    • Technology treats for 2011
    • Subsea centre designed in North East a world-beater
    • UK economic growth revised down
    • Former rugby player has rub of the green
    • Pound falls against dollar after GDP growth is cut
    • Homeowners should prepare for interest rates of 5pc, warns Bank of England markets chief Paul Fisher
    • Hitachi contract ‘could prevent ice problems’
    • 'If six turned out to be nine'
    • Hope for region as air tax gets a rethink
    • Boost for Durham eco-village plan
    • Gritting cut back as salt order is ignored
    • Partnership’s leader calls for Government support
    • ‘Government needs to lead by example’
    • Support group buys division of NDI
    • Support for software with a vision of the future
    • Christmas jobs misery for public sector workers
    • Mortgage lending at 20-month low
    • Rate of insolvencies highest in the north of England
    • Completing steel deal is New Year's resolution for SSI
    • North-east job vacancies are on the up
    • New solar fuel machine 'mimics plant life'
    • FTSE hits 6000 as confidence returns
    • Record spike in EMU default risk on Portugal downgrade and Greek restructuring scare
    • Plants may be bred to help bees
    • Biotech company plans move into drug testing
    • Region seems to have lost it's creative spark
    • Seaham online retailer unveils name change
    • Components' maker moving back to growth
    • Canadian software company moves over
    • Expect more extreme winters thanks to global warming, say scientists
    • Late rush and web sales boost John Lewis
    • Britain at risk of power cuts from aging networks, warns Ofgem
    • NHS faces more cuts to avoid £10bn shortfall, report warns
    • Budget signals the end of One North East
    • Revived Weardale Railway service to be cut back
    • Pay freeze or cut for many in 2011, says BCC
    • Bank bonuses in global disclosure call
    • Redcar steel plant a step closer to coming out of mothballs
    • Fears for petrol prices as oil hits two-year high
    • Ministers are urged to back upgrade to A19
    • Jobless total 'will reach 2.7 million'
    • 'Tax freedom' day delayed by VAT rise
    • Austerity axe to widen North-South housing divide
    • North East is urged to fight for high-speed rail
    • Key people in post at turbine factory
    • Phone firms back common charger plan
    • BP facing new legal threat over Gulf spill
    • National strikes to coincide with royal wedding
    • Husband facing five years in jail after hacking wife's email
    • Ka-Sat net-dedicated spacecraft lifts off
    • Apple sued over iPad and iPhone app 'data leaks'
    • New fears over jobs at major employer
    • £63.1m of council tax owed for years
    • Secrecy cloaks agency’s wind-up
    • Unions step up campaign for trains
    • High speed rail plea for North
    • Company predicts year of growth after massive fire
    • Green technology benefits from fast-tracking scheme
    • New Year Honours: Broughton and Carr business knights
    • Rail season tickets burst through the £5,000 a year barrier
    • Taxpayers facing £1m closure bill
    • Sir Tom Hunter buys Cruise fashion chain
    • Engineering company faces court over death
    • Pub refurb creates jobs
    • iPhone alarms hit by New Year glitch
    • Welfare bill soars as coalition counts cost of austerity drive
    • Councils urged to make 2011 the year of the electric car
    • Job vacancies suffer steep fall in December
    • North East tourism chiefs in warning at start of year
    • North East universities say they're not "dumbing down"
    • VAT rate rises from 17.5% to 20%
    • Entrepreneur to unveil series of massive deals
    • End of year growth a cause for eurozone cheer
    • More road hazards may reduce accidents
    • ‘Actions speak louder than words’
    • BT Content Connect service faces 'two-tier net' claims
    • UK manufacturing 'growing at fastest pace for 16 years'
    • George Osborne hints he would lower income tax before cutting VAT
    • Small business expects to bear brunt of VAT rising to 20 per cent
    • Grant Shapps: 2011 will be the year councillors become community champions
    • GMB warns of 200,000 council job losses in England
    • HMV issues profits warning after grim Christmas
    • French firm pushes bid for Tyneside banknote printer De La Rue
    • 100 jobs planned for manufacturing giant Caterpillar
    • North East businesses shrug off VAT concerns
    • No A-level 'blacklist' at North universities
    • Rail users see ticket prices soar higher than inflation
    • Company enjoys a boom in business
    • Sustainable growth is the future, says NECC
    • ‘Shift in culture needed to make Localism Bill work’
    • Smith completes US deal
    • Telemarketing firm unveils plans for expansion
    • Private sector pay 'on the rise'
    • Brain drain threat to the North East
    • Microsoft shows Windows running on mobile phone chips
    • Church will sell historic Zurbaran paintings
    • Swan's in profit again on back of demand in Asia
    • PM expands scheme to help jobless set up firms
    • Firms invited to visit world's emerging economy
    • North scientists capturing the sun for lighting
    • Benefits of playing the long game
    • Split threatens the future of research
    • Federation: VAT hike is a hammer blow to firms
    • Centre could bring £19m to economy
    • Hitachi cools the air with solar-powered system
    • Green tea could prevent cancer, says North study
    • Last December UK's coldest for 100 years
    • UK service sector recovery frozen by December's Arctic blast
    • UK Trade and Investment staff 'told to use up £1m'
    • National Grid faces £8m fine from Ofgem
    • unw moulds right advice for Omega Plastics
    • TAG Energy Solutions team to lead new facility
    • Quango reduction plan was botched, MPs warn
    • Bank bonuses 'to run to billions in 2011'
    • UK economy risks 'playing in slow lane of history'
    • Trade Minister Lord Green refuses to back UK arms industry
    • MySpace to ‘shut down the majority of its international operation’
    • Prime Minister and Lord Heseltine announce plans to boost regional growth
    • Proposals published for £200 million network of Technology and Innovation Centres
    • Wellstream income to beat expectations
    • Revenues to double for Fogg founders' Tanfield Foods
    • Global spam e-mail levels suddenly fall
    • Enquiries to The Franchise Company increase 50%
    • Jobs growing as solar panels shine brighter
    • Barclays ponders giving £8m bonus to new boss Bob Diamond
    • North's economy would be hit if Mersey campaign succeeds
    • Orders are up but confidence is low in the North East
    • PM to meet UK's biggest firms to discuss job creation
    • Firms get powers to sack the slackers
    • Interest rates likely to remain unchanged
    • New Year honours for North East industry leaders
    • Government's spending cuts may hit manufacturing
    • UK is using more green electricity than ever
    • Durham ready to capitalise on green revolution
    • Tough talk on bank bonuses comes to nought
    • UK economic growth rate slowing, BCC says
    • Petrol prices to hit £6 a gallon
    • Rural bus services bear brunt of measures to save £1.3m
    • Winding up of Business Link sooner than thought
    • MPs join the battle to protect North East port jobs
    • Gateshead parking invention set to hit Europe
    • Call for minister to help small firms export
    • No bids for jobs cash
    • Lord Green takes office as Trade and Investment Minister
    • Budget airline pulls its final route from airport
    • Technology Strategy Board launches feasibility studies competition
    • RBS and NatWest are fined £2.8m by FSA over complaints
    • Corus jobs fund to make no further grants
    • Jobs market 'on road to recovery'
    • Coalition still fighting bonuses, Lord Oakeshott says
    • Bob Diamond: 'Time for banker remorse is over'
    • China is vital to UK economy, says Lord Green
    • £8m black hole in science city project
    • Narec Capital launched in the North East
    • Premier Waste Management returns to profit
    • State of North East property sector in the spotlight
    • Simon walks away from £3bn bid for MetroCentre owner
    • Firm takes expertise to where it’s needed most
    • More people face extra income tax bill
    • German economy grew by 3.6% in 2010
    • Tata Steel win first stage of legal battle
    • Quality award for Durham County Record Office
    • Imports push goods trade deficit to record high
    • Suspicions grow over Barclays toxic debt move
    • Pension payouts will be cut under reforms
    • Ministers confirm end of default retirement age
    • Lloyds' Eric Daniels in line for £2m bonus
    • Rising unemployment hits National Insurance reserves
    • Region bids to fund its Olympic teens
    • Greggs planning to create 100 jobs in the North East
    • North East bucks trade deficit trend
    • Newcastle Science City has £20,000 to offer innovators
    • Prepare to change your career path
    • City leaders accuse treasury over council cuts
    • High-level talks over trains bid
    • Insurance groups face pricing probe
    • UK interest rates remain at 0.5%
    • Approval given to extend mining
    • Environmental firm OHS wants workers
    • Financial services sector boost, but profits falter
    • Interest rate freeze is welcomed by business
    • Government gives green light to North Eastern LEP
    • Firm to pay students' university degree fees
    • Orders for Leaf are on track for its launch
    • Increased turnover and staff for firm under threat
    • Event will highlight Norwegian businesses
    • David Cameron addresses the North East
    • Factory gate inflation rate rises in December
    • Google, Facebook and Yahoo to test new net addresses
    • Boost for school leavers
    • Over-65s move will hurt us, firms say
    • Directors in 'boardroom bubble'
    • Confident tech sector set to boost employment
    • CBI calls for reform to woo investors
    • Northern Rock takes first step to private sector
    • Slowdown but North East firms still outperform the rest
    • Car scheme goes green with electric car
    • Tie-up aims to turn research into jobs
    • Radio station £1m jobs aim
    • Malcolm has drive for new challenge
    • £98 PCs target UK digital divide
    • Credit card borrowing in freefall
    • Anger over forced sell-off of key North East assets
    • GlaxoSmithKline counts the cost of legal fight
    • Diet site due online with help of software ‘agent’
    • Sir Jackie Stewart at Gateshead Burns Night event
    • Bosses' anger over time off for fathers
    • Many bankers overpaid, says RBS's Sir Philip Hampton
    • Inflation rise expected on high oil, food and utility costs
    • Lucy Armstrong takes up role on SME Council
    • Minister’s abacus jibe at group
    • Map tool will help carbon capture
    • UK CPI inflation rate rises to 3.7% in December
    • MPs demand better value from PFI projects
    • Barclays ordered to pay almost £70m over mis-sold investments
    • David Willets comments on High Fliers report
    • PD Ports in the spotlight at major conference
    • SSI reassured over TCP plant expansion plans
    • Banks must be allowed to fail, says Paul Tucker
    • IPPR think-tank predicts 'double-dip' jobless rise
    • Goldman defies public fury with another £10bn bonus payout
    • Jobs lost as Dorin Construction goes into administration
    • Lynch Healthcare focusing on winning European orders
    • Budget chain 99p Stores Limited targets North East
    • Event will be a showcase for the region’s key industries
    • Partnership with Teesside University boosts NECC event
    • North East market towns set for super-fast broadband
    • Durham County Council’s £125m cuts revealed
    • Pyeroy MD hails key strategic acquisitions
    • Stadium Group issues confident update
    • Investors continuing to show interest in retail opportunities
    • Teesside electronics plant given £1m cash injection
    • Union warning over Remploy redundancies
    • ‘Dream funding is really a nightmare’
    • Thousands of council jobs to go in England
    • UK unemployment total rises further
    • Steel firm may seek London listing
    • Teen's Bubble Ball game tops iTunes free app chart
    • Tomorrow’s technology
    • Apprenticeships campaign launches in the North East
    • Sage launches online accounting for small businesses
    • Government claims 'help for all' on jobs tax
    • Job prospects will brighten, says Chris Grayling
    • County Durham pool car project aims to cut carbon emissions
    • Newcastle Science City looking to secure fresh funding
    • Which Medical Device website launched for professionals
    • Advancements in electric cars will benefit the North East, says MEP
    • Shotton coal mine plans approved
    • Turnover at electronics firm rises by a quarter
    • BENE Event for energy networking
    • Northern Rock Foundation to see income cut
    • Farming agency likely to cut jobs
    • Tourism body closes this week
    • Wind turbine jobs hopes dashed by Siemens
    • John Hayes delivers new quality guarantee for Apprenticeships
    • New website marks 25th anniversary of Durham World Heritage status
    • Landslide victory for geographer’s research
    • UK factory orders fall but prices to rise, says CBI
    • Record year for Nissan plant at Sunderland
    • Council’s switch to avoid redundancies
    • China's overheating economy stokes fears for global inflation
    • Alan Johnson resigns as shadow chancellor
    • £100m in bids puts support for North to the test
    • Creating 100 apprentices in 100 days
    • Inflation concern as industry sees recovery
    • Solarglide move puts others in the shade
    • Roofing firm CA Group slated for recovery
    • Alex impresses with his BIG IDEA
    • SSI set September date for Teesside steel return
    • Wellstream shareholders back GE takeover
    • Liverpool opens business embassy in London
    • North East dependency on grants must end
    • High street hammered by weather and price rises
    • Green energy optimism despite turbine setback
    • Businesses warning over impact of fuel cost rises
    • Irish parties set for crisis talks after Greens quit
    • Bank lending deal for small businesses 'stalled'
    • Double-dip talk returns as UK economic growth slows
    • North forced to bear the brunt of massive cuts
    • Region steels itself for production boost
    • PM urged to stand by his claims of support for N-E
    • ‘Region’s entrepreneurs are the acorns for growth’
    • Sheila takes right route after crossroads
    • How can the UK lead the completion of the EU’s Single Market ?
    • A boost for future research into ageing
    • ‘How do we want to live now and in the future?’
    • BBC Online: 360 staff to lose jobs
    • CBI boss: Coalition lacks vision
    • De La Rue rejects higher Oberthur offer
    • Clegg: There is brighter future
    • UK economic growth expected to slow
    • IMF predicts faster global economic growth this year
    • Graduate job outlook 'recovering'
    • Losses widen at Helius Energy
    • Poland threat facing Stockton car part jobs
    • Inflation risks Bank’s credibility says MPC member
    • Biotechnology and Composites industries get training boost from NSA
    • 0800 Repair opens shop in Chester-le-Street
    • County Durham dad launches laser tag business
    • Jobs to be created at Durham firm Intersnack Ltd
    • Taxpayer will foot bill to keep vital sites
    • Celebrating the British Steel Archive
    • Computer memory heralds green PCs
    • Politicians 'have less authority' than comedians on Twitter
    • Small firms pioneer military technology
    • Mervyn King says pay squeeze necessary
    • PFI: £70m bill for schools that had to close
    • Coalition refuses to change course as economy shrinks by 0.5%
    • Sage says markets picking up
    • North East councils could soon be starved of cash
    • North East business groups surprised at slowdown
    • European Commission called in on ports dispute
    • Finance for Business fund proves its worth
    • Hunt delays decision on BSkyB’s takeover
    • ‘Cuts mean end of the road for buses’
    • Another Bank of England policymaker votes for rate rise
    • First round of bidding for regional growth fund comes to a close
    • Former MP pledges to end social inequality
    • BBC details World Service job losses
    • O2 to build free Wi-Fi network across the UK
    • Major milestone for cluster group NEPIC
    • SSI deal could bring 800 jobs back to Teesside
    • Charging point offer for electric cars
    • International Trade Week
    • Major Investment in Postgraduate Research at Durham and Newcastle Universities
    • Green Incubator planned for former Circatex site
    • Animation and computer games talent shines on Teesside
    • Everything Everywhere offers mobile payments
    • Alarm over cuts to arts in North East
    • MPs may let Mersey take our business
    • Plea to help North airports
    • Barclays axes advice staff from branches
    • MPs in bid to return the Rock to its roots
    • Ambitious plans for Teesside organic waste plant
    • Mail firm expansion to help push income up
    • MPs sound a financial alert over academies
    • Make this a new dawn
    • Council may face further £80m cut
    • Electric vehicle firm on verge of Hong Kong deal
    • From basement birth to plans for further growth
    • Sector worth up to £40bn is not sci fi
    • Fears for sales in customer buy out
    • George Osborne considering axing planned fuel duty rise
    • Concern for ‘vital’ airport as passenger numbers hit a low
    • Durham Tees Valley feels the bite
    • Eaga still confident despite job losses
    • Business must take lead, says David Miliband
    • Staff cuts to cost £100m
    • Move to build homes on city greenbelt land
    • Tourism industry ‘must unite to survive cuts’
    • Britain must stick to the course, says Cameron
    • LinkedIn close to being new stock market recruit
    • Romag nears a deal with bankers
    • Cumbrian Seafoods enjoys frying high
    • £20,000 up for grabs in scientific competition
    • Cable tries to reassure region on European aid
    • Washington Developments given green light for plans
    • Electronics company Filtronic slips into the red
    • Small firms are unnecessarily missing out on exports
    • Fuel company plans expansion
    • Tees software experts’ world first?
    • Glut of regional offices signals beginning of the end for EZs
    • Deals offered to get senior ONE North East staff to stay
    • App proves no risk for security team
    • North-east economic collaborators regroup in region
    • Facebook launches mobile deals
    • Bidders get their skates on for Durham ice rink
    • Tanfield says market stabilising
    • Shares in County Durham glass company suspended
    • Net approaches address exhaustion
    • Economy is too weak to handle cuts, Osborne is warned
    • Bank of England boosts Mervyn King's pension by £1.4m
    • Lloyds Banking Group forced to admit scale of millionaire staff
    • Business investment fund has been axed
    • Yorkshire Building Society in bid for Northern Rock
    • Newcastle's city of science plans one step closer
    • Northumbrian Water trading as expected
    • Delegation will demand decision over high-speed train programme
    • Mark Prisk announces reappointments to Industrial Development Advisory Board
    • Construction business stays local
    • Ashleigh makes up apprentice numbers
    • Family still delivering after 40 years
    • UK manufacturing growth at fastest since records began
    • Schools and universities failing Britain's visual effects and video games industries
    • David Miliband gets Sunderland football club post
    • Increase in wind energy sector employment
    • Budget cuts will hit deprived towns hardest
    • Tanfield looking up again after tough times
    • Northumbrian Water aiming to hit leaks target
    • Application submitted for multi-million pound science hub
    • North East firms recieved investment of £30m thanks to new fund
    • NECC backs apprentices campaign
    • Conference focusing on environment
    • Berghaus shakes up its executive structure
    • Manufacturing at all-time high
    • News Corp to launch iPad only newspaper
    • Ministry of Defence 'overlooks' small businesses
    • IFS urges govenment not to soften stance on austerity cuts
    • Scientists claim to have created 'invisibility cloak'
    • Engineering a bright online future
    • UK faces US-style jobless recovery
    • Shell profits soar to £11.5bn
    • Tyneside entrepreneur launches lighting business in Newcastle
    • North East tourism sector needs apprentices
    • Finance Tree looking to provide extra help for companies
    • Innovation Machine helping start-up companies
    • Helptrainingcourses.com expands as providers back site
    • A year of nurturing true talents
    • 10,000 state jobs at risk
    • Shock bills ‘end housing hopes’
    • 'Labour plans to drop rail link scheme’
    • Government accused of breaking promises over university cuts
    • ‘Tax banks to pay for local investment’
    • Food for thought
    • Inspections for County Durham Industrial Estates
    • Newcastle green firm Eaga gets takeover approach
    • Offshore wind opportunity
    • Hitachi close to securing rail deal
    • Nick Clegg to defend coalition economic policies
    • Insolvency figures tipped to hit record high
    • £55,000 expenses claims of our MPs
    • GlaxoSmithKline profits slump by 60% in 2010
    • Award for County Durham farm shop
    • Leaf ready to blow away competition
    • Workers at doomed agency will transfer
    • Romag chairman steps down as chairman over payment
    • Eco Environments to become Sharp's partner
    • Teesside University launch flexible learning network
    • Private talks could halt Ushaw College closure
    • ‘Poetic justice if railways work is awarded to region’
    • Research network launched
    • 'Axe' public sector union rights, say business leaders
    • UK small manufacturing experiences boost in production
    • Rise in interest rates feared as MPC meets
    • Council staff on £58,000 to be named in war on waste
    • Vital European funds to be wasted due to cuts
    • Garlands boss to create 250 jobs
    • £10m North East commitment safeguards 250 jobs
    • Government sets 100,000 apprentices by 2014 target
    • Shadow Business Secretary opens Technical Academy in Durham
    • Successful agency recruits workers
    • Solar power farms face cash cut, government warns
    • Construction begins on supercar
    • Animator is a rising star of the North East
    • Northstar 'WRAPs' up a £1.2million investment package
    • Sensing gap in market thanks to IP Group investment
    • New North East academy boosts green energy drive
    • Forest’s new owners speak out to allay fears
    • NOF announces new targets
    • Government to increase bank levy to £2.5bn
    • Councillors not facing cutbacks
    • Minister blocks No 10's rescue bid for 'big society' project
    • From innovation to commercialisation in Printable Electronics
    • Businesses engage with North East pupils at innovative science event
    • Have your say on Roseberry
    • Prestigious £4million awards to shed light on galaxies and cells
    • Few takers for payment break
    • Companies back apprenticeships
    • Helping the economy to rise from the ashes of recession
    • Solar energy firms threaten legal action over feed-in tariffs
    • LSE agrees merger with Canada's TMX
    • Revealed: 50% of Tory funds come from City
    • Feed-in Tariff review for farms
    • Newcastle MP leads the way in appointing apprentice
    • Drivers get a first glimpse of the Nissan Leaf
    • Support gathers for new environmental network
    • Marine industries are major contributor to the UK economy
    • Nite Owl wins sales across Europe
    • Online marketing company moves to the North East
    • Unveiling ways to boost India exports
    • Health firm on the fast track
    • Government gives boost to UK life sciences sector
    • United Biscuits hitting zero-waste targets
    • Project Merlin bank agreement revealed
    • Humber Gateway wind farm gets government approval
    • Council pension scheme reform could trigger 'exodus'
    • Anaerobic Digestion experts on hand to help farmers
    • Constructing a career by combining work with study
    • Teesside chemical firms blast Government energy policies
    • North East leads the way in planning for an ageing population
    • Local offices return months after axing
    • Apprentices can fill the skills gap
    • Major highways work to start at DurhamGate
    • North East businesses welcome export measures
    • Waste needed to fill Tyne Dock for development
    • Council tax offer row
    • Cable ‘reveals US cash bid by university’
    • Training site will plug skills gap
    • MP hits out at price of heating oil
    • UK interest rates set to be held at 0.5%
    • Our future engineers to sparkle
    • Nokia and Microsoft form partnership
    • UK companies race for 'clean coal' cash to store carbon under the North Sea
    • Details of sale and transfer of RDA assets and liabilities published
    • Businesses asked to pay for A19 upgrade
    • Explorer back in profit after 40% rise in sales
    • Nissan create 25 new apprenticeship places
    • Industry output falls
    • Fledgling training firm buoyed by rapid growth
    • Airport second worst for passengers figures
    • Dragon Bannatyne backs rail campaign
    • Carillion to buy Tyneside green firm Eaga for £300m
    • Councils defeat government over school buildings
    • Learning the secrets of Disney’s magic
    • Development agency works to stop fire sale of its assets
    • Engineering a win
    • Inflation fears as factory price rises hit two-year high
    • Eaga workers told takeover will not cost jobs
    • Illuminating new investment for digital entertainment experts
    • Executive homes plan for city hub
    • Science hub creates major benefits
    • Apprentice move wins new boost
    • China overtakes Japan as world's second-biggest economy
    • 220 town hall bosses earning more than David Cameron
    • Government opens up contracts to small business
    • 'Auckland Castle could be a major art venue'
    • New gene test discovered for inherited neuromuscular disorder
    • Business School graduate wins national finance award
    • Taxpayers 'subsidising banks by £30bn a year'
    • Carbon Trust funding cut by 40%
    • NECC gives apprenticeship advice
    • Science holds the key for region
    • Barclays reports annual profits of £6.07bn
    • Scientists call for Baccalaureate at A-level
    • Vince Cable says interest rate rise would be 'very difficult'
    • Revealed: how energy firms spy on environmental activists
    • Inflation pushed up by VAT rise
    • Cuts 'will push graduates to south'
    • Prime Minister says export ban could be put on Zurbaran works
    • Sustainability is key to success for CA Group
    • Government help is desperately needed
    • Pharmaceuticals gather for biotech meeting
    • Scepticism about Cameron's Big Society concept
    • It will be Brilliant!
    • Barclays staff costs near £12bn
    • Business organisation launches learning academy
    • Cleveland Potash quest is setting sail
    • E-Therapeutics raises £17.6m through share deal
    • Leading the drive for green future
    • Eric Pickles to give councillors top pay vote
    • Inova Power hoping to create hundreds of jobs
    • Three-fold expansion by Belmont nursery
    • North heritage attractions to shut on weekdays
    • Bank report puts focus on economy
    • Back-to-work plan to help fewer people than Labour
    • Teens to build Teesside turbines
    • Unexpected rise in UK unemployment
    • Sunderland property firm gentoo to axe hundreds of jobs
    • Inflation will rise sharply says Mervyn King
    • Animal magic at award-winning farm
    • Bank of England governor talks down prospect of early interest rate rise
    • Financial watchdogs get new powers
    • BAE Systems sales growth flat amid defence cuts
    • Royal Mail to raise prices for business services
    • Green Economy Council formed to help business rise to the low carbon challenge
    • Businesses backing Journal Apprenticeships campaign
    • Difference Engine faces uncertain future
    • Triplet Media scoops award for Police website work
    • Region can lead green development
    • Time to Train will strike right balance for business
    • Steel deal poised to be delivered
    • Farmers challenge FSA chief over £32m fees bill
    • Redundancy threat firm doubles team
    • Commercial premises prove to be a bright spot
    • Campaigners plead for train-building decision
    • Region’s voice to be heard on council
    • Go-Ahead motors ahead
    • Massive acid leak at former Fujitsu plant
    • Anger at £10,000 rise for Hartlepool chief executive
    • Business growth plan 'not enough' without bank help
    • Councils 'missed' £530m in taxes
    • North East train jobs sent to India
    • War on thousands of local borough council 'non-jobs'
    • Banks' millionaire earners could be revealed
    • Stamp duty battle over region's assets
    • How key sites could be disposed of
    • Region must retain a £12m annual rental income
    • Lighting giants Raytec aim to double revenue
    • Inflation a cloud over factories' optimism
    • Former Sage boss to become university guru
    • North East Business leaders celebrate excellence
    • American science summit: How bears could help man get to Mars
    • RICS North East Budget plea to revive property
    • Committee publish report: Technology and Innovation Centres
    • Region’s hopes for new growth fund
    • Major North-East employers plan business tie-up
    • Railway plans to open visitor centre
    • Council considering closure of five leisure centres
    • David Cameron outlines his vision for public services
    • Private firms 'wary of hiring' public sector workers
    • Government 'ready to sell off stake in RBS'
    • Government urged to extend internship scheme
    • Green economies for growth, urges UN
    • Libya unrest leads to rise in oil price
    • Lithium-ion battery with new chemistry could power electric vehicles
    • Durham County Council urged to axe its newspaper and save £400,000 a year
    • Fashion retailer named North-East's best independent
    • Ministry of Defence must end contract failures, say MPs
    • Solar storms could create $2tn 'global Katrina', warns chief scientist
    • UK and Russia commit to collaboration in space science
    • Profits boost for Hargreaves Services
    • Newcastle University jobs threatened by visa cuts
    • Solar panel plans for North East homes
    • Government finances show biggest surplus since 2008
    • North East England scores a perfect six
    • North-East’s dynamism will drive recovery – Cable
    • Food entrepreneur toasts public sector support
    • Students build NETPark’s future
    • IT firm diversifies into welding, creating new jobs
    • Aycliffe installer leads green revolution
    • Newcastle borehole drilling starts in search of heat
    • Crude oil prices push higher on Libya supply concerns
    • Bank of England to reveal if another interest rate-setter joined call for rise
    • NHS to lose 50,000 jobs, including doctors and nurses
    • Workwear firm gets ready to grow
    • President of the AA backs A1 dualling
    • Offshore factory hopes for Tyneside
    • Green-focused entrepreneurs offered guidance
    • Hargreaves Services aiming to win Asian business
    • North East businesses hoping for contract opportunities
    • Green event secures four topical workshops
    • Digital fund fails to boost Teesside
    • Spencer Dale joins hawks in call for interest rate rise
    • Sunderland AFC Chief Executive speaks to Sunderland Business School students
    • Welcome for EU review of support for small businesses
    • Academy recruits business mentors
    • A healthy look at overseas business
    • 1,600 jobs could go as a result of cuts
    • £6.5m NETPark extension begins
    • 1,900 NHS jobs under threat across the region
    • Phone firm says no further redundancies planned
    • Sunderland Software Centre set bring jobs to city
    • Early success for Sage's new online service
    • Promoting science to the young
    • KTP cut will harm economy
    • Deal for Teesside steel plant is sealed
    • MP asks Durham County Council how it will cut management costs
    • More than 100 RBS bankers paid over £1m
    • Fears for UK recovery as oil nears crucial $120 mark
    • Coalition urged to act over lobbyists who use party groups 'to buy influence'
    • Lloyds returns to profit to make £2.21bn
    • ‘A casual and lazy attitude to axing RDAs’
    • Vinovium secures SIA stamp of approval
    • Can we truly take forced change on board?
    • North East businesses back high speed rail
    • Teesside potential hotspot for vehicle fuel
    • Technical glitch halts LSE trading
    • GEM Partnership Sparkles with £6m Turnover in its First Year
    • Private-equity companies looking to invest in North
    • Electric Leaf – buyers will have to pay £2,000 more
    • Sunderland owns the Vaux site
    • Government urged to approve train deal after steel success
    • SSI youth pledge for Teesside Cast Products plant
    • New Tyne Tunnel now open to public traffic
    • North East businesses get tips in art of exporting
    • PAYE changes set to create more off the books workers, NECC claim
    • Business rate plans are ‘as bad as cuts’
    • Consultation on high-speed rail plans begins
    • Region’s tourism jobs face the axe as funding comes to an end
    • Oil price rises again on Saudi Arabia unrest fears
    • Northern Rock to offer 90% mortgages
    • Businesses in plea for budget help
    • Consett man sets up Scott's Access Training
    • Newton Aycliffe factory rescue bid fails
    • Great Western and east coast rail upgrades announced at last
    • Rugby star throws his weight behind regions’s science industry
    • Berco invests in leadership skills
    • Region's firms pool their talents
    • The future’s orangery
    • Eaga staff won't get shares cash
    • Northern Rock move to offer 90% deal is welcomed
    • Rail scheme boost for Hitatchi plan could be approved today
    • Barnard Castle, Stanhope and Durham City TICs to close
    • County Durham man invests in CarpetZest business
    • North East companies advised to back innovation
    • UK manufacturing growth stays at 'record' high
    • Hefce reduces points of impact in REF
    • Bringing train building back to its first home
    • BREAKING NEWS: £4.5bn Hitachi deal to bring 500 jobs to County Durham
    • Newton Aycliffe train factory will create 500 jobs
    • Next generation of leaders urged to seize opportunity
    • Business boost in the county
    • Hitachi's intercity train deal finally leaves the sidings
    • Vince Cable: Response to Intercity Express programme announcement
    • £4.5bn deal sees thousands of new jobs roll into the region
    • North East businesses set to Sparkle thanks to new venture
    • Car design firm set for North-East move
    • Next generation broadband bid
    • Carbon eating plant project secures funding
    • Rail Jobs Boost – NECC Reaction
    • 500 train building jobs to be created in Durham
    • Hitachi manufacturing base given go-ahead
    • Drug firm GlaxoSmithKline will pay tuition fees of its trainees
    • The NETPark SpaceCamp!
    • Ford warns electric cars may be only for the rich
    • Former tourism boss launches Bon Amie venture
    • Busy firm Sanderson Weatherall best in the North
    • Newton Aycliffe site is 'launch-pad' for future projects
    • The campaign that brought train-building back home
    • Tapping into renewable energy
    • Growth opportunities identified to increase UK automotive manufacturing work
    • Japan's Fujifilm buys MSD Biologics (UK)
    • Virtual park and pay system to cut jams
    • SCM Pharma investing £500,000 in Prudhoe plant
    • Speeding up broadband access for rural areas
    • Thinking Digital signs up more big name speakers
    • Vital we protect our innovations
    • Coalition slammed for revelling in cuts
    • Calls for return of Margaret Thatcher ideology
    • Minister backs North East on low carbon future
    • Hitachi deal hailed as the 'new Nissan'
    • Hunt approves News Corp plan for Sky News
    • Teesside chiefs back women in boardroom call
    • London 2012 Opportunities Beckon For North East Firms
    • Universities: NAO warns cuts pose bankruptcy risk
    • Town prepares action plan for Hitachi jobs
    • Putting the body to work
    • University event offers essential business support
    • Business breakfast at Teesside
    • Chemistry - our life, our future
    • 'Biggest improvement to State pension in our lifetime': imminent
    • Art of science at NETPark
    • County Durham firm steels itself for global growth
    • Art and science combine at growing NETPark
    • Government action to save small firms £40m
    • Lambert Smith Hampton Wins Top National Agent for Ninth Consecutive Year
    • Enterprise zones to make a comeback
    • Chancellor urged to support North-East recovery
    • Green energy partnership launched
    • Budget: CBI urges 'relentless focus on growth'
    • £100m investment in skills to drive growth
    • North East hopes to win power station deal
    • Business supremo to lead North’s new LEP
    • Mayor has faith in zones
    • Row over £1m access point
    • David Cameron promises a plan for growth
    • Zytronic chairman steps down
    • Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond to get £6.5m bonus
    • Cash injection to boost medical research
    • Prince Andrew trade row controversy continues
    • Authority faces £24m pay claim tribunal case
    • Hitachi highlights our bright future
    • Local enterprise partnerships gather to showcase action plans for local growth
    • Durham goes with the flow with unprecedented dual international science success
    • George Osborne hints at fuel duty budget boost for drivers
    • Consumers flee high street after rise in VAT
    • North-East expertise boosts global testing giant
    • Academic credibility soars following new film
    • Test Track confirms North East’s leading position in the low carbon vehicle sector
    • Farm Fresh Direct launched by Durham couple
    • Washington-based Tanfield in line for share of £32m
    • Green energy is big business in apprentice deal
    • UK economy growth forecast for 2011 cut by BCC
    • Communities Minister Launches Narec's Latest Multi-Million Pound Project
    • Drawing on all resources?
    • Government's Transparency Agenda Could Transform Local Public Sector Culture
    • Call for tax break to help North-East airports
    • Whitehall set to relax grip on councils with first ever review of local government's legal duties
    • Hope for 500 more jobs at business park
    • Royal Bank of Scotland to pay top executives £28m bonuses
    • Power to the plane
    • Wall tourist promotion firm threatened by cuts
    • Northern Rock announces £232.4m loss
    • CruiseCompare.co.uk benefits from investment
    • Rescue means growth for Liberty Electric Cars
    • ICAEW survey reveals more private sector work
    • Firms urged to get stuck in to the Olympic Games
    • Innovation on agenda at Energy conference
    • £3m more for cost of Newcastle science site
    • UK trade deficit drops sharply
    • Gibson and Mallon reveal Enterprise Zone masterplan
    • GSK pledge to fund scientists of the future
    • Council leader congratulates Hitachi developers
    • Government and aerospace come together to deliver growth programme
    • Reinnervate breakthrough could be thwarted by cuts
    • Funding threat to Newcastle ScienceFest
    • Nissan leads the ways with £8.4m project
    • Don't miss train on this opportunity
    • Pensions reforms could 'light the blue touch paper' for strikes, GMB leader warns
    • 'Metropolitan county' blow to free travel
    • Bid for super-fast broadband links
    • Northern Rock appoints Deutsche Bank to advise on privatisation
    • UK manufacturing grows at fastest pace in 16 years
    • UK interest rates held at record low of 0.5%
    • NIB - New subsidy for green boilers
    • Hutton report: public sector pensions still 'hugely generous' compared to private sector
    • Exports boost North East to the tune of £12bn
    • Funding fears voiced for the North film industry
    • Nifco takes Teesside company of the year title
    • Buyout mooted at Aycliffe car parts maker
    • North-East Remploy factories will not shut
    • Orders from Russia show love for North-East products
    • Apprentice campaign is a resounding success
    • Green Investment Bank must not be compromised, say MPs
    • Durham Tees Valley is fighting back
    • Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker
    • Hot rocks reality
    • Bleak future if recommendations aren’t followed, warns research group
    • Campaign launched to find entrepreneurs
    • Council of the North call
    • Crimdon Pony World to build 10 holiday lodges
    • Local ibod idea could rival Google
    • High pay must be earned by good results
    • N Ireland to get lower Corporation Tax than rest of UK?
    • Durham breeders scoop top prize in national cattle contest
    • Interest rate rise could derail recovery, BDO says
    • North East private sector outperforming UK average
    • Your duty to help Teesside exporters
    • Will Hutton plan for public sector pay
    • Peers hit out over Zurbaran sale plan
    • Staff left waiting to learn their fate
    • North East businesses urged to join growing network
    • Labour draws Budget battlelines
    • Waste-to-energy plant coming to Teesside
    • Northern partnership folds
    • Seriously speaking: Innovation for value creation - what are we talking about?
    • Eaga workers succeed in cash payout demands
    • Longbenton Foods workers made redundant
    • Q&A event highlighting recruitment
    • More work boosts the North-east economy
    • Public sector job cuts top 132,000
    • Wages fail to keep track with inflation
    • Social networks beat entertainment sites as most popular UK online activity
    • Durham University will charge maximum fees
    • New business-friendly competition proposals announced
    • North East business bosses urged to look abroad
    • Grand Reserve Top Notch Beef for Quakers Fans!
    • Science Central is attracting global interest
    • Recruitment Specialist Challenges Rivals
    • Web Experts Score a Mobile First for the Region
    • Lessons that nature can teach us all
    • SURGO contract wins hit £20m
    • Businesses know their Durham
    • Windfarm developer to sponsor renewable energy research at Durham University.
    • World's largest tidal turbine project in Sound of Islay
    • Marketing renewable energy
    • North East features in Government boost to UK manufacturing
    • Councils should keep business taxes, says Eric Pickles
    • Royal Bank of Scotland pays £375m to 323 key staff
    • New 'Solutions for Business' portfolio refocused on growth
    • Kilfrost takes top title at business awards
    • CPI is helping boost manufacturing research
    • Energy Innovation Awards 2011
    • Your views welcome on recruitment and the immigration cap
    • Vince Cable bins business red tape
    • Funding boost will help more businesses begin
    • More North-East millionaires is good news for region's economy
    • New drive to save more North East firms from collapse
    • North East hopes for Enterprise Zones in Budget
    • Osborne told to give us entrepreneurs' Budget
    • Former Renew director announces major new venture
    • Business owner set to Sparkle
    • Durham warship visits capital
    • Technology playing major part in Durham economy
    • Inflation 'expected to hit 28-month high'
    • Region losing grip on £130m property empire
    • Osborne ready to freeze air tax – but we want abolition
    • Joining forces for quake-hit Japanese
    • Romag shares remain suspended after probe
    • Durham solar firm gets first Nissan Leaf
    • Businesses optimistic of growth
    • Budget 2011: tax avoidance crackdown will raise £1bn
    • New funding scheme will support innovative small companies
    • Protection for private industries
    • Manchester United parent firm loses £109m in 2010
    • Surprise as public borrowing rises
    • Teesside looks set for enterprise zone
    • Businesses Stride into The Winner's Enclosure
    • Comment from CDDC in reaction to the Budget announcement
    • Northern Rock to issue mortgage backed bonds
    • Newcastle University leads global debate on sustainability
    • Uncertainty over new green bank’s funding
    • Wind turbine firms snub the North East
    • In the Zone to make most of opportunity
    • Romag shares remain suspended
    • Solar tariff cut proposals come under fire
    • IT consultancy Waterstons is on the move
    • Events Help To Generate New Business Opportunities
    • Newcastle University is named as a London 2012 Training Venue
    • Government sets out new Plan for Growth
    • Glaxo set to double production of creams at Barnard Castle
    • Move will bring jobs and power to the North East
    • Chancellor announces enterprise zones for North East
    • Budget 2011 – NECC response
    • Fund to be launched to aid disaster-struck area of Japan
    • Racing car technology resides here
    • Science company goes back to school
    • Inflation to make cuts bigger, says IFS
    • Eurozone agrees bail-out fund restructuring
    • First four new generation Enterprise Zone locations identified
    • New enterprise zones will not receive any upfront cash
    • Aycliffe could win Government high speed train contract
    • Walker Filtration Group scoop top award
    • Now it’s testing time for the Leaf
    • Winners out on the course
    • County Durham launches Japanese Disaster Fund
    • Dalton Park expansion would create hundreds of jobs
    • Protecting the IT security of North East businesses
    • Take-home pay down 5% in real terms since 2009, says study
    • David Cameron to launch StartUp Britain business scheme
    • Cable confirms ending of 50p tax rate, and reveals 'mansion tax' plans
    • The Journal helps recruit 500 new apprentices
    • Businesswoman urges firms to Keep It Local
    • Northern Rock set to axe 680 jobs
    • Nick Brown says Tyneside must back Enterprise Zone idea
    • Foreign deals are coup for energy sector
    • Dancing slip proves Julie Stout's lucky break
    • Ministerial visit to borehole site
    • Website gets supply chain on track
    • Region’s firms urged to tap into Asian market
    • UAE Ambassador outlines opportunities for North East businesses
    • Cash injection secures future of Northumbrian Fine Foods
    • Nissan deal boosts Stockton car parts maker
    • Mast company wins airport contracts
    • North East firms optomistic about the future
    • Jobs saved as Washington Display firm is bought
    • Rising stars stake career claims with North East firms
    • Durham University experts today reveal new 3D technology
    • Eaga wins Warm Front extension
    • Tees Valley techies score hat-trick in Spain
    • North East firms work together for growth
    • Harness the spirit of innovation
    • Engineer NPE employs three new apprentices
    • Talks to be held over Auckland Castle's future
    • Tess Valley firm polish-ing up its International business
    • Duo hope to clean up with new product trials
    • Northern Rock Asset Management returns to profit
    • Partnership is sheer chemistry for health research
    • Largest commercial property show to come to the region next month
    • New state pension 'at least £155'
    • Fury over Sheik's £2.5m gift to Durham university
    • England now only place in UK with prescription charges
    • Irish banks need extra 24bn euros to survive
    • Agency assets not for sale to council chiefs
    • Engineering firm wins second major contract
    • Electrician ceases trade
    • UK manufacturing growth 'at five-month low'
    • Process industry campaign is taken to the top
    • Green energy investment seeing strong rise, says WEF
    • Survey reveals North East businesses optimistic about future
    • Teaching aid finds North base
    • North East economic growth continues says NECC
    • North East businesses make growth league
    • Private sector job growth weaker in March, says Reed
    • DAV Developments make further key asset purchases
    • Cheryl Cole says Newcastle firm's tea is perfect brew
    • Firms bid for Hitachi train contracts
    • North-east businesses continue fight back to health
    • Free events help North East construction companies cut deaths and injury
    • Gentoo buys Romag assets out of administration
    • Fujifilm completes takeover of MSD
    • Gentoo saves County Durham glassmaker
    • Jobs at risk as Durham City based waste firm restructures
    • GeeknRolla: Tech start-ups reveal cost-cutting tips
    • UK economy faces 'worrying' times
    • Tanfield 'on the path to recovery
    • KLM launches new flights from North East
    • Banks Group investing £20m into wind farms
    • Guy Wilks in driving seat of Karting North East
    • Green makeover for enterprise agency Tedco
    • Electric vehicle event aiming to boost North East sales
    • Our carbon scheme is untenable
    • £2.6m intermodal terminal expands freight services on the Tees
    • Wilton Engineering Services completes 400-tonne order
    • UK banks introduce lending appeals process
    • ISPs tussle over broadband access
    • Pound stronger as services survey shows faster growth
    • Science City boss Peter Arnold steps down
    • McInerney Holdings goes into administration
    • Middlesbrough logistics firm starts work on £2.6m rail terminal
    • Tanfield building the platform for recovery
    • Backpacking in the USSR
    • Sales rise at Newton Aycliffe company CVO Fire
    • John Prescott set to speak to nebusiness awards final
    • Inspirational speakers set to take part at Durham Convention
    • Planning fears over region's new enterprise zones
    • UK industry unexpectedly weak in February
    • CAT dances off with Strictly Small Business prize
    • North East scientist aims to engineer export growth
    • North East business support company expanding
    • Jobs to go as Blaydon Dairy closes down again
    • Nissan's Sunderland production could be hit by parts shortage
    • Business organisations disappointed at Government’s plans for LEPs
    • North East will reap the rewards of renewable energy
    • UK output is down as concern mounts
    • Tees Valley in talks with Pickles
    • North-East business development organisation buys London based rival,
    • Nissan suspends production in Wearside
    • UK interest rates held at record low of 0.5%
    • Does your firm need its own mobile app?
    • Northern Bear warns on profits
    • Interest rates could need to rise County Durham industrialist says
    • Fuel saving device attracts industry attention
    • Quick growth sees Printmeit.com on the move
    • University to charge maximum fees
    • NECC criticise government over planning and red tape
    • African MPs call on Durham firm
    • Pickles looks to by-pass planning consents
    • Jennings feels the effect of cuts uncertainty
    • MP's anger over outsourced jobs
    • Business Growth Fund to plug equity gap for smaller firms
    • Government unveils North East offices plan
    • Extra cash for regional projects
    • Butterfly Barn entrepreneurs expand their business online
    • Iron ore waste breakthrough made by Tata Steel
    • North-east economic recovery is still 'fragile'
    • Key NECC member calls for stronger education and industry links
    • A lesson out of the classroom
    • Broadband welcome
    • New contract secures jobs at pharmaceutical plant
    • Clegg urges losing bidders to try again
    • Job losses at BAE Systems in Newcastle
    • North East promised thousands of new jobs by ministers
    • The Journal campaign helps create 726 apprentices
    • Public sector 'will save money' by using iPhone
    • Cumbrian Seafoods to receive a grant from the Regional Growth Fund
    • North-East firms helped Nasa shoot for the moon
    • £26m Teesside jobs boost from Regional Growth Fund
    • Bank of England expected to delay rise in interest rates
    • Council looks to Spectrum
    • Number of North-East firms in difficulty drops
    • Durham clothing firm has the X-Factor
    • Jobs under threat at Bishop Auckland College
    • UK small businesses embrace sustainability
    • Regional Growth Fund (RGF) will create or safeguard 5,216 North East jobs
    • North East job vacancies increase as competition soars
    • Romag sale gets expert advice
    • New plans are submitted for wind farm
    • Marstons signs up to DurhamGate development
    • Filtronic expects growth despite setbacks
    • Change needed to get North East on road to recovery
    • Apex Wiring Solutions wins London hospital contract
    • New fear for North East as jobless total goes up again
    • Sunderland businesses sing to the tune of £18m
    • Mend it like Beckham - Boots to stock revolutionary muscle protection tape
    • Number of low carbon cars doubles
    • 300 jobs set to go at Peterlee firm
    • TalkTalk snaps up Gateshead firm Executel
    • Nissan sales enjoy Russian revolution
    • Holmes back where the heart is
    • 'Unviable' rules block business park plan
    • Royal visitor helps business celebrate
    • Car parts company Nifco drives to top title
    • Bannatyne Group sees gym profits increase
    • Builders merchants looks to a greener future
    • Small businesses not embracing green market opportunities according to research
    • North East LEP chairman Paul Walker issues warning
    • Powering to record
    • Tata Steel signs up for new deal on power
    • Newcastle airport ‘to be put up for sale’
    • £5m fund will be lifeline for North East small businesses
    • High fuel prices help local shops in the North East
    • Seagulls set to soar thanks to CA Group
    • Growth fund fuels Connor expansion
    • Regions could miss out on Europe cash
    • Revolution CC collapses months after launch
    • Star speakers to talk at Durham Business School convention
    • British taxpayers face £600m bill as EU defies Cameron's calls for austerity
    • Distribution centre plan brings hope of 300 jobs
    • Firms recognised in Queen's Awards
    • UK's only lifetime achievement Queen's Award goes to County Durham enterprise guru
    • Building firm disposes of North Shields business
    • Rayovac’s royal seal of approval
    • Seaham hall owner calls in administrators
    • Sanderson Weatherall in seventh heaven
    • Firms advised on Regional Growth Fund bids
    • UK interest rates: When will they rise?
    • Industry leaders and political figures unite to press for £300million drugs plant
    • Survey reveals small firms' jobs pessimism
    • Teesside firms receive Queen's Awards for Innovation
    • Apprenticeship campaign most successful in UK
    • Beamish Hall owners extent their activity centre
    • Companies set to benefit from Hitachi train factory
    • Confidence grows as deals come through
    • North East businesses given the opportunity to grow
    • Funding chance for North East small firms
    • Join our campaign to boost North East economy
    • GSK sees first-quarter profits rise
    • OpSec agrees takeover
    • Bindi Karia set to share expertise with North East
    • Think Innovative mp3 player used for Royal Wedding
    • Wind farm tax break hint ...and cheaper electricity for homes in shadow of England’s biggest wind turbine site
    • Top mark for Tait Walker over staff treatment
    • Work begins on South Tyneside green business centre
    • Gateshead firm Spartan sees profits rise to £75m
    • Tax rises could spell the end of UK oil production
    • Hitachi Rail / Amazon Park Open Day attracts 400 companies interested in getting involved in IEP trains
    • Newcastle firm Sage boosts sales and profits
    • Stone rolls on with major contract wins
    • Lifeline for Amdega staff
    • Business support organisation for women to open North-East branch
    • Plea made to protect North East regeneration cash
    • 30 jobs set to come to Teesside as Dubai firm launches its UK operation
    • James Cracknell to speak at Entrepreneurs' Forum event
    • Petards sees opportunities across the world
    • UK interest rates kept on hold at 0.5%
    • Dramatic fall in profits for TCP owner SSI
    • New fund offering hope to start-up businesses
    • Move shows medical firm is in healthy condition
    • Sighs of relief from business as rates are held
    • Local elections 2011: party took a real knock, admits Nick Clegg
    • Manufacturing falters as figures show growth has fallen to a seven-month low
    • Durham Tees Valley can survive, say airport bosses
    • New strimmers at the cutting edge of design
    • Public sector pay gap 'increases'
    • North East businesses face new bill
    • Redcar testing centre will boost region's reputation
    • Regional Growth Fund advice offered to North East businesses
    • North East economy still better than rest of UK
    • Business start-up guidance on offer at Gateshead store
    • Filling the gap left by public cutbacks
    • Wilton Group look to double up following investment
    • New biotechnology centre already booked for a year ahead
    • Business services 'are now driving recovery'
    • Teesside manufacturing going greener
    • Hitachi event puts businesses on track for contract wins
    • Austerity measures cut into council budgets
    • Sweet success as Teesside start-up secures £100,000 of investment
    • International Cuisine set to create 150 new jobs
    • Durham remains a dynamic place for property business
    • Chemical giant Huntsman relocates to new North-East centre
    • Let's Grow campaign aims to help North East firms
    • Bank of England hints at rate rise by end of year as inflation climbs
    • Passionate people are key to Wynyard move
    • Redcar facility is a hi-tech world where dreams can come true
    • Focus on scientific entrepreneurs in Newcastle
    • Region lagging in green economy
    • Pitch up for this ‘match-making’ idea
    • Council apologises for city regeneration delay
    • Nissan annual sales boost as markets recover
    • Manufacturing figures fuel fears on recovery
    • Ensus plant to close - for up to four months
    • Capture project winning support
    • Boss hits out at councils on green energy agenda
    • Region’s corporate finance sector bolstered with new deal
    • Localism Bill must consider its impact on businesses, says FSB
    • Bidding starts as uni unveils latest extension
    • Rallying call for Teesside firms to team up
    • Teesside carbon capture vision a step closer
    • The North Eastern Local Enterprise Partnership is seeking business leaders
    • Councils wrong to demand money for solar plans
    • £2.3m Innovation Accelerator opens at Wilton
    • North East small firms have chance to apply for funding
    • University comes under fire for accepting donation
    • Council and promotions company seriously at fault for Dreamspace tragedy
    • Millburngate House may go in plans for Durham City
    • North East firms should start planning now for London Olympics
    • Hundreds of temporary jobs created at steel plant
    • North East businesses cutting costs but still hopeful
    • Artists can showcase work in Durham City cafe
    • OnePlaceUK ready to roll out across the country
    • UK inflation rate rises to 4.5% in April
    • Durham County Council get Nissan Leaf pool car
    • Sunderland receives top accolade
    • Firms offered an essential guide to venture capital
    • PX Group looks to Middle East following acquisition
    • Countdown to join SME consortium fund bid
    • Window of opportunity
    • Amec buys US engineering firm
    • Bank of England in vow to Teesside firms
    • Tata Steel takes energy fight to Government officials
    • North East wind turbines scheme in running for Euro funding
    • Gateshead firm Eutechnyx on shortlist of finalists
    • NECC event focuses on renewables
    • Biofuel industry wants more government consistency
    • Enterprise Zone plans moving forward
    • Calls for Coalition jobs fund to be extended
    • Business Growth Fund for medium-sized firms launched
    • Almost 1000 businesses and organisations rush to sign up for Hitachi showcase
    • North-East transport boss calls for Government to cut fuel duty
    • Restaurant operator to create 10 new jobs
    • UK manufacturers see solid growth in production ahead says CBI
    • Let's Grow campaign deadline extended for firms
    • Award as biofuel thrives on brownfield sites
    • First principal appointed for new academy
    • First woman role for company secretary
    • Hundreds at Tata in Lackenby face the axe
    • Swedish delegation in energy meeting
    • Transport Minister urged to re-think motorway plans
    • Russian contract boosts GT Group growth plans
    • One in ten North East firms reported at risk
    • Hundreds of jobs to be lost at Teesside steelworks
    • Tata statement denies 'lazy' reports claims
    • Bishop Auckland forklift firm secures £100m deal
    • Vince Cable wants a ‘significant improvement’ on lending to SME’s
    • Solar power adds shine to DuPont sales
    • County Durham couple set up tyre-fitting franchise
    • Project Merlin lending figures 'disappointing'
    • Delegates from Sweden set to arrive in the North East
    • UK unemployment falls by 36,000 to 2.46 million
    • Tata bosses look for policy support
    • People give views on future of city offices site
    • Tips for tomorrow’s entrepreneurs
    • Packaging firm has expansion all wrapped up
    • Cleveland Bridge secures £35m Sri Lanka contract
    • Newcastle-based Hedgehog Lab opens London office
    • Expansion plans for Washington firm Walker Filtration
    • Call for more clarity over green investment bank plans
    • 1,000 jobs planned for North East blackspot area
    • Business partnership names board
    • Tata Steel back in the black
    • Newcastle Science City lauded for innovation
    • Knowledge IT secures five-year cloud contract
    • UK economy grows by 0.5% in Q1
    • Norther Bear says disposals at an end
    • Furniture repair firm plays Royal Wedding role
    • Firms compete for trains contracts in County Durham
    • Over 1,000 aspiring suppliers attend Hitachi rail event
    • Hitachi Rail sets out multi-million pound business opportunities at first UK supply chain event
    • Top entrepreneur awards for businesswomen
    • Healthy start for North East wellbeing businesses
    • Cable company cuts its workforce
    • Germ warfare as firm develops bacteria to combat toilet bugs
    • Funding fears for the Newcastle Innovation Machine
    • Teesside incubator accelerates sector
    • Northumbrian Water boosts profits
    • Take That boost to region's economy
    • Thorn Lighting launches new division
    • Subsea North East exhibition set to take place
    • Gateway to service and support for businesses
    • Reinnervate deal to increase availability of products
    • Tourism's importance to regional economy being recognised
    • Have your say on The County Durham Plan
    • More jobs – but prepare for rise in water prices
    • Fears for North-East jobs after Centrica closes gas field
    • Green taxes could destroy North-East chemical industry report claims
    • CA Group supplies the largest solar wall in the world
    • Major operators interested in WIllington scheme
    • NECC wants private sector voice heard in enterprise zone plan
    • Propeller Holdings is tracking its own success
    • North East manufacturing sector has grown
    • Durham Business School celebrates its 25 years in business
    • Buy Local Buy Durham
    • Washington firm OpSec announces strong results
    • Low carbon centre generates interest a year ahead of opening
    • Gatenby firm offers high-speed internet to rural communities
    • Small firms warned on web image copyright
    • Middlesbrough green fuel research centre due next year
    • GlaxoSmithKline launches innovative pricing
    • Furore over Durham's tobacco funding for Afghan scholarship
    • Science City appoints interim director
    • North East manufacturers see growth
    • Service to stay alert for contracts
    • Shower manufacturer cuts costs by moving production from China to UK
    • Olympics will offer North-East tourist business boost, firms told
    • Pipe workers face uncertain future as firm announces closure plans
    • Seaham Hall Hotel retains it five AA red star rating
    • Firms facing final analysis in North East Top 200
    • Durham entrepreneur launches Amanda's Antics venture
    • Romag hire staff as demand for solar panels increases
    • FSB calls on Government to re-focus its policy for the smallest firms
    • Darlington based Clive Owen & Co help North East businesses
    • Sunderland Nissan plant to build new version of Qashqai
    • Thomas Swan expands Custom Manufacturing capabilities
    • New superstores would create 1,300 new jobs
    • Nissan investment will safeguard North East jobs
    • Doing business in Dubai could reap massive rewards
    • Spreading the word on popular First Friday forums
    • North East companies rewarded for their work
    • Green energy scheme under threat
    • Enterprising Tees Valley bid to create 43,000 jobs is unveiled
    • County Durham tag maker benefits from EID
    • Exports up by a third
    • Record low interest rate backed by business
    • Pickles: I've gone out of my way to aid area
    • Siemens to up trainee wind technician jobs
    • North East growth rate above the UK average
    • Darlington firm Henry Williams announces rail contracts
    • George Osborne preparing to offload Northern Rock
    • Make Ministers listen on Enterprise Zones
    • Dianne Sharp, Managing Director, SCM Pharma
    • Intersnack UK boss has eye on £250m sales
    • Banks and businesses come together to seek solutions
    • North-East economic recovery slows down
    • Popcorn firm to move from kitchen table
    • Opening the gate to a variety of offerings in city centre shopping
    • Cable workers jobs saved after agreement with creditors
    • Hi-tech signage could be on public display within months
    • CBI leader calls for overhaul of green taxes that threaten North-East jobs
    • Lack of industrial space could hamper North East's recovery
    • Revision of development masterplan
    • Durham University centre to help career prospects
    • North East firms offered Dubai opportunity
    • £50m expansion plan for Belmont Industrial Estate approved
    • Osborne plans to sell Northern Rock to a single buyer
    • Fabrication firm aims to be renewable sector trailblazer
    • North East firms attack new carbon-reduction incentive
    • County Durham print facility to aid design companies
    • Neptune to return to Durham
    • Seaham Hall Hotel may be sold for £12.5m
    • New business park for Middlesbrough could bring 1,000 jobs
    • 2,000 new jobs to be created to build train carriages
    • Industrial land could be used for energy park
    • Siemens deal continues revival of North-East train building
    • Peterlee-based Eden Farm aims to keep growing
    • * Eco-preneur urges businesses to ‘go green’
    • Residents meet Minister over plans for England's biggest windfarm
    • North-East suppliers invited to bid for Norwegian power contracts
    • US equity group considers Rock bid
    • Carbon capture funding
    • Manufacturing pay continues gradual upward curve
    • C-Capturing capital for a capital idea
    • Institute of Directors North East launches new project
    • New £1.25m Visitor Centre opens to showcase Durham’s “world treasure”
    • New academy will make North-East a centre of excellence
    • Social media still an underused resource
    • Consett chemical firm Thomas Swan in massive investment
    • New opportunities for process sector
    • Carbon firm C-Capture opens centre in the region
    • New working practices boost production at Hargreaves Services
    • Defence firms still set for contract wins despite spending cuts
    • North East manufacturers expect continued growth
    • New deals are key to Houghton-le-Spring firm’s success
    • Green initiative to aid energy efficiency
    • £80m settlement for Tata
    • Warring robots headline science festival
    • Growth in demand positive for North East manufacturing
    • Hargreaves Services wins colliery contract
    • Bank of England votes to keep low interest rate
    • Life sciences firm Cels aims to help create UK sales
    • Consett Popcorn Company preparing to launch flavour
    • County Durham – the perfect place to base your business
    • Warring robots headline science festival
    • Hartlepool named as potential site for next generation of nuclear power
    • Chance to take advantage of Dubai trade link
    • Extra jobs hope as start-up to be revealed by SSI
    • Tank Track firm Astrum set to shed jobs
    • Profits soar at IDS
    • DigitalCity bids for millions from Government jobs fund
    • China and UK set to form trade agreement.
    • Cumbrian Seafoods on Top Producers list
    • Icona Adds UK Office
    • Talks of take-over at Northumbrian Water
    • Opportunities for rural entrepreneurs to shine
    • UK groups harness collective procurement
    • Pickles hails Tees Valley enterprise zone 'brave and clever'
    • Thorn Lighting parent returns to profit
    • Liquid explosive scanner goes into operation for first time
    • MP speaks up for North-East industry in carbon tax debate
    • Local Councils set to receive Business Rates
    • Helping hands in business world
    • North East firms urged to export to help economy
    • North East businesses receive national recognition
    • Units are snapped up at Consett industrial estate
    • Govt's £20m for wave energy just "a drop in the ocean"
    • Kromek expects to double workforce
    • Metric Property Investments signs redevelopment deal
    • North East firms can win a fine chance to explore trade
    • Northumbrian Water receives takeover offer
    • Sunderland firm Brasher to begin overseas sales
    • Last day to apply for Regional Growth Funding
    • Hitachi will bid for second train contract
    • Region's firms urged to bid for Brazil billions
    • Labour demands bank tax to boost jobs fund
    • New investment for North East digital start-ups
    • UK manufacturing slows to 21-month low
    • Roadshow drives green export market
    • Durham Cricket Club raising £7m for bold plans
    • Firefighters in talks on mothballed Belmont site
    • Tees Valley hoping for £156m Funding
    • North East firms hand in their bids for growth funds
    • Faltering economy will see interest rates on hold
    • 10,000 jobs waiting for Regional Growth Fund verdict
    • Northern Bear secures £10m investment
    • Caterpillar ready to recruit at Peterlee site
    • City leaders step in to save Newcastle's Science Central
    • New online sales opportunities for SMEs
    • Kromek boss Arnab Basu joins North-East LEP board
    • New cathedral lights to cost £430k
    • Barnard Castle recognised as digital business centre
    • Business Link funding still available
    • North East apprentice boom after success of campaign
    • Sky deal to create 800 new jobs in Newcastle
    • Pickles suggests jobs should be send to South Shields
    • North East firms urged to go West for export success
    • U-turn is 'too little too late' for North-East
    • Labour plays the blues
    • Cash fund to ignite digital start-ups
    • Reinnervate breakthrough wins top award
    • Digital business accelerator programme launched in the North East
    • Recovery fears as sectors suffer fall in profitability
    • Banks will be "held to account" over promises to North-East firms
    • NECC reports workforces growing as exports increase
    • Foreign fields more fertile for NE firms
    • Rail links bring cultural connection
    • Offshore wind
    • Bid values Northumbrian Water at £2.4bn
    • Village Farm Dairy cheese brand maturing well in first year
    • North East businesses ‘most energy efficient’
    • County Durham firm Banks Group puts students on team
    • Foreign investment is boosting UK economy.
    • Sale of Northumbrian Water moves a step closer
    • Lottery support for park scheme
    • Skills gap puts brake on North East's growth
    • TV stars set to appear at science fair
    • Reforms in electricity market could cost businesses dearly
    • £30m wind farm investment set to boost North-East renewables
    • Nissan tops the Top 200 list of North East companies
    • Electricity market reform plan revealed
    • Houghton-le-Spring firm Tacle sees revenues jump
    • Cels Business for Life awards return for a fifth year
    • Fears North East small businesses could go bust
    • Manufacturing on the up
    • A momentous day
    • Seven North East companies set to meet the Queen
    • Minister backs regions technology exports.
    • Green scheme moves forward
    • Export champions are celebrated at awards
    • BENE secures Government contract
    • Gloomy picture over North East economic turnaround
    • Business support group wins national contract
    • Energy support group NOF Energy leads offshore visit
    • DigitalCity hosts event in Tees Valley
    • Councils should keep business rates
    • Awards will recognise blueprints for success
    • Survey reveals North East calls for action on lending
    • Is this a new tech bubble?
    • PETEC LACE: OLED/OPV Protoyping Line
    • Fight vow as wind farm plan unveiled
    • The very hungry Caterpillars
    • Region’s workers give plant its drive
    • Calls for VAT reductions met with mixed results
    • North East businesses helped to tune of £785,000
    • High-speed rail link could boost region
    • £3.6 million investment in Renewables sector
    • Club looks to China for opportunities
    • Subsea firm Flexlife arrives in region with promise of jobs
    • Hargreaves colliery project gets green light
    • Olympics official denies North-East businesses have missed out
    • Cloud Technology boosts drinks firm
    • Nissan's drive for 200 new workers
    • E.ON wind farm development could help north-east business energy users
    • Extra powers could bridge regional divide
    • Manufacturers urged to join red tape challenge
    • Business booming at Wilton Centre Science Park
    • New faces for North Pennines partnership
    • Website launched to fill Nissan jobs
    • 10,000 Higher Apprenticeships to help business
    • Why North can be a big draw for companies
    • Academy wins again in business competition
    • Business booming at Wilton Centre
    • Indonesian Ambassador visits PETEC
    • North-east recovery is 'hit by investment delay'
    • Helptrainingcourses.com sets out ambitious expansion plans
    • GT Group strengthens international portfolio
    • FSB calls for targeted VAT cuts
    • High levels of distressed businesses in the region
    • More North East firms are failing
    • New period of growth for Immunodiagnostic Systems
    • GDP data shows UK growth slows
    • Green Flag First for County Durham
    • Knowledge Transfer Partnership proves first class
    • Innovation given BIG boost
    • Richard Swart, Managing Director, Berger Group (Europe)
    • CA Group expands its waste management fortfolio
    • The Test Factory to fly flag in USA
    • North East firms are already winners in the Olympics
    • North East Councils accused of squeezing out local talent
    • Ebac chief looks to heat pumps for firm's growth
    • Performances fall in line with predictions for NWL
    • Downturn in N.E. commercial property
    • DurhamGate complex “vital” says MP
    • Management buyout at Consett accountancy firm
    • County Durham: The perfect place to base your business
    • We built it – and they came
    • Killhope gets quality stamp of approval
    • Councillors urged not to accept ‘sub’ standards when it comes to contracts
    • Branson's Virgin in bid for Northern Rock
    • Voucher boost for tourist trade
    • Stadium Sees The Light at Offical Opening
    • Finance rules are eased for SMEs
    • North East small firms Twittering to success
    • The CBI warns that the UK is likely to experience slow growth in 2011-2012
    • Regional Growth Fund allocations in progress
    • Give local firms a chance to bid for work - NECC chiefs
    • Masterplan fails town centre, says councillor
    • Chilled food packaging expert receives funding
    • £2m Ministry of Defence contract boosts driving school
    • Losses amount for Filtronic
    • Northumbrian Water says yes to takeover bid
    • North East exports hold up as UK falters
    • MP backs Durham Gate work
    • Local reaction to Northumbrian Water takeover
    • Assurances over Chinese takeover of Northumbrian Water
    • Filtronic confident despite mounting losses
    • North East firms looking East in search of new markets
    • Interest rates to stay until 2012
    • Cash and experience injection for start-up
    • Downturn impacts on Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Company
    • Newcastle Co-op conversion plans submitted
    • Losses up as jobs axed at Filtronic
    • Durham firm Evolve North offer mobile security solution
    • Focus turned to boom lifts
    • Councils must publish assets, says Pickles
    • Tata Steel slashes proposed redundancies at tube mills
    • Cable considers chemical council
    • 'Use it or lose it' - Durham Tees Valley airport warning
    • Rates left on hold as economic fears grow
    • Jobs bonanza as steelmaking prepares to return
    • Start-ups offered chance to win £150k investment
    • North East firms link up to promote timber eco-house
    • £1m of contracts sees Robson Brown comeback
    • Hammond must put the North East on track for growth
    • SSI begin to accept job applications for Redcar steel plant
    • Firms could be leeched from North-East without rail guarantees
    • Top women in business gear up for glittering event
    • County focus for new IoD Durham Committee
    • Redevelopment for SME offices
    • Blair backs Downing Street furnisher Herrington Gate
    • Almost 5,000 register SSI interest
    • GMP looks to revenue boost at new home
    • Solar-powered car in race across Australia
    • Finley completes work on £10m Software Centre
    • Foundry business buys Kenmore factory site at Crook
    • Construction sector boosted by power plant approval
    • NEPIC showcases North chemical firms to India
    • Compensation helps Tata steel firm triple profits
    • Chance to join trade visit to Canada
    • Shortage of engineers hits BP plans to boost North Sea fields
    • OpSec appoints new director Glenn Luk
    • European Union Euro backing for Teesside University
    • HRMC toughens up on Time to Pay agreements
    • Peter Atkinson's collection housed at Icon Image Library
    • Heritage railway starts work on tourist attraction
    • £363 million to 'take broadband to all' in England and Scotland
    • A change in perception is key to better business
    • Multi-million pound boost for Digital Durham
    • Test Factory opens US site after impressive growth
    • Joy as 3,000 jobs plan goes ahead
    • North East gets go-ahead for £200m enterprise zone
    • RICS say enterprise zone does not support developers
    • Durham business woman's banking on her success
    • Angel Fund champions North East start-ups
    • WIN Awards recognise the best in business
    • Chemical company reports £3m loss
    • Micro-renewables training scheme helps 250th engineer
    • High-Level Hitachi Delegation Visits County Durham
    • Gentoo partners with Gateshead College for solar panel training
    • Aycliffe printer bags Barcelona contract
    • Business bus comes to Sunderland
    • Durham nursery in the finals of prestigious contest
    • All change at County Durham firm Farmway
    • advertisement “Ticking timebomb” under manufacturing supply chains
    • Durham congestion charge returns next week
    • UK economy slows as fears rise
    • NOF Energy leads mission to Norway
    • Manufacturing orders higher than expected
    • Wind turbine firm Clipper halts North East investment
    • Second major contract is great news for BEG
    • Quango bosses receive payoffs up to £250,000
    • Nissan and Siemens launch jobs dating website
    • Wind turbine plant pull-out not a major setback
    • Banks Group call for Changes in coal mining regulations
    • National honour for Northumbrian Water's facilities manager
    • Deal secures future of North Pennines Archaeology
    • Northumbrian Water reveals takeover timetable
    • Tees Valley office plays part in Amec North Sea success
    • Tanfield sees rapid shares rise
    • Chinese Tycoon's Northumbrian Water takeover set for mid October
    • Technology firm Aframe plans to expand
    • Concern over North East firms getting the best advice
    • Growth Fund boss calls for bond market for SMEs
    • Council workers spend £2,500 phoning speaking clock
    • County Durham Bonds Foundry secures Royal Navy anchor contract
    • £10m deal for local aviation firm
    • Revealed: The £50m cost of job cuts
    • Internet move pays off for family firm
    • Reinnervate expands its network of partnerships
    • Revenues double at Durham firm Tekmar Energy
    • Rail Professional interviews Alistair Dormer
    • County Durham foundry secures Royal Navy anchor contract
    • Business development organisation considers job cuts
    • Trade mission aims to grow links with India
    • Oktoberfest 2011
    • IP Group builds on a strong start
    • Tanfield Foods director Roger McKechnie set to stand down
    • Bonds Foundry wins £4m contract from MoD
    • TVU in link-up to boost Teesside investment
    • Plea for youth power in the North-east
    • North East growth strategy would ease congestion in the South
    • New offices for Sunderland surveyors
    • Cameron urged to reform "unfair" electricity tariffs
    • £350m energy plant looks to Middle East
    • Trade delegation visit builds North East links with India
    • BP to invest £700m in new North Sea oilfield
    • Construction firm Esh Group is set for a tough year
    • Who's really paying for our windfarms?
    • North East trainers hail red tape cut on apprentices
    • Lumiere Light Festival 2011
    • North East companies urged to seek export opportunities
    • Fears for third quarter as manufacturing stalls
    • Multi-million pound plan for Consett
    • NECC celebrates 25 years of Nissan
    • Nissan success helps set regional export record
    • Audio business Ameeca heads overseas
    • NOF Energy award time
    • Investment desperately needed in UK Infrastructure
    • Innovation key to UK prosperity
    • Government aims to make North East a design centre for new trains
    • GT Group founder Geoff Turnbull heading to Russia with David Cameron
    • NECC backing for low interest rates
    • Local reaction to latest export figures
    • Brendan Barber will urge unions to build new 'green' economy
    • Fresh investment for ECO Plastics
    • UK growth slowdown quickening
    • £1.5bn bid for engineering firm Charter
    • North East firms urged to go west in search for growth
    • Newcastle marketing agency Different wins major deal
    • Major deal for Bishop Auckland forklift truck firm Rushlift
    • Confident Hargreaves unveils strong results
    • Waterstons thrives as expansion plan pays off
    • Roads to regeneration in North East
    • Plans for village start ‘commuter belt’ fears
    • Fund boosts Bond girl's latest film
    • Investing in youth pays off for roofing firm
    • Hargreaves Services sees impressive growth
    • Languages expert celebrates awards success
    • Hargreaves targets Asia expansion
    • North East businesses among top tech firms
    • Clubbing together for success
    • Ikon Science set to fund lectureship at Durham University
    • £3m+ offshore infrastructure investment
    • Approval given for Consett regeneration plan
    • Leading economist predicts manufacturing boost for North-East
    • Berghaus revenues up 27pc as 10 stores prepare to open in Russia
    • Northstar's Marion Bernard joins Business Growth Fund
    • The North East celebrates the 30th Great North Run
    • GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and McLaren Group announce innovative strategic partnership
    • Santander gives its backing to social enterprises
    • Top-flight advice on exporting to Russia
    • Business community urged to rally behind Durham Tees Valley airport
    • Cuts threaten the future of North East science projects
    • Bringing public and private sectors together
    • Government must avoid ‘perverse incentives’ for national contracts
    • New online legal service launched
    • North-East engineers develop revolutionary electric engine
    • Government gives hope for Ensus plant
    • Northumbrian Water shareholders agree to Chinese Tycoon's takeover
    • Solar Flair 11 conference shining light on solar industry
    • Blast at North East's 'civil war' over LEP decision
    • Is hydrogen the future of motoring
    • Innovative Software Direct is bought out of administration
    • Government discusses £5bn economic boost
    • NOF Energy help local businesses looking for investment
    • UKTI offering insight into overseas opportunities
    • Sage sells US healthcare business
    • Small business confidence growing
    • Funding to help start-ups get online announced
    • Workshop launches only Morgan car dealership in the North
    • Jobs created after mail MetroMail's £2m investment
    • Fast-growing robot maker shortlisted in top awards
    • Merger to drive forward huge inward investment
    • Glaxo ponders new site choices
    • £200m plans for Mount Oswald golf course revealed
    • Public sector pension proposal revealed
    • Dip in orders is bad news for economic recovery
    • CA Group On Track To Move Tesco One Step Closer To 2050 Zero Carbon Goal
    • Energy saving work complete on £2.5m building project
    • Newcastle Science City offer boost to local SMEs and start-ups
    • Northumbrian Water bidders set to axe jobs at power firm
    • Chambers of Commerce urges government to boost growth
    • Morgan Sindall event aims to build on regional expertise
    • UK gains international recognition for efforts to reduce carbon emissions
    • Demolition man completes A1 bridge work
    • North East companies and business groups join forces
    • Renewable energy investments delayed by government review
    • Durham entrepreneur launches Personalised Parties business
    • SW Durham Training opens new CORE training centre
    • First tenant takes up residence at Moor Chambers
    • The striking Lightning GT joins 2011 RAC Future Car Challenge
    • Glaxo rivals remove planning hurdles
    • Tallent makes talent permanent
    • CA Group Called In To Preserve National Treasure
    • Filtronic deliver upbeat trading update to shareholders
    • Cash available for small businesses and start-ups
    • Robotic technology packs patients’drugs
    • Tanfield's order book grows by 170%
    • Advice on export success at free event
    • Ryder announces JAA merger
    • Sustainable working practices a priority for SMEs
    • Can the UK take a bigger slice of the ‘Low Carbon Economy’ pie?
    • North-East team finds recipe for "perfect plastic"
    • UK Land Estates secure significant cash injection
    • ADDED VALUE AT OKTOBERFEST 2011
    • Middle East opening doors for North East business winners
    • US firm Lear to create hundreds of North East jobs
    • Newcastle University awarded £518,000 grant to develop green vehicle technology
    • Red tape is stifling small business hopes for growth
    • County Durham firm Apex Wiring Solutions strike gold with Olympic contract
    • Solar power set to boost Pacifica Group
    • Lanchester Dairies churns out another year of growth
    • Tallent Automotive Ltd creates 100 temporary jobs
    • North East business leaders warning as Chancellor unveils reforms
    • Soaring energy prices 'force UK manufacturers abroad
    • Private equity fund seals Tekmar deal
    • New equipment at Haskel Europe helps to land £20m deal
    • North East companies celebrate Investors in People award
    • ‘Credit easing’ could lend tens of billions
    • Support services at fingertips at NETPark
    • Public sector work fuels Opus Green growth
    • NETPark Affinity programme launched
    • Looking forward to Durham Solar Flair conference
    • Bank of England to pump £75bn into UK economy
    • Mixed regional response to second round of Quantitative Easing
    • New audit proposals could save UK SMEs millions
    • North-east small firms planning to boost turnover
    • Durham Police HQ & Durham County Council HQs face demolition as part of business hub plan
    • Top attractions recognised in North East Tourism Awards 2011
    • Turnover surge at Esh Group
    • Durham University graduates create guitar effects company
    • North East businesses to given insight into Olympic construction practices
    • North East manufacturers offer ray of light
    • Call to apply for share of £10m Growth Fund
    • Regional advice service for business to be launched
    • UK economy needs more than quantitative easing to recover
    • Pacifica Group's double success at Fastest 50 Awards
    • Romag to lift manufacturing capacity by 300%
    • Bishop Auckland printer eyes nationwide growth
    • UK economy deteriorating
    • Newton Aycliffes Revolution Power business boosts green revolution
    • Voiceover expert tones ensure Olympic arrival
    • North East welcomes plans for Growth and Innovation Fund
    • Thorn bucks trend with HQ switch from South to North
    • Newton Aycliffe firm AxFlow opens North East service base
    • Helping inventors turn their ideas into reality... Before I Get Too Old
    • CA Group fights for ‘efficient’ system to be recognised by Government
    • First UK Technology and Innovation Centre opens for business
    • £10m renewables deal in doubt as chief quits Northern Bear
    • A shortage of North East skilled workers in tough times
    • Brazilian trip may lead to sports deals
    • Barnard Castle still in the running after Glaxo visit
    • North East entrepreneurs come top in national Business Index
    • Weak pound helps firm's revenues surge by 50%
    • Government promises cash boost for cutting-edge technology
    • Graphene will revolutionise our lives
    • UK trade deficit is cut by higher exports
    • Staff are wanted at Bonds Foundry
    • Progress is ‘too big a prize to lose’
    • Oktoberfest speakers announced
    • Young people given a taste of working life
    • Oktoberfest manufacturing showcase a sell-out
    • North East-backed business prepares for lift-off
    • Partnership support Duke’s award
    • IT system controls Swedish traffic
    • Robotic falcons get gulls into a flap
    • Number of distressed businesses in North East rocket upwards
    • Economic reform package call to George Osborne
    • Digital agency Silverbean sets out growth plans
    • North-south divide widens as public sector cuts hit businesses
    • Reinnervate expands its distribution network for alvetex across Europe
    • Hub plan faces opposition
    • Wireless network firm KBR opens North West office
    • County Durham is a place to do business
    • Leading seafood supplier mulls over potential buy-out offers
    • Local Business Accelerators campaign launched
    • Huge snow dome joins Durham City Lumiere festival
    • Bank of England's MPC united over quantitative easing
    • £2m support scheme launched in the North East
    • NETPark company Reinnervate scoops an 'Oscar for innovation'
    • Police unveil HQ plan
    • Local authority cuts: one year on
    • UK spending cuts have hit councils hardest, study says
    • David Cameron hits back in North East jobs row
    • Your help is needed on photovoltaic
    • Wave and tidal power get more support
    • Boot camp challenge for small businesses
    • Renewable energy firms raising profile
    • Wind sector cluster group aims to drive North-East to front of industry
    • Young business initiative gets heavyweight backer
    • Carbon capture in the UK is far from dead, thanks to European funding
    • Anaerobic plants to get more under FIT
    • Film bosses head to the region
    • Army of North East businesses has £2bn potential
    • Perry Process Equipment sales manager wins top export award
    • Tanfield to plough cash into development
    • North East is the region with highest rate of insolvency
    • Critics question plans for police HQ
    • Blue Marble snaps up North East site
    • Tanfield to collect £3.5m final instalment of sale price
    • Peterlee-based Caterpillar forecasting record year
    • Centre of Life vice president appointed to international science body
    • CBI calls for increased help for medium sized businesses
    • North East success stories still out there – Miller
    • North East micro businesses worst hit for insolvencies
    • Workers wait for news after £151m meal deal
    • Durham Business Group in expansion
    • Durham University scoops research honour
    • Golf hotel's £17m expansion plan on course for approval
    • Warrior armoured vehicle extension good news for Astrum
    • Sensitive issue is a huge sales boost for GSK
    • International Cuisine takeover 'a platform for growth'
    • Plane to see Peterlee Parachutes is just flying
    • Conferences can show way forward
    • SCA Packaging employees in North-East not ruled out of job cuts
    • High energy prices could hit UK manufacturers
    • Businesses missing out on the power of social media
    • 1,000 firms enter Local Business Accelerators campaign
    • Business & Enterprise Group cut 170 jobs
    • Solar panel subsidy cut threatens jobs
    • Teesside LEP hits back after report blasts progress
    • Freedom Parade lined up for HMS Bulwark
    • Outlook is sunny for new Energy Friend venture
    • Owners hope to inspire at Entrepreneurs' Forum
    • Regional business set to benefit from £14.2m funding
    • Leading engineers stress importance of apprenticeships
    • Inova Power on the verge of securing £30m investment
    • Places are available on UKTI trade trip to India
    • Creative Industries provide £90m boost to regional economy
    • CPI Consortium awarded £5.3M to establish new research and innovation capability
    • Firms hit out at Feed-in Tariff deadline
    • Business and Enterprise Minister sets out plans for growth in UK manufacturing
    • NECC chief calls on government to promote localism
    • Low-carbon move pays off for construction firm CA Group
    • North East to benefit from RGF tourism money
    • New office development will create jobs & help North East Businesses prosper
    • NETPark reveals Affinity for firms
    • Astrum saved from administration by former owner
    • Lifeline for workers at County Durham firm Veriplast as factory prepares to close
    • North East SMEs look to exports
    • Durham University Scientists identify therapy for ageing disease
    • Government criticized for cutting funding for regeneration projects.
    • Promoting the region’s manufacturing and engineering excellence
    • Greencroft Bottling get funding boost
    • Seaham based Business & Enterprise Group lands manufacturing conference
    • North Universities join forces for cancer research
    • Polysolar opens new R&D office to develop transparent OPV glass for local manufacture
    • Speakers encourage North East firms to take risks
    • Private sector development needed to boost growth say NECC
    • Tanfield cash boost approved
    • Newcastle Airport wins industry award
    • Crowds cheer HMS Bulwark sailors' freedom march through Durham
    • Durham marks 25 years as World Heritage Site
    • Plans unveiled to replace Milburngate House in Durham City
    • New petition to save Remploy from closure
    • SCM Pharma invests £5m towards expansion plan
    • Multi million-pound windfall for North East LEPs
    • Investment drives market town retail boom
    • Cameron under fire as 32,000 North East jobs lost
    • North East firms must be ready to weather the storm
    • Durham "dying" under weight of students, meeting told
    • Science Park first celebrated
    • Local Businesses set to benefit from £700,000 of European Funding
    • GT Group blazes a trail for UK exports
    • County Durham firm Serpent Medical wins United Nations contract
    • Government fund could help North East projects
    • Government must do more to support electric vehicle technologies
    • Funding boost for North-East tourism
    • Nissan plans fast-charging post network to boost Leaf take up
    • Esh Group on a high after Newcastle Eagles deal
    • Last chance to enter Local Business Accelerators contest
    • Industrial output stalls but manufacturing edges up
    • PR boss Nickie Gott backs WIN creative award
    • Nissan gets £188m cash injection from Europe
    • Government must recognise benefits of regional airports, say Tees Valley
    • Intersnack invests £50,000 to create new range
    • Help Training Courses to invest in providers
    • Almost 700 jobs safeguarded
    • PM pledges a further £95million for SMEs
    • Smith Electric receive biggest ever Irish order
    • The Bowes Museum gets help with website issues
    • Early move on flotation for Smith Electric Vehicles
    • NECC conference to discuss economy
    • County Durham Apprenticeship Programme
    • Solar expert at conference
    • Exchange rate insecurity leads to food packaging plant move
    • Get your entry in for Local Business Accelerators
    • Expert will join Narec Capital renewables team
    • North East businesses urged to plan for the future
    • Career opportunities in the UK rail sector
    • NECC Success Feature - International Innovative Technologies
    • Banks Group community fund boosts village
    • TTE agree deal with County Durham Cam-Tec Systems
    • County Durham manufacturers first to benefit from green product guidance
    • Sunderland set for council-run cloud computing system
    • Green light for £5m Network Rail plans
    • Mirus Bio and Reinnervate Collaborate to Introduce the 3D Transfection System
    • NDI hands small firms a share of Warrior contract
    • Danish company Faerch Plast moves into old Veriplast plant
    • Rio Tinto Alcan to close Lynemouth smelter
    • Ed Milliband visits the North East
    • Festival will bathe city streets in light
    • Manufacturer Apex wins major hospital contract
    • £250m apprenticeship scheme for businesses
    • North East businesses attend UK's largest technology show
    • Engineering prize to be worth £1m
    • North-East firms urged to enter export competiton
    • Premier Waste turnover to top £12m
    • New LED bulbs help to light way forward
    • Let there be light - thousands attend spectacular Lumiere festival
    • Bribery Act advice for North East firms
    • David Cameron urged to back North East exports drive
    • LEPs youth jobs bid
    • Region at disadvantage over funding
    • Organisers say Lumiere attracted 140,000 visitors
    • Apprentices join solar revolution
    • £500,000 investment boost for local EV innovator
    • Caterpillar is back on track
    • Olympic plans on track for North East company Sotech
    • Reinnervate to present and exhibit at the American Society for Cell Biology annual conference 2011
    • North East is promoted at international energy conference
    • New award makes debut at nebusiness awards
    • Rainton Bridge Business Park is boosted as units created
    • Caterpillar hails apprenticeships
    • Thriving research and development in the North East
    • North East firms urged to go global in search for success
    • Solar Flair conference takes place in Durham today
    • Big-budget film will ‘show off’ our great locations
    • Lloyds' £12bn vow for SME businesses
    • Take closer look at Teesside Enterprise Zone plans
    • Green Deal good news for North East
    • Heat pumps are next big thing for energy sector
    • Boom in North-East research and development
    • Honda hands Nifco a vote of confidence
    • Feed-in Tariff changes needed to create sustainable solar industry’
    • George Osborne's £5bn cuts to pay for growth projects
    • Help needed to boost regional economy, says NECC
    • NECC urges Chancellor to back North-East recovery
    • Business Link wind-down leaves a gap
    • BCC welcomes Osborne's credit easing plans
    • Pupils enjoy interactive learning thanks to Spennymoor school's gift
    • Children to be taught to create software
    • Time running out for Japan market visit
    • Focus on North as Osborne prepares to announce infrastructure investment
    • North East firms have little faith in Government
    • Firm's joy at potash analysis
    • George Osborne expected to release £300m to help small businesses
    • Profits soar at construction group Northern Bear
    • Small firms get £40bn credit help
    • Funds will help bridge skills gap in North East
    • North East apprentices engineering a better future
    • Double boost sees future look good for Northern Bear
    • Local entrepreneur sees green dreams realised
    • Chancellor's Autumn Statement
    • ‘Personalised medicine is the future’ - Dr Saralyn Mark at NETPark
    • Glass firm Romag expands months after facing uncertain future
    • North-East firms set to join space race
    • Research role will be crucial for Brink
    • Grants boost Teesside's Enterprise Zone
    • Esh Group celebrate £10.4m investment
    • North East secures two renewables hubs
    • Cash will help reach export targets - UKTI
    • North-East named as core offshore wind area
    • Lloyds to increase SME loans
    • Compete North East in Olympic call
    • £45m investment to boost UK exports
    • Uncertainty hits manufacturing confidence
    • North East MEP visits regional environmental leader
    • Baltic Training Services launches apprenticeship incentive scheme
    • County Durham based Cumbrian Seafoods goes into administration
    • From Jimmy Choo's to seafood as firm saves North-East jobs
    • More North-East firms successful in regional growth fund bids
    • Overhaul of system will boost small businesses
    • Spacetech to highlight contract prospects for firms
    • 500,000 jobs from Regional Growth Fund
    • Innovation should be top priority for NE businesses
    • Solar panel inventor's new product bid
    • Appetite for innovation
    • Housing staff get the keys to DurhamGate
    • Laundry firm Sunlight Services job cuts "a devastating blow"
    • Cable announces boost to manufacturing supply chains
    • Welcome for Caterpillar's £50m vote of confidence
    • Jobs lost as New City Flooring goes under
    • Bright spot in gloom for North-east manufacturers
    • £15m bid to save Zurbarans on the brink of collapse
    • Safety fear over Lumiere festival crowds
    • Can the UK take a bigger slice of the ‘Low Carbon Economy’ pie?
    • North East exports figures lift the gloom
    • University students are well-suited to new ideas
    • £75m funding boost for high-tech businesses
    • Bright spot in gloom for North-east manufacturers
    • Councils must find £4.5m to keep shares in Durham Tees Valley Airport
    • Lack of investment poses threat to regional infrastructure
    • £120m North East regeneration cash left to go to waste
    • Sharp output drop in the North East
    • UK industry fears isolation amid EU treaty fallout
    • 200 jobs created after Wilton Group boost
    • Low Carbon Industry set for further growth
    • Innovative software launched to help knowledge sharing
    • CA Group Takes The Fast-Track For New Amazon Distribution Centre
    • Gateshead College drives forward low-carbon cars agenda
    • Government urged to bring green bank to the North-East
    • Engineering firm Pinnacle Re-Tec moves to new premises after rapid expansion
    • Initiative to build links between universities and business
    • North-East among the export success stories
    • £10m funding boost for North East businesses
    • Romag celebrate completion of £1.5 million production line to treble manufacturing capacity in North East
    • Software giant Sage celebrates its 30th anniversary
    • Durham Tees Valley Airport up for sale
    • North East sees positve GVA growth
    • Landmark County Durham building gets listed status
    • Durham County Council team provide support for start-ups
    • Funds to help North East firms prosper and grow
    • Proposals to boost tourism on show
    • Government support vital to help save Durham Tees Valley Airport
    • Solar subsidy cut challenge allowed
    • Anger as bin deal goes to Germany
    • As South gets £2,731 a head to improve transport...This region's share of roads cash = 0.04 per cent
    • Hargreaves Services receives Tower go-ahead
    • Northumbrian Water chief John Mowbray to retire from day job
    • Durham glass firm Romag invest in unique machinery
    • Thorn Lighting nominated for national manufacturing award
    • Caterpillar to invest in North-east manufacturing
    • Engineering skills gap looming in the North East
    • Green firm Earthly Energy given funds boost
    • NETPark Science Park attracts new offer
    • Fund offers £4.99m to help North-east businesses
    • Jobs at Cumbrian Seafoods fish factory under threat
    • Planning rethink demanded by MPs
    • BGF looking to lend
    • Energy group buys turbines for Durham site
    • Jobs bonanza with opening of Asda centre
    • Cuts to solar panel subsidies reveal government panic, MPs told
    • Funding success for 900-job MGT project
    • Companies flying the flag for regional excellence
    • Northstar Ventures will stay in the North East
    • Last chance today to enter nebusiness awards
    • BT rolls out to 67,500 North East homes
    • Angel raises cash with placing
    • Festive boost for Cummins workers
    • Historic paintings deal back on track
    • Railway contract 'is not in doubt'
    • Airport staff confident buyer can be found
    • Can Durham Tees Valley Airport emerge from turbulence stronger?
    • Columnists give their reviews of the year
    • Henry Williams develops spray coating that prevents electrocution
    • Esh Group helps people gain greater independence through charity link-up
    • Electronics firm rocks on to success
    • Bombardier secures major contract
    • Cake business proves its worth
    • Ringing out the old, welcoming in the new…
    • North East lagging behind in invention patents
    • Signs of hope for business in 2012
    • Surgo handed deal to expand Durham University's Stockton Campus
    • Funding offered to coalfield entrepeneurs
    • Recruitment firm set for expansion
    • Crumbling Harperley PoW camp gets £500,000
    • Apple's Jonathan Ive gets knighthood in honours list
    • It's the end of the line for rural rail service in Weardale
    • Government urged to help firms kickstart region's economy
    • Region must innovate for 2012 success says expert
    • Government launch Manufacturing Advice Consortium for SMEs
    • Nissan Sunderland breaks UK manufacturing record
    • Manifesto to help region grow in 2012
    • New link aims to boost business
    • £15m investment in Ramside Hall Hotel
    • How businesses can play a role in SKA project
    • New satellite innovation centre will propel UK space industry
    • North East Regional Growth funding at risk
    • Esh bags £5.5m project win
    • Replacement parts firm engineers future success
    • £7bn energy boost for the North-east economy
    • Sunderland makes Green Investment Bank bid
    • TAG Energy Solutions wins oil and gas field order
    • Government hits back in European funding row
    • Durham Business School to sign lease agreement for temporary move to Ushaw College
    • NASA arrives in County Durham
    • Sanyo awards two County Durham schools with 14-panel solar systems
    • What make Durham a world class destination
    • Caterpillar boss vows to triple his apprentices
    • North East food producers get a chance to network
    • Exporters and manufacturers are driving force behind North-East economy
    • PM throws his support behind Journal LBA winners
    • Yuill to build homes at DurhamGate
    • Property sector in focus at North East conference
    • Where are we heading in 2012?
    • Made in Durham event lifts off
    • Ministers urged to extend lines north
    • Safe And Fuel Efficient Driving
    • Trade ambassadors offer support to PM’s pledge
    • Your chance to blast off into space
    • Nissan boss backs new apprenticeships drive
    • People Management Course
    • SMEs in line for £95 million investment
    • Fund looks to drive North East growth
    • Bank holds interest rates at record low
    • Tata Steel builds bid for world speed record
    • TVU announce multi-million pound funding boost
    • North East business growth is returning with new contracts
    • Emerging markets override manufacturers’ domestic worries
    • UKTI plans SXSW mission for digital firms
    • Manufacturers benefit from increased exports
    • Nissan enjoys Russian revolution as European sales grow
    • Get Mentoring aiming to grow programme
    • Prior knowledge helping turnaround - Cook
    • Plug-in Grant extension welcomed by Smiths EV
    • More investment in sustainable energy needed
    • Final phase of units completed at Admiral Point
    • £1.5m fund to help people into jobs
    • UKH2Mobility launches to boost green vehicle industry
    • Osborne confirms Newton Aycliffe Hitachi plant on track
    • North East confidence will grow in 2012
    • Focus On: Durham's Spacetech event
    • Sky’s The Limit For CA Group As Innovative Curved Roof Is Unveiled
    • Team to set up £5.8m centre for gene studies
    • New project manager for £7.5m factory site
    • TTE opens new training centre
    • North-East workers face pay freeze
    • NEPIC event recognises rising stars
    • Government offices to be offered to new firms
    • Energy companies should do more to support SMEs
    • Nifco UK secures £1.65m RGF funding
    • Fund boost for North East creative industries
    • North-East misses out on infrastructure boom
    • North East construction sector to see 2,500 jobs go
    • Government scheme to explore hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
    • Electric car charging subsidy offered to businesses
    • Call for North East firms to make 2012 the year for exporting
    • New Nifco UK factory will double workforce
    • Durham Precision Engineering helps space telescope keep quiet
    • Better training needed, say NECC
    • Hitachi on track for next open day
    • NASA astronaut touches down in County Durham
    • Printing firm MTPrint wins £175k investment
    • North East trade mission set to visit China
    • Low waste economy boost for North East
    • Outsourcing giant cuts 500 jobs in structure shake-up
    • County Durham plans Olympic legacy
    • CA Group Achieves ISO14001 Accreditation
    • GVA appointed at Asda project in Wynyard
    • Sales up at Filtronic but losses widen
    • Proposals aim to help SMEs bid for public sector contracts
    • Northern University collaboration to boost Industry and Innovation
    • Search to find the North East's most promising new entrepreneur is about to begin
    • North East celebrates apprentice success
    • Work to restart production SSI nears completion
    • N8 Research Partnership launch Industry Innovation Forum
    • North East LEP secures £17m funding
    • Filtronic upbeat as it expands US operations
    • Darlington firm wins Olympic Games contract
    • Rewarding North East businesses in the CIPD Awards 2012
    • North East sees a rise in corporate administrations
    • Car giant Nissan surges to a new sales record
    • Sir John Hall attacks "unambitious" regeneration partnership
    • Government urged to support North-East entrepreneurs
    • UKTI to take North East into Asia
    • Businesses encouraged to think electric vehicles
    • North East companies feature on Sunday Times table
    • Smart Procurement aims to help retailers cut costs
    • North East's engineering sector offers more apprenticeships
    • North East marine insurance giants create strategic alliance
    • IP Group leads investment into Durham Uni spin-out
    • North East lighting importer celebrates £150,000 investment
    • Small firms given funding incentive to take on apprentices
    • Manufacturing forum model to be rolled out across the North East
    • GlaxoSmithKline decision on new Barnard Castle plant expected by summer
    • Gentoo nominated for national innovation award
    • Connect young people with firms to stem generations of worklessness says Minister
    • Building inspection firm Aedis continues impressive growth
    • Tanfield's order book continues to grow
    • Car giant Nissan sees profits rise again
    • North East business funding comes under fire
    • North to be the hub for green industries
    • Demand outpaces supply at vehicle maker Tanfield
    • Fate of Durham Tees Valley Airport to be revealed after talks
    • Durham fire brigade HQ move delays condemned by councillor
    • ‘Substantial opportunities’ to work on world’s most powerful telescope
    • Who will drive the regional economy forward?
    • Durham Tees Valley Airport saved, but turbulence ahead
    • New system designed to save the future of the cheque
    • Service sector pushes North East private sector firms
    • Telescope array can benefit UK firms
    • Successful Regional Growth Fund bid to stage summit
    • James Ramsbotham to give North East economy update
    • Funding Available for Future Technology Research
    • Allan Cook, Managing Director, Arlington Real Estate
    • Hargreaves signs Welsh power deal
    • Big Chip Awards looking for entries from North East
    • University links key to economic growth
    • Minister comes under fire over North-East apprenticeships
    • Nanoscience in healthcare projects land major funding
    • Hargreaves wins deal to fuel Redcar steelworks
    • Green energy companies to show off potential of Tyneside
    • Roman Ltd products set to feature on Channel 4 show
    • Nuclear renaissance presents big opportunities for North-East firms
    • North East unemployment falls but concerns remain
    • Passionate People Passionate Places campaign set to continue
    • Why a Regional Industrial Policy is Vital
    • A passage to India for North East businesses
    • Owner of airport seeks help from MPs
    • BAE Systems predicts another tough year
    • Nissan chief highlights shortfall in basic skills of recruits
    • UK SMEs set to exploit the space industry
    • Finance still available for North East SMEs
    • Insurethebox raises hopes of 700 new jobs in the North East
    • Chinese JV for Tanfield affiliate
    • SMEs in North damaged by late payment of bills
    • Renewable scheme developers should use local supply chain say firms
    • Experts to address low carbon vehicle conference
    • High-level meeting to discuss EU potential
    • Multi-million Chinese deal for Smith Electric Vehicles
    • Government needs to do more to promote growth
    • North East firms urged to compete in Indian market places
    • NECC welcomes Sunderland AFC as new Partner Member
    • Firms counting cost of rocky times in Middle East
    • North East businesses urged to be prepared for Regional Growth Fund
    • Invest your time at Access to Finance workshops
    • International manufacturer to invest in local workforce
    • Third round of RGF applications opens for business
    • Plans for business network
    • Award aiming to reward SME’s staff development
    • Scheme enlists business mentors
    • Round 3 of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) is now open: £1bn is available for this round.
    • Emirates introduce larger aircraft to North-East service
    • UK economy holding back SMEs
    • HMRC welcomes self-disclosure to avoid criminal prosecution
    • Year of activity at Aycliffe Business Park
    • Conference holds power to drive region forward
    • NOF Energy forges links with India
    • Industry concerned over carbon tax
    • North East food producers take part in special event
    • £1.6bn SSI furnace to be relit imminently
    • Innovation Pathway North East initiative launched
    • Health sector boost from development fund
    • Northumberland firm Airowear taken over by Charles Owen
    • Morgan appointed to board of Hargreaves Services
    • Faerch Plast's Durham factory to open 'in weeks'
    • Former Eaga business boosts Carillio
    • Mentors helping to train steelworkers
    • nebusinessawards 2012 finalists announced
    • Hitachi looks to North-East if it wins £1 billion train contract
    • MPs urge ministers to back North East in developing "clean coal"
    • Government urged to secure future of Tees Valley apprenticeship scheme
    • Eaga is helping Carillion
    • Durham Tees Valley Airport talks ‘encouraging’
    • UKAR repays £2.15bn to taxpayer
    • Late payments hitting North East SMEs
    • Cameron pledges support for North-East business
    • Scottish Independence presents opportunities for North East
    • Businesses to benefit from R&D incentives
    • £16.7m Growing Places Fund now open for bids
    • £50m contract win for NEL Fund Managers
    • North-East business leader to chair Institute of Directors
    • North East manufacturers will be helped by new deal
    • Infrastructure and planning needs to be streamlined
    • 2,000 jobs to be created in the North-East as new car is unveiled to the world
    • Apprentices on agenda at manufacturing event
    • Take advantage of £200bn energy investment say NOF
    • Tanfield starts to recruit new staff
    • Survive to Thrive Fund launched to help others
    • All 515 staff to lose jobs at Alcan's Lynemouth smelter
    • Alastair Campbell set to inspire North East business
    • North East search for best export idea
    • Time running out in the hunt for best North East companies
    • Remploy closures impact North East
    • Nissan’s Eco-Vehicle Market expands thanks to the Regional Growth Fund
    • Back to the future for airport marketing manager
    • Government work boost for small businesses
    • Energy Minister Visits North East
    • A record high for North East's exports
    • Nifco takes top title at nebusiness awards
    • Brush up your skills with ConstructionSkills - the Sector Skills Council and Industry Training Board
    • Darlington's Acorn Dairy teams with Clervaux Bakery
    • Sealpump set to spray far and wide
    • Plaxica scheme to create plastic from plants
    • Contract wins drive profit at Rhenus Logistics
    • CA Group supplies SolarWall® for Royal Mail
    • Chamber urges £4.2bn push to create jobs
    • Positive outlook in the North East
    • Durham University joins the Russell Group
    • President of Newcastle Law Society elected
    • Government will back supply chain firms
    • Funding is secured for wind farm in Cumbria
    • North East colleges recognised by Peter Jones academy
    • Northern business confident despite challenges
    • Profile Analysis win UKTI-backed award
    • Thermal Resources Management aim to double revenue
    • Black & Decker's County Durham nerve centre drives firm forward
    • Hitachi "committed" to the North East despite delays
    • Osborne given boost by new export record
    • Engineering firm Tekmar Energy scoops Company of the Year title
    • GlaxoSmithKline sells off brand package
    • Data Protection law poses threat to UK innovation
    • NECC accuse Government of lacking strategy for North-East economy
    • Tata Steel invest £3.1m in distribution centre
    • Risk of £190bn funding shortfall facing business
    • Engineering boom for the North East
    • MEP gains support in crusade against turnaround calls
    • County Durham receives broadband cash
    • Call for £2bn oil and gas windfall tax to be reversed
    • Inflation rate is predicted to fall today
    • 39 apprenticeships created by Darlington firms
    • £50m Business School development officially opened
    • National Loan Guarantee Scheme welcomed by ACCA
    • Nissan unveils plans to relaunch the Datsun
    • Esh group launch innovative new website
    • Government beats the drum for ‘green channel’ IP
    • Jobs blow as North-East misses out on £350m Glaxo deal
    • North East firm pioneer location intelligent mobile product
    • Brave gamble pays off for Linuo Power UK Ltd
    • Technology firm set to revolutionise museum tours
    • North-East and North Yorkshire's small firms urged to bid for MoD contracts
    • North East engineering firm Responsive complete £2.5m investment
    • North East businesses missing out on Government support
    • Caterpillar to front project on vehicle emissions
    • More North East firms are taking up cloud computing
    • Residents celebrate as turbines plan rejected
    • £40m boost from North-East firms for low carbon vehicles
    • Manufacturing firm Lynch secures significant investment
    • North-East still well placed for low carbon revolution says Business Secretary
    • Angel Biotechnology looks to find £1m for expansion
    • Teesside University graduates are on hand to help
    • DurhamGate launches bespoke home programme
    • Stewart Watkins, Managing Director, Business Durham
    • RGF3 offers big opportunities for North East businesses
    • Romag Signs Agreement with LDK Solar
    • 130 jobs for Wearside at new car parts plant
    • Boost for North East apprentices
    • Region must build on reputation for manufacturing excellence
    • Lynemouth's Alcan plant donate £30,000 to charity
    • Gentoo welcomed to Green Deal Finance Company
    • Private employers ‘not interested’ in ex-public sector employees
    • Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative
    • C2M (UK) wins funding for building material made from rubbish
    • Only way is up for Pickerings Lifts
    • Bids submitted for ‘Portas Pilot’ towns
    • North East high streets to get £500,000 boost
    • German firms abandon UK nuclear plans
    • Businesses and Universities must collaborate, say experts
    • New policy director at NECC
    • Optimism surges among North East businesses
    • Eston Grange Power Project vies for carbon capture prize in £1bn competition
    • Investment talks as Teesside's Enterprise Zone goes live
    • Durham firm nets contract with national energy provider
    • Clegg launches £1bn Youth Contract to combat unemployment
    • Nissan's new car to be built in Washington
    • Wilton Engineering Services wins another big offshore deal
    • Government launches carbon capture and storage programme
    • Tanfield order book up by nearly 300%
    • Nissan investment should encourage firms to invest in apprenticeships
    • Redcar blast furnace to be re-lit this weekend
    • OGN to create 1,000 jobs
    • NECC hails SSI blast off
    • Durham University launches US student mentor scheme
    • Tekmar Energy expects to see revenues rise by 50%
    • Newcastle firm develop pioneering Parkinson’s diagnosis pen
    • North Tyneside packaging firm has fourth new owner
    • Engineering giant Amec makes presence felt globally
    • Shortage of skills is harming North East, says CBI leader
    • Ford Aerospace secure Airbus contract
    • Government to front £5m investment in rail industry
    • £40m for UK cloud and software SMEs
    • Upturn in North East employment levels
    • Apprenticeship scheme gets under way at firm
    • Simple path to 6,000 jobs in the North East
    • North East businesses honoured in Queen's Awards
    • Carbon capture plans in doubt
    • UK manufacturing pay up 2.6%
    • Nestle targets growth in China
    • Carr's reports strong first half
    • Esh Group construction staff build community links
    • Major deal for family steel firm
    • Durham ranked as top five UK university
    • Banks Group growing its wind farms
    • TAG Energy Solutions heads for Germany
    • Profit warnings fall for North East businesses
    • Plans for £1.2bn Business Finance Partnership revealed
    • Newcastle Futures initiative aiming to get more working
    • Apprentice drive backed by 270 companies
    • North East ‘disappointed’ by return to recession
    • Government makes £80m green infrastructure investment
    • Government tool to help first-time employers
    • Government published plans for £70bn Public Sector contracts
    • Newcastle Futures initiative aiming to get more working
    • Executive Remuneration needs clarification, say CBI
    • £80m green fund managers revealed
    • Durham company strikes rescue deal
    • Darchem apprentice wins major award
    • Companies to pitch for share of £2bn
    • Capital One competition looks for inspirational small business
    • She's Gott It! pushes ahead with overseas expansion plans
    • County Durham Green firm cleans up at national awards ceremony
    • Investment for Growth: new fund for regional businesses
    • Apply ‘Get Britain Working’ to SMEs says entrepreneur
    • Tata Steel secures £100m contract for Hartlepool site
    • Plan ahead to meet RGF criteria says expert
    • CVO Fire has plans to expand overseas
    • Tees Valley Enterprise Zone gives firms job-creation space
    • 400 companies backing new North East apprentice drive
    • Growth will restart in Q3 says CBI
    • Hunt for businesses with sustainability “in the DNA“
    • £30m injection for steelworks
    • Solar Power is a good investment, say experts
    • Banks Group secures £21.9m funding for wind farm
    • Airport poised for take off
    • North-East businesses call for interest rates freeze
    • £9.5m low carbon vehicle fund launched
    • North East SMEs are urged to think outside the box on funding
    • Figures lift the gloom for manufacturing industry
    • Businesses asked to help secure a slice of £9.5m funding
    • RGF is creating jobs says National Audit Office
    • North-East charity's electric dreams to reduce carbon footprint
    • Offshore wind in focus at St James' Park meeting
    • £9m profits are record for North-East port
    • Chief Technology Officer Job Vacancy
    • Senior scientist job vacancy
    • Energi Coast to showcase North East offering
    • Creative Jobs Fund has generated jobs in the North East
    • Apprenticeship survey shows positive results
    • Inov-8 running shoe brand takes on the world
    • Scheme to tackle inequalities in North East industry
    • UK manufacturers want more support, says survey
    • Alliance aims for Japanese investment in County Durham
    • Business Generator support service aims to create jobs
    • Chamber Awards 2012 are launched
    • Northern SMEs witness high levels of growth
    • Entrepreneurs' Forum announces shortlist for annual awards
    • 20 jobs could follow £4.5m investment
    • £23m development completed for offshore wind parts manufacturer Tag
    • Energy expertise could help businesses make savings
    • New European Development Fund boost for SMEs
    • Calls for UK Spaceport, to grow £8bn sector
    • NOF form strategic partnership with Jacobs Engineering
    • Orders boost for two North-East manufacturers
  • RGF Round 3
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    • Operational Issues
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    • What Areas Can Bid?
    • What Projects Are Supportable?
    • Programme Bids
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    • Who Can Bid
    • Objectives and Criteria
    • What are the objectives of the Regional Growth Fund?
    • What are the Criteria for the Regional Growth Fund?
    • What is the bid threshold?
    • Over what timescale must the money be spent?
    • Who can bid?
    • What is meant by Private Sector?
    • How do I know whether my organisation is public or private sector?
    • Are universities eligible to bid for the RGF?
    • If a university part owns a company through which it develops and promotes innovations but which acts as a private company, can they bid together as a public private partnership?
    • Would an Arms Length Management Organisation registered as a private company but whose shareholder is a Local Authority be eligible to bid?
    • Can a private sector organisation submit 2 bids, one on its own and one as a partnership of a package of bids?
    • Can a company registered abroad but with an office in the UK bid for funding to deliver a project in England?
    • Can SMEs come together to submit a bid?
    • Are inward investment projects eligible to bid?
    • What is meant by Civil Society Organisations?
    • Can charities apply?
    • How are charities and social enterprises classified for bidding to the Fund?
    • What legal form should public/private partnerships take?
    • Can the public sector partner lead the partnership?
    • Can the private sector contribution in a partnership bid be other than cash?
    • Is it better for private sector companies to bid on their own or in partnership?
    • The LEP in [place name] has not yet been established. Won’t that mean that the area will be disadvantaged when it comes to bidding for the Fund?
    • Can a non-legally constituted LEP be the front organisation for a private-public partnership?
    • How do Projects and Programmes differ?
    • Are sectoral bids programmes or projects?
    • How do Public Sector Procurement Rules apply to projects delivered through Programmes?
    • Who covers the due diligence costs for Programmes before award of contract?
    • Does the Programme also have to bear accounting costs for monitoring delivery and outcomes?
    • How can a Programme ensure compliance with State Aid when they do not have an overview of other public funding in their area?
    • Does a Programme need planning permission for parts of its strategy in advance?
    • How can social enterprises and charities bid to run Programmes where their governing documents may not allow them to bear the liability of an accountable body?
    • If a programme is run by a social enterprise or charity which is unable to borrow, how can it access funding in advance of need?
    • What about conflicts of interest if the private companies on the LEP board running a Programme win the contracts or are awarded the grants for the Programme delivery?
    • Can a local authority take on the accountable body role to deliver the project as part of a public private partnership?
    • What projects are eligible for support?
    • Can you be more specific?
    • Does this include joint university and SME research projects?
    • Can bids be made for capital investment projects?
    • Is the fund able to support transport/housing/construction projects etc?
    • Can the RGF support the construction of social housing?
    • Will the Fund be available across the UK?
    • How will the Fund be allocated to particular sectors or places?
    • Are any areas in England targeted by / excluded from applying for the Fund?
    • How much will each area be able to bid for?
    • Is there a minimum size of geographic area envisaged?
    • Is there any limit to the number of bids an applicant may make?
    • Will bids for capital investment projects in Tier 1 and tier 2 Assisted Areas be given any preference?
    • Can projects that take place in affluent areas but provide benefits for deprived areas be supported?
    • What measure of geographic area does the RGF assessment focus upon?
    • What is eligible as private sector in-kind contributions for RGF projects?
    • Does a commitment to private sector investment need to be in place up-front?
    • What sort of funding is available?
    • Are the external costs for any professional services support incurred by bidders to prepare their bids eligible costs for the Regional Growth Fund? Can such costs be reclaimed from the Fund?
    • Is the level of funding dependent on any specific cost per job calculation?
    • What level of private sector leverage is required?
    • Is there a specific/maximum intervention rate for Regional Growth Fund funds as a percentage of overall project costs (in an Assisted Area)?
    • Can other sources of financial support be used to match fund support from the Regional Growth Fund?
    • Is it possible to include incremental tax monies as match funding?
    • Can the Regional Growth Fund be used to match fund ERDF support?
    • How does the balance between Revenue and Capital in the available £1.4bn apply to bids to the Fund?
    • Can Lottery Funding be used to fund a project?
    • We have started on our project but have seen that RGF funding might have been available. Can we apply retrospectively?
    • Can bids seek funding to accelerate projects?
    • What are the state aid rules?
    • Will state aid rules apply to the RGF?
    • What are the limits and constraints arising from the General Block Exemption Regulation? There is a danger expectations could be raised unnecessarily?
    • What is the maximum percentage contribution allowed by state aid rules to a project not in an Assisted Area?
    • An SME is putting together a research bid with a university. The guidance suggests that for industrial research they can only apply for 50% funding, although this rises to 60% as an SME and 70% if they are in partnership with a research organisation. Does
    • Where state aid is present is it possible to use the De Minimis Regulation to support SMEs under RGF?
    • Is it true that SMEs are eligible for up to 7.5m Euro per investment project?
    • What is the definition of an SME?
    • What is the definition of a large company?
    • What is the relationship between EU State aid rules and UK competition law?
    • Regarding capital investment by large companies, what is the situation if the project is not in an Assisted Area but its beneficiaries are?
    • Is there a limit to a capital investment project when it is led by a public agency in partnership with private sector businesses?
    • Is the provision of equity counted as a state aid.
    • Does an application impact on an applicant’s ability to access R&D Tax Credits?
    • What if there are two different sources for funding or a consortium makes a joint proposal for RGF?
    • What support is available to help bidders?
    • Can I make a national bid?
    • Can a bidder add its administration costs to the project costs?
    • Does my project qualify?
    • Is the information I submit treated confidentiality?
    • What is the difference between direct and indirect jobs?
    • How do I fit my package of projects into the application form?
    • How should I submit my bid?
    • Does it make any difference if an application is submitted early?
    • Will any lee way be given for late bids?
    • What is the maximum size of the file your system will accept, when emailing their bids?
    • How can I enhance my chance of success?
    • How will inter-related bids be treated?
    • What comprises a protected employment group?
    • How will projects be appraised?
    • What is the definition of direct and indirect employment?
    • Can jobs and expenditure be counted retrospectively for RGF purposes?
    • How should applicants assess the impact of public sector cuts in their areas?
    • To what extent is potential displacement resulting from my project considered?
    • I have no knowledge of Treasury Green Book appraisal, am I at a disadvantage compared to other bidders?
    • If some bids making up a package are not successful and the total package therefore amounts to less than the £1m threshold will all the bids be excluded?
    • Is there a requirement for potential bids to be “on display” in a visible location (national or LEP area web-site etc) prior to assessment?
    • What form will support take?
    • How will the money be allocated from the Regional Growth Fund?
    • Do Project/Programme also have to bear accounting costs for monitoring delivery and outcomes?
    • No obligation to pay date?
    • Payment profiles?
    • Is there a mechanism by which the grant giving body can clawback or recover funding if a project leads to “super profits” for a private sector applicants?
    • How much will due diligence cost?
    • Who decides where the money goes?
    • The employment impacts table in the application form extend to 2020/21. Isn’t that inconsistent with the fact that all support must be paid by 31 March 2014?
    • How can you ensure that the delivered outcomes are sustainable?
    • Why have you changed the application form?
    • Should I add graphics, letter of support etc. to enhance my bid?
    • Have the objectives and criteria changed since the first round?
    • Will a private company just be able to get a Government handout and then reap all of the profits they make on the back of it?
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    • Shepherd Offshore swoop on massive factory
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    • MPs’ support for new trains deal
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    • Money runs out for North East tourism drive
    • Low-carbon industrial project trialled in the North East
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    • Region's output falls but still up on UK average
    • Anger as Auckland Castle sale plans are uncovered
    • Research indicates turmoil over university budget cuts
    • Lloyds data plan ‘to create 50 jobs’
    • Services cut to pay for council redundancies
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    • Bank of England says inflation will be above 2% in 2011
    • Ian Hargreaves to lead independent review into IP and growth
    • Hungary calls on Newcastle expert for help
    • Durham Heritage Coast celebrates
    • Delay will hit the North’s great science experiment
    • Jobs lost at Rok after administrators called in
    • County Durham entrepreneur scoops awards
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    • Cable announces new business mentoring network
    • Minister Pickles says cash fears are 'nonsense'
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    • Cridland is named voice of UK business
    • School Sport Partnerships scrapped
    • Airlines in boycott threat over passenger surcharge
    • UK unemployment total sees slight fall
    • Reinnervate plans to recruit 30 staff by June 2011
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    • Global mission for training firm Velocity Learning
    • Police say factory fire was not started deliberately
    • Oil shock warning to government from UK business
    • Union warns of the calm before the storm
    • Decision sought on Intercity Express Programme
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    • A19 jams may force minister into a rethink
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    • Plans to cut payouts anger union officials
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    • Energy device in for award
    • Arrivals for train firm
    • North East town centre developments are criticised
    • Give councils tax powers, Eric Pickles urged
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    • £150m oil contract for Offshore Group Newcastle
    • David Cameron seeking a balanced recovery
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    • Smoke signals sales for trio
    • Pearsons workforce axed as firm fails to recover
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    • Councils eye public health funds
    • Ireland to get €85bn loan in deal that will nationalise its banks
    • Hitachi jobs bid goes to the wire
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    • Outlook positive, but policy criticised
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    • Hitachi decision is deferred until new year
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    • PV can play 'huge part in power generation'
    • Blueprint for the future of the process sector
    • North East councils face crisis over new budgets
    • Tourism bosses warn one in 10 jobs at risk
    • Train delay puts Newton Aycliffe jobs in jeopardy
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    • Questions asked of rail option
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    • Region in the running for GlaxoSmithKline jobs
    • Former Pearsons directors buy digital arm of business
    • £54m smart grid project approved
    • UK manufacturing growth 'hits 16-year high'
    • Councils face criticism over £10bn reserves
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    • Jobs lost as Newcastle advertising firm collapses
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    • Funds shortfall stymies biotech incubator plan
    • Drug testing firm IDS sees profit soar
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    • Number of businesses in region at record levels
    • Internet has transformed our worlds
    • Work under way on wind turbine plant
    • Factory will let the sun shine in
    • North East counts cost as England 2018 bid shunned
    • North energy firms are on track for recovery
    • County’s ‘hidden gems’ will boost tourist trade
    • Bid to secure funds for business scheme
    • Up to 400 jobs under threat at Barclaycard call centre
    • Durham company director jailed for EC fraud
    • Networking platform for thousands on way
    • Two companies are reaching for the sky
    • North East tourism cash could go to London councils
    • Government reveals super-fast broadband plans
    • Durham Energy Institute plays key part in UK’s biggest smart grids project
    • Durham tourism bosses launch economy campaign
    • De La Rue shares leap following takeover bid
    • UK power sector 'needs overhaul'
    • Knight in shining armour...
    • Qatar is a whole new ball game
    • ‘Look around you – there is so much success’
    • Zytronic scores record order book
    • Councillors being given more powers than ever to become local champions
    • Sunderland graduate singled out for top US research role
    • Lecturers fear cuts’ cost
    • Glass firm Romag in row over solar cells
    • North East business gives treats to troops on frontline
    • Selected firms bid for Northumbrian Water contracts
    • Staff to reap the benefits of being based at Spectrum
    • Renewed hope city vision will become reality
    • Green firm opens office in North-East
    • Small regional firm beats big names to win order
    • Revealing our best kept scientific secrets
    • Private sector leads North East to recovery
    • Coalition Government is 'building a war chest'
    • Former staff breathe life back into Robson Brown
    • Increase in output is predicted by manufacturers
    • Kromek working on improved breast cancer screening
    • Solar technology experts set to gather in region
    • PR firm’s Gott the magic of Christmas in its hands
    • BAE Systems set to cut 1,350 jobs
    • 80 jobs created as North call centre expands
    • Herb Kim is top communicator
    • Universities play major role in our region
    • Gala boss quits over ‘procedures’
    • Awards celebrate the best on offer in energy sector
    • North East's recovery gets huge boost from exports
    • North East firms capitalise on solar potential
    • Government warning over push for North East jobs
    • Small businesses need to be supported to grow
    • Councils await funding cut as Localism Bill unveiled
    • CBI calls for retirement age change delay
    • The region can become ‘21st Century Aberdeen’
    • GE reveals Wellstream deal
    • Tax pledge means race is on for £300m factory
    • New legislation will extend the Right to Build across the country
    • Teesside is low-carbon leader now
    • Go-Ahead driving up profits
    • Wellstream board backs £800m sale to US giant
    • Maximuscle purchase to beef up Glaxo portfolio
    • New face to head up banknote printer De La Rue
    • Mounting cost pressure on North manufacturers
    • Nine electric cars will be eligible for subsidies
    • Retailers 'to increase prices by more than VAT rise'
    • Mark Prisk backs microfinance for small firms
    • Eric Pickles' cuts U-turn not good enough for region
    • Eaga announces hundreds of redundancies
    • £200m: The price we’ll have to pay
    • Minister criticises councils over planned services cuts
    • ‘Toughest cuts in living memory’
    • Pickles vows end to big Government
    • Firm buys Laurel letter ‘for the area’
    • Combined talents put test card on market
    • Local government pension deficit 'totals £100bn'
    • State-controlled banks may need more public funds, warns NAO
    • More UK companies feel the icy blast of lost business
    • 1,600 jobs will be axed by Durham County Council
    • Skills upgrades for Durham coastal outfits
    • North East leads €6m nanotechnology collaboration
    • Norchem profits rise on back of 100-hour licences
    • Business rates rejig 'threat to recovery'
    • Aesica buys three European drugs' plants
    • ‘Clear unfairness’
    • Cash to jump-start electric car sales
    • Hotel takes opportunity to boost region’s tourism economy
    • Government to guarantee electricity prices
    • Business leaders given government advisory roles
    • European expansion for fireplace firm CVO Fire
    • Eaga pushes on with solar project
    • Bid for Eldon Square and Metrocentre rejected
    • Rise in jobless adds to pressure for train deal
    • £2m spent on Eastgate Renewable Energy Village in Weardale
    • Tourism brings in £203m as marketing bill is cut
    • Science must inspire our youngsters
    • Dole queues grow as public sector shrinks
    • Ringing the changes with new vision of a high-speed future for UK
    • Green bank shake-up is ‘bad for the North-East’
    • Reforming UK electricity market
    • Gulf of Mexico leak: BP shares hit over legal move
    • On the right track in east Durham
    • EU agrees on permanent eurozone rescue fund
    • Investment bankers blamed for driving up the price of turkeys
    • Cash-strapped UK shoppers go online
    • Two dales towns set to lose tourist information centres
    • MP demands probe of secret £377m deal
    • Media monitoring firm creates 60 jobs in North Tyneside
    • World's first 3D website is pioneered in region
    • Energy service scheme is plugged into solar power
    • Region produces lowest commercial waste
    • Cameron announces EU budget freeze pact
    • Who holds the Teesside keys?
    • Welcome for power station life extension
    • Wheels grind slow on plan for economy
    • North will be hit hardest by coalition cuts
    • Delay on drug approval sees AstraZeneca shares drop
    • University chosen to recruit Olympic volunteers
    • Call for evidence from review into intellectual property and growth
    • George Osborne and Vince Cable to hold bank bonus talks
    • UK economy to avoid double dip recession next year, says CBI
    • British industry needs to aim higher - BCC boss
    • Tester finds a spark of initiative to go it alone
    • Teesside pupils learn about careers in engineering
    • Universities' teaching grant cut by 6%
    • Researchers plan for deeper cuts to science budget
    • Bankers' showdown postponed because of the weather
    • A bacterial "anti-glue" to fight infections
    • Survey aims to identify growth opportunities
    • Butcher’s loan approved, but credit still a problem
    • Vince Cable could break ranks to expose City's top earners
    • Ill winds blow British economy no good
    • Fire HQ shuts before it has chance to open
    • Astrum expects to get back on track
    • National projects bring a boost for Esh Group
    • Partnering with universities helps businesses to increase profits by £150 million
    • 'Build trains in the North East to save £100m'
    • Plane lies...
    • UK government borrowing hits record high
    • Treasury under charged banks by £4bn to insure toxic loans, NAO finds
    • Jobs fund axe 'will leave support gap'
    • Teesside project to help region's electric car ambitions
    • World-renowned status beckons for DigitalCity
    • EC approves News Corp’s planned BSkyB takeover
    • Lib Dems 'concern' over policies secretly recorded
    • Public pension schemes 'should be career average'
    • Vince Cable stripped of Sky role after 'war with Murdoch' gaffe
    • Achieve cuts by taking out wasteful managers, says Pickles
    • Union fury at plan to reduce council pay-offs
    • Funding future plans
    • Technology treats for 2011
    • Subsea centre designed in North East a world-beater
    • UK economic growth revised down
    • Former rugby player has rub of the green
    • Pound falls against dollar after GDP growth is cut
    • Homeowners should prepare for interest rates of 5pc, warns Bank of England markets chief Paul Fisher
    • Hitachi contract ‘could prevent ice problems’
    • 'If six turned out to be nine'
    • Hope for region as air tax gets a rethink
    • Boost for Durham eco-village plan
    • Gritting cut back as salt order is ignored
    • Partnership’s leader calls for Government support
    • ‘Government needs to lead by example’
    • Support group buys division of NDI
    • Support for software with a vision of the future
    • Christmas jobs misery for public sector workers
    • Mortgage lending at 20-month low
    • Rate of insolvencies highest in the north of England
    • Completing steel deal is New Year's resolution for SSI
    • North-east job vacancies are on the up
    • New solar fuel machine 'mimics plant life'
    • FTSE hits 6000 as confidence returns
    • Record spike in EMU default risk on Portugal downgrade and Greek restructuring scare
    • Plants may be bred to help bees
    • Biotech company plans move into drug testing
    • Region seems to have lost it's creative spark
    • Seaham online retailer unveils name change
    • Components' maker moving back to growth
    • Canadian software company moves over
    • Expect more extreme winters thanks to global warming, say scientists
    • Late rush and web sales boost John Lewis
    • Britain at risk of power cuts from aging networks, warns Ofgem
    • NHS faces more cuts to avoid £10bn shortfall, report warns
    • Budget signals the end of One North East
    • Revived Weardale Railway service to be cut back
    • Pay freeze or cut for many in 2011, says BCC
    • Bank bonuses in global disclosure call
    • Redcar steel plant a step closer to coming out of mothballs
    • Fears for petrol prices as oil hits two-year high
    • Ministers are urged to back upgrade to A19
    • Jobless total 'will reach 2.7 million'
    • 'Tax freedom' day delayed by VAT rise
    • Austerity axe to widen North-South housing divide
    • North East is urged to fight for high-speed rail
    • Key people in post at turbine factory
    • Phone firms back common charger plan
    • BP facing new legal threat over Gulf spill
    • National strikes to coincide with royal wedding
    • Husband facing five years in jail after hacking wife's email
    • Ka-Sat net-dedicated spacecraft lifts off
    • Apple sued over iPad and iPhone app 'data leaks'
    • New fears over jobs at major employer
    • £63.1m of council tax owed for years
    • Secrecy cloaks agency’s wind-up
    • Unions step up campaign for trains
    • High speed rail plea for North
    • Company predicts year of growth after massive fire
    • Green technology benefits from fast-tracking scheme
    • New Year Honours: Broughton and Carr business knights
    • Rail season tickets burst through the £5,000 a year barrier
    • Taxpayers facing £1m closure bill
    • Sir Tom Hunter buys Cruise fashion chain
    • Engineering company faces court over death
    • Pub refurb creates jobs
    • iPhone alarms hit by New Year glitch
    • Welfare bill soars as coalition counts cost of austerity drive
    • Councils urged to make 2011 the year of the electric car
    • Job vacancies suffer steep fall in December
    • North East tourism chiefs in warning at start of year
    • North East universities say they're not "dumbing down"
    • VAT rate rises from 17.5% to 20%
    • Entrepreneur to unveil series of massive deals
    • End of year growth a cause for eurozone cheer
    • More road hazards may reduce accidents
    • ‘Actions speak louder than words’
    • BT Content Connect service faces 'two-tier net' claims
    • UK manufacturing 'growing at fastest pace for 16 years'
    • George Osborne hints he would lower income tax before cutting VAT
    • Small business expects to bear brunt of VAT rising to 20 per cent
    • Grant Shapps: 2011 will be the year councillors become community champions
    • GMB warns of 200,000 council job losses in England
    • HMV issues profits warning after grim Christmas
    • French firm pushes bid for Tyneside banknote printer De La Rue
    • 100 jobs planned for manufacturing giant Caterpillar
    • North East businesses shrug off VAT concerns
    • No A-level 'blacklist' at North universities
    • Rail users see ticket prices soar higher than inflation
    • Company enjoys a boom in business
    • Sustainable growth is the future, says NECC
    • ‘Shift in culture needed to make Localism Bill work’
    • Smith completes US deal
    • Telemarketing firm unveils plans for expansion
    • Private sector pay 'on the rise'
    • Brain drain threat to the North East
    • Microsoft shows Windows running on mobile phone chips
    • Church will sell historic Zurbaran paintings
    • Swan's in profit again on back of demand in Asia
    • PM expands scheme to help jobless set up firms
    • Firms invited to visit world's emerging economy
    • North scientists capturing the sun for lighting
    • Benefits of playing the long game
    • Split threatens the future of research
    • Federation: VAT hike is a hammer blow to firms
    • Centre could bring £19m to economy
    • Hitachi cools the air with solar-powered system
    • Green tea could prevent cancer, says North study
    • Last December UK's coldest for 100 years
    • UK service sector recovery frozen by December's Arctic blast
    • UK Trade and Investment staff 'told to use up £1m'
    • National Grid faces £8m fine from Ofgem
    • unw moulds right advice for Omega Plastics
    • TAG Energy Solutions team to lead new facility
    • Quango reduction plan was botched, MPs warn
    • Bank bonuses 'to run to billions in 2011'
    • UK economy risks 'playing in slow lane of history'
    • Trade Minister Lord Green refuses to back UK arms industry
    • MySpace to ‘shut down the majority of its international operation’
    • Prime Minister and Lord Heseltine announce plans to boost regional growth
    • Proposals published for £200 million network of Technology and Innovation Centres
    • Wellstream income to beat expectations
    • Revenues to double for Fogg founders' Tanfield Foods
    • Global spam e-mail levels suddenly fall
    • Enquiries to The Franchise Company increase 50%
    • Jobs growing as solar panels shine brighter
    • Barclays ponders giving £8m bonus to new boss Bob Diamond
    • North's economy would be hit if Mersey campaign succeeds
    • Orders are up but confidence is low in the North East
    • PM to meet UK's biggest firms to discuss job creation
    • Firms get powers to sack the slackers
    • Interest rates likely to remain unchanged
    • New Year honours for North East industry leaders
    • Government's spending cuts may hit manufacturing
    • UK is using more green electricity than ever
    • Durham ready to capitalise on green revolution
    • Tough talk on bank bonuses comes to nought
    • UK economic growth rate slowing, BCC says
    • Petrol prices to hit £6 a gallon
    • Rural bus services bear brunt of measures to save £1.3m
    • Winding up of Business Link sooner than thought
    • MPs join the battle to protect North East port jobs
    • Gateshead parking invention set to hit Europe
    • Call for minister to help small firms export
    • No bids for jobs cash
    • Lord Green takes office as Trade and Investment Minister
    • Budget airline pulls its final route from airport
    • Technology Strategy Board launches feasibility studies competition
    • RBS and NatWest are fined £2.8m by FSA over complaints
    • Corus jobs fund to make no further grants
    • Jobs market 'on road to recovery'
    • Coalition still fighting bonuses, Lord Oakeshott says
    • Bob Diamond: 'Time for banker remorse is over'
    • China is vital to UK economy, says Lord Green
    • £8m black hole in science city project
    • Narec Capital launched in the North East
    • Premier Waste Management returns to profit
    • State of North East property sector in the spotlight
    • Simon walks away from £3bn bid for MetroCentre owner
    • Firm takes expertise to where it’s needed most
    • More people face extra income tax bill
    • German economy grew by 3.6% in 2010
    • Tata Steel win first stage of legal battle
    • Quality award for Durham County Record Office
    • Imports push goods trade deficit to record high
    • Suspicions grow over Barclays toxic debt move
    • Pension payouts will be cut under reforms
    • Ministers confirm end of default retirement age
    • Lloyds' Eric Daniels in line for £2m bonus
    • Rising unemployment hits National Insurance reserves
    • Region bids to fund its Olympic teens
    • Greggs planning to create 100 jobs in the North East
    • North East bucks trade deficit trend
    • Newcastle Science City has £20,000 to offer innovators
    • Prepare to change your career path
    • City leaders accuse treasury over council cuts
    • High-level talks over trains bid
    • Insurance groups face pricing probe
    • UK interest rates remain at 0.5%
    • Approval given to extend mining
    • Environmental firm OHS wants workers
    • Financial services sector boost, but profits falter
    • Interest rate freeze is welcomed by business
    • Government gives green light to North Eastern LEP
    • Firm to pay students' university degree fees
    • Orders for Leaf are on track for its launch
    • Increased turnover and staff for firm under threat
    • Event will highlight Norwegian businesses
    • David Cameron addresses the North East
    • Factory gate inflation rate rises in December
    • Google, Facebook and Yahoo to test new net addresses
    • Boost for school leavers
    • Over-65s move will hurt us, firms say
    • Directors in 'boardroom bubble'
    • Confident tech sector set to boost employment
    • CBI calls for reform to woo investors
    • Northern Rock takes first step to private sector
    • Slowdown but North East firms still outperform the rest
    • Car scheme goes green with electric car
    • Tie-up aims to turn research into jobs
    • Radio station £1m jobs aim
    • Malcolm has drive for new challenge
    • £98 PCs target UK digital divide
    • Credit card borrowing in freefall
    • Anger over forced sell-off of key North East assets
    • GlaxoSmithKline counts the cost of legal fight
    • Diet site due online with help of software ‘agent’
    • Sir Jackie Stewart at Gateshead Burns Night event
    • Bosses' anger over time off for fathers
    • Many bankers overpaid, says RBS's Sir Philip Hampton
    • Inflation rise expected on high oil, food and utility costs
    • Lucy Armstrong takes up role on SME Council
    • Minister’s abacus jibe at group
    • Map tool will help carbon capture
    • UK CPI inflation rate rises to 3.7% in December
    • MPs demand better value from PFI projects
    • Barclays ordered to pay almost £70m over mis-sold investments
    • David Willets comments on High Fliers report
    • PD Ports in the spotlight at major conference
    • SSI reassured over TCP plant expansion plans
    • Banks must be allowed to fail, says Paul Tucker
    • IPPR think-tank predicts 'double-dip' jobless rise
    • Goldman defies public fury with another £10bn bonus payout
    • Jobs lost as Dorin Construction goes into administration
    • Lynch Healthcare focusing on winning European orders
    • Budget chain 99p Stores Limited targets North East
    • Event will be a showcase for the region’s key industries
    • Partnership with Teesside University boosts NECC event
    • North East market towns set for super-fast broadband
    • Durham County Council’s £125m cuts revealed
    • Pyeroy MD hails key strategic acquisitions
    • Stadium Group issues confident update
    • Investors continuing to show interest in retail opportunities
    • Teesside electronics plant given £1m cash injection
    • Union warning over Remploy redundancies
    • ‘Dream funding is really a nightmare’
    • Thousands of council jobs to go in England
    • UK unemployment total rises further
    • Steel firm may seek London listing
    • Teen's Bubble Ball game tops iTunes free app chart
    • Tomorrow’s technology
    • Apprenticeships campaign launches in the North East
    • Sage launches online accounting for small businesses
    • Government claims 'help for all' on jobs tax
    • Job prospects will brighten, says Chris Grayling
    • County Durham pool car project aims to cut carbon emissions
    • Newcastle Science City looking to secure fresh funding
    • Which Medical Device website launched for professionals
    • Advancements in electric cars will benefit the North East, says MEP
    • Shotton coal mine plans approved
    • Turnover at electronics firm rises by a quarter
    • BENE Event for energy networking
    • Northern Rock Foundation to see income cut
    • Farming agency likely to cut jobs
    • Tourism body closes this week
    • Wind turbine jobs hopes dashed by Siemens
    • John Hayes delivers new quality guarantee for Apprenticeships
    • New website marks 25th anniversary of Durham World Heritage status
    • Landslide victory for geographer’s research
    • UK factory orders fall but prices to rise, says CBI
    • Record year for Nissan plant at Sunderland
    • Council’s switch to avoid redundancies
    • China's overheating economy stokes fears for global inflation
    • Alan Johnson resigns as shadow chancellor
    • £100m in bids puts support for North to the test
    • Creating 100 apprentices in 100 days
    • Inflation concern as industry sees recovery
    • Solarglide move puts others in the shade
    • Roofing firm CA Group slated for recovery
    • Alex impresses with his BIG IDEA
    • SSI set September date for Teesside steel return
    • Wellstream shareholders back GE takeover
    • Liverpool opens business embassy in London
    • North East dependency on grants must end
    • High street hammered by weather and price rises
    • Green energy optimism despite turbine setback
    • Businesses warning over impact of fuel cost rises
    • Irish parties set for crisis talks after Greens quit
    • Bank lending deal for small businesses 'stalled'
    • Double-dip talk returns as UK economic growth slows
    • North forced to bear the brunt of massive cuts
    • Region steels itself for production boost
    • PM urged to stand by his claims of support for N-E
    • ‘Region’s entrepreneurs are the acorns for growth’
    • Sheila takes right route after crossroads
    • How can the UK lead the completion of the EU’s Single Market ?
    • A boost for future research into ageing
    • ‘How do we want to live now and in the future?’
    • BBC Online: 360 staff to lose jobs
    • CBI boss: Coalition lacks vision
    • De La Rue rejects higher Oberthur offer
    • Clegg: There is brighter future
    • UK economic growth expected to slow
    • IMF predicts faster global economic growth this year
    • Graduate job outlook 'recovering'
    • Losses widen at Helius Energy
    • Poland threat facing Stockton car part jobs
    • Inflation risks Bank’s credibility says MPC member
    • Biotechnology and Composites industries get training boost from NSA
    • 0800 Repair opens shop in Chester-le-Street
    • County Durham dad launches laser tag business
    • Jobs to be created at Durham firm Intersnack Ltd
    • Taxpayer will foot bill to keep vital sites
    • Celebrating the British Steel Archive
    • Computer memory heralds green PCs
    • Politicians 'have less authority' than comedians on Twitter
    • Small firms pioneer military technology
    • Mervyn King says pay squeeze necessary
    • PFI: £70m bill for schools that had to close
    • Coalition refuses to change course as economy shrinks by 0.5%
    • Sage says markets picking up
    • North East councils could soon be starved of cash
    • North East business groups surprised at slowdown
    • European Commission called in on ports dispute
    • Finance for Business fund proves its worth
    • Hunt delays decision on BSkyB’s takeover
    • ‘Cuts mean end of the road for buses’
    • Another Bank of England policymaker votes for rate rise
    • First round of bidding for regional growth fund comes to a close
    • Former MP pledges to end social inequality
    • BBC details World Service job losses
    • O2 to build free Wi-Fi network across the UK
    • Major milestone for cluster group NEPIC
    • SSI deal could bring 800 jobs back to Teesside
    • Charging point offer for electric cars
    • International Trade Week
    • Major Investment in Postgraduate Research at Durham and Newcastle Universities
    • Green Incubator planned for former Circatex site
    • Animation and computer games talent shines on Teesside
    • Everything Everywhere offers mobile payments
    • Alarm over cuts to arts in North East
    • MPs may let Mersey take our business
    • Plea to help North airports
    • Barclays axes advice staff from branches
    • MPs in bid to return the Rock to its roots
    • Ambitious plans for Teesside organic waste plant
    • Mail firm expansion to help push income up
    • MPs sound a financial alert over academies
    • Make this a new dawn
    • Council may face further £80m cut
    • Electric vehicle firm on verge of Hong Kong deal
    • From basement birth to plans for further growth
    • Sector worth up to £40bn is not sci fi
    • Fears for sales in customer buy out
    • George Osborne considering axing planned fuel duty rise
    • Concern for ‘vital’ airport as passenger numbers hit a low
    • Durham Tees Valley feels the bite
    • Eaga still confident despite job losses
    • Business must take lead, says David Miliband
    • Staff cuts to cost £100m
    • Move to build homes on city greenbelt land
    • Tourism industry ‘must unite to survive cuts’
    • Britain must stick to the course, says Cameron
    • LinkedIn close to being new stock market recruit
    • Romag nears a deal with bankers
    • Cumbrian Seafoods enjoys frying high
    • £20,000 up for grabs in scientific competition
    • Cable tries to reassure region on European aid
    • Washington Developments given green light for plans
    • Electronics company Filtronic slips into the red
    • Small firms are unnecessarily missing out on exports
    • Fuel company plans expansion
    • Tees software experts’ world first?
    • Glut of regional offices signals beginning of the end for EZs
    • Deals offered to get senior ONE North East staff to stay
    • App proves no risk for security team
    • North-east economic collaborators regroup in region
    • Facebook launches mobile deals
    • Bidders get their skates on for Durham ice rink
    • Tanfield says market stabilising
    • Shares in County Durham glass company suspended
    • Net approaches address exhaustion
    • Economy is too weak to handle cuts, Osborne is warned
    • Bank of England boosts Mervyn King's pension by £1.4m
    • Lloyds Banking Group forced to admit scale of millionaire staff
    • Business investment fund has been axed
    • Yorkshire Building Society in bid for Northern Rock
    • Newcastle's city of science plans one step closer
    • Northumbrian Water trading as expected
    • Delegation will demand decision over high-speed train programme
    • Mark Prisk announces reappointments to Industrial Development Advisory Board
    • Construction business stays local
    • Ashleigh makes up apprentice numbers
    • Family still delivering after 40 years
    • UK manufacturing growth at fastest since records began
    • Schools and universities failing Britain's visual effects and video games industries
    • David Miliband gets Sunderland football club post
    • Increase in wind energy sector employment
    • Budget cuts will hit deprived towns hardest
    • Tanfield looking up again after tough times
    • Northumbrian Water aiming to hit leaks target
    • Application submitted for multi-million pound science hub
    • North East firms recieved investment of £30m thanks to new fund
    • NECC backs apprentices campaign
    • Conference focusing on environment
    • Berghaus shakes up its executive structure
    • Manufacturing at all-time high
    • News Corp to launch iPad only newspaper
    • Ministry of Defence 'overlooks' small businesses
    • IFS urges govenment not to soften stance on austerity cuts
    • Scientists claim to have created 'invisibility cloak'
    • Engineering a bright online future
    • UK faces US-style jobless recovery
    • Shell profits soar to £11.5bn
    • Tyneside entrepreneur launches lighting business in Newcastle
    • North East tourism sector needs apprentices
    • Finance Tree looking to provide extra help for companies
    • Innovation Machine helping start-up companies
    • Helptrainingcourses.com expands as providers back site
    • A year of nurturing true talents
    • 10,000 state jobs at risk
    • Shock bills ‘end housing hopes’
    • 'Labour plans to drop rail link scheme’
    • Government accused of breaking promises over university cuts
    • ‘Tax banks to pay for local investment’
    • Food for thought
    • Inspections for County Durham Industrial Estates
    • Newcastle green firm Eaga gets takeover approach
    • Offshore wind opportunity
    • Hitachi close to securing rail deal
    • Nick Clegg to defend coalition economic policies
    • Insolvency figures tipped to hit record high
    • £55,000 expenses claims of our MPs
    • GlaxoSmithKline profits slump by 60% in 2010
    • Award for County Durham farm shop
    • Leaf ready to blow away competition
    • Workers at doomed agency will transfer
    • Romag chairman steps down as chairman over payment
    • Eco Environments to become Sharp's partner
    • Teesside University launch flexible learning network
    • Private talks could halt Ushaw College closure
    • ‘Poetic justice if railways work is awarded to region’
    • Research network launched
    • 'Axe' public sector union rights, say business leaders
    • UK small manufacturing experiences boost in production
    • Rise in interest rates feared as MPC meets
    • Council staff on £58,000 to be named in war on waste
    • Vital European funds to be wasted due to cuts
    • Garlands boss to create 250 jobs
    • £10m North East commitment safeguards 250 jobs
    • Government sets 100,000 apprentices by 2014 target
    • Shadow Business Secretary opens Technical Academy in Durham
    • Successful agency recruits workers
    • Solar power farms face cash cut, government warns
    • Construction begins on supercar
    • Animator is a rising star of the North East
    • Northstar 'WRAPs' up a £1.2million investment package
    • Sensing gap in market thanks to IP Group investment
    • New North East academy boosts green energy drive
    • Forest’s new owners speak out to allay fears
    • NOF announces new targets
    • Government to increase bank levy to £2.5bn
    • Councillors not facing cutbacks
    • Minister blocks No 10's rescue bid for 'big society' project
    • From innovation to commercialisation in Printable Electronics
    • Businesses engage with North East pupils at innovative science event
    • Have your say on Roseberry
    • Prestigious £4million awards to shed light on galaxies and cells
    • Few takers for payment break
    • Companies back apprenticeships
    • Helping the economy to rise from the ashes of recession
    • Solar energy firms threaten legal action over feed-in tariffs
    • LSE agrees merger with Canada's TMX
    • Revealed: 50% of Tory funds come from City
    • Feed-in Tariff review for farms
    • Newcastle MP leads the way in appointing apprentice
    • Drivers get a first glimpse of the Nissan Leaf
    • Support gathers for new environmental network
    • Marine industries are major contributor to the UK economy
    • Nite Owl wins sales across Europe
    • Online marketing company moves to the North East
    • Unveiling ways to boost India exports
    • Health firm on the fast track
    • Government gives boost to UK life sciences sector
    • United Biscuits hitting zero-waste targets
    • Project Merlin bank agreement revealed
    • Humber Gateway wind farm gets government approval
    • Council pension scheme reform could trigger 'exodus'
    • Anaerobic Digestion experts on hand to help farmers
    • Constructing a career by combining work with study
    • Teesside chemical firms blast Government energy policies
    • North East leads the way in planning for an ageing population
    • Local offices return months after axing
    • Apprentices can fill the skills gap
    • Major highways work to start at DurhamGate
    • North East businesses welcome export measures
    • Waste needed to fill Tyne Dock for development
    • Council tax offer row
    • Cable ‘reveals US cash bid by university’
    • Training site will plug skills gap
    • MP hits out at price of heating oil
    • UK interest rates set to be held at 0.5%
    • Our future engineers to sparkle
    • Nokia and Microsoft form partnership
    • UK companies race for 'clean coal' cash to store carbon under the North Sea
    • Details of sale and transfer of RDA assets and liabilities published
    • Businesses asked to pay for A19 upgrade
    • Explorer back in profit after 40% rise in sales
    • Nissan create 25 new apprenticeship places
    • Industry output falls
    • Fledgling training firm buoyed by rapid growth
    • Airport second worst for passengers figures
    • Dragon Bannatyne backs rail campaign
    • Carillion to buy Tyneside green firm Eaga for £300m
    • Councils defeat government over school buildings
    • Learning the secrets of Disney’s magic
    • Development agency works to stop fire sale of its assets
    • Engineering a win
    • Inflation fears as factory price rises hit two-year high
    • Eaga workers told takeover will not cost jobs
    • Illuminating new investment for digital entertainment experts
    • Executive homes plan for city hub
    • Science hub creates major benefits
    • Apprentice move wins new boost
    • China overtakes Japan as world's second-biggest economy
    • 220 town hall bosses earning more than David Cameron
    • Government opens up contracts to small business
    • 'Auckland Castle could be a major art venue'
    • New gene test discovered for inherited neuromuscular disorder
    • Business School graduate wins national finance award
    • Taxpayers 'subsidising banks by £30bn a year'
    • Carbon Trust funding cut by 40%
    • NECC gives apprenticeship advice
    • Science holds the key for region
    • Barclays reports annual profits of £6.07bn
    • Scientists call for Baccalaureate at A-level
    • Vince Cable says interest rate rise would be 'very difficult'
    • Revealed: how energy firms spy on environmental activists
    • Inflation pushed up by VAT rise
    • Cuts 'will push graduates to south'
    • Prime Minister says export ban could be put on Zurbaran works
    • Sustainability is key to success for CA Group
    • Government help is desperately needed
    • Pharmaceuticals gather for biotech meeting
    • Scepticism about Cameron's Big Society concept
    • It will be Brilliant!
    • Barclays staff costs near £12bn
    • Business organisation launches learning academy
    • Cleveland Potash quest is setting sail
    • E-Therapeutics raises £17.6m through share deal
    • Leading the drive for green future
    • Eric Pickles to give councillors top pay vote
    • Inova Power hoping to create hundreds of jobs
    • Three-fold expansion by Belmont nursery
    • North heritage attractions to shut on weekdays
    • Bank report puts focus on economy
    • Back-to-work plan to help fewer people than Labour
    • Teens to build Teesside turbines
    • Unexpected rise in UK unemployment
    • Sunderland property firm gentoo to axe hundreds of jobs
    • Inflation will rise sharply says Mervyn King
    • Animal magic at award-winning farm
    • Bank of England governor talks down prospect of early interest rate rise
    • Financial watchdogs get new powers
    • BAE Systems sales growth flat amid defence cuts
    • Royal Mail to raise prices for business services
    • Green Economy Council formed to help business rise to the low carbon challenge
    • Businesses backing Journal Apprenticeships campaign
    • Difference Engine faces uncertain future
    • Triplet Media scoops award for Police website work
    • Region can lead green development
    • Time to Train will strike right balance for business
    • Steel deal poised to be delivered
    • Farmers challenge FSA chief over £32m fees bill
    • Redundancy threat firm doubles team
    • Commercial premises prove to be a bright spot
    • Campaigners plead for train-building decision
    • Region’s voice to be heard on council
    • Go-Ahead motors ahead
    • Massive acid leak at former Fujitsu plant
    • Anger at £10,000 rise for Hartlepool chief executive
    • Business growth plan 'not enough' without bank help
    • Councils 'missed' £530m in taxes
    • North East train jobs sent to India
    • War on thousands of local borough council 'non-jobs'
    • Banks' millionaire earners could be revealed
    • Stamp duty battle over region's assets
    • How key sites could be disposed of
    • Region must retain a £12m annual rental income
    • Lighting giants Raytec aim to double revenue
    • Inflation a cloud over factories' optimism
    • Former Sage boss to become university guru
    • North East Business leaders celebrate excellence
    • American science summit: How bears could help man get to Mars
    • RICS North East Budget plea to revive property
    • Committee publish report: Technology and Innovation Centres
    • Region’s hopes for new growth fund
    • Major North-East employers plan business tie-up
    • Railway plans to open visitor centre
    • Council considering closure of five leisure centres
    • David Cameron outlines his vision for public services
    • Private firms 'wary of hiring' public sector workers
    • Government 'ready to sell off stake in RBS'
    • Government urged to extend internship scheme
    • Green economies for growth, urges UN
    • Libya unrest leads to rise in oil price
    • Lithium-ion battery with new chemistry could power electric vehicles
    • Durham County Council urged to axe its newspaper and save £400,000 a year
    • Fashion retailer named North-East's best independent
    • Ministry of Defence must end contract failures, say MPs
    • Solar storms could create $2tn 'global Katrina', warns chief scientist
    • UK and Russia commit to collaboration in space science
    • Profits boost for Hargreaves Services
    • Newcastle University jobs threatened by visa cuts
    • Solar panel plans for North East homes
    • Government finances show biggest surplus since 2008
    • North East England scores a perfect six
    • North-East’s dynamism will drive recovery – Cable
    • Food entrepreneur toasts public sector support
    • Students build NETPark’s future
    • IT firm diversifies into welding, creating new jobs
    • Aycliffe installer leads green revolution
    • Newcastle borehole drilling starts in search of heat
    • Crude oil prices push higher on Libya supply concerns
    • Bank of England to reveal if another interest rate-setter joined call for rise
    • NHS to lose 50,000 jobs, including doctors and nurses
    • Workwear firm gets ready to grow
    • President of the AA backs A1 dualling
    • Offshore factory hopes for Tyneside
    • Green-focused entrepreneurs offered guidance
    • Hargreaves Services aiming to win Asian business
    • North East businesses hoping for contract opportunities
    • Green event secures four topical workshops
    • Digital fund fails to boost Teesside
    • Spencer Dale joins hawks in call for interest rate rise
    • Sunderland AFC Chief Executive speaks to Sunderland Business School students
    • Welcome for EU review of support for small businesses
    • Academy recruits business mentors
    • A healthy look at overseas business
    • 1,600 jobs could go as a result of cuts
    • £6.5m NETPark extension begins
    • 1,900 NHS jobs under threat across the region
    • Phone firm says no further redundancies planned
    • Sunderland Software Centre set bring jobs to city
    • Early success for Sage's new online service
    • Promoting science to the young
    • KTP cut will harm economy
    • Deal for Teesside steel plant is sealed
    • MP asks Durham County Council how it will cut management costs
    • More than 100 RBS bankers paid over £1m
    • Fears for UK recovery as oil nears crucial $120 mark
    • Coalition urged to act over lobbyists who use party groups 'to buy influence'
    • Lloyds returns to profit to make £2.21bn
    • ‘A casual and lazy attitude to axing RDAs’
    • Vinovium secures SIA stamp of approval
    • Can we truly take forced change on board?
    • North East businesses back high speed rail
    • Teesside potential hotspot for vehicle fuel
    • Technical glitch halts LSE trading
    • GEM Partnership Sparkles with £6m Turnover in its First Year
    • Private-equity companies looking to invest in North
    • Electric Leaf – buyers will have to pay £2,000 more
    • Sunderland owns the Vaux site
    • Government urged to approve train deal after steel success
    • SSI youth pledge for Teesside Cast Products plant
    • New Tyne Tunnel now open to public traffic
    • North East businesses get tips in art of exporting
    • PAYE changes set to create more off the books workers, NECC claim
    • Business rate plans are ‘as bad as cuts’
    • Consultation on high-speed rail plans begins
    • Region’s tourism jobs face the axe as funding comes to an end
    • Oil price rises again on Saudi Arabia unrest fears
    • Northern Rock to offer 90% mortgages
    • Businesses in plea for budget help
    • Consett man sets up Scott's Access Training
    • Newton Aycliffe factory rescue bid fails
    • Great Western and east coast rail upgrades announced at last
    • Rugby star throws his weight behind regions’s science industry
    • Berco invests in leadership skills
    • Region's firms pool their talents
    • The future’s orangery
    • Eaga staff won't get shares cash
    • Northern Rock move to offer 90% deal is welcomed
    • Rail scheme boost for Hitatchi plan could be approved today
    • Barnard Castle, Stanhope and Durham City TICs to close
    • County Durham man invests in CarpetZest business
    • North East companies advised to back innovation
    • UK manufacturing growth stays at 'record' high
    • Hefce reduces points of impact in REF
    • Bringing train building back to its first home
    • BREAKING NEWS: £4.5bn Hitachi deal to bring 500 jobs to County Durham
    • Newton Aycliffe train factory will create 500 jobs
    • Next generation of leaders urged to seize opportunity
    • Business boost in the county
    • Hitachi's intercity train deal finally leaves the sidings
    • Vince Cable: Response to Intercity Express programme announcement
    • £4.5bn deal sees thousands of new jobs roll into the region
    • North East businesses set to Sparkle thanks to new venture
    • Car design firm set for North-East move
    • Next generation broadband bid
    • Carbon eating plant project secures funding
    • Rail Jobs Boost – NECC Reaction
    • 500 train building jobs to be created in Durham
    • Hitachi manufacturing base given go-ahead
    • Drug firm GlaxoSmithKline will pay tuition fees of its trainees
    • The NETPark SpaceCamp!
    • Ford warns electric cars may be only for the rich
    • Former tourism boss launches Bon Amie venture
    • Busy firm Sanderson Weatherall best in the North
    • Newton Aycliffe site is 'launch-pad' for future projects
    • The campaign that brought train-building back home
    • Tapping into renewable energy
    • Growth opportunities identified to increase UK automotive manufacturing work
    • Japan's Fujifilm buys MSD Biologics (UK)
    • Virtual park and pay system to cut jams
    • SCM Pharma investing £500,000 in Prudhoe plant
    • Speeding up broadband access for rural areas
    • Thinking Digital signs up more big name speakers
    • Vital we protect our innovations
    • Coalition slammed for revelling in cuts
    • Calls for return of Margaret Thatcher ideology
    • Minister backs North East on low carbon future
    • Hitachi deal hailed as the 'new Nissan'
    • Hunt approves News Corp plan for Sky News
    • Teesside chiefs back women in boardroom call
    • London 2012 Opportunities Beckon For North East Firms
    • Universities: NAO warns cuts pose bankruptcy risk
    • Town prepares action plan for Hitachi jobs
    • Putting the body to work
    • University event offers essential business support
    • Business breakfast at Teesside
    • Chemistry - our life, our future
    • 'Biggest improvement to State pension in our lifetime': imminent
    • Art of science at NETPark
    • County Durham firm steels itself for global growth
    • Art and science combine at growing NETPark
    • Government action to save small firms £40m
    • Lambert Smith Hampton Wins Top National Agent for Ninth Consecutive Year
    • Enterprise zones to make a comeback
    • Chancellor urged to support North-East recovery
    • Green energy partnership launched
    • Budget: CBI urges 'relentless focus on growth'
    • £100m investment in skills to drive growth
    • North East hopes to win power station deal
    • Business supremo to lead North’s new LEP
    • Mayor has faith in zones
    • Row over £1m access point
    • David Cameron promises a plan for growth
    • Zytronic chairman steps down
    • Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond to get £6.5m bonus
    • Cash injection to boost medical research
    • Prince Andrew trade row controversy continues
    • Authority faces £24m pay claim tribunal case
    • Hitachi highlights our bright future
    • Local enterprise partnerships gather to showcase action plans for local growth
    • Durham goes with the flow with unprecedented dual international science success
    • George Osborne hints at fuel duty budget boost for drivers
    • Consumers flee high street after rise in VAT
    • North-East expertise boosts global testing giant
    • Academic credibility soars following new film
    • Test Track confirms North East’s leading position in the low carbon vehicle sector
    • Farm Fresh Direct launched by Durham couple
    • Washington-based Tanfield in line for share of £32m
    • Green energy is big business in apprentice deal
    • UK economy growth forecast for 2011 cut by BCC
    • Communities Minister Launches Narec's Latest Multi-Million Pound Project
    • Drawing on all resources?
    • Government's Transparency Agenda Could Transform Local Public Sector Culture
    • Call for tax break to help North-East airports
    • Whitehall set to relax grip on councils with first ever review of local government's legal duties
    • Hope for 500 more jobs at business park
    • Royal Bank of Scotland to pay top executives £28m bonuses
    • Power to the plane
    • Wall tourist promotion firm threatened by cuts
    • Northern Rock announces £232.4m loss
    • CruiseCompare.co.uk benefits from investment
    • Rescue means growth for Liberty Electric Cars
    • ICAEW survey reveals more private sector work
    • Firms urged to get stuck in to the Olympic Games
    • Innovation on agenda at Energy conference
    • £3m more for cost of Newcastle science site
    • UK trade deficit drops sharply
    • Gibson and Mallon reveal Enterprise Zone masterplan
    • GSK pledge to fund scientists of the future
    • Council leader congratulates Hitachi developers
    • Government and aerospace come together to deliver growth programme
    • Reinnervate breakthrough could be thwarted by cuts
    • Funding threat to Newcastle ScienceFest
    • Nissan leads the ways with £8.4m project
    • Don't miss train on this opportunity
    • Pensions reforms could 'light the blue touch paper' for strikes, GMB leader warns
    • 'Metropolitan county' blow to free travel
    • Bid for super-fast broadband links
    • Northern Rock appoints Deutsche Bank to advise on privatisation
    • UK manufacturing grows at fastest pace in 16 years
    • UK interest rates held at record low of 0.5%
    • NIB - New subsidy for green boilers
    • Hutton report: public sector pensions still 'hugely generous' compared to private sector
    • Exports boost North East to the tune of £12bn
    • Funding fears voiced for the North film industry
    • Nifco takes Teesside company of the year title
    • Buyout mooted at Aycliffe car parts maker
    • North-East Remploy factories will not shut
    • Orders from Russia show love for North-East products
    • Apprentice campaign is a resounding success
    • Green Investment Bank must not be compromised, say MPs
    • Durham Tees Valley is fighting back
    • Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker
    • Hot rocks reality
    • Bleak future if recommendations aren’t followed, warns research group
    • Campaign launched to find entrepreneurs
    • Council of the North call
    • Crimdon Pony World to build 10 holiday lodges
    • Local ibod idea could rival Google
    • High pay must be earned by good results
    • N Ireland to get lower Corporation Tax than rest of UK?
    • Durham breeders scoop top prize in national cattle contest
    • Interest rate rise could derail recovery, BDO says
    • North East private sector outperforming UK average
    • Your duty to help Teesside exporters
    • Will Hutton plan for public sector pay
    • Peers hit out over Zurbaran sale plan
    • Staff left waiting to learn their fate
    • North East businesses urged to join growing network
    • Labour draws Budget battlelines
    • Waste-to-energy plant coming to Teesside
    • Northern partnership folds
    • Seriously speaking: Innovation for value creation - what are we talking about?
    • Eaga workers succeed in cash payout demands
    • Longbenton Foods workers made redundant
    • Q&A event highlighting recruitment
    • More work boosts the North-east economy
    • Public sector job cuts top 132,000
    • Wages fail to keep track with inflation
    • Social networks beat entertainment sites as most popular UK online activity
    • Durham University will charge maximum fees
    • New business-friendly competition proposals announced
    • North East business bosses urged to look abroad
    • Grand Reserve Top Notch Beef for Quakers Fans!
    • Science Central is attracting global interest
    • Recruitment Specialist Challenges Rivals
    • Web Experts Score a Mobile First for the Region
    • Lessons that nature can teach us all
    • SURGO contract wins hit £20m
    • Businesses know their Durham
    • Windfarm developer to sponsor renewable energy research at Durham University.
    • World's largest tidal turbine project in Sound of Islay
    • Marketing renewable energy
    • North East features in Government boost to UK manufacturing
    • Councils should keep business taxes, says Eric Pickles
    • Royal Bank of Scotland pays £375m to 323 key staff
    • New 'Solutions for Business' portfolio refocused on growth
    • Kilfrost takes top title at business awards
    • CPI is helping boost manufacturing research
    • Energy Innovation Awards 2011
    • Your views welcome on recruitment and the immigration cap
    • Vince Cable bins business red tape
    • Funding boost will help more businesses begin
    • More North-East millionaires is good news for region's economy
    • New drive to save more North East firms from collapse
    • North East hopes for Enterprise Zones in Budget
    • Osborne told to give us entrepreneurs' Budget
    • Former Renew director announces major new venture
    • Business owner set to Sparkle
    • Durham warship visits capital
    • Technology playing major part in Durham economy
    • Inflation 'expected to hit 28-month high'
    • Region losing grip on £130m property empire
    • Osborne ready to freeze air tax – but we want abolition
    • Joining forces for quake-hit Japanese
    • Romag shares remain suspended after probe
    • Durham solar firm gets first Nissan Leaf
    • Businesses optimistic of growth
    • Budget 2011: tax avoidance crackdown will raise £1bn
    • New funding scheme will support innovative small companies
    • Protection for private industries
    • Manchester United parent firm loses £109m in 2010
    • Surprise as public borrowing rises
    • Teesside looks set for enterprise zone
    • Businesses Stride into The Winner's Enclosure
    • Comment from CDDC in reaction to the Budget announcement
    • Northern Rock to issue mortgage backed bonds
    • Newcastle University leads global debate on sustainability
    • Uncertainty over new green bank’s funding
    • Wind turbine firms snub the North East
    • In the Zone to make most of opportunity
    • Romag shares remain suspended
    • Solar tariff cut proposals come under fire
    • IT consultancy Waterstons is on the move
    • Events Help To Generate New Business Opportunities
    • Newcastle University is named as a London 2012 Training Venue
    • Government sets out new Plan for Growth
    • Glaxo set to double production of creams at Barnard Castle
    • Move will bring jobs and power to the North East
    • Chancellor announces enterprise zones for North East
    • Budget 2011 – NECC response
    • Fund to be launched to aid disaster-struck area of Japan
    • Racing car technology resides here
    • Science company goes back to school
    • Inflation to make cuts bigger, says IFS
    • Eurozone agrees bail-out fund restructuring
    • First four new generation Enterprise Zone locations identified
    • New enterprise zones will not receive any upfront cash
    • Aycliffe could win Government high speed train contract
    • Walker Filtration Group scoop top award
    • Now it’s testing time for the Leaf
    • Winners out on the course
    • County Durham launches Japanese Disaster Fund
    • Dalton Park expansion would create hundreds of jobs
    • Protecting the IT security of North East businesses
    • Take-home pay down 5% in real terms since 2009, says study
    • David Cameron to launch StartUp Britain business scheme
    • Cable confirms ending of 50p tax rate, and reveals 'mansion tax' plans
    • The Journal helps recruit 500 new apprentices
    • Businesswoman urges firms to Keep It Local
    • Northern Rock set to axe 680 jobs
    • Nick Brown says Tyneside must back Enterprise Zone idea
    • Foreign deals are coup for energy sector
    • Dancing slip proves Julie Stout's lucky break
    • Ministerial visit to borehole site
    • Website gets supply chain on track
    • Region’s firms urged to tap into Asian market
    • UAE Ambassador outlines opportunities for North East businesses
    • Cash injection secures future of Northumbrian Fine Foods
    • Nissan deal boosts Stockton car parts maker
    • Mast company wins airport contracts
    • North East firms optomistic about the future
    • Jobs saved as Washington Display firm is bought
    • Rising stars stake career claims with North East firms
    • Durham University experts today reveal new 3D technology
    • Eaga wins Warm Front extension
    • Tees Valley techies score hat-trick in Spain
    • North East firms work together for growth
    • Harness the spirit of innovation
    • Engineer NPE employs three new apprentices
    • Talks to be held over Auckland Castle's future
    • Tess Valley firm polish-ing up its International business
    • Duo hope to clean up with new product trials
    • Northern Rock Asset Management returns to profit
    • Partnership is sheer chemistry for health research
    • Largest commercial property show to come to the region next month
    • New state pension 'at least £155'
    • Fury over Sheik's £2.5m gift to Durham university
    • England now only place in UK with prescription charges
    • Irish banks need extra 24bn euros to survive
    • Agency assets not for sale to council chiefs
    • Engineering firm wins second major contract
    • Electrician ceases trade
    • UK manufacturing growth 'at five-month low'
    • Process industry campaign is taken to the top
    • Green energy investment seeing strong rise, says WEF
    • Survey reveals North East businesses optimistic about future
    • Teaching aid finds North base
    • North East economic growth continues says NECC
    • North East businesses make growth league
    • Private sector job growth weaker in March, says Reed
    • DAV Developments make further key asset purchases
    • Cheryl Cole says Newcastle firm's tea is perfect brew
    • Firms bid for Hitachi train contracts
    • North-east businesses continue fight back to health
    • Free events help North East construction companies cut deaths and injury
    • Gentoo buys Romag assets out of administration
    • Fujifilm completes takeover of MSD
    • Gentoo saves County Durham glassmaker
    • Jobs at risk as Durham City based waste firm restructures
    • GeeknRolla: Tech start-ups reveal cost-cutting tips
    • UK economy faces 'worrying' times
    • Tanfield 'on the path to recovery
    • KLM launches new flights from North East
    • Banks Group investing £20m into wind farms
    • Guy Wilks in driving seat of Karting North East
    • Green makeover for enterprise agency Tedco
    • Electric vehicle event aiming to boost North East sales
    • Our carbon scheme is untenable
    • £2.6m intermodal terminal expands freight services on the Tees
    • Wilton Engineering Services completes 400-tonne order
    • UK banks introduce lending appeals process
    • ISPs tussle over broadband access
    • Pound stronger as services survey shows faster growth
    • Science City boss Peter Arnold steps down
    • McInerney Holdings goes into administration
    • Middlesbrough logistics firm starts work on £2.6m rail terminal
    • Tanfield building the platform for recovery
    • Backpacking in the USSR
    • Sales rise at Newton Aycliffe company CVO Fire
    • John Prescott set to speak to nebusiness awards final
    • Inspirational speakers set to take part at Durham Convention
    • Planning fears over region's new enterprise zones
    • UK industry unexpectedly weak in February
    • CAT dances off with Strictly Small Business prize
    • North East scientist aims to engineer export growth
    • North East business support company expanding
    • Jobs to go as Blaydon Dairy closes down again
    • Nissan's Sunderland production could be hit by parts shortage
    • Business organisations disappointed at Government’s plans for LEPs
    • North East will reap the rewards of renewable energy
    • UK output is down as concern mounts
    • Tees Valley in talks with Pickles
    • North-East business development organisation buys London based rival,
    • Nissan suspends production in Wearside
    • UK interest rates held at record low of 0.5%
    • Does your firm need its own mobile app?
    • Northern Bear warns on profits
    • Interest rates could need to rise County Durham industrialist says
    • Fuel saving device attracts industry attention
    • Quick growth sees Printmeit.com on the move
    • University to charge maximum fees
    • NECC criticise government over planning and red tape
    • African MPs call on Durham firm
    • Pickles looks to by-pass planning consents
    • Jennings feels the effect of cuts uncertainty
    • MP's anger over outsourced jobs
    • Business Growth Fund to plug equity gap for smaller firms
    • Government unveils North East offices plan
    • Extra cash for regional projects
    • Butterfly Barn entrepreneurs expand their business online
    • Iron ore waste breakthrough made by Tata Steel
    • North-east economic recovery is still 'fragile'
    • Key NECC member calls for stronger education and industry links
    • A lesson out of the classroom
    • Broadband welcome
    • New contract secures jobs at pharmaceutical plant
    • Clegg urges losing bidders to try again
    • Job losses at BAE Systems in Newcastle
    • North East promised thousands of new jobs by ministers
    • The Journal campaign helps create 726 apprentices
    • Public sector 'will save money' by using iPhone
    • Cumbrian Seafoods to receive a grant from the Regional Growth Fund
    • North-East firms helped Nasa shoot for the moon
    • £26m Teesside jobs boost from Regional Growth Fund
    • Bank of England expected to delay rise in interest rates
    • Council looks to Spectrum
    • Number of North-East firms in difficulty drops
    • Durham clothing firm has the X-Factor
    • Jobs under threat at Bishop Auckland College
    • UK small businesses embrace sustainability
    • Regional Growth Fund (RGF) will create or safeguard 5,216 North East jobs
    • North East job vacancies increase as competition soars
    • Romag sale gets expert advice
    • New plans are submitted for wind farm
    • Marstons signs up to DurhamGate development
    • Filtronic expects growth despite setbacks
    • Change needed to get North East on road to recovery
    • Apex Wiring Solutions wins London hospital contract
    • New fear for North East as jobless total goes up again
    • Sunderland businesses sing to the tune of £18m
    • Mend it like Beckham - Boots to stock revolutionary muscle protection tape
    • Number of low carbon cars doubles
    • 300 jobs set to go at Peterlee firm
    • TalkTalk snaps up Gateshead firm Executel
    • Nissan sales enjoy Russian revolution
    • Holmes back where the heart is
    • 'Unviable' rules block business park plan
    • Royal visitor helps business celebrate
    • Car parts company Nifco drives to top title
    • Bannatyne Group sees gym profits increase
    • Builders merchants looks to a greener future
    • Small businesses not embracing green market opportunities according to research
    • North East LEP chairman Paul Walker issues warning
    • Powering to record
    • Tata Steel signs up for new deal on power
    • Newcastle airport ‘to be put up for sale’
    • £5m fund will be lifeline for North East small businesses
    • High fuel prices help local shops in the North East
    • Seagulls set to soar thanks to CA Group
    • Growth fund fuels Connor expansion
    • Regions could miss out on Europe cash
    • Revolution CC collapses months after launch
    • Star speakers to talk at Durham Business School convention
    • British taxpayers face £600m bill as EU defies Cameron's calls for austerity
    • Distribution centre plan brings hope of 300 jobs
    • Firms recognised in Queen's Awards
    • UK's only lifetime achievement Queen's Award goes to County Durham enterprise guru
    • Building firm disposes of North Shields business
    • Rayovac’s royal seal of approval
    • Seaham hall owner calls in administrators
    • Sanderson Weatherall in seventh heaven
    • Firms advised on Regional Growth Fund bids
    • UK interest rates: When will they rise?
    • Industry leaders and political figures unite to press for £300million drugs plant
    • Survey reveals small firms' jobs pessimism
    • Teesside firms receive Queen's Awards for Innovation
    • Apprenticeship campaign most successful in UK
    • Beamish Hall owners extent their activity centre
    • Companies set to benefit from Hitachi train factory
    • Confidence grows as deals come through
    • North East businesses given the opportunity to grow
    • Funding chance for North East small firms
    • Join our campaign to boost North East economy
    • GSK sees first-quarter profits rise
    • OpSec agrees takeover
    • Bindi Karia set to share expertise with North East
    • Think Innovative mp3 player used for Royal Wedding
    • Wind farm tax break hint ...and cheaper electricity for homes in shadow of England’s biggest wind turbine site
    • Top mark for Tait Walker over staff treatment
    • Work begins on South Tyneside green business centre
    • Gateshead firm Spartan sees profits rise to £75m
    • Tax rises could spell the end of UK oil production
    • Hitachi Rail / Amazon Park Open Day attracts 400 companies interested in getting involved in IEP trains
    • Newcastle firm Sage boosts sales and profits
    • Stone rolls on with major contract wins
    • Lifeline for Amdega staff
    • Business support organisation for women to open North-East branch
    • Plea made to protect North East regeneration cash
    • 30 jobs set to come to Teesside as Dubai firm launches its UK operation
    • James Cracknell to speak at Entrepreneurs' Forum event
    • Petards sees opportunities across the world
    • UK interest rates kept on hold at 0.5%
    • Dramatic fall in profits for TCP owner SSI
    • New fund offering hope to start-up businesses
    • Move shows medical firm is in healthy condition
    • Sighs of relief from business as rates are held
    • Local elections 2011: party took a real knock, admits Nick Clegg
    • Manufacturing falters as figures show growth has fallen to a seven-month low
    • Durham Tees Valley can survive, say airport bosses
    • New strimmers at the cutting edge of design
    • Public sector pay gap 'increases'
    • North East businesses face new bill
    • Redcar testing centre will boost region's reputation
    • Regional Growth Fund advice offered to North East businesses
    • North East economy still better than rest of UK
    • Business start-up guidance on offer at Gateshead store
    • Filling the gap left by public cutbacks
    • Wilton Group look to double up following investment
    • New biotechnology centre already booked for a year ahead
    • Business services 'are now driving recovery'
    • Teesside manufacturing going greener
    • Hitachi event puts businesses on track for contract wins
    • Austerity measures cut into council budgets
    • Sweet success as Teesside start-up secures £100,000 of investment
    • International Cuisine set to create 150 new jobs
    • Durham remains a dynamic place for property business
    • Chemical giant Huntsman relocates to new North-East centre
    • Let's Grow campaign aims to help North East firms
    • Bank of England hints at rate rise by end of year as inflation climbs
    • Passionate people are key to Wynyard move
    • Redcar facility is a hi-tech world where dreams can come true
    • Focus on scientific entrepreneurs in Newcastle
    • Region lagging in green economy
    • Pitch up for this ‘match-making’ idea
    • Council apologises for city regeneration delay
    • Nissan annual sales boost as markets recover
    • Manufacturing figures fuel fears on recovery
    • Ensus plant to close - for up to four months
    • Capture project winning support
    • Boss hits out at councils on green energy agenda
    • Region’s corporate finance sector bolstered with new deal
    • Localism Bill must consider its impact on businesses, says FSB
    • Bidding starts as uni unveils latest extension
    • Rallying call for Teesside firms to team up
    • Teesside carbon capture vision a step closer
    • The North Eastern Local Enterprise Partnership is seeking business leaders
    • Councils wrong to demand money for solar plans
    • £2.3m Innovation Accelerator opens at Wilton
    • North East small firms have chance to apply for funding
    • University comes under fire for accepting donation
    • Council and promotions company seriously at fault for Dreamspace tragedy
    • Millburngate House may go in plans for Durham City
    • North East firms should start planning now for London Olympics
    • Hundreds of temporary jobs created at steel plant
    • North East businesses cutting costs but still hopeful
    • Artists can showcase work in Durham City cafe
    • OnePlaceUK ready to roll out across the country
    • UK inflation rate rises to 4.5% in April
    • Durham County Council get Nissan Leaf pool car
    • Sunderland receives top accolade
    • Firms offered an essential guide to venture capital
    • PX Group looks to Middle East following acquisition
    • Countdown to join SME consortium fund bid
    • Window of opportunity
    • Amec buys US engineering firm
    • Bank of England in vow to Teesside firms
    • Tata Steel takes energy fight to Government officials
    • North East wind turbines scheme in running for Euro funding
    • Gateshead firm Eutechnyx on shortlist of finalists
    • NECC event focuses on renewables
    • Biofuel industry wants more government consistency
    • Enterprise Zone plans moving forward
    • Calls for Coalition jobs fund to be extended
    • Business Growth Fund for medium-sized firms launched
    • Almost 1000 businesses and organisations rush to sign up for Hitachi showcase
    • North-East transport boss calls for Government to cut fuel duty
    • Restaurant operator to create 10 new jobs
    • UK manufacturers see solid growth in production ahead says CBI
    • Let's Grow campaign deadline extended for firms
    • Award as biofuel thrives on brownfield sites
    • First principal appointed for new academy
    • First woman role for company secretary
    • Hundreds at Tata in Lackenby face the axe
    • Swedish delegation in energy meeting
    • Transport Minister urged to re-think motorway plans
    • Russian contract boosts GT Group growth plans
    • One in ten North East firms reported at risk
    • Hundreds of jobs to be lost at Teesside steelworks
    • Tata statement denies 'lazy' reports claims
    • Bishop Auckland forklift firm secures £100m deal
    • Vince Cable wants a ‘significant improvement’ on lending to SME’s
    • Solar power adds shine to DuPont sales
    • County Durham couple set up tyre-fitting franchise
    • Project Merlin lending figures 'disappointing'
    • Delegates from Sweden set to arrive in the North East
    • UK unemployment falls by 36,000 to 2.46 million
    • Tata bosses look for policy support
    • People give views on future of city offices site
    • Tips for tomorrow’s entrepreneurs
    • Packaging firm has expansion all wrapped up
    • Cleveland Bridge secures £35m Sri Lanka contract
    • Newcastle-based Hedgehog Lab opens London office
    • Expansion plans for Washington firm Walker Filtration
    • Call for more clarity over green investment bank plans
    • 1,000 jobs planned for North East blackspot area
    • Business partnership names board
    • Tata Steel back in the black
    • Newcastle Science City lauded for innovation
    • Knowledge IT secures five-year cloud contract
    • UK economy grows by 0.5% in Q1
    • Norther Bear says disposals at an end
    • Furniture repair firm plays Royal Wedding role
    • Firms compete for trains contracts in County Durham
    • Over 1,000 aspiring suppliers attend Hitachi rail event
    • Hitachi Rail sets out multi-million pound business opportunities at first UK supply chain event
    • Top entrepreneur awards for businesswomen
    • Healthy start for North East wellbeing businesses
    • Cable company cuts its workforce
    • Germ warfare as firm develops bacteria to combat toilet bugs
    • Funding fears for the Newcastle Innovation Machine
    • Teesside incubator accelerates sector
    • Northumbrian Water boosts profits
    • Take That boost to region's economy
    • Thorn Lighting launches new division
    • Subsea North East exhibition set to take place
    • Gateway to service and support for businesses
    • Reinnervate deal to increase availability of products
    • Tourism's importance to regional economy being recognised
    • Have your say on The County Durham Plan
    • More jobs – but prepare for rise in water prices
    • Fears for North-East jobs after Centrica closes gas field
    • Green taxes could destroy North-East chemical industry report claims
    • CA Group supplies the largest solar wall in the world
    • Major operators interested in WIllington scheme
    • NECC wants private sector voice heard in enterprise zone plan
    • Propeller Holdings is tracking its own success
    • North East manufacturing sector has grown
    • Durham Business School celebrates its 25 years in business
    • Buy Local Buy Durham
    • Washington firm OpSec announces strong results
    • Low carbon centre generates interest a year ahead of opening
    • Gatenby firm offers high-speed internet to rural communities
    • Small firms warned on web image copyright
    • Middlesbrough green fuel research centre due next year
    • GlaxoSmithKline launches innovative pricing
    • Furore over Durham's tobacco funding for Afghan scholarship
    • Science City appoints interim director
    • North East manufacturers see growth
    • Service to stay alert for contracts
    • Shower manufacturer cuts costs by moving production from China to UK
    • Olympics will offer North-East tourist business boost, firms told
    • Pipe workers face uncertain future as firm announces closure plans
    • Seaham Hall Hotel retains it five AA red star rating
    • Firms facing final analysis in North East Top 200
    • Durham entrepreneur launches Amanda's Antics venture
    • Romag hire staff as demand for solar panels increases
    • FSB calls on Government to re-focus its policy for the smallest firms
    • Darlington based Clive Owen & Co help North East businesses
    • Sunderland Nissan plant to build new version of Qashqai
    • Thomas Swan expands Custom Manufacturing capabilities
    • New superstores would create 1,300 new jobs
    • Nissan investment will safeguard North East jobs
    • Doing business in Dubai could reap massive rewards
    • Spreading the word on popular First Friday forums
    • North East companies rewarded for their work
    • Green energy scheme under threat
    • Enterprising Tees Valley bid to create 43,000 jobs is unveiled
    • County Durham tag maker benefits from EID
    • Exports up by a third
    • Record low interest rate backed by business
    • Pickles: I've gone out of my way to aid area
    • Siemens to up trainee wind technician jobs
    • North East growth rate above the UK average
    • Darlington firm Henry Williams announces rail contracts
    • George Osborne preparing to offload Northern Rock
    • Make Ministers listen on Enterprise Zones
    • Dianne Sharp, Managing Director, SCM Pharma
    • Intersnack UK boss has eye on £250m sales
    • Banks and businesses come together to seek solutions
    • North-East economic recovery slows down
    • Popcorn firm to move from kitchen table
    • Opening the gate to a variety of offerings in city centre shopping
    • Cable workers jobs saved after agreement with creditors
    • Hi-tech signage could be on public display within months
    • CBI leader calls for overhaul of green taxes that threaten North-East jobs
    • Lack of industrial space could hamper North East's recovery
    • Revision of development masterplan
    • Durham University centre to help career prospects
    • North East firms offered Dubai opportunity
    • £50m expansion plan for Belmont Industrial Estate approved
    • Osborne plans to sell Northern Rock to a single buyer
    • Fabrication firm aims to be renewable sector trailblazer
    • North East firms attack new carbon-reduction incentive
    • County Durham print facility to aid design companies
    • Neptune to return to Durham
    • Seaham Hall Hotel may be sold for £12.5m
    • New business park for Middlesbrough could bring 1,000 jobs
    • 2,000 new jobs to be created to build train carriages
    • Industrial land could be used for energy park
    • Siemens deal continues revival of North-East train building
    • Peterlee-based Eden Farm aims to keep growing
    • * Eco-preneur urges businesses to ‘go green’
    • Residents meet Minister over plans for England's biggest windfarm
    • North-East suppliers invited to bid for Norwegian power contracts
    • US equity group considers Rock bid
    • Carbon capture funding
    • Manufacturing pay continues gradual upward curve
    • C-Capturing capital for a capital idea
    • Institute of Directors North East launches new project
    • New £1.25m Visitor Centre opens to showcase Durham’s “world treasure”
    • New academy will make North-East a centre of excellence
    • Social media still an underused resource
    • Consett chemical firm Thomas Swan in massive investment
    • New opportunities for process sector
    • Carbon firm C-Capture opens centre in the region
    • New working practices boost production at Hargreaves Services
    • Defence firms still set for contract wins despite spending cuts
    • North East manufacturers expect continued growth
    • New deals are key to Houghton-le-Spring firm’s success
    • Green initiative to aid energy efficiency
    • £80m settlement for Tata
    • Warring robots headline science festival
    • Growth in demand positive for North East manufacturing
    • Hargreaves Services wins colliery contract
    • Bank of England votes to keep low interest rate
    • Life sciences firm Cels aims to help create UK sales
    • Consett Popcorn Company preparing to launch flavour
    • County Durham – the perfect place to base your business
    • Warring robots headline science festival
    • Hartlepool named as potential site for next generation of nuclear power
    • Chance to take advantage of Dubai trade link
    • Extra jobs hope as start-up to be revealed by SSI
    • Tank Track firm Astrum set to shed jobs
    • Profits soar at IDS
    • DigitalCity bids for millions from Government jobs fund
    • China and UK set to form trade agreement.
    • Cumbrian Seafoods on Top Producers list
    • Icona Adds UK Office
    • Talks of take-over at Northumbrian Water
    • Opportunities for rural entrepreneurs to shine
    • UK groups harness collective procurement
    • Pickles hails Tees Valley enterprise zone 'brave and clever'
    • Thorn Lighting parent returns to profit
    • Liquid explosive scanner goes into operation for first time
    • MP speaks up for North-East industry in carbon tax debate
    • Local Councils set to receive Business Rates
    • Helping hands in business world
    • North East firms urged to export to help economy
    • North East businesses receive national recognition
    • Units are snapped up at Consett industrial estate
    • Govt's £20m for wave energy just "a drop in the ocean"
    • Kromek expects to double workforce
    • Metric Property Investments signs redevelopment deal
    • North East firms can win a fine chance to explore trade
    • Northumbrian Water receives takeover offer
    • Sunderland firm Brasher to begin overseas sales
    • Last day to apply for Regional Growth Funding
    • Hitachi will bid for second train contract
    • Region's firms urged to bid for Brazil billions
    • Labour demands bank tax to boost jobs fund
    • New investment for North East digital start-ups
    • UK manufacturing slows to 21-month low
    • Roadshow drives green export market
    • Durham Cricket Club raising £7m for bold plans
    • Firefighters in talks on mothballed Belmont site
    • Tees Valley hoping for £156m Funding
    • North East firms hand in their bids for growth funds
    • Faltering economy will see interest rates on hold
    • 10,000 jobs waiting for Regional Growth Fund verdict
    • Northern Bear secures £10m investment
    • Caterpillar ready to recruit at Peterlee site
    • City leaders step in to save Newcastle's Science Central
    • New online sales opportunities for SMEs
    • Kromek boss Arnab Basu joins North-East LEP board
    • New cathedral lights to cost £430k
    • Barnard Castle recognised as digital business centre
    • Business Link funding still available
    • North East apprentice boom after success of campaign
    • Sky deal to create 800 new jobs in Newcastle
    • Pickles suggests jobs should be send to South Shields
    • North East firms urged to go West for export success
    • U-turn is 'too little too late' for North-East
    • Labour plays the blues
    • Cash fund to ignite digital start-ups
    • Reinnervate breakthrough wins top award
    • Digital business accelerator programme launched in the North East
    • Recovery fears as sectors suffer fall in profitability
    • Banks will be "held to account" over promises to North-East firms
    • NECC reports workforces growing as exports increase
    • Foreign fields more fertile for NE firms
    • Rail links bring cultural connection
    • Offshore wind
    • Bid values Northumbrian Water at £2.4bn
    • Village Farm Dairy cheese brand maturing well in first year
    • North East businesses ‘most energy efficient’
    • County Durham firm Banks Group puts students on team
    • Foreign investment is boosting UK economy.
    • Sale of Northumbrian Water moves a step closer
    • Lottery support for park scheme
    • Skills gap puts brake on North East's growth
    • TV stars set to appear at science fair
    • Reforms in electricity market could cost businesses dearly
    • £30m wind farm investment set to boost North-East renewables
    • Nissan tops the Top 200 list of North East companies
    • Electricity market reform plan revealed
    • Houghton-le-Spring firm Tacle sees revenues jump
    • Cels Business for Life awards return for a fifth year
    • Fears North East small businesses could go bust
    • Manufacturing on the up
    • A momentous day
    • Seven North East companies set to meet the Queen
    • Minister backs regions technology exports.
    • Green scheme moves forward
    • Export champions are celebrated at awards
    • BENE secures Government contract
    • Gloomy picture over North East economic turnaround
    • Business support group wins national contract
    • Energy support group NOF Energy leads offshore visit
    • DigitalCity hosts event in Tees Valley
    • Councils should keep business rates
    • Awards will recognise blueprints for success
    • Survey reveals North East calls for action on lending
    • Is this a new tech bubble?
    • PETEC LACE: OLED/OPV Protoyping Line
    • Fight vow as wind farm plan unveiled
    • The very hungry Caterpillars
    • Region’s workers give plant its drive
    • Calls for VAT reductions met with mixed results
    • North East businesses helped to tune of £785,000
    • High-speed rail link could boost region
    • £3.6 million investment in Renewables sector
    • Club looks to China for opportunities
    • Subsea firm Flexlife arrives in region with promise of jobs
    • Hargreaves colliery project gets green light
    • Olympics official denies North-East businesses have missed out
    • Cloud Technology boosts drinks firm
    • Nissan's drive for 200 new workers
    • E.ON wind farm development could help north-east business energy users
    • Extra powers could bridge regional divide
    • Manufacturers urged to join red tape challenge
    • Business booming at Wilton Centre Science Park
    • New faces for North Pennines partnership
    • Website launched to fill Nissan jobs
    • 10,000 Higher Apprenticeships to help business
    • Why North can be a big draw for companies
    • Academy wins again in business competition
    • Business booming at Wilton Centre
    • Indonesian Ambassador visits PETEC
    • North-east recovery is 'hit by investment delay'
    • Helptrainingcourses.com sets out ambitious expansion plans
    • GT Group strengthens international portfolio
    • FSB calls for targeted VAT cuts
    • High levels of distressed businesses in the region
    • More North East firms are failing
    • New period of growth for Immunodiagnostic Systems
    • GDP data shows UK growth slows
    • Green Flag First for County Durham
    • Knowledge Transfer Partnership proves first class
    • Innovation given BIG boost
    • Richard Swart, Managing Director, Berger Group (Europe)
    • CA Group expands its waste management fortfolio
    • The Test Factory to fly flag in USA
    • North East firms are already winners in the Olympics
    • North East Councils accused of squeezing out local talent
    • Ebac chief looks to heat pumps for firm's growth
    • Performances fall in line with predictions for NWL
    • Downturn in N.E. commercial property
    • DurhamGate complex “vital” says MP
    • Management buyout at Consett accountancy firm
    • County Durham: The perfect place to base your business
    • We built it – and they came
    • Killhope gets quality stamp of approval
    • Councillors urged not to accept ‘sub’ standards when it comes to contracts
    • Branson's Virgin in bid for Northern Rock
    • Voucher boost for tourist trade
    • Stadium Sees The Light at Offical Opening
    • Finance rules are eased for SMEs
    • North East small firms Twittering to success
    • The CBI warns that the UK is likely to experience slow growth in 2011-2012
    • Regional Growth Fund allocations in progress
    • Give local firms a chance to bid for work - NECC chiefs
    • Masterplan fails town centre, says councillor
    • Chilled food packaging expert receives funding
    • £2m Ministry of Defence contract boosts driving school
    • Losses amount for Filtronic
    • Northumbrian Water says yes to takeover bid
    • North East exports hold up as UK falters
    • MP backs Durham Gate work
    • Local reaction to Northumbrian Water takeover
    • Assurances over Chinese takeover of Northumbrian Water
    • Filtronic confident despite mounting losses
    • North East firms looking East in search of new markets
    • Interest rates to stay until 2012
    • Cash and experience injection for start-up
    • Downturn impacts on Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Company
    • Newcastle Co-op conversion plans submitted
    • Losses up as jobs axed at Filtronic
    • Durham firm Evolve North offer mobile security solution
    • Focus turned to boom lifts
    • Councils must publish assets, says Pickles
    • Tata Steel slashes proposed redundancies at tube mills
    • Cable considers chemical council
    • 'Use it or lose it' - Durham Tees Valley airport warning
    • Rates left on hold as economic fears grow
    • Jobs bonanza as steelmaking prepares to return
    • Start-ups offered chance to win £150k investment
    • North East firms link up to promote timber eco-house
    • £1m of contracts sees Robson Brown comeback
    • Hammond must put the North East on track for growth
    • SSI begin to accept job applications for Redcar steel plant
    • Firms could be leeched from North-East without rail guarantees
    • Top women in business gear up for glittering event
    • County focus for new IoD Durham Committee
    • Redevelopment for SME offices
    • Blair backs Downing Street furnisher Herrington Gate
    • Almost 5,000 register SSI interest
    • GMP looks to revenue boost at new home
    • Solar-powered car in race across Australia
    • Finley completes work on £10m Software Centre
    • Foundry business buys Kenmore factory site at Crook
    • Construction sector boosted by power plant approval
    • NEPIC showcases North chemical firms to India
    • Compensation helps Tata steel firm triple profits
    • Chance to join trade visit to Canada
    • Shortage of engineers hits BP plans to boost North Sea fields
    • OpSec appoints new director Glenn Luk
    • European Union Euro backing for Teesside University
    • HRMC toughens up on Time to Pay agreements
    • Peter Atkinson's collection housed at Icon Image Library
    • Heritage railway starts work on tourist attraction
    • £363 million to 'take broadband to all' in England and Scotland
    • A change in perception is key to better business
    • Multi-million pound boost for Digital Durham
    • Test Factory opens US site after impressive growth
    • Joy as 3,000 jobs plan goes ahead
    • North East gets go-ahead for £200m enterprise zone
    • RICS say enterprise zone does not support developers
    • Durham business woman's banking on her success
    • Angel Fund champions North East start-ups
    • WIN Awards recognise the best in business
    • Chemical company reports £3m loss
    • Micro-renewables training scheme helps 250th engineer
    • High-Level Hitachi Delegation Visits County Durham
    • Gentoo partners with Gateshead College for solar panel training
    • Aycliffe printer bags Barcelona contract
    • Business bus comes to Sunderland
    • Durham nursery in the finals of prestigious contest
    • All change at County Durham firm Farmway
    • advertisement “Ticking timebomb” under manufacturing supply chains
    • Durham congestion charge returns next week
    • UK economy slows as fears rise
    • NOF Energy leads mission to Norway
    • Manufacturing orders higher than expected
    • Wind turbine firm Clipper halts North East investment
    • Second major contract is great news for BEG
    • Quango bosses receive payoffs up to £250,000
    • Nissan and Siemens launch jobs dating website
    • Wind turbine plant pull-out not a major setback
    • Banks Group call for Changes in coal mining regulations
    • National honour for Northumbrian Water's facilities manager
    • Deal secures future of North Pennines Archaeology
    • Northumbrian Water reveals takeover timetable
    • Tees Valley office plays part in Amec North Sea success
    • Tanfield sees rapid shares rise
    • Chinese Tycoon's Northumbrian Water takeover set for mid October
    • Technology firm Aframe plans to expand
    • Concern over North East firms getting the best advice
    • Growth Fund boss calls for bond market for SMEs
    • Council workers spend £2,500 phoning speaking clock
    • County Durham Bonds Foundry secures Royal Navy anchor contract
    • £10m deal for local aviation firm
    • Revealed: The £50m cost of job cuts
    • Internet move pays off for family firm
    • Reinnervate expands its network of partnerships
    • Revenues double at Durham firm Tekmar Energy
    • Rail Professional interviews Alistair Dormer
    • County Durham foundry secures Royal Navy anchor contract
    • Business development organisation considers job cuts
    • Trade mission aims to grow links with India
    • Oktoberfest 2011
    • IP Group builds on a strong start
    • Tanfield Foods director Roger McKechnie set to stand down
    • Bonds Foundry wins £4m contract from MoD
    • TVU in link-up to boost Teesside investment
    • Plea for youth power in the North-east
    • North East growth strategy would ease congestion in the South
    • New offices for Sunderland surveyors
    • Cameron urged to reform "unfair" electricity tariffs
    • £350m energy plant looks to Middle East
    • Trade delegation visit builds North East links with India
    • BP to invest £700m in new North Sea oilfield
    • Construction firm Esh Group is set for a tough year
    • Who's really paying for our windfarms?
    • North East trainers hail red tape cut on apprentices
    • Lumiere Light Festival 2011
    • North East companies urged to seek export opportunities
    • Fears for third quarter as manufacturing stalls
    • Multi-million pound plan for Consett
    • NECC celebrates 25 years of Nissan
    • Nissan success helps set regional export record
    • Audio business Ameeca heads overseas
    • NOF Energy award time
    • Investment desperately needed in UK Infrastructure
    • Innovation key to UK prosperity
    • Government aims to make North East a design centre for new trains
    • GT Group founder Geoff Turnbull heading to Russia with David Cameron
    • NECC backing for low interest rates
    • Local reaction to latest export figures
    • Brendan Barber will urge unions to build new 'green' economy
    • Fresh investment for ECO Plastics
    • UK growth slowdown quickening
    • £1.5bn bid for engineering firm Charter
    • North East firms urged to go west in search for growth
    • Newcastle marketing agency Different wins major deal
    • Major deal for Bishop Auckland forklift truck firm Rushlift
    • Confident Hargreaves unveils strong results
    • Waterstons thrives as expansion plan pays off
    • Roads to regeneration in North East
    • Plans for village start ‘commuter belt’ fears
    • Fund boosts Bond girl's latest film
    • Investing in youth pays off for roofing firm
    • Hargreaves Services sees impressive growth
    • Languages expert celebrates awards success
    • Hargreaves targets Asia expansion
    • North East businesses among top tech firms
    • Clubbing together for success
    • Ikon Science set to fund lectureship at Durham University
    • £3m+ offshore infrastructure investment
    • Approval given for Consett regeneration plan
    • Leading economist predicts manufacturing boost for North-East
    • Berghaus revenues up 27pc as 10 stores prepare to open in Russia
    • Northstar's Marion Bernard joins Business Growth Fund
    • The North East celebrates the 30th Great North Run
    • GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and McLaren Group announce innovative strategic partnership
    • Santander gives its backing to social enterprises
    • Top-flight advice on exporting to Russia
    • Business community urged to rally behind Durham Tees Valley airport
    • Cuts threaten the future of North East science projects
    • Bringing public and private sectors together
    • Government must avoid ‘perverse incentives’ for national contracts
    • New online legal service launched
    • North-East engineers develop revolutionary electric engine
    • Government gives hope for Ensus plant
    • Northumbrian Water shareholders agree to Chinese Tycoon's takeover
    • Solar Flair 11 conference shining light on solar industry
    • Blast at North East's 'civil war' over LEP decision
    • Is hydrogen the future of motoring
    • Innovative Software Direct is bought out of administration
    • Government discusses £5bn economic boost
    • NOF Energy help local businesses looking for investment
    • UKTI offering insight into overseas opportunities
    • Sage sells US healthcare business
    • Small business confidence growing
    • Funding to help start-ups get online announced
    • Workshop launches only Morgan car dealership in the North
    • Jobs created after mail MetroMail's £2m investment
    • Fast-growing robot maker shortlisted in top awards
    • Merger to drive forward huge inward investment
    • Glaxo ponders new site choices
    • £200m plans for Mount Oswald golf course revealed
    • Public sector pension proposal revealed
    • Dip in orders is bad news for economic recovery
    • CA Group On Track To Move Tesco One Step Closer To 2050 Zero Carbon Goal
    • Energy saving work complete on £2.5m building project
    • Newcastle Science City offer boost to local SMEs and start-ups
    • Northumbrian Water bidders set to axe jobs at power firm
    • Chambers of Commerce urges government to boost growth
    • Morgan Sindall event aims to build on regional expertise
    • UK gains international recognition for efforts to reduce carbon emissions
    • Demolition man completes A1 bridge work
    • North East companies and business groups join forces
    • Renewable energy investments delayed by government review
    • Durham entrepreneur launches Personalised Parties business
    • SW Durham Training opens new CORE training centre
    • First tenant takes up residence at Moor Chambers
    • The striking Lightning GT joins 2011 RAC Future Car Challenge
    • Glaxo rivals remove planning hurdles
    • Tallent makes talent permanent
    • CA Group Called In To Preserve National Treasure
    • Filtronic deliver upbeat trading update to shareholders
    • Cash available for small businesses and start-ups
    • Robotic technology packs patients’drugs
    • Tanfield's order book grows by 170%
    • Advice on export success at free event
    • Ryder announces JAA merger
    • Sustainable working practices a priority for SMEs
    • Can the UK take a bigger slice of the ‘Low Carbon Economy’ pie?
    • North-East team finds recipe for "perfect plastic"
    • UK Land Estates secure significant cash injection
    • ADDED VALUE AT OKTOBERFEST 2011
    • Middle East opening doors for North East business winners
    • US firm Lear to create hundreds of North East jobs
    • Newcastle University awarded £518,000 grant to develop green vehicle technology
    • Red tape is stifling small business hopes for growth
    • County Durham firm Apex Wiring Solutions strike gold with Olympic contract
    • Solar power set to boost Pacifica Group
    • Lanchester Dairies churns out another year of growth
    • Tallent Automotive Ltd creates 100 temporary jobs
    • North East business leaders warning as Chancellor unveils reforms
    • Soaring energy prices 'force UK manufacturers abroad
    • Private equity fund seals Tekmar deal
    • New equipment at Haskel Europe helps to land £20m deal
    • North East companies celebrate Investors in People award
    • ‘Credit easing’ could lend tens of billions
    • Support services at fingertips at NETPark
    • Public sector work fuels Opus Green growth
    • NETPark Affinity programme launched
    • Looking forward to Durham Solar Flair conference
    • Bank of England to pump £75bn into UK economy
    • Mixed regional response to second round of Quantitative Easing
    • New audit proposals could save UK SMEs millions
    • North-east small firms planning to boost turnover
    • Durham Police HQ & Durham County Council HQs face demolition as part of business hub plan
    • Top attractions recognised in North East Tourism Awards 2011
    • Turnover surge at Esh Group
    • Durham University graduates create guitar effects company
    • North East businesses to given insight into Olympic construction practices
    • North East manufacturers offer ray of light
    • Call to apply for share of £10m Growth Fund
    • Regional advice service for business to be launched
    • UK economy needs more than quantitative easing to recover
    • Pacifica Group's double success at Fastest 50 Awards
    • Romag to lift manufacturing capacity by 300%
    • Bishop Auckland printer eyes nationwide growth
    • UK economy deteriorating
    • Newton Aycliffes Revolution Power business boosts green revolution
    • Voiceover expert tones ensure Olympic arrival
    • North East welcomes plans for Growth and Innovation Fund
    • Thorn bucks trend with HQ switch from South to North
    • Newton Aycliffe firm AxFlow opens North East service base
    • Helping inventors turn their ideas into reality... Before I Get Too Old
    • CA Group fights for ‘efficient’ system to be recognised by Government
    • First UK Technology and Innovation Centre opens for business
    • £10m renewables deal in doubt as chief quits Northern Bear
    • A shortage of North East skilled workers in tough times
    • Brazilian trip may lead to sports deals
    • Barnard Castle still in the running after Glaxo visit
    • North East entrepreneurs come top in national Business Index
    • Weak pound helps firm's revenues surge by 50%
    • Government promises cash boost for cutting-edge technology
    • Graphene will revolutionise our lives
    • UK trade deficit is cut by higher exports
    • Staff are wanted at Bonds Foundry
    • Progress is ‘too big a prize to lose’
    • Oktoberfest speakers announced
    • Young people given a taste of working life
    • Oktoberfest manufacturing showcase a sell-out
    • North East-backed business prepares for lift-off
    • Partnership support Duke’s award
    • IT system controls Swedish traffic
    • Robotic falcons get gulls into a flap
    • Number of distressed businesses in North East rocket upwards
    • Economic reform package call to George Osborne
    • Digital agency Silverbean sets out growth plans
    • North-south divide widens as public sector cuts hit businesses
    • Reinnervate expands its distribution network for alvetex across Europe
    • Hub plan faces opposition
    • Wireless network firm KBR opens North West office
    • County Durham is a place to do business
    • Leading seafood supplier mulls over potential buy-out offers
    • Local Business Accelerators campaign launched
    • Huge snow dome joins Durham City Lumiere festival
    • Bank of England's MPC united over quantitative easing
    • £2m support scheme launched in the North East
    • NETPark company Reinnervate scoops an 'Oscar for innovation'
    • Police unveil HQ plan
    • Local authority cuts: one year on
    • UK spending cuts have hit councils hardest, study says
    • David Cameron hits back in North East jobs row
    • Your help is needed on photovoltaic
    • Wave and tidal power get more support
    • Boot camp challenge for small businesses
    • Renewable energy firms raising profile
    • Wind sector cluster group aims to drive North-East to front of industry
    • Young business initiative gets heavyweight backer
    • Carbon capture in the UK is far from dead, thanks to European funding
    • Anaerobic plants to get more under FIT
    • Film bosses head to the region
    • Army of North East businesses has £2bn potential
    • Perry Process Equipment sales manager wins top export award
    • Tanfield to plough cash into development
    • North East is the region with highest rate of insolvency
    • Critics question plans for police HQ
    • Blue Marble snaps up North East site
    • Tanfield to collect £3.5m final instalment of sale price
    • Peterlee-based Caterpillar forecasting record year
    • Centre of Life vice president appointed to international science body
    • CBI calls for increased help for medium sized businesses
    • North East success stories still out there – Miller
    • North East micro businesses worst hit for insolvencies
    • Workers wait for news after £151m meal deal
    • Durham Business Group in expansion
    • Durham University scoops research honour
    • Golf hotel's £17m expansion plan on course for approval
    • Warrior armoured vehicle extension good news for Astrum
    • Sensitive issue is a huge sales boost for GSK
    • International Cuisine takeover 'a platform for growth'
    • Plane to see Peterlee Parachutes is just flying
    • Conferences can show way forward
    • SCA Packaging employees in North-East not ruled out of job cuts
    • High energy prices could hit UK manufacturers
    • Businesses missing out on the power of social media
    • 1,000 firms enter Local Business Accelerators campaign
    • Business & Enterprise Group cut 170 jobs
    • Solar panel subsidy cut threatens jobs
    • Teesside LEP hits back after report blasts progress
    • Freedom Parade lined up for HMS Bulwark
    • Outlook is sunny for new Energy Friend venture
    • Owners hope to inspire at Entrepreneurs' Forum
    • Regional business set to benefit from £14.2m funding
    • Leading engineers stress importance of apprenticeships
    • Inova Power on the verge of securing £30m investment
    • Places are available on UKTI trade trip to India
    • Creative Industries provide £90m boost to regional economy
    • CPI Consortium awarded £5.3M to establish new research and innovation capability
    • Firms hit out at Feed-in Tariff deadline
    • Business and Enterprise Minister sets out plans for growth in UK manufacturing
    • NECC chief calls on government to promote localism
    • Low-carbon move pays off for construction firm CA Group
    • North East to benefit from RGF tourism money
    • New office development will create jobs & help North East Businesses prosper
    • NETPark reveals Affinity for firms
    • Astrum saved from administration by former owner
    • Lifeline for workers at County Durham firm Veriplast as factory prepares to close
    • North East SMEs look to exports
    • Durham University Scientists identify therapy for ageing disease
    • Government criticized for cutting funding for regeneration projects.
    • Promoting the region’s manufacturing and engineering excellence
    • Greencroft Bottling get funding boost
    • Seaham based Business & Enterprise Group lands manufacturing conference
    • North Universities join forces for cancer research
    • Polysolar opens new R&D office to develop transparent OPV glass for local manufacture
    • Speakers encourage North East firms to take risks
    • Private sector development needed to boost growth say NECC
    • Tanfield cash boost approved
    • Newcastle Airport wins industry award
    • Crowds cheer HMS Bulwark sailors' freedom march through Durham
    • Durham marks 25 years as World Heritage Site
    • Plans unveiled to replace Milburngate House in Durham City
    • New petition to save Remploy from closure
    • SCM Pharma invests £5m towards expansion plan
    • Multi million-pound windfall for North East LEPs
    • Investment drives market town retail boom
    • Cameron under fire as 32,000 North East jobs lost
    • North East firms must be ready to weather the storm
    • Durham "dying" under weight of students, meeting told
    • Science Park first celebrated
    • Local Businesses set to benefit from £700,000 of European Funding
    • GT Group blazes a trail for UK exports
    • County Durham firm Serpent Medical wins United Nations contract
    • Government fund could help North East projects
    • Government must do more to support electric vehicle technologies
    • Funding boost for North-East tourism
    • Nissan plans fast-charging post network to boost Leaf take up
    • Esh Group on a high after Newcastle Eagles deal
    • Last chance to enter Local Business Accelerators contest
    • Industrial output stalls but manufacturing edges up
    • PR boss Nickie Gott backs WIN creative award
    • Nissan gets £188m cash injection from Europe
    • Government must recognise benefits of regional airports, say Tees Valley
    • Intersnack invests £50,000 to create new range
    • Help Training Courses to invest in providers
    • Almost 700 jobs safeguarded
    • PM pledges a further £95million for SMEs
    • Smith Electric receive biggest ever Irish order
    • The Bowes Museum gets help with website issues
    • Early move on flotation for Smith Electric Vehicles
    • NECC conference to discuss economy
    • County Durham Apprenticeship Programme
    • Solar expert at conference
    • Exchange rate insecurity leads to food packaging plant move
    • Get your entry in for Local Business Accelerators
    • Expert will join Narec Capital renewables team
    • North East businesses urged to plan for the future
    • Career opportunities in the UK rail sector
    • NECC Success Feature - International Innovative Technologies
    • Banks Group community fund boosts village
    • TTE agree deal with County Durham Cam-Tec Systems
    • County Durham manufacturers first to benefit from green product guidance
    • Sunderland set for council-run cloud computing system
    • Green light for £5m Network Rail plans
    • Mirus Bio and Reinnervate Collaborate to Introduce the 3D Transfection System
    • NDI hands small firms a share of Warrior contract
    • Danish company Faerch Plast moves into old Veriplast plant
    • Rio Tinto Alcan to close Lynemouth smelter
    • Ed Milliband visits the North East
    • Festival will bathe city streets in light
    • Manufacturer Apex wins major hospital contract
    • £250m apprenticeship scheme for businesses
    • North East businesses attend UK's largest technology show
    • Engineering prize to be worth £1m
    • North-East firms urged to enter export competiton
    • Premier Waste turnover to top £12m
    • New LED bulbs help to light way forward
    • Let there be light - thousands attend spectacular Lumiere festival
    • Bribery Act advice for North East firms
    • David Cameron urged to back North East exports drive
    • LEPs youth jobs bid
    • Region at disadvantage over funding
    • Organisers say Lumiere attracted 140,000 visitors
    • Apprentices join solar revolution
    • £500,000 investment boost for local EV innovator
    • Caterpillar is back on track
    • Olympic plans on track for North East company Sotech
    • Reinnervate to present and exhibit at the American Society for Cell Biology annual conference 2011
    • North East is promoted at international energy conference
    • New award makes debut at nebusiness awards
    • Rainton Bridge Business Park is boosted as units created
    • Caterpillar hails apprenticeships
    • Thriving research and development in the North East
    • North East firms urged to go global in search for success
    • Solar Flair conference takes place in Durham today
    • Big-budget film will ‘show off’ our great locations
    • Lloyds' £12bn vow for SME businesses
    • Take closer look at Teesside Enterprise Zone plans
    • Green Deal good news for North East
    • Heat pumps are next big thing for energy sector
    • Boom in North-East research and development
    • Honda hands Nifco a vote of confidence
    • Feed-in Tariff changes needed to create sustainable solar industry’
    • George Osborne's £5bn cuts to pay for growth projects
    • Help needed to boost regional economy, says NECC
    • NECC urges Chancellor to back North-East recovery
    • Business Link wind-down leaves a gap
    • BCC welcomes Osborne's credit easing plans
    • Pupils enjoy interactive learning thanks to Spennymoor school's gift
    • Children to be taught to create software
    • Time running out for Japan market visit
    • Focus on North as Osborne prepares to announce infrastructure investment
    • North East firms have little faith in Government
    • Firm's joy at potash analysis
    • George Osborne expected to release £300m to help small businesses
    • Profits soar at construction group Northern Bear
    • Small firms get £40bn credit help
    • Funds will help bridge skills gap in North East
    • North East apprentices engineering a better future
    • Double boost sees future look good for Northern Bear
    • Local entrepreneur sees green dreams realised
    • Chancellor's Autumn Statement
    • ‘Personalised medicine is the future’ - Dr Saralyn Mark at NETPark
    • Glass firm Romag expands months after facing uncertain future
    • North-East firms set to join space race
    • Research role will be crucial for Brink
    • Grants boost Teesside's Enterprise Zone
    • Esh Group celebrate £10.4m investment
    • North East secures two renewables hubs
    • Cash will help reach export targets - UKTI
    • North-East named as core offshore wind area
    • Lloyds to increase SME loans
    • Compete North East in Olympic call
    • £45m investment to boost UK exports
    • Uncertainty hits manufacturing confidence
    • North East MEP visits regional environmental leader
    • Baltic Training Services launches apprenticeship incentive scheme
    • County Durham based Cumbrian Seafoods goes into administration
    • From Jimmy Choo's to seafood as firm saves North-East jobs
    • More North-East firms successful in regional growth fund bids
    • Overhaul of system will boost small businesses
    • Spacetech to highlight contract prospects for firms
    • 500,000 jobs from Regional Growth Fund
    • Innovation should be top priority for NE businesses
    • Solar panel inventor's new product bid
    • Appetite for innovation
    • Housing staff get the keys to DurhamGate
    • Laundry firm Sunlight Services job cuts "a devastating blow"
    • Cable announces boost to manufacturing supply chains
    • Welcome for Caterpillar's £50m vote of confidence
    • Jobs lost as New City Flooring goes under
    • Bright spot in gloom for North-east manufacturers
    • £15m bid to save Zurbarans on the brink of collapse
    • Safety fear over Lumiere festival crowds
    • Can the UK take a bigger slice of the ‘Low Carbon Economy’ pie?
    • North East exports figures lift the gloom
    • University students are well-suited to new ideas
    • £75m funding boost for high-tech businesses
    • Bright spot in gloom for North-east manufacturers
    • Councils must find £4.5m to keep shares in Durham Tees Valley Airport
    • Lack of investment poses threat to regional infrastructure
    • £120m North East regeneration cash left to go to waste
    • Sharp output drop in the North East
    • UK industry fears isolation amid EU treaty fallout
    • 200 jobs created after Wilton Group boost
    • Low Carbon Industry set for further growth
    • Innovative software launched to help knowledge sharing
    • CA Group Takes The Fast-Track For New Amazon Distribution Centre
    • Gateshead College drives forward low-carbon cars agenda
    • Government urged to bring green bank to the North-East
    • Engineering firm Pinnacle Re-Tec moves to new premises after rapid expansion
    • Initiative to build links between universities and business
    • North-East among the export success stories
    • £10m funding boost for North East businesses
    • Romag celebrate completion of £1.5 million production line to treble manufacturing capacity in North East
    • Software giant Sage celebrates its 30th anniversary
    • Durham Tees Valley Airport up for sale
    • North East sees positve GVA growth
    • Landmark County Durham building gets listed status
    • Durham County Council team provide support for start-ups
    • Funds to help North East firms prosper and grow
    • Proposals to boost tourism on show
    • Government support vital to help save Durham Tees Valley Airport
    • Solar subsidy cut challenge allowed
    • Anger as bin deal goes to Germany
    • As South gets £2,731 a head to improve transport...This region's share of roads cash = 0.04 per cent
    • Hargreaves Services receives Tower go-ahead
    • Northumbrian Water chief John Mowbray to retire from day job
    • Durham glass firm Romag invest in unique machinery
    • Thorn Lighting nominated for national manufacturing award
    • Caterpillar to invest in North-east manufacturing
    • Engineering skills gap looming in the North East
    • Green firm Earthly Energy given funds boost
    • NETPark Science Park attracts new offer
    • Fund offers £4.99m to help North-east businesses
    • Jobs at Cumbrian Seafoods fish factory under threat
    • Planning rethink demanded by MPs
    • BGF looking to lend
    • Energy group buys turbines for Durham site
    • Jobs bonanza with opening of Asda centre
    • Cuts to solar panel subsidies reveal government panic, MPs told
    • Funding success for 900-job MGT project
    • Companies flying the flag for regional excellence
    • Northstar Ventures will stay in the North East
    • Last chance today to enter nebusiness awards
    • BT rolls out to 67,500 North East homes
    • Angel raises cash with placing
    • Festive boost for Cummins workers
    • Historic paintings deal back on track
    • Railway contract 'is not in doubt'
    • Airport staff confident buyer can be found
    • Can Durham Tees Valley Airport emerge from turbulence stronger?
    • Columnists give their reviews of the year
    • Henry Williams develops spray coating that prevents electrocution
    • Esh Group helps people gain greater independence through charity link-up
    • Electronics firm rocks on to success
    • Bombardier secures major contract
    • Cake business proves its worth
    • Ringing out the old, welcoming in the new…
    • North East lagging behind in invention patents
    • Signs of hope for business in 2012
    • Surgo handed deal to expand Durham University's Stockton Campus
    • Funding offered to coalfield entrepeneurs
    • Recruitment firm set for expansion
    • Crumbling Harperley PoW camp gets £500,000
    • Apple's Jonathan Ive gets knighthood in honours list
    • It's the end of the line for rural rail service in Weardale
    • Government urged to help firms kickstart region's economy
    • Region must innovate for 2012 success says expert
    • Government launch Manufacturing Advice Consortium for SMEs
    • Nissan Sunderland breaks UK manufacturing record
    • Manifesto to help region grow in 2012
    • New link aims to boost business
    • £15m investment in Ramside Hall Hotel
    • How businesses can play a role in SKA project
    • New satellite innovation centre will propel UK space industry
    • North East Regional Growth funding at risk
    • Esh bags £5.5m project win
    • Replacement parts firm engineers future success
    • £7bn energy boost for the North-east economy
    • Sunderland makes Green Investment Bank bid
    • TAG Energy Solutions wins oil and gas field order
    • Government hits back in European funding row
    • Durham Business School to sign lease agreement for temporary move to Ushaw College
    • NASA arrives in County Durham
    • Sanyo awards two County Durham schools with 14-panel solar systems
    • What make Durham a world class destination
    • Caterpillar boss vows to triple his apprentices
    • North East food producers get a chance to network
    • Exporters and manufacturers are driving force behind North-East economy
    • PM throws his support behind Journal LBA winners
    • Yuill to build homes at DurhamGate
    • Property sector in focus at North East conference
    • Where are we heading in 2012?
    • Made in Durham event lifts off
    • Ministers urged to extend lines north
    • Safe And Fuel Efficient Driving
    • Trade ambassadors offer support to PM’s pledge
    • Your chance to blast off into space
    • Nissan boss backs new apprenticeships drive
    • People Management Course
    • SMEs in line for £95 million investment
    • Fund looks to drive North East growth
    • Bank holds interest rates at record low
    • Tata Steel builds bid for world speed record
    • TVU announce multi-million pound funding boost
    • North East business growth is returning with new contracts
    • Emerging markets override manufacturers’ domestic worries
    • UKTI plans SXSW mission for digital firms
    • Manufacturers benefit from increased exports
    • Nissan enjoys Russian revolution as European sales grow
    • Get Mentoring aiming to grow programme
    • Prior knowledge helping turnaround - Cook
    • Plug-in Grant extension welcomed by Smiths EV
    • More investment in sustainable energy needed
    • Final phase of units completed at Admiral Point
    • £1.5m fund to help people into jobs
    • UKH2Mobility launches to boost green vehicle industry
    • Osborne confirms Newton Aycliffe Hitachi plant on track
    • North East confidence will grow in 2012
    • Focus On: Durham's Spacetech event
    • Sky’s The Limit For CA Group As Innovative Curved Roof Is Unveiled
    • Team to set up £5.8m centre for gene studies
    • New project manager for £7.5m factory site
    • TTE opens new training centre
    • North-East workers face pay freeze
    • NEPIC event recognises rising stars
    • Government offices to be offered to new firms
    • Energy companies should do more to support SMEs
    • Nifco UK secures £1.65m RGF funding
    • Fund boost for North East creative industries
    • North-East misses out on infrastructure boom
    • North East construction sector to see 2,500 jobs go
    • Government scheme to explore hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
    • Electric car charging subsidy offered to businesses
    • Call for North East firms to make 2012 the year for exporting
    • New Nifco UK factory will double workforce
    • Durham Precision Engineering helps space telescope keep quiet
    • Better training needed, say NECC
    • Hitachi on track for next open day
    • NASA astronaut touches down in County Durham
    • Printing firm MTPrint wins £175k investment
    • North East trade mission set to visit China
    • Low waste economy boost for North East
    • Outsourcing giant cuts 500 jobs in structure shake-up
    • County Durham plans Olympic legacy
    • CA Group Achieves ISO14001 Accreditation
    • GVA appointed at Asda project in Wynyard
    • Sales up at Filtronic but losses widen
    • Proposals aim to help SMEs bid for public sector contracts
    • Northern University collaboration to boost Industry and Innovation
    • Search to find the North East's most promising new entrepreneur is about to begin
    • North East celebrates apprentice success
    • Work to restart production SSI nears completion
    • N8 Research Partnership launch Industry Innovation Forum
    • North East LEP secures £17m funding
    • Filtronic upbeat as it expands US operations
    • Darlington firm wins Olympic Games contract
    • Rewarding North East businesses in the CIPD Awards 2012
    • North East sees a rise in corporate administrations
    • Car giant Nissan surges to a new sales record
    • Sir John Hall attacks "unambitious" regeneration partnership
    • Government urged to support North-East entrepreneurs
    • UKTI to take North East into Asia
    • Businesses encouraged to think electric vehicles
    • North East companies feature on Sunday Times table
    • Smart Procurement aims to help retailers cut costs
    • North East's engineering sector offers more apprenticeships
    • North East marine insurance giants create strategic alliance
    • IP Group leads investment into Durham Uni spin-out
    • North East lighting importer celebrates £150,000 investment
    • Small firms given funding incentive to take on apprentices
    • Manufacturing forum model to be rolled out across the North East
    • GlaxoSmithKline decision on new Barnard Castle plant expected by summer
    • Gentoo nominated for national innovation award
    • Connect young people with firms to stem generations of worklessness says Minister
    • Building inspection firm Aedis continues impressive growth
    • Tanfield's order book continues to grow
    • Car giant Nissan sees profits rise again
    • North East business funding comes under fire
    • North to be the hub for green industries
    • Demand outpaces supply at vehicle maker Tanfield
    • Fate of Durham Tees Valley Airport to be revealed after talks
    • Durham fire brigade HQ move delays condemned by councillor
    • ‘Substantial opportunities’ to work on world’s most powerful telescope
    • Who will drive the regional economy forward?
    • Durham Tees Valley Airport saved, but turbulence ahead
    • New system designed to save the future of the cheque
    • Service sector pushes North East private sector firms
    • Telescope array can benefit UK firms
    • Successful Regional Growth Fund bid to stage summit
    • James Ramsbotham to give North East economy update
    • Funding Available for Future Technology Research
    • Allan Cook, Managing Director, Arlington Real Estate
    • Hargreaves signs Welsh power deal
    • Big Chip Awards looking for entries from North East
    • University links key to economic growth
    • Minister comes under fire over North-East apprenticeships
    • Nanoscience in healthcare projects land major funding
    • Hargreaves wins deal to fuel Redcar steelworks
    • Green energy companies to show off potential of Tyneside
    • Roman Ltd products set to feature on Channel 4 show
    • Nuclear renaissance presents big opportunities for North-East firms
    • North East unemployment falls but concerns remain
    • Passionate People Passionate Places campaign set to continue
    • Why a Regional Industrial Policy is Vital
    • A passage to India for North East businesses
    • Owner of airport seeks help from MPs
    • BAE Systems predicts another tough year
    • Nissan chief highlights shortfall in basic skills of recruits
    • UK SMEs set to exploit the space industry
    • Finance still available for North East SMEs
    • Insurethebox raises hopes of 700 new jobs in the North East
    • Chinese JV for Tanfield affiliate
    • SMEs in North damaged by late payment of bills
    • Renewable scheme developers should use local supply chain say firms
    • Experts to address low carbon vehicle conference
    • High-level meeting to discuss EU potential
    • Multi-million Chinese deal for Smith Electric Vehicles
    • Government needs to do more to promote growth
    • North East firms urged to compete in Indian market places
    • NECC welcomes Sunderland AFC as new Partner Member
    • Firms counting cost of rocky times in Middle East
    • North East businesses urged to be prepared for Regional Growth Fund
    • Invest your time at Access to Finance workshops
    • International manufacturer to invest in local workforce
    • Third round of RGF applications opens for business
    • Plans for business network
    • Award aiming to reward SME’s staff development
    • Scheme enlists business mentors
    • Round 3 of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) is now open: £1bn is available for this round.
    • Emirates introduce larger aircraft to North-East service
    • UK economy holding back SMEs
    • HMRC welcomes self-disclosure to avoid criminal prosecution
    • Year of activity at Aycliffe Business Park
    • Conference holds power to drive region forward
    • NOF Energy forges links with India
    • Industry concerned over carbon tax
    • North East food producers take part in special event
    • £1.6bn SSI furnace to be relit imminently
    • Innovation Pathway North East initiative launched
    • Health sector boost from development fund
    • Northumberland firm Airowear taken over by Charles Owen
    • Morgan appointed to board of Hargreaves Services
    • Faerch Plast's Durham factory to open 'in weeks'
    • Former Eaga business boosts Carillio
    • Mentors helping to train steelworkers
    • nebusinessawards 2012 finalists announced
    • Hitachi looks to North-East if it wins £1 billion train contract
    • MPs urge ministers to back North East in developing "clean coal"
    • Government urged to secure future of Tees Valley apprenticeship scheme
    • Eaga is helping Carillion
    • Durham Tees Valley Airport talks ‘encouraging’
    • UKAR repays £2.15bn to taxpayer
    • Late payments hitting North East SMEs
    • Cameron pledges support for North-East business
    • Scottish Independence presents opportunities for North East
    • Businesses to benefit from R&D incentives
    • £16.7m Growing Places Fund now open for bids
    • £50m contract win for NEL Fund Managers
    • North-East business leader to chair Institute of Directors
    • North East manufacturers will be helped by new deal
    • Infrastructure and planning needs to be streamlined
    • 2,000 jobs to be created in the North-East as new car is unveiled to the world
    • Apprentices on agenda at manufacturing event
    • Take advantage of £200bn energy investment say NOF
    • Tanfield starts to recruit new staff
    • Survive to Thrive Fund launched to help others
    • All 515 staff to lose jobs at Alcan's Lynemouth smelter
    • Alastair Campbell set to inspire North East business
    • North East search for best export idea
    • Time running out in the hunt for best North East companies
    • Remploy closures impact North East
    • Nissan’s Eco-Vehicle Market expands thanks to the Regional Growth Fund
    • Back to the future for airport marketing manager
    • Government work boost for small businesses
    • Energy Minister Visits North East
    • A record high for North East's exports
    • Nifco takes top title at nebusiness awards
    • Brush up your skills with ConstructionSkills - the Sector Skills Council and Industry Training Board
    • Darlington's Acorn Dairy teams with Clervaux Bakery
    • Sealpump set to spray far and wide
    • Plaxica scheme to create plastic from plants
    • Contract wins drive profit at Rhenus Logistics
    • CA Group supplies SolarWall® for Royal Mail
    • Chamber urges £4.2bn push to create jobs
    • Positive outlook in the North East
    • Durham University joins the Russell Group
    • President of Newcastle Law Society elected
    • Government will back supply chain firms
    • Funding is secured for wind farm in Cumbria
    • North East colleges recognised by Peter Jones academy
    • Northern business confident despite challenges
    • Profile Analysis win UKTI-backed award
    • Thermal Resources Management aim to double revenue
    • Black & Decker's County Durham nerve centre drives firm forward
    • Hitachi "committed" to the North East despite delays
    • Osborne given boost by new export record
    • Engineering firm Tekmar Energy scoops Company of the Year title
    • GlaxoSmithKline sells off brand package
    • Data Protection law poses threat to UK innovation
    • NECC accuse Government of lacking strategy for North-East economy
    • Tata Steel invest £3.1m in distribution centre
    • Risk of £190bn funding shortfall facing business
    • Engineering boom for the North East
    • MEP gains support in crusade against turnaround calls
    • County Durham receives broadband cash
    • Call for £2bn oil and gas windfall tax to be reversed
    • Inflation rate is predicted to fall today
    • 39 apprenticeships created by Darlington firms
    • £50m Business School development officially opened
    • National Loan Guarantee Scheme welcomed by ACCA
    • Nissan unveils plans to relaunch the Datsun
    • Esh group launch innovative new website
    • Government beats the drum for ‘green channel’ IP
    • Jobs blow as North-East misses out on £350m Glaxo deal
    • North East firm pioneer location intelligent mobile product
    • Brave gamble pays off for Linuo Power UK Ltd
    • Technology firm set to revolutionise museum tours
    • North-East and North Yorkshire's small firms urged to bid for MoD contracts
    • North East engineering firm Responsive complete £2.5m investment
    • North East businesses missing out on Government support
    • Caterpillar to front project on vehicle emissions
    • More North East firms are taking up cloud computing
    • Residents celebrate as turbines plan rejected
    • £40m boost from North-East firms for low carbon vehicles
    • Manufacturing firm Lynch secures significant investment
    • North-East still well placed for low carbon revolution says Business Secretary
    • Angel Biotechnology looks to find £1m for expansion
    • Teesside University graduates are on hand to help
    • DurhamGate launches bespoke home programme
    • Stewart Watkins, Managing Director, Business Durham
    • RGF3 offers big opportunities for North East businesses
    • Romag Signs Agreement with LDK Solar
    • 130 jobs for Wearside at new car parts plant
    • Boost for North East apprentices
    • Region must build on reputation for manufacturing excellence
    • Lynemouth's Alcan plant donate £30,000 to charity
    • Gentoo welcomed to Green Deal Finance Company
    • Private employers ‘not interested’ in ex-public sector employees
    • Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative
    • C2M (UK) wins funding for building material made from rubbish
    • Only way is up for Pickerings Lifts
    • Bids submitted for ‘Portas Pilot’ towns
    • North East high streets to get £500,000 boost
    • German firms abandon UK nuclear plans
    • Businesses and Universities must collaborate, say experts
    • New policy director at NECC
    • Optimism surges among North East businesses
    • Eston Grange Power Project vies for carbon capture prize in £1bn competition
    • Investment talks as Teesside's Enterprise Zone goes live
    • Durham firm nets contract with national energy provider
    • Clegg launches £1bn Youth Contract to combat unemployment
    • Nissan's new car to be built in Washington
    • Wilton Engineering Services wins another big offshore deal
    • Government launches carbon capture and storage programme
    • Tanfield order book up by nearly 300%
    • Nissan investment should encourage firms to invest in apprenticeships
    • Redcar blast furnace to be re-lit this weekend
    • OGN to create 1,000 jobs
    • NECC hails SSI blast off
    • Durham University launches US student mentor scheme
    • Tekmar Energy expects to see revenues rise by 50%
    • Newcastle firm develop pioneering Parkinson’s diagnosis pen
    • North Tyneside packaging firm has fourth new owner
    • Engineering giant Amec makes presence felt globally
    • Shortage of skills is harming North East, says CBI leader
    • Ford Aerospace secure Airbus contract
    • Government to front £5m investment in rail industry
    • £40m for UK cloud and software SMEs
    • Upturn in North East employment levels
    • Apprenticeship scheme gets under way at firm
    • Simple path to 6,000 jobs in the North East
    • North East businesses honoured in Queen's Awards
    • Carbon capture plans in doubt
    • UK manufacturing pay up 2.6%
    • Nestle targets growth in China
    • Carr's reports strong first half
    • Esh Group construction staff build community links
    • Major deal for family steel firm
    • Durham ranked as top five UK university
    • Banks Group growing its wind farms
    • TAG Energy Solutions heads for Germany
    • Profit warnings fall for North East businesses
    • Plans for £1.2bn Business Finance Partnership revealed
    • Newcastle Futures initiative aiming to get more working
    • Apprentice drive backed by 270 companies
    • North East ‘disappointed’ by return to recession
    • Government makes £80m green infrastructure investment
    • Government tool to help first-time employers
    • Government published plans for £70bn Public Sector contracts
    • Newcastle Futures initiative aiming to get more working
    • Executive Remuneration needs clarification, say CBI
    • £80m green fund managers revealed
    • Durham company strikes rescue deal
    • Darchem apprentice wins major award
    • Companies to pitch for share of £2bn
    • Capital One competition looks for inspirational small business
    • She's Gott It! pushes ahead with overseas expansion plans
    • County Durham Green firm cleans up at national awards ceremony
    • Investment for Growth: new fund for regional businesses
    • Apply ‘Get Britain Working’ to SMEs says entrepreneur
    • Tata Steel secures £100m contract for Hartlepool site
    • Plan ahead to meet RGF criteria says expert
    • CVO Fire has plans to expand overseas
    • Tees Valley Enterprise Zone gives firms job-creation space
    • 400 companies backing new North East apprentice drive
    • Growth will restart in Q3 says CBI
    • Hunt for businesses with sustainability “in the DNA“
    • £30m injection for steelworks
    • Solar Power is a good investment, say experts
    • Banks Group secures £21.9m funding for wind farm
    • Airport poised for take off
    • North-East businesses call for interest rates freeze
    • £9.5m low carbon vehicle fund launched
    • North East SMEs are urged to think outside the box on funding
    • Figures lift the gloom for manufacturing industry
    • Businesses asked to help secure a slice of £9.5m funding
    • RGF is creating jobs says National Audit Office
    • North-East charity's electric dreams to reduce carbon footprint
    • Offshore wind in focus at St James' Park meeting
    • £9m profits are record for North-East port
    • Chief Technology Officer Job Vacancy
    • Senior scientist job vacancy
    • Energi Coast to showcase North East offering
    • Creative Jobs Fund has generated jobs in the North East
    • Apprenticeship survey shows positive results
    • Inov-8 running shoe brand takes on the world
    • Scheme to tackle inequalities in North East industry
    • UK manufacturers want more support, says survey
    • Alliance aims for Japanese investment in County Durham
    • Business Generator support service aims to create jobs
    • Chamber Awards 2012 are launched
    • Northern SMEs witness high levels of growth
    • Entrepreneurs' Forum announces shortlist for annual awards
    • 20 jobs could follow £4.5m investment
    • £23m development completed for offshore wind parts manufacturer Tag
    • Energy expertise could help businesses make savings
    • New European Development Fund boost for SMEs
    • Calls for UK Spaceport, to grow £8bn sector
    • NOF form strategic partnership with Jacobs Engineering
    • Orders boost for two North-East manufacturers
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    • Backing for the power of plastic
    • Pupils helping to save the earth
    • Shuttle crew helps NETPark celebrate new phase
    • Brainwave comes to NETPark
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    • TDK-Lambda announces collaborative research initiative with Thermastrate
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    • GEKA Brush buyout secures 110 jobs
    • Christmas in summer: my iPad arrived
    • Science park expansion given the go ahead
    • Lord Young replaces Lord Sugar as enterprise tsar
    • Small manufacturers 'expect to raise output'
    • Air tax rise brings fears for North East economy
    • Augmented Reality will take centre stage
    • Coalition shuts North East business fund
    • Shepherd Offshore swoop on massive factory
    • SCM Pharma expands into US
    • Survey eases fears over double-dip recession
    • Shedding light on the world’s fastest growing energy market
    • Questions raised over fate of agency’s £180m portfolio
    • 140 jobs secured in Sanofi-Aventis takeover
    • Slashed Warm Front funding to cost Eaga £20m
    • Proton set to commercialise hydrogen fuel cell systems
    • Planning ahead is vital for Astrum
    • Technology available to everyone
    • Fire safety firm Fyr Fyter taken over
    • Fuel research centre set to open in Middlesbrough
    • Railway business ‘needed overhaul’
    • Inquiry to look into Tanfield’s accounts
    • Building a shared sense of purpose
    • Agency axe raises region's wind jobs doubts
    • Bowburn eco-homes unveiled by Eagles star
    • Fund has pumped £20m into North businesses
    • Former Northern Rock boss turns down £500,000 package
    • Stiller Warehousing and Distribution destroyed
    • Rok goes into administration
    • Backing for Green Investment Bank campaign
    • Job cuts feared at troubled company
    • Swedish bank in regional ‘invasion’
    • MPs’ support for new trains deal
    • Nissan warns Government as grant is axed
    • Money runs out for North East tourism drive
    • Low-carbon industrial project trialled in the North East
    • Teesside University at heart of international link-up
    • Region's output falls but still up on UK average
    • Anger as Auckland Castle sale plans are uncovered
    • Research indicates turmoil over university budget cuts
    • Lloyds data plan ‘to create 50 jobs’
    • Services cut to pay for council redundancies
    • Slowdown in manufacturing growth fuels recovery fears
    • Bank of England says inflation will be above 2% in 2011
    • Ian Hargreaves to lead independent review into IP and growth
    • Hungary calls on Newcastle expert for help
    • Durham Heritage Coast celebrates
    • Delay will hit the North’s great science experiment
    • Jobs lost at Rok after administrators called in
    • County Durham entrepreneur scoops awards
    • Innovative energy system to be made in region
    • Solar Flair back on the agenda
    • Reaching for the final frontier
    • Contracts are exchanged for business park
    • Redcar MP secures SSI Corus site green tax talks
    • Durham Tees Valley Airport charge to take off
    • Spin-off looks to join big time with silicon rival
    • Durham public health labs to be shutdown
    • Gateway to North East trade opportunities
    • Demolition begins for Durham Gate
    • Cuts concern Brussels over future of North East
    • Minister hails region's wind industry potential
    • Week to inspire others to become entrepreneurs
    • Corus deal could be in weeks
    • Dales Go Digital
    • Furniture design spirals into control of consumers
    • Cable announces new business mentoring network
    • Minister Pickles says cash fears are 'nonsense'
    • PWS Distributors Ltd hit by consumers' thrift
    • Fears for jobs at Walkers crisp factory in Peterlee
    • Robert Wiseman profits hit by intense competition
    • Cridland is named voice of UK business
    • School Sport Partnerships scrapped
    • Airlines in boycott threat over passenger surcharge
    • UK unemployment total sees slight fall
    • Reinnervate plans to recruit 30 staff by June 2011
    • Electronics company Filtronic confirms deal
    • Global mission for training firm Velocity Learning
    • Police say factory fire was not started deliberately
    • Oil shock warning to government from UK business
    • Union warns of the calm before the storm
    • Decision sought on Intercity Express Programme
    • Expansion plans signal change of gear for firm
    • Keeping IT package in the region
    • Lord Beecham launches bid to save agency
    • Business & Enterprise North East set to expand
    • Jet2 set to create jobs at Newcastle International Airport
    • A19 jams may force minister into a rethink
    • Decision day soon on vital train jobs contract
    • Measuring up with the competition
    • Plans to cut payouts anger union officials
    • No decision on the Intercity Express Programme
    • Plugging in to the future of motoring
    • University firm launches 3D cell breakthrough
    • Energy device in for award
    • Arrivals for train firm
    • North East town centre developments are criticised
    • Give councils tax powers, Eric Pickles urged
    • Business tool helping firms in recession
    • Durham takes plans for growth to London
    • £150m oil contract for Offshore Group Newcastle
    • David Cameron seeking a balanced recovery
    • UK must try harder to cut its emissions
    • Cuts-hit firm lands Space Centre deal
    • Smoke signals sales for trio
    • Pearsons workforce axed as firm fails to recover
    • Providing expertise to ideas-rich companies
    • A sporting chance for all in the North East
    • Councils eye public health funds
    • Ireland to get €85bn loan in deal that will nationalise its banks
    • Hitachi jobs bid goes to the wire
    • Devil is in the detail, warns online business
    • Outlook positive, but policy criticised
    • Take the chance to secure US contracts
    • Web designers launch mobile recycling business
    • Asian office opens as firm bids for work overseas
    • Railways to get £8bn investment
    • Northern Bear aiming to diversify
    • Hitachi decision is deferred until new year
    • Public sector has a role in recovery
    • PV can play 'huge part in power generation'
    • Blueprint for the future of the process sector
    • North East councils face crisis over new budgets
    • Tourism bosses warn one in 10 jobs at risk
    • Train delay puts Newton Aycliffe jobs in jeopardy
    • Hitachi hopes hit by foreign option
    • Revealed: Newcastle Airport scandal that could cost us millions
    • Questions asked of rail option
    • Solar panels help famous festival save our planet
    • 50,000 North jobs at risk as cuts bite deeply
    • Park work turns debit into profit
    • Kromek announce 3D x-ray breakthrough
    • Renewable energy strategy under fire from MPs
    • North East in a battle to keep going in blizzards
    • Vital economic partnership gets go-ahead
    • Nissan Leaf wins an automotive Oscar
    • Region in the running for GlaxoSmithKline jobs
    • Former Pearsons directors buy digital arm of business
    • £54m smart grid project approved
    • UK manufacturing growth 'hits 16-year high'
    • Councils face criticism over £10bn reserves
    • Surge in water profits
    • Jobs lost as Newcastle advertising firm collapses
    • Newton Aycliffe tile firm going mobile
    • Funds shortfall stymies biotech incubator plan
    • Drug testing firm IDS sees profit soar
    • Hargreaves results in line with expectations
    • US flights set for take off
    • Number of businesses in region at record levels
    • Internet has transformed our worlds
    • Work under way on wind turbine plant
    • Factory will let the sun shine in
    • North East counts cost as England 2018 bid shunned
    • North energy firms are on track for recovery
    • County’s ‘hidden gems’ will boost tourist trade
    • Bid to secure funds for business scheme
    • Up to 400 jobs under threat at Barclaycard call centre
    • Durham company director jailed for EC fraud
    • Networking platform for thousands on way
    • Two companies are reaching for the sky
    • North East tourism cash could go to London councils
    • Government reveals super-fast broadband plans
    • Durham Energy Institute plays key part in UK’s biggest smart grids project
    • Durham tourism bosses launch economy campaign
    • De La Rue shares leap following takeover bid
    • UK power sector 'needs overhaul'
    • Knight in shining armour...
    • Qatar is a whole new ball game
    • ‘Look around you – there is so much success’
    • Zytronic scores record order book
    • Councillors being given more powers than ever to become local champions
    • Sunderland graduate singled out for top US research role
    • Lecturers fear cuts’ cost
    • Glass firm Romag in row over solar cells
    • North East business gives treats to troops on frontline
    • Selected firms bid for Northumbrian Water contracts
    • Staff to reap the benefits of being based at Spectrum
    • Renewed hope city vision will become reality
    • Green firm opens office in North-East
    • Small regional firm beats big names to win order
    • Revealing our best kept scientific secrets
    • Private sector leads North East to recovery
    • Coalition Government is 'building a war chest'
    • Former staff breathe life back into Robson Brown
    • Increase in output is predicted by manufacturers
    • Kromek working on improved breast cancer screening
    • Solar technology experts set to gather in region
    • PR firm’s Gott the magic of Christmas in its hands
    • BAE Systems set to cut 1,350 jobs
    • 80 jobs created as North call centre expands
    • Herb Kim is top communicator
    • Universities play major role in our region
    • Gala boss quits over ‘procedures’
    • Awards celebrate the best on offer in energy sector
    • North East's recovery gets huge boost from exports
    • North East firms capitalise on solar potential
    • Government warning over push for North East jobs
    • Small businesses need to be supported to grow
    • Councils await funding cut as Localism Bill unveiled
    • CBI calls for retirement age change delay
    • The region can become ‘21st Century Aberdeen’
    • GE reveals Wellstream deal
    • Tax pledge means race is on for £300m factory
    • New legislation will extend the Right to Build across the country
    • Teesside is low-carbon leader now
    • Go-Ahead driving up profits
    • Wellstream board backs £800m sale to US giant
    • Maximuscle purchase to beef up Glaxo portfolio
    • New face to head up banknote printer De La Rue
    • Mounting cost pressure on North manufacturers
    • Nine electric cars will be eligible for subsidies
    • Retailers 'to increase prices by more than VAT rise'
    • Mark Prisk backs microfinance for small firms
    • Eric Pickles' cuts U-turn not good enough for region
    • Eaga announces hundreds of redundancies
    • £200m: The price we’ll have to pay
    • Minister criticises councils over planned services cuts
    • ‘Toughest cuts in living memory’
    • Pickles vows end to big Government
    • Firm buys Laurel letter ‘for the area’
    • Combined talents put test card on market
    • Local government pension deficit 'totals £100bn'
    • State-controlled banks may need more public funds, warns NAO
    • More UK companies feel the icy blast of lost business
    • 1,600 jobs will be axed by Durham County Council
    • Skills upgrades for Durham coastal outfits
    • North East leads €6m nanotechnology collaboration
    • Norchem profits rise on back of 100-hour licences
    • Business rates rejig 'threat to recovery'
    • Aesica buys three European drugs' plants
    • ‘Clear unfairness’
    • Cash to jump-start electric car sales
    • Hotel takes opportunity to boost region’s tourism economy
    • Government to guarantee electricity prices
    • Business leaders given government advisory roles
    • European expansion for fireplace firm CVO Fire
    • Eaga pushes on with solar project
    • Bid for Eldon Square and Metrocentre rejected
    • Rise in jobless adds to pressure for train deal
    • £2m spent on Eastgate Renewable Energy Village in Weardale
    • Tourism brings in £203m as marketing bill is cut
    • Science must inspire our youngsters
    • Dole queues grow as public sector shrinks
    • Ringing the changes with new vision of a high-speed future for UK
    • Green bank shake-up is ‘bad for the North-East’
    • Reforming UK electricity market
    • Gulf of Mexico leak: BP shares hit over legal move
    • On the right track in east Durham
    • EU agrees on permanent eurozone rescue fund
    • Investment bankers blamed for driving up the price of turkeys
    • Cash-strapped UK shoppers go online
    • Two dales towns set to lose tourist information centres
    • MP demands probe of secret £377m deal
    • Media monitoring firm creates 60 jobs in North Tyneside
    • World's first 3D website is pioneered in region
    • Energy service scheme is plugged into solar power
    • Region produces lowest commercial waste
    • Cameron announces EU budget freeze pact
    • Who holds the Teesside keys?
    • Welcome for power station life extension
    • Wheels grind slow on plan for economy
    • North will be hit hardest by coalition cuts
    • Delay on drug approval sees AstraZeneca shares drop
    • University chosen to recruit Olympic volunteers
    • Call for evidence from review into intellectual property and growth
    • George Osborne and Vince Cable to hold bank bonus talks
    • UK economy to avoid double dip recession next year, says CBI
    • British industry needs to aim higher - BCC boss
    • Tester finds a spark of initiative to go it alone
    • Teesside pupils learn about careers in engineering
    • Universities' teaching grant cut by 6%
    • Researchers plan for deeper cuts to science budget
    • Bankers' showdown postponed because of the weather
    • A bacterial "anti-glue" to fight infections
    • Survey aims to identify growth opportunities
    • Butcher’s loan approved, but credit still a problem
    • Vince Cable could break ranks to expose City's top earners
    • Ill winds blow British economy no good
    • Fire HQ shuts before it has chance to open
    • Astrum expects to get back on track
    • National projects bring a boost for Esh Group
    • Partnering with universities helps businesses to increase profits by £150 million
    • 'Build trains in the North East to save £100m'
    • Plane lies...
    • UK government borrowing hits record high
    • Treasury under charged banks by £4bn to insure toxic loans, NAO finds
    • Jobs fund axe 'will leave support gap'
    • Teesside project to help region's electric car ambitions
    • World-renowned status beckons for DigitalCity
    • EC approves News Corp’s planned BSkyB takeover
    • Lib Dems 'concern' over policies secretly recorded
    • Public pension schemes 'should be career average'
    • Vince Cable stripped of Sky role after 'war with Murdoch' gaffe
    • Achieve cuts by taking out wasteful managers, says Pickles
    • Union fury at plan to reduce council pay-offs
    • Funding future plans
    • Technology treats for 2011
    • Subsea centre designed in North East a world-beater
    • UK economic growth revised down
    • Former rugby player has rub of the green
    • Pound falls against dollar after GDP growth is cut
    • Homeowners should prepare for interest rates of 5pc, warns Bank of England markets chief Paul Fisher
    • Hitachi contract ‘could prevent ice problems’
    • 'If six turned out to be nine'
    • Hope for region as air tax gets a rethink
    • Boost for Durham eco-village plan
    • Gritting cut back as salt order is ignored
    • Partnership’s leader calls for Government support
    • ‘Government needs to lead by example’
    • Support group buys division of NDI
    • Support for software with a vision of the future
    • Christmas jobs misery for public sector workers
    • Mortgage lending at 20-month low
    • Rate of insolvencies highest in the north of England
    • Completing steel deal is New Year's resolution for SSI
    • North-east job vacancies are on the up
    • New solar fuel machine 'mimics plant life'
    • FTSE hits 6000 as confidence returns
    • Record spike in EMU default risk on Portugal downgrade and Greek restructuring scare
    • Plants may be bred to help bees
    • Biotech company plans move into drug testing
    • Region seems to have lost it's creative spark
    • Seaham online retailer unveils name change
    • Components' maker moving back to growth
    • Canadian software company moves over
    • Expect more extreme winters thanks to global warming, say scientists
    • Late rush and web sales boost John Lewis
    • Britain at risk of power cuts from aging networks, warns Ofgem
    • NHS faces more cuts to avoid £10bn shortfall, report warns
    • Budget signals the end of One North East
    • Revived Weardale Railway service to be cut back
    • Pay freeze or cut for many in 2011, says BCC
    • Bank bonuses in global disclosure call
    • Redcar steel plant a step closer to coming out of mothballs
    • Fears for petrol prices as oil hits two-year high
    • Ministers are urged to back upgrade to A19
    • Jobless total 'will reach 2.7 million'
    • 'Tax freedom' day delayed by VAT rise
    • Austerity axe to widen North-South housing divide
    • North East is urged to fight for high-speed rail
    • Key people in post at turbine factory
    • Phone firms back common charger plan
    • BP facing new legal threat over Gulf spill
    • National strikes to coincide with royal wedding
    • Husband facing five years in jail after hacking wife's email
    • Ka-Sat net-dedicated spacecraft lifts off
    • Apple sued over iPad and iPhone app 'data leaks'
    • New fears over jobs at major employer
    • £63.1m of council tax owed for years
    • Secrecy cloaks agency’s wind-up
    • Unions step up campaign for trains
    • High speed rail plea for North
    • Company predicts year of growth after massive fire
    • Green technology benefits from fast-tracking scheme
    • New Year Honours: Broughton and Carr business knights
    • Rail season tickets burst through the £5,000 a year barrier
    • Taxpayers facing £1m closure bill
    • Sir Tom Hunter buys Cruise fashion chain
    • Engineering company faces court over death
    • Pub refurb creates jobs
    • iPhone alarms hit by New Year glitch
    • Welfare bill soars as coalition counts cost of austerity drive
    • Councils urged to make 2011 the year of the electric car
    • Job vacancies suffer steep fall in December
    • North East tourism chiefs in warning at start of year
    • North East universities say they're not "dumbing down"
    • VAT rate rises from 17.5% to 20%
    • Entrepreneur to unveil series of massive deals
    • End of year growth a cause for eurozone cheer
    • More road hazards may reduce accidents
    • ‘Actions speak louder than words’
    • BT Content Connect service faces 'two-tier net' claims
    • UK manufacturing 'growing at fastest pace for 16 years'
    • George Osborne hints he would lower income tax before cutting VAT
    • Small business expects to bear brunt of VAT rising to 20 per cent
    • Grant Shapps: 2011 will be the year councillors become community champions
    • GMB warns of 200,000 council job losses in England
    • HMV issues profits warning after grim Christmas
    • French firm pushes bid for Tyneside banknote printer De La Rue
    • 100 jobs planned for manufacturing giant Caterpillar
    • North East businesses shrug off VAT concerns
    • No A-level 'blacklist' at North universities
    • Rail users see ticket prices soar higher than inflation
    • Company enjoys a boom in business
    • Sustainable growth is the future, says NECC
    • ‘Shift in culture needed to make Localism Bill work’
    • Smith completes US deal
    • Telemarketing firm unveils plans for expansion
    • Private sector pay 'on the rise'
    • Brain drain threat to the North East
    • Microsoft shows Windows running on mobile phone chips
    • Church will sell historic Zurbaran paintings
    • Swan's in profit again on back of demand in Asia
    • PM expands scheme to help jobless set up firms
    • Firms invited to visit world's emerging economy
    • North scientists capturing the sun for lighting
    • Benefits of playing the long game
    • Split threatens the future of research
    • Federation: VAT hike is a hammer blow to firms
    • Centre could bring £19m to economy
    • Hitachi cools the air with solar-powered system
    • Green tea could prevent cancer, says North study
    • Last December UK's coldest for 100 years
    • UK service sector recovery frozen by December's Arctic blast
    • UK Trade and Investment staff 'told to use up £1m'
    • National Grid faces £8m fine from Ofgem
    • unw moulds right advice for Omega Plastics
    • TAG Energy Solutions team to lead new facility
    • Quango reduction plan was botched, MPs warn
    • Bank bonuses 'to run to billions in 2011'
    • UK economy risks 'playing in slow lane of history'
    • Trade Minister Lord Green refuses to back UK arms industry
    • MySpace to ‘shut down the majority of its international operation’
    • Prime Minister and Lord Heseltine announce plans to boost regional growth
    • Proposals published for £200 million network of Technology and Innovation Centres
    • Wellstream income to beat expectations
    • Revenues to double for Fogg founders' Tanfield Foods
    • Global spam e-mail levels suddenly fall
    • Enquiries to The Franchise Company increase 50%
    • Jobs growing as solar panels shine brighter
    • Barclays ponders giving £8m bonus to new boss Bob Diamond
    • North's economy would be hit if Mersey campaign succeeds
    • Orders are up but confidence is low in the North East
    • PM to meet UK's biggest firms to discuss job creation
    • Firms get powers to sack the slackers
    • Interest rates likely to remain unchanged
    • New Year honours for North East industry leaders
    • Government's spending cuts may hit manufacturing
    • UK is using more green electricity than ever
    • Durham ready to capitalise on green revolution
    • Tough talk on bank bonuses comes to nought
    • UK economic growth rate slowing, BCC says
    • Petrol prices to hit £6 a gallon
    • Rural bus services bear brunt of measures to save £1.3m
    • Winding up of Business Link sooner than thought
    • MPs join the battle to protect North East port jobs
    • Gateshead parking invention set to hit Europe
    • Call for minister to help small firms export
    • No bids for jobs cash
    • Lord Green takes office as Trade and Investment Minister
    • Budget airline pulls its final route from airport
    • Technology Strategy Board launches feasibility studies competition
    • RBS and NatWest are fined £2.8m by FSA over complaints
    • Corus jobs fund to make no further grants
    • Jobs market 'on road to recovery'
    • Coalition still fighting bonuses, Lord Oakeshott says
    • Bob Diamond: 'Time for banker remorse is over'
    • China is vital to UK economy, says Lord Green
    • £8m black hole in science city project
    • Narec Capital launched in the North East
    • Premier Waste Management returns to profit
    • State of North East property sector in the spotlight
    • Simon walks away from £3bn bid for MetroCentre owner
    • Firm takes expertise to where it’s needed most
    • More people face extra income tax bill
    • German economy grew by 3.6% in 2010
    • Tata Steel win first stage of legal battle
    • Quality award for Durham County Record Office
    • Imports push goods trade deficit to record high
    • Suspicions grow over Barclays toxic debt move
    • Pension payouts will be cut under reforms
    • Ministers confirm end of default retirement age
    • Lloyds' Eric Daniels in line for £2m bonus
    • Rising unemployment hits National Insurance reserves
    • Region bids to fund its Olympic teens
    • Greggs planning to create 100 jobs in the North East
    • North East bucks trade deficit trend
    • Newcastle Science City has £20,000 to offer innovators
    • Prepare to change your career path
    • City leaders accuse treasury over council cuts
    • High-level talks over trains bid
    • Insurance groups face pricing probe
    • UK interest rates remain at 0.5%
    • Approval given to extend mining
    • Environmental firm OHS wants workers
    • Financial services sector boost, but profits falter
    • Interest rate freeze is welcomed by business
    • Government gives green light to North Eastern LEP
    • Firm to pay students' university degree fees
    • Orders for Leaf are on track for its launch
    • Increased turnover and staff for firm under threat
    • Event will highlight Norwegian businesses
    • David Cameron addresses the North East
    • Factory gate inflation rate rises in December
    • Google, Facebook and Yahoo to test new net addresses
    • Boost for school leavers
    • Over-65s move will hurt us, firms say
    • Directors in 'boardroom bubble'
    • Confident tech sector set to boost employment
    • CBI calls for reform to woo investors
    • Northern Rock takes first step to private sector
    • Slowdown but North East firms still outperform the rest
    • Car scheme goes green with electric car
    • Tie-up aims to turn research into jobs
    • Radio station £1m jobs aim
    • Malcolm has drive for new challenge
    • £98 PCs target UK digital divide
    • Credit card borrowing in freefall
    • Anger over forced sell-off of key North East assets
    • GlaxoSmithKline counts the cost of legal fight
    • Diet site due online with help of software ‘agent’
    • Sir Jackie Stewart at Gateshead Burns Night event
    • Bosses' anger over time off for fathers
    • Many bankers overpaid, says RBS's Sir Philip Hampton
    • Inflation rise expected on high oil, food and utility costs
    • Lucy Armstrong takes up role on SME Council
    • Minister’s abacus jibe at group
    • Map tool will help carbon capture
    • UK CPI inflation rate rises to 3.7% in December
    • MPs demand better value from PFI projects
    • Barclays ordered to pay almost £70m over mis-sold investments
    • David Willets comments on High Fliers report
    • PD Ports in the spotlight at major conference
    • SSI reassured over TCP plant expansion plans
    • Banks must be allowed to fail, says Paul Tucker
    • IPPR think-tank predicts 'double-dip' jobless rise
    • Goldman defies public fury with another £10bn bonus payout
    • Jobs lost as Dorin Construction goes into administration
    • Lynch Healthcare focusing on winning European orders
    • Budget chain 99p Stores Limited targets North East
    • Event will be a showcase for the region’s key industries
    • Partnership with Teesside University boosts NECC event
    • North East market towns set for super-fast broadband
    • Durham County Council’s £125m cuts revealed
    • Pyeroy MD hails key strategic acquisitions
    • Stadium Group issues confident update
    • Investors continuing to show interest in retail opportunities
    • Teesside electronics plant given £1m cash injection
    • Union warning over Remploy redundancies
    • ‘Dream funding is really a nightmare’
    • Thousands of council jobs to go in England
    • UK unemployment total rises further
    • Steel firm may seek London listing
    • Teen's Bubble Ball game tops iTunes free app chart
    • Tomorrow’s technology
    • Apprenticeships campaign launches in the North East
    • Sage launches online accounting for small businesses
    • Government claims 'help for all' on jobs tax
    • Job prospects will brighten, says Chris Grayling
    • County Durham pool car project aims to cut carbon emissions
    • Newcastle Science City looking to secure fresh funding
    • Which Medical Device website launched for professionals
    • Advancements in electric cars will benefit the North East, says MEP
    • Shotton coal mine plans approved
    • Turnover at electronics firm rises by a quarter
    • BENE Event for energy networking
    • Northern Rock Foundation to see income cut
    • Farming agency likely to cut jobs
    • Tourism body closes this week
    • Wind turbine jobs hopes dashed by Siemens
    • John Hayes delivers new quality guarantee for Apprenticeships
    • New website marks 25th anniversary of Durham World Heritage status
    • Landslide victory for geographer’s research
    • UK factory orders fall but prices to rise, says CBI
    • Record year for Nissan plant at Sunderland
    • Council’s switch to avoid redundancies
    • China's overheating economy stokes fears for global inflation
    • Alan Johnson resigns as shadow chancellor
    • £100m in bids puts support for North to the test
    • Creating 100 apprentices in 100 days
    • Inflation concern as industry sees recovery
    • Solarglide move puts others in the shade
    • Roofing firm CA Group slated for recovery
    • Alex impresses with his BIG IDEA
    • SSI set September date for Teesside steel return
    • Wellstream shareholders back GE takeover
    • Liverpool opens business embassy in London
    • North East dependency on grants must end
    • High street hammered by weather and price rises
    • Green energy optimism despite turbine setback
    • Businesses warning over impact of fuel cost rises
    • Irish parties set for crisis talks after Greens quit
    • Bank lending deal for small businesses 'stalled'
    • Double-dip talk returns as UK economic growth slows
    • North forced to bear the brunt of massive cuts
    • Region steels itself for production boost
    • PM urged to stand by his claims of support for N-E
    • ‘Region’s entrepreneurs are the acorns for growth’
    • Sheila takes right route after crossroads
    • How can the UK lead the completion of the EU’s Single Market ?
    • A boost for future research into ageing
    • ‘How do we want to live now and in the future?’
    • BBC Online: 360 staff to lose jobs
    • CBI boss: Coalition lacks vision
    • De La Rue rejects higher Oberthur offer
    • Clegg: There is brighter future
    • UK economic growth expected to slow
    • IMF predicts faster global economic growth this year
    • Graduate job outlook 'recovering'
    • Losses widen at Helius Energy
    • Poland threat facing Stockton car part jobs
    • Inflation risks Bank’s credibility says MPC member
    • Biotechnology and Composites industries get training boost from NSA
    • 0800 Repair opens shop in Chester-le-Street
    • County Durham dad launches laser tag business
    • Jobs to be created at Durham firm Intersnack Ltd
    • Taxpayer will foot bill to keep vital sites
    • Celebrating the British Steel Archive
    • Computer memory heralds green PCs
    • Politicians 'have less authority' than comedians on Twitter
    • Small firms pioneer military technology
    • Mervyn King says pay squeeze necessary
    • PFI: £70m bill for schools that had to close
    • Coalition refuses to change course as economy shrinks by 0.5%
    • Sage says markets picking up
    • North East councils could soon be starved of cash
    • North East business groups surprised at slowdown
    • European Commission called in on ports dispute
    • Finance for Business fund proves its worth
    • Hunt delays decision on BSkyB’s takeover
    • ‘Cuts mean end of the road for buses’
    • Another Bank of England policymaker votes for rate rise
    • First round of bidding for regional growth fund comes to a close
    • Former MP pledges to end social inequality
    • BBC details World Service job losses
    • O2 to build free Wi-Fi network across the UK
    • Major milestone for cluster group NEPIC
    • SSI deal could bring 800 jobs back to Teesside
    • Charging point offer for electric cars
    • International Trade Week
    • Major Investment in Postgraduate Research at Durham and Newcastle Universities
    • Green Incubator planned for former Circatex site
    • Animation and computer games talent shines on Teesside
    • Everything Everywhere offers mobile payments
    • Alarm over cuts to arts in North East
    • MPs may let Mersey take our business
    • Plea to help North airports
    • Barclays axes advice staff from branches
    • MPs in bid to return the Rock to its roots
    • Ambitious plans for Teesside organic waste plant
    • Mail firm expansion to help push income up
    • MPs sound a financial alert over academies
    • Make this a new dawn
    • Council may face further £80m cut
    • Electric vehicle firm on verge of Hong Kong deal
    • From basement birth to plans for further growth
    • Sector worth up to £40bn is not sci fi
    • Fears for sales in customer buy out
    • George Osborne considering axing planned fuel duty rise
    • Concern for ‘vital’ airport as passenger numbers hit a low
    • Durham Tees Valley feels the bite
    • Eaga still confident despite job losses
    • Business must take lead, says David Miliband
    • Staff cuts to cost £100m
    • Move to build homes on city greenbelt land
    • Tourism industry ‘must unite to survive cuts’
    • Britain must stick to the course, says Cameron
    • LinkedIn close to being new stock market recruit
    • Romag nears a deal with bankers
    • Cumbrian Seafoods enjoys frying high
    • £20,000 up for grabs in scientific competition
    • Cable tries to reassure region on European aid
    • Washington Developments given green light for plans
    • Electronics company Filtronic slips into the red
    • Small firms are unnecessarily missing out on exports
    • Fuel company plans expansion
    • Tees software experts’ world first?
    • Glut of regional offices signals beginning of the end for EZs
    • Deals offered to get senior ONE North East staff to stay
    • App proves no risk for security team
    • North-east economic collaborators regroup in region
    • Facebook launches mobile deals
    • Bidders get their skates on for Durham ice rink
    • Tanfield says market stabilising
    • Shares in County Durham glass company suspended
    • Net approaches address exhaustion
    • Economy is too weak to handle cuts, Osborne is warned
    • Bank of England boosts Mervyn King's pension by £1.4m
    • Lloyds Banking Group forced to admit scale of millionaire staff
    • Business investment fund has been axed
    • Yorkshire Building Society in bid for Northern Rock
    • Newcastle's city of science plans one step closer
    • Northumbrian Water trading as expected
    • Delegation will demand decision over high-speed train programme
    • Mark Prisk announces reappointments to Industrial Development Advisory Board
    • Construction business stays local
    • Ashleigh makes up apprentice numbers
    • Family still delivering after 40 years
    • UK manufacturing growth at fastest since records began
    • Schools and universities failing Britain's visual effects and video games industries
    • David Miliband gets Sunderland football club post
    • Increase in wind energy sector employment
    • Budget cuts will hit deprived towns hardest
    • Tanfield looking up again after tough times
    • Northumbrian Water aiming to hit leaks target
    • Application submitted for multi-million pound science hub
    • North East firms recieved investment of £30m thanks to new fund
    • NECC backs apprentices campaign
    • Conference focusing on environment
    • Berghaus shakes up its executive structure
    • Manufacturing at all-time high
    • News Corp to launch iPad only newspaper
    • Ministry of Defence 'overlooks' small businesses
    • IFS urges govenment not to soften stance on austerity cuts
    • Scientists claim to have created 'invisibility cloak'
    • Engineering a bright online future
    • UK faces US-style jobless recovery
    • Shell profits soar to £11.5bn
    • Tyneside entrepreneur launches lighting business in Newcastle
    • North East tourism sector needs apprentices
    • Finance Tree looking to provide extra help for companies
    • Innovation Machine helping start-up companies
    • Helptrainingcourses.com expands as providers back site
    • A year of nurturing true talents
    • 10,000 state jobs at risk
    • Shock bills ‘end housing hopes’
    • 'Labour plans to drop rail link scheme’
    • Government accused of breaking promises over university cuts
    • ‘Tax banks to pay for local investment’
    • Food for thought
    • Inspections for County Durham Industrial Estates
    • Newcastle green firm Eaga gets takeover approach
    • Offshore wind opportunity
    • Hitachi close to securing rail deal
    • Nick Clegg to defend coalition economic policies
    • Insolvency figures tipped to hit record high
    • £55,000 expenses claims of our MPs
    • GlaxoSmithKline profits slump by 60% in 2010
    • Award for County Durham farm shop
    • Leaf ready to blow away competition
    • Workers at doomed agency will transfer
    • Romag chairman steps down as chairman over payment
    • Eco Environments to become Sharp's partner
    • Teesside University launch flexible learning network
    • Private talks could halt Ushaw College closure
    • ‘Poetic justice if railways work is awarded to region’
    • Research network launched
    • 'Axe' public sector union rights, say business leaders
    • UK small manufacturing experiences boost in production
    • Rise in interest rates feared as MPC meets
    • Council staff on £58,000 to be named in war on waste
    • Vital European funds to be wasted due to cuts
    • Garlands boss to create 250 jobs
    • £10m North East commitment safeguards 250 jobs
    • Government sets 100,000 apprentices by 2014 target
    • Shadow Business Secretary opens Technical Academy in Durham
    • Successful agency recruits workers
    • Solar power farms face cash cut, government warns
    • Construction begins on supercar
    • Animator is a rising star of the North East
    • Northstar 'WRAPs' up a £1.2million investment package
    • Sensing gap in market thanks to IP Group investment
    • New North East academy boosts green energy drive
    • Forest’s new owners speak out to allay fears
    • NOF announces new targets
    • Government to increase bank levy to £2.5bn
    • Councillors not facing cutbacks
    • Minister blocks No 10's rescue bid for 'big society' project
    • From innovation to commercialisation in Printable Electronics
    • Businesses engage with North East pupils at innovative science event
    • Have your say on Roseberry
    • Prestigious £4million awards to shed light on galaxies and cells
    • Few takers for payment break
    • Companies back apprenticeships
    • Helping the economy to rise from the ashes of recession
    • Solar energy firms threaten legal action over feed-in tariffs
    • LSE agrees merger with Canada's TMX
    • Revealed: 50% of Tory funds come from City
    • Feed-in Tariff review for farms
    • Newcastle MP leads the way in appointing apprentice
    • Drivers get a first glimpse of the Nissan Leaf
    • Support gathers for new environmental network
    • Marine industries are major contributor to the UK economy
    • Nite Owl wins sales across Europe
    • Online marketing company moves to the North East
    • Unveiling ways to boost India exports
    • Health firm on the fast track
    • Government gives boost to UK life sciences sector
    • United Biscuits hitting zero-waste targets
    • Project Merlin bank agreement revealed
    • Humber Gateway wind farm gets government approval
    • Council pension scheme reform could trigger 'exodus'
    • Anaerobic Digestion experts on hand to help farmers
    • Constructing a career by combining work with study
    • Teesside chemical firms blast Government energy policies
    • North East leads the way in planning for an ageing population
    • Local offices return months after axing
    • Apprentices can fill the skills gap
    • Major highways work to start at DurhamGate
    • North East businesses welcome export measures
    • Waste needed to fill Tyne Dock for development
    • Council tax offer row
    • Cable ‘reveals US cash bid by university’
    • Training site will plug skills gap
    • MP hits out at price of heating oil
    • UK interest rates set to be held at 0.5%
    • Our future engineers to sparkle
    • Nokia and Microsoft form partnership
    • UK companies race for 'clean coal' cash to store carbon under the North Sea
    • Details of sale and transfer of RDA assets and liabilities published
    • Businesses asked to pay for A19 upgrade
    • Explorer back in profit after 40% rise in sales
    • Nissan create 25 new apprenticeship places
    • Industry output falls
    • Fledgling training firm buoyed by rapid growth
    • Airport second worst for passengers figures
    • Dragon Bannatyne backs rail campaign
    • Carillion to buy Tyneside green firm Eaga for £300m
    • Councils defeat government over school buildings
    • Learning the secrets of Disney’s magic
    • Development agency works to stop fire sale of its assets
    • Engineering a win
    • Inflation fears as factory price rises hit two-year high
    • Eaga workers told takeover will not cost jobs
    • Illuminating new investment for digital entertainment experts
    • Executive homes plan for city hub
    • Science hub creates major benefits
    • Apprentice move wins new boost
    • China overtakes Japan as world's second-biggest economy
    • 220 town hall bosses earning more than David Cameron
    • Government opens up contracts to small business
    • 'Auckland Castle could be a major art venue'
    • New gene test discovered for inherited neuromuscular disorder
    • Business School graduate wins national finance award
    • Taxpayers 'subsidising banks by £30bn a year'
    • Carbon Trust funding cut by 40%
    • NECC gives apprenticeship advice
    • Science holds the key for region
    • Barclays reports annual profits of £6.07bn
    • Scientists call for Baccalaureate at A-level
    • Vince Cable says interest rate rise would be 'very difficult'
    • Revealed: how energy firms spy on environmental activists
    • Inflation pushed up by VAT rise
    • Cuts 'will push graduates to south'
    • Prime Minister says export ban could be put on Zurbaran works
    • Sustainability is key to success for CA Group
    • Government help is desperately needed
    • Pharmaceuticals gather for biotech meeting
    • Scepticism about Cameron's Big Society concept
    • It will be Brilliant!
    • Barclays staff costs near £12bn
    • Business organisation launches learning academy
    • Cleveland Potash quest is setting sail
    • E-Therapeutics raises £17.6m through share deal
    • Leading the drive for green future
    • Eric Pickles to give councillors top pay vote
    • Inova Power hoping to create hundreds of jobs
    • Three-fold expansion by Belmont nursery
    • North heritage attractions to shut on weekdays
    • Bank report puts focus on economy
    • Back-to-work plan to help fewer people than Labour
    • Teens to build Teesside turbines
    • Unexpected rise in UK unemployment
    • Sunderland property firm gentoo to axe hundreds of jobs
    • Inflation will rise sharply says Mervyn King
    • Animal magic at award-winning farm
    • Bank of England governor talks down prospect of early interest rate rise
    • Financial watchdogs get new powers
    • BAE Systems sales growth flat amid defence cuts
    • Royal Mail to raise prices for business services
    • Green Economy Council formed to help business rise to the low carbon challenge
    • Businesses backing Journal Apprenticeships campaign
    • Difference Engine faces uncertain future
    • Triplet Media scoops award for Police website work
    • Region can lead green development
    • Time to Train will strike right balance for business
    • Steel deal poised to be delivered
    • Farmers challenge FSA chief over £32m fees bill
    • Redundancy threat firm doubles team
    • Commercial premises prove to be a bright spot
    • Campaigners plead for train-building decision
    • Region’s voice to be heard on council
    • Go-Ahead motors ahead
    • Massive acid leak at former Fujitsu plant
    • Anger at £10,000 rise for Hartlepool chief executive
    • Business growth plan 'not enough' without bank help
    • Councils 'missed' £530m in taxes
    • North East train jobs sent to India
    • War on thousands of local borough council 'non-jobs'
    • Banks' millionaire earners could be revealed
    • Stamp duty battle over region's assets
    • How key sites could be disposed of
    • Region must retain a £12m annual rental income
    • Lighting giants Raytec aim to double revenue
    • Inflation a cloud over factories' optimism
    • Former Sage boss to become university guru
    • North East Business leaders celebrate excellence
    • American science summit: How bears could help man get to Mars
    • RICS North East Budget plea to revive property
    • Committee publish report: Technology and Innovation Centres
    • Region’s hopes for new growth fund
    • Major North-East employers plan business tie-up
    • Railway plans to open visitor centre
    • Council considering closure of five leisure centres
    • David Cameron outlines his vision for public services
    • Private firms 'wary of hiring' public sector workers
    • Government 'ready to sell off stake in RBS'
    • Government urged to extend internship scheme
    • Green economies for growth, urges UN
    • Libya unrest leads to rise in oil price
    • Lithium-ion battery with new chemistry could power electric vehicles
    • Durham County Council urged to axe its newspaper and save £400,000 a year
    • Fashion retailer named North-East's best independent
    • Ministry of Defence must end contract failures, say MPs
    • Solar storms could create $2tn 'global Katrina', warns chief scientist
    • UK and Russia commit to collaboration in space science
    • Profits boost for Hargreaves Services
    • Newcastle University jobs threatened by visa cuts
    • Solar panel plans for North East homes
    • Government finances show biggest surplus since 2008
    • North East England scores a perfect six
    • North-East’s dynamism will drive recovery – Cable
    • Food entrepreneur toasts public sector support
    • Students build NETPark’s future
    • IT firm diversifies into welding, creating new jobs
    • Aycliffe installer leads green revolution
    • Newcastle borehole drilling starts in search of heat
    • Crude oil prices push higher on Libya supply concerns
    • Bank of England to reveal if another interest rate-setter joined call for rise
    • NHS to lose 50,000 jobs, including doctors and nurses
    • Workwear firm gets ready to grow
    • President of the AA backs A1 dualling
    • Offshore factory hopes for Tyneside
    • Green-focused entrepreneurs offered guidance
    • Hargreaves Services aiming to win Asian business
    • North East businesses hoping for contract opportunities
    • Green event secures four topical workshops
    • Digital fund fails to boost Teesside
    • Spencer Dale joins hawks in call for interest rate rise
    • Sunderland AFC Chief Executive speaks to Sunderland Business School students
    • Welcome for EU review of support for small businesses
    • Academy recruits business mentors
    • A healthy look at overseas business
    • 1,600 jobs could go as a result of cuts
    • £6.5m NETPark extension begins
    • 1,900 NHS jobs under threat across the region
    • Phone firm says no further redundancies planned
    • Sunderland Software Centre set bring jobs to city
    • Early success for Sage's new online service
    • Promoting science to the young
    • KTP cut will harm economy
    • Deal for Teesside steel plant is sealed
    • MP asks Durham County Council how it will cut management costs
    • More than 100 RBS bankers paid over £1m
    • Fears for UK recovery as oil nears crucial $120 mark
    • Coalition urged to act over lobbyists who use party groups 'to buy influence'
    • Lloyds returns to profit to make £2.21bn
    • ‘A casual and lazy attitude to axing RDAs’
    • Vinovium secures SIA stamp of approval
    • Can we truly take forced change on board?
    • North East businesses back high speed rail
    • Teesside potential hotspot for vehicle fuel
    • Technical glitch halts LSE trading
    • GEM Partnership Sparkles with £6m Turnover in its First Year
    • Private-equity companies looking to invest in North
    • Electric Leaf – buyers will have to pay £2,000 more
    • Sunderland owns the Vaux site
    • Government urged to approve train deal after steel success
    • SSI youth pledge for Teesside Cast Products plant
    • New Tyne Tunnel now open to public traffic
    • North East businesses get tips in art of exporting
    • PAYE changes set to create more off the books workers, NECC claim
    • Business rate plans are ‘as bad as cuts’
    • Consultation on high-speed rail plans begins
    • Region’s tourism jobs face the axe as funding comes to an end
    • Oil price rises again on Saudi Arabia unrest fears
    • Northern Rock to offer 90% mortgages
    • Businesses in plea for budget help
    • Consett man sets up Scott's Access Training
    • Newton Aycliffe factory rescue bid fails
    • Great Western and east coast rail upgrades announced at last
    • Rugby star throws his weight behind regions’s science industry
    • Berco invests in leadership skills
    • Region's firms pool their talents
    • The future’s orangery
    • Eaga staff won't get shares cash
    • Northern Rock move to offer 90% deal is welcomed
    • Rail scheme boost for Hitatchi plan could be approved today
    • Barnard Castle, Stanhope and Durham City TICs to close
    • County Durham man invests in CarpetZest business
    • North East companies advised to back innovation
    • UK manufacturing growth stays at 'record' high
    • Hefce reduces points of impact in REF
    • Bringing train building back to its first home
    • BREAKING NEWS: £4.5bn Hitachi deal to bring 500 jobs to County Durham
    • Newton Aycliffe train factory will create 500 jobs
    • Next generation of leaders urged to seize opportunity
    • Business boost in the county
    • Hitachi's intercity train deal finally leaves the sidings
    • Vince Cable: Response to Intercity Express programme announcement
    • £4.5bn deal sees thousands of new jobs roll into the region
    • North East businesses set to Sparkle thanks to new venture
    • Car design firm set for North-East move
    • Next generation broadband bid
    • Carbon eating plant project secures funding
    • Rail Jobs Boost – NECC Reaction
    • 500 train building jobs to be created in Durham
    • Hitachi manufacturing base given go-ahead
    • Drug firm GlaxoSmithKline will pay tuition fees of its trainees
    • The NETPark SpaceCamp!
    • Ford warns electric cars may be only for the rich
    • Former tourism boss launches Bon Amie venture
    • Busy firm Sanderson Weatherall best in the North
    • Newton Aycliffe site is 'launch-pad' for future projects
    • The campaign that brought train-building back home
    • Tapping into renewable energy
    • Growth opportunities identified to increase UK automotive manufacturing work
    • Japan's Fujifilm buys MSD Biologics (UK)
    • Virtual park and pay system to cut jams
    • SCM Pharma investing £500,000 in Prudhoe plant
    • Speeding up broadband access for rural areas
    • Thinking Digital signs up more big name speakers
    • Vital we protect our innovations
    • Coalition slammed for revelling in cuts
    • Calls for return of Margaret Thatcher ideology
    • Minister backs North East on low carbon future
    • Hitachi deal hailed as the 'new Nissan'
    • Hunt approves News Corp plan for Sky News
    • Teesside chiefs back women in boardroom call
    • London 2012 Opportunities Beckon For North East Firms
    • Universities: NAO warns cuts pose bankruptcy risk
    • Town prepares action plan for Hitachi jobs
    • Putting the body to work
    • University event offers essential business support
    • Business breakfast at Teesside
    • Chemistry - our life, our future
    • 'Biggest improvement to State pension in our lifetime': imminent
    • Art of science at NETPark
    • County Durham firm steels itself for global growth
    • Art and science combine at growing NETPark
    • Government action to save small firms £40m
    • Lambert Smith Hampton Wins Top National Agent for Ninth Consecutive Year
    • Enterprise zones to make a comeback
    • Chancellor urged to support North-East recovery
    • Green energy partnership launched
    • Budget: CBI urges 'relentless focus on growth'
    • £100m investment in skills to drive growth
    • North East hopes to win power station deal
    • Business supremo to lead North’s new LEP
    • Mayor has faith in zones
    • Row over £1m access point
    • David Cameron promises a plan for growth
    • Zytronic chairman steps down
    • Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond to get £6.5m bonus
    • Cash injection to boost medical research
    • Prince Andrew trade row controversy continues
    • Authority faces £24m pay claim tribunal case
    • Hitachi highlights our bright future
    • Local enterprise partnerships gather to showcase action plans for local growth
    • Durham goes with the flow with unprecedented dual international science success
    • George Osborne hints at fuel duty budget boost for drivers
    • Consumers flee high street after rise in VAT
    • North-East expertise boosts global testing giant
    • Academic credibility soars following new film
    • Test Track confirms North East’s leading position in the low carbon vehicle sector
    • Farm Fresh Direct launched by Durham couple
    • Washington-based Tanfield in line for share of £32m
    • Green energy is big business in apprentice deal
    • UK economy growth forecast for 2011 cut by BCC
    • Communities Minister Launches Narec's Latest Multi-Million Pound Project
    • Drawing on all resources?
    • Government's Transparency Agenda Could Transform Local Public Sector Culture
    • Call for tax break to help North-East airports
    • Whitehall set to relax grip on councils with first ever review of local government's legal duties
    • Hope for 500 more jobs at business park
    • Royal Bank of Scotland to pay top executives £28m bonuses
    • Power to the plane
    • Wall tourist promotion firm threatened by cuts
    • Northern Rock announces £232.4m loss
    • CruiseCompare.co.uk benefits from investment
    • Rescue means growth for Liberty Electric Cars
    • ICAEW survey reveals more private sector work
    • Firms urged to get stuck in to the Olympic Games
    • Innovation on agenda at Energy conference
    • £3m more for cost of Newcastle science site
    • UK trade deficit drops sharply
    • Gibson and Mallon reveal Enterprise Zone masterplan
    • GSK pledge to fund scientists of the future
    • Council leader congratulates Hitachi developers
    • Government and aerospace come together to deliver growth programme
    • Reinnervate breakthrough could be thwarted by cuts
    • Funding threat to Newcastle ScienceFest
    • Nissan leads the ways with £8.4m project
    • Don't miss train on this opportunity
    • Pensions reforms could 'light the blue touch paper' for strikes, GMB leader warns
    • 'Metropolitan county' blow to free travel
    • Bid for super-fast broadband links
    • Northern Rock appoints Deutsche Bank to advise on privatisation
    • UK manufacturing grows at fastest pace in 16 years
    • UK interest rates held at record low of 0.5%
    • NIB - New subsidy for green boilers
    • Hutton report: public sector pensions still 'hugely generous' compared to private sector
    • Exports boost North East to the tune of £12bn
    • Funding fears voiced for the North film industry
    • Nifco takes Teesside company of the year title
    • Buyout mooted at Aycliffe car parts maker
    • North-East Remploy factories will not shut
    • Orders from Russia show love for North-East products
    • Apprentice campaign is a resounding success
    • Green Investment Bank must not be compromised, say MPs
    • Durham Tees Valley is fighting back
    • Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker
    • Hot rocks reality
    • Bleak future if recommendations aren’t followed, warns research group
    • Campaign launched to find entrepreneurs
    • Council of the North call
    • Crimdon Pony World to build 10 holiday lodges
    • Local ibod idea could rival Google
    • High pay must be earned by good results
    • N Ireland to get lower Corporation Tax than rest of UK?
    • Durham breeders scoop top prize in national cattle contest
    • Interest rate rise could derail recovery, BDO says
    • North East private sector outperforming UK average
    • Your duty to help Teesside exporters
    • Will Hutton plan for public sector pay
    • Peers hit out over Zurbaran sale plan
    • Staff left waiting to learn their fate
    • North East businesses urged to join growing network
    • Labour draws Budget battlelines
    • Waste-to-energy plant coming to Teesside
    • Northern partnership folds
    • Seriously speaking: Innovation for value creation - what are we talking about?
    • Eaga workers succeed in cash payout demands
    • Longbenton Foods workers made redundant
    • Q&A event highlighting recruitment
    • More work boosts the North-east economy
    • Public sector job cuts top 132,000
    • Wages fail to keep track with inflation
    • Social networks beat entertainment sites as most popular UK online activity
    • Durham University will charge maximum fees
    • New business-friendly competition proposals announced
    • North East business bosses urged to look abroad
    • Grand Reserve Top Notch Beef for Quakers Fans!
    • Science Central is attracting global interest
    • Recruitment Specialist Challenges Rivals
    • Web Experts Score a Mobile First for the Region
    • Lessons that nature can teach us all
    • SURGO contract wins hit £20m
    • Businesses know their Durham
    • Windfarm developer to sponsor renewable energy research at Durham University.
    • World's largest tidal turbine project in Sound of Islay
    • Marketing renewable energy
    • North East features in Government boost to UK manufacturing
    • Councils should keep business taxes, says Eric Pickles
    • Royal Bank of Scotland pays £375m to 323 key staff
    • New 'Solutions for Business' portfolio refocused on growth
    • Kilfrost takes top title at business awards
    • CPI is helping boost manufacturing research
    • Energy Innovation Awards 2011
    • Your views welcome on recruitment and the immigration cap
    • Vince Cable bins business red tape
    • Funding boost will help more businesses begin
    • More North-East millionaires is good news for region's economy
    • New drive to save more North East firms from collapse
    • North East hopes for Enterprise Zones in Budget
    • Osborne told to give us entrepreneurs' Budget
    • Former Renew director announces major new venture
    • Business owner set to Sparkle
    • Durham warship visits capital
    • Technology playing major part in Durham economy
    • Inflation 'expected to hit 28-month high'
    • Region losing grip on £130m property empire
    • Osborne ready to freeze air tax – but we want abolition
    • Joining forces for quake-hit Japanese
    • Romag shares remain suspended after probe
    • Durham solar firm gets first Nissan Leaf
    • Businesses optimistic of growth
    • Budget 2011: tax avoidance crackdown will raise £1bn
    • New funding scheme will support innovative small companies
    • Protection for private industries
    • Manchester United parent firm loses £109m in 2010
    • Surprise as public borrowing rises
    • Teesside looks set for enterprise zone
    • Businesses Stride into The Winner's Enclosure
    • Comment from CDDC in reaction to the Budget announcement
    • Northern Rock to issue mortgage backed bonds
    • Newcastle University leads global debate on sustainability
    • Uncertainty over new green bank’s funding
    • Wind turbine firms snub the North East
    • In the Zone to make most of opportunity
    • Romag shares remain suspended
    • Solar tariff cut proposals come under fire
    • IT consultancy Waterstons is on the move
    • Events Help To Generate New Business Opportunities
    • Newcastle University is named as a London 2012 Training Venue
    • Government sets out new Plan for Growth
    • Glaxo set to double production of creams at Barnard Castle
    • Move will bring jobs and power to the North East
    • Chancellor announces enterprise zones for North East
    • Budget 2011 – NECC response
    • Fund to be launched to aid disaster-struck area of Japan
    • Racing car technology resides here
    • Science company goes back to school
    • Inflation to make cuts bigger, says IFS
    • Eurozone agrees bail-out fund restructuring
    • First four new generation Enterprise Zone locations identified
    • New enterprise zones will not receive any upfront cash
    • Aycliffe could win Government high speed train contract
    • Walker Filtration Group scoop top award
    • Now it’s testing time for the Leaf
    • Winners out on the course
    • County Durham launches Japanese Disaster Fund
    • Dalton Park expansion would create hundreds of jobs
    • Protecting the IT security of North East businesses
    • Take-home pay down 5% in real terms since 2009, says study
    • David Cameron to launch StartUp Britain business scheme
    • Cable confirms ending of 50p tax rate, and reveals 'mansion tax' plans
    • The Journal helps recruit 500 new apprentices
    • Businesswoman urges firms to Keep It Local
    • Northern Rock set to axe 680 jobs
    • Nick Brown says Tyneside must back Enterprise Zone idea
    • Foreign deals are coup for energy sector
    • Dancing slip proves Julie Stout's lucky break
    • Ministerial visit to borehole site
    • Website gets supply chain on track
    • Region’s firms urged to tap into Asian market
    • UAE Ambassador outlines opportunities for North East businesses
    • Cash injection secures future of Northumbrian Fine Foods
    • Nissan deal boosts Stockton car parts maker
    • Mast company wins airport contracts
    • North East firms optomistic about the future
    • Jobs saved as Washington Display firm is bought
    • Rising stars stake career claims with North East firms
    • Durham University experts today reveal new 3D technology
    • Eaga wins Warm Front extension
    • Tees Valley techies score hat-trick in Spain
    • North East firms work together for growth
    • Harness the spirit of innovation
    • Engineer NPE employs three new apprentices
    • Talks to be held over Auckland Castle's future
    • Tess Valley firm polish-ing up its International business
    • Duo hope to clean up with new product trials
    • Northern Rock Asset Management returns to profit
    • Partnership is sheer chemistry for health research
    • Largest commercial property show to come to the region next month
    • New state pension 'at least £155'
    • Fury over Sheik's £2.5m gift to Durham university
    • England now only place in UK with prescription charges
    • Irish banks need extra 24bn euros to survive
    • Agency assets not for sale to council chiefs
    • Engineering firm wins second major contract
    • Electrician ceases trade
    • UK manufacturing growth 'at five-month low'
    • Process industry campaign is taken to the top
    • Green energy investment seeing strong rise, says WEF
    • Survey reveals North East businesses optimistic about future
    • Teaching aid finds North base
    • North East economic growth continues says NECC
    • North East businesses make growth league
    • Private sector job growth weaker in March, says Reed
    • DAV Developments make further key asset purchases
    • Cheryl Cole says Newcastle firm's tea is perfect brew
    • Firms bid for Hitachi train contracts
    • North-east businesses continue fight back to health
    • Free events help North East construction companies cut deaths and injury
    • Gentoo buys Romag assets out of administration
    • Fujifilm completes takeover of MSD
    • Gentoo saves County Durham glassmaker
    • Jobs at risk as Durham City based waste firm restructures
    • GeeknRolla: Tech start-ups reveal cost-cutting tips
    • UK economy faces 'worrying' times
    • Tanfield 'on the path to recovery
    • KLM launches new flights from North East
    • Banks Group investing £20m into wind farms
    • Guy Wilks in driving seat of Karting North East
    • Green makeover for enterprise agency Tedco
    • Electric vehicle event aiming to boost North East sales
    • Our carbon scheme is untenable
    • £2.6m intermodal terminal expands freight services on the Tees
    • Wilton Engineering Services completes 400-tonne order
    • UK banks introduce lending appeals process
    • ISPs tussle over broadband access
    • Pound stronger as services survey shows faster growth
    • Science City boss Peter Arnold steps down
    • McInerney Holdings goes into administration
    • Middlesbrough logistics firm starts work on £2.6m rail terminal
    • Tanfield building the platform for recovery
    • Backpacking in the USSR
    • Sales rise at Newton Aycliffe company CVO Fire
    • John Prescott set to speak to nebusiness awards final
    • Inspirational speakers set to take part at Durham Convention
    • Planning fears over region's new enterprise zones
    • UK industry unexpectedly weak in February
    • CAT dances off with Strictly Small Business prize
    • North East scientist aims to engineer export growth
    • North East business support company expanding
    • Jobs to go as Blaydon Dairy closes down again
    • Nissan's Sunderland production could be hit by parts shortage
    • Business organisations disappointed at Government’s plans for LEPs
    • North East will reap the rewards of renewable energy
    • UK output is down as concern mounts
    • Tees Valley in talks with Pickles
    • North-East business development organisation buys London based rival,
    • Nissan suspends production in Wearside
    • UK interest rates held at record low of 0.5%
    • Does your firm need its own mobile app?
    • Northern Bear warns on profits
    • Interest rates could need to rise County Durham industrialist says
    • Fuel saving device attracts industry attention
    • Quick growth sees Printmeit.com on the move
    • University to charge maximum fees
    • NECC criticise government over planning and red tape
    • African MPs call on Durham firm
    • Pickles looks to by-pass planning consents
    • Jennings feels the effect of cuts uncertainty
    • MP's anger over outsourced jobs
    • Business Growth Fund to plug equity gap for smaller firms
    • Government unveils North East offices plan
    • Extra cash for regional projects
    • Butterfly Barn entrepreneurs expand their business online
    • Iron ore waste breakthrough made by Tata Steel
    • North-east economic recovery is still 'fragile'
    • Key NECC member calls for stronger education and industry links
    • A lesson out of the classroom
    • Broadband welcome
    • New contract secures jobs at pharmaceutical plant
    • Clegg urges losing bidders to try again
    • Job losses at BAE Systems in Newcastle
    • North East promised thousands of new jobs by ministers
    • The Journal campaign helps create 726 apprentices
    • Public sector 'will save money' by using iPhone
    • Cumbrian Seafoods to receive a grant from the Regional Growth Fund
    • North-East firms helped Nasa shoot for the moon
    • £26m Teesside jobs boost from Regional Growth Fund
    • Bank of England expected to delay rise in interest rates
    • Council looks to Spectrum
    • Number of North-East firms in difficulty drops
    • Durham clothing firm has the X-Factor
    • Jobs under threat at Bishop Auckland College
    • UK small businesses embrace sustainability
    • Regional Growth Fund (RGF) will create or safeguard 5,216 North East jobs
    • North East job vacancies increase as competition soars
    • Romag sale gets expert advice
    • New plans are submitted for wind farm
    • Marstons signs up to DurhamGate development
    • Filtronic expects growth despite setbacks
    • Change needed to get North East on road to recovery
    • Apex Wiring Solutions wins London hospital contract
    • New fear for North East as jobless total goes up again
    • Sunderland businesses sing to the tune of £18m
    • Mend it like Beckham - Boots to stock revolutionary muscle protection tape
    • Number of low carbon cars doubles
    • 300 jobs set to go at Peterlee firm
    • TalkTalk snaps up Gateshead firm Executel
    • Nissan sales enjoy Russian revolution
    • Holmes back where the heart is
    • 'Unviable' rules block business park plan
    • Royal visitor helps business celebrate
    • Car parts company Nifco drives to top title
    • Bannatyne Group sees gym profits increase
    • Builders merchants looks to a greener future
    • Small businesses not embracing green market opportunities according to research
    • North East LEP chairman Paul Walker issues warning
    • Powering to record
    • Tata Steel signs up for new deal on power
    • Newcastle airport ‘to be put up for sale’
    • £5m fund will be lifeline for North East small businesses
    • High fuel prices help local shops in the North East
    • Seagulls set to soar thanks to CA Group
    • Growth fund fuels Connor expansion
    • Regions could miss out on Europe cash
    • Revolution CC collapses months after launch
    • Star speakers to talk at Durham Business School convention
    • British taxpayers face £600m bill as EU defies Cameron's calls for austerity
    • Distribution centre plan brings hope of 300 jobs
    • Firms recognised in Queen's Awards
    • UK's only lifetime achievement Queen's Award goes to County Durham enterprise guru
    • Building firm disposes of North Shields business
    • Rayovac’s royal seal of approval
    • Seaham hall owner calls in administrators
    • Sanderson Weatherall in seventh heaven
    • Firms advised on Regional Growth Fund bids
    • UK interest rates: When will they rise?
    • Industry leaders and political figures unite to press for £300million drugs plant
    • Survey reveals small firms' jobs pessimism
    • Teesside firms receive Queen's Awards for Innovation
    • Apprenticeship campaign most successful in UK
    • Beamish Hall owners extent their activity centre
    • Companies set to benefit from Hitachi train factory
    • Confidence grows as deals come through
    • North East businesses given the opportunity to grow
    • Funding chance for North East small firms
    • Join our campaign to boost North East economy
    • GSK sees first-quarter profits rise
    • OpSec agrees takeover
    • Bindi Karia set to share expertise with North East
    • Think Innovative mp3 player used for Royal Wedding
    • Wind farm tax break hint ...and cheaper electricity for homes in shadow of England’s biggest wind turbine site
    • Top mark for Tait Walker over staff treatment
    • Work begins on South Tyneside green business centre
    • Gateshead firm Spartan sees profits rise to £75m
    • Tax rises could spell the end of UK oil production
    • Hitachi Rail / Amazon Park Open Day attracts 400 companies interested in getting involved in IEP trains
    • Newcastle firm Sage boosts sales and profits
    • Stone rolls on with major contract wins
    • Lifeline for Amdega staff
    • Business support organisation for women to open North-East branch
    • Plea made to protect North East regeneration cash
    • 30 jobs set to come to Teesside as Dubai firm launches its UK operation
    • James Cracknell to speak at Entrepreneurs' Forum event
    • Petards sees opportunities across the world
    • UK interest rates kept on hold at 0.5%
    • Dramatic fall in profits for TCP owner SSI
    • New fund offering hope to start-up businesses
    • Move shows medical firm is in healthy condition
    • Sighs of relief from business as rates are held
    • Local elections 2011: party took a real knock, admits Nick Clegg
    • Manufacturing falters as figures show growth has fallen to a seven-month low
    • Durham Tees Valley can survive, say airport bosses
    • New strimmers at the cutting edge of design
    • Public sector pay gap 'increases'
    • North East businesses face new bill
    • Redcar testing centre will boost region's reputation
    • Regional Growth Fund advice offered to North East businesses
    • North East economy still better than rest of UK
    • Business start-up guidance on offer at Gateshead store
    • Filling the gap left by public cutbacks
    • Wilton Group look to double up following investment
    • New biotechnology centre already booked for a year ahead
    • Business services 'are now driving recovery'
    • Teesside manufacturing going greener
    • Hitachi event puts businesses on track for contract wins
    • Austerity measures cut into council budgets
    • Sweet success as Teesside start-up secures £100,000 of investment
    • International Cuisine set to create 150 new jobs
    • Durham remains a dynamic place for property business
    • Chemical giant Huntsman relocates to new North-East centre
    • Let's Grow campaign aims to help North East firms
    • Bank of England hints at rate rise by end of year as inflation climbs
    • Passionate people are key to Wynyard move
    • Redcar facility is a hi-tech world where dreams can come true
    • Focus on scientific entrepreneurs in Newcastle
    • Region lagging in green economy
    • Pitch up for this ‘match-making’ idea
    • Council apologises for city regeneration delay
    • Nissan annual sales boost as markets recover
    • Manufacturing figures fuel fears on recovery
    • Ensus plant to close - for up to four months
    • Capture project winning support
    • Boss hits out at councils on green energy agenda
    • Region’s corporate finance sector bolstered with new deal
    • Localism Bill must consider its impact on businesses, says FSB
    • Bidding starts as uni unveils latest extension
    • Rallying call for Teesside firms to team up
    • Teesside carbon capture vision a step closer
    • The North Eastern Local Enterprise Partnership is seeking business leaders
    • Councils wrong to demand money for solar plans
    • £2.3m Innovation Accelerator opens at Wilton
    • North East small firms have chance to apply for funding
    • University comes under fire for accepting donation
    • Council and promotions company seriously at fault for Dreamspace tragedy
    • Millburngate House may go in plans for Durham City
    • North East firms should start planning now for London Olympics
    • Hundreds of temporary jobs created at steel plant
    • North East businesses cutting costs but still hopeful
    • Artists can showcase work in Durham City cafe
    • OnePlaceUK ready to roll out across the country
    • UK inflation rate rises to 4.5% in April
    • Durham County Council get Nissan Leaf pool car
    • Sunderland receives top accolade
    • Firms offered an essential guide to venture capital
    • PX Group looks to Middle East following acquisition
    • Countdown to join SME consortium fund bid
    • Window of opportunity
    • Amec buys US engineering firm
    • Bank of England in vow to Teesside firms
    • Tata Steel takes energy fight to Government officials
    • North East wind turbines scheme in running for Euro funding
    • Gateshead firm Eutechnyx on shortlist of finalists
    • NECC event focuses on renewables
    • Biofuel industry wants more government consistency
    • Enterprise Zone plans moving forward
    • Calls for Coalition jobs fund to be extended
    • Business Growth Fund for medium-sized firms launched
    • Almost 1000 businesses and organisations rush to sign up for Hitachi showcase
    • North-East transport boss calls for Government to cut fuel duty
    • Restaurant operator to create 10 new jobs
    • UK manufacturers see solid growth in production ahead says CBI
    • Let's Grow campaign deadline extended for firms
    • Award as biofuel thrives on brownfield sites
    • First principal appointed for new academy
    • First woman role for company secretary
    • Hundreds at Tata in Lackenby face the axe
    • Swedish delegation in energy meeting
    • Transport Minister urged to re-think motorway plans
    • Russian contract boosts GT Group growth plans
    • One in ten North East firms reported at risk
    • Hundreds of jobs to be lost at Teesside steelworks
    • Tata statement denies 'lazy' reports claims
    • Bishop Auckland forklift firm secures £100m deal
    • Vince Cable wants a ‘significant improvement’ on lending to SME’s
    • Solar power adds shine to DuPont sales
    • County Durham couple set up tyre-fitting franchise
    • Project Merlin lending figures 'disappointing'
    • Delegates from Sweden set to arrive in the North East
    • UK unemployment falls by 36,000 to 2.46 million
    • Tata bosses look for policy support
    • People give views on future of city offices site
    • Tips for tomorrow’s entrepreneurs
    • Packaging firm has expansion all wrapped up
    • Cleveland Bridge secures £35m Sri Lanka contract
    • Newcastle-based Hedgehog Lab opens London office
    • Expansion plans for Washington firm Walker Filtration
    • Call for more clarity over green investment bank plans
    • 1,000 jobs planned for North East blackspot area
    • Business partnership names board
    • Tata Steel back in the black
    • Newcastle Science City lauded for innovation
    • Knowledge IT secures five-year cloud contract
    • UK economy grows by 0.5% in Q1
    • Norther Bear says disposals at an end
    • Furniture repair firm plays Royal Wedding role
    • Firms compete for trains contracts in County Durham
    • Over 1,000 aspiring suppliers attend Hitachi rail event
    • Hitachi Rail sets out multi-million pound business opportunities at first UK supply chain event
    • Top entrepreneur awards for businesswomen
    • Healthy start for North East wellbeing businesses
    • Cable company cuts its workforce
    • Germ warfare as firm develops bacteria to combat toilet bugs
    • Funding fears for the Newcastle Innovation Machine
    • Teesside incubator accelerates sector
    • Northumbrian Water boosts profits
    • Take That boost to region's economy
    • Thorn Lighting launches new division
    • Subsea North East exhibition set to take place
    • Gateway to service and support for businesses
    • Reinnervate deal to increase availability of products
    • Tourism's importance to regional economy being recognised
    • Have your say on The County Durham Plan
    • More jobs – but prepare for rise in water prices
    • Fears for North-East jobs after Centrica closes gas field
    • Green taxes could destroy North-East chemical industry report claims
    • CA Group supplies the largest solar wall in the world
    • Major operators interested in WIllington scheme
    • NECC wants private sector voice heard in enterprise zone plan
    • Propeller Holdings is tracking its own success
    • North East manufacturing sector has grown
    • Durham Business School celebrates its 25 years in business
    • Buy Local Buy Durham
    • Washington firm OpSec announces strong results
    • Low carbon centre generates interest a year ahead of opening
    • Gatenby firm offers high-speed internet to rural communities
    • Small firms warned on web image copyright
    • Middlesbrough green fuel research centre due next year
    • GlaxoSmithKline launches innovative pricing
    • Furore over Durham's tobacco funding for Afghan scholarship
    • Science City appoints interim director
    • North East manufacturers see growth
    • Service to stay alert for contracts
    • Shower manufacturer cuts costs by moving production from China to UK
    • Olympics will offer North-East tourist business boost, firms told
    • Pipe workers face uncertain future as firm announces closure plans
    • Seaham Hall Hotel retains it five AA red star rating
    • Firms facing final analysis in North East Top 200
    • Durham entrepreneur launches Amanda's Antics venture
    • Romag hire staff as demand for solar panels increases
    • FSB calls on Government to re-focus its policy for the smallest firms
    • Darlington based Clive Owen & Co help North East businesses
    • Sunderland Nissan plant to build new version of Qashqai
    • Thomas Swan expands Custom Manufacturing capabilities
    • New superstores would create 1,300 new jobs
    • Nissan investment will safeguard North East jobs
    • Doing business in Dubai could reap massive rewards
    • Spreading the word on popular First Friday forums
    • North East companies rewarded for their work
    • Green energy scheme under threat
    • Enterprising Tees Valley bid to create 43,000 jobs is unveiled
    • County Durham tag maker benefits from EID
    • Exports up by a third
    • Record low interest rate backed by business
    • Pickles: I've gone out of my way to aid area
    • Siemens to up trainee wind technician jobs
    • North East growth rate above the UK average
    • Darlington firm Henry Williams announces rail contracts
    • George Osborne preparing to offload Northern Rock
    • Make Ministers listen on Enterprise Zones
    • Dianne Sharp, Managing Director, SCM Pharma
    • Intersnack UK boss has eye on £250m sales
    • Banks and businesses come together to seek solutions
    • North-East economic recovery slows down
    • Popcorn firm to move from kitchen table
    • Opening the gate to a variety of offerings in city centre shopping
    • Cable workers jobs saved after agreement with creditors
    • Hi-tech signage could be on public display within months
    • CBI leader calls for overhaul of green taxes that threaten North-East jobs
    • Lack of industrial space could hamper North East's recovery
    • Revision of development masterplan
    • Durham University centre to help career prospects
    • North East firms offered Dubai opportunity
    • £50m expansion plan for Belmont Industrial Estate approved
    • Osborne plans to sell Northern Rock to a single buyer
    • Fabrication firm aims to be renewable sector trailblazer
    • North East firms attack new carbon-reduction incentive
    • County Durham print facility to aid design companies
    • Neptune to return to Durham
    • Seaham Hall Hotel may be sold for £12.5m
    • New business park for Middlesbrough could bring 1,000 jobs
    • 2,000 new jobs to be created to build train carriages
    • Industrial land could be used for energy park
    • Siemens deal continues revival of North-East train building
    • Peterlee-based Eden Farm aims to keep growing
    • * Eco-preneur urges businesses to ‘go green’
    • Residents meet Minister over plans for England's biggest windfarm
    • North-East suppliers invited to bid for Norwegian power contracts
    • US equity group considers Rock bid
    • Carbon capture funding
    • Manufacturing pay continues gradual upward curve
    • C-Capturing capital for a capital idea
    • Institute of Directors North East launches new project
    • New £1.25m Visitor Centre opens to showcase Durham’s “world treasure”
    • New academy will make North-East a centre of excellence
    • Social media still an underused resource
    • Consett chemical firm Thomas Swan in massive investment
    • New opportunities for process sector
    • Carbon firm C-Capture opens centre in the region
    • New working practices boost production at Hargreaves Services
    • Defence firms still set for contract wins despite spending cuts
    • North East manufacturers expect continued growth
    • New deals are key to Houghton-le-Spring firm’s success
    • Green initiative to aid energy efficiency
    • £80m settlement for Tata
    • Warring robots headline science festival
    • Growth in demand positive for North East manufacturing
    • Hargreaves Services wins colliery contract
    • Bank of England votes to keep low interest rate
    • Life sciences firm Cels aims to help create UK sales
    • Consett Popcorn Company preparing to launch flavour
    • County Durham – the perfect place to base your business
    • Warring robots headline science festival
    • Hartlepool named as potential site for next generation of nuclear power
    • Chance to take advantage of Dubai trade link
    • Extra jobs hope as start-up to be revealed by SSI
    • Tank Track firm Astrum set to shed jobs
    • Profits soar at IDS
    • DigitalCity bids for millions from Government jobs fund
    • China and UK set to form trade agreement.
    • Cumbrian Seafoods on Top Producers list
    • Icona Adds UK Office
    • Talks of take-over at Northumbrian Water
    • Opportunities for rural entrepreneurs to shine
    • UK groups harness collective procurement
    • Pickles hails Tees Valley enterprise zone 'brave and clever'
    • Thorn Lighting parent returns to profit
    • Liquid explosive scanner goes into operation for first time
    • MP speaks up for North-East industry in carbon tax debate
    • Local Councils set to receive Business Rates
    • Helping hands in business world
    • North East firms urged to export to help economy
    • North East businesses receive national recognition
    • Units are snapped up at Consett industrial estate
    • Govt's £20m for wave energy just "a drop in the ocean"
    • Kromek expects to double workforce
    • Metric Property Investments signs redevelopment deal
    • North East firms can win a fine chance to explore trade
    • Northumbrian Water receives takeover offer
    • Sunderland firm Brasher to begin overseas sales
    • Last day to apply for Regional Growth Funding
    • Hitachi will bid for second train contract
    • Region's firms urged to bid for Brazil billions
    • Labour demands bank tax to boost jobs fund
    • New investment for North East digital start-ups
    • UK manufacturing slows to 21-month low
    • Roadshow drives green export market
    • Durham Cricket Club raising £7m for bold plans
    • Firefighters in talks on mothballed Belmont site
    • Tees Valley hoping for £156m Funding
    • North East firms hand in their bids for growth funds
    • Faltering economy will see interest rates on hold
    • 10,000 jobs waiting for Regional Growth Fund verdict
    • Northern Bear secures £10m investment
    • Caterpillar ready to recruit at Peterlee site
    • City leaders step in to save Newcastle's Science Central
    • New online sales opportunities for SMEs
    • Kromek boss Arnab Basu joins North-East LEP board
    • New cathedral lights to cost £430k
    • Barnard Castle recognised as digital business centre
    • Business Link funding still available
    • North East apprentice boom after success of campaign
    • Sky deal to create 800 new jobs in Newcastle
    • Pickles suggests jobs should be send to South Shields
    • North East firms urged to go West for export success
    • U-turn is 'too little too late' for North-East
    • Labour plays the blues
    • Cash fund to ignite digital start-ups
    • Reinnervate breakthrough wins top award
    • Digital business accelerator programme launched in the North East
    • Recovery fears as sectors suffer fall in profitability
    • Banks will be "held to account" over promises to North-East firms
    • NECC reports workforces growing as exports increase
    • Foreign fields more fertile for NE firms
    • Rail links bring cultural connection
    • Offshore wind
    • Bid values Northumbrian Water at £2.4bn
    • Village Farm Dairy cheese brand maturing well in first year
    • North East businesses ‘most energy efficient’
    • County Durham firm Banks Group puts students on team
    • Foreign investment is boosting UK economy.
    • Sale of Northumbrian Water moves a step closer
    • Lottery support for park scheme
    • Skills gap puts brake on North East's growth
    • TV stars set to appear at science fair
    • Reforms in electricity market could cost businesses dearly
    • £30m wind farm investment set to boost North-East renewables
    • Nissan tops the Top 200 list of North East companies
    • Electricity market reform plan revealed
    • Houghton-le-Spring firm Tacle sees revenues jump
    • Cels Business for Life awards return for a fifth year
    • Fears North East small businesses could go bust
    • Manufacturing on the up
    • A momentous day
    • Seven North East companies set to meet the Queen
    • Minister backs regions technology exports.
    • Green scheme moves forward
    • Export champions are celebrated at awards
    • BENE secures Government contract
    • Gloomy picture over North East economic turnaround
    • Business support group wins national contract
    • Energy support group NOF Energy leads offshore visit
    • DigitalCity hosts event in Tees Valley
    • Councils should keep business rates
    • Awards will recognise blueprints for success
    • Survey reveals North East calls for action on lending
    • Is this a new tech bubble?
    • PETEC LACE: OLED/OPV Protoyping Line
    • Fight vow as wind farm plan unveiled
    • The very hungry Caterpillars
    • Region’s workers give plant its drive
    • Calls for VAT reductions met with mixed results
    • North East businesses helped to tune of £785,000
    • High-speed rail link could boost region
    • £3.6 million investment in Renewables sector
    • Club looks to China for opportunities
    • Subsea firm Flexlife arrives in region with promise of jobs
    • Hargreaves colliery project gets green light
    • Olympics official denies North-East businesses have missed out
    • Cloud Technology boosts drinks firm
    • Nissan's drive for 200 new workers
    • E.ON wind farm development could help north-east business energy users
    • Extra powers could bridge regional divide
    • Manufacturers urged to join red tape challenge
    • Business booming at Wilton Centre Science Park
    • New faces for North Pennines partnership
    • Website launched to fill Nissan jobs
    • 10,000 Higher Apprenticeships to help business
    • Why North can be a big draw for companies
    • Academy wins again in business competition
    • Business booming at Wilton Centre
    • Indonesian Ambassador visits PETEC
    • North-east recovery is 'hit by investment delay'
    • Helptrainingcourses.com sets out ambitious expansion plans
    • GT Group strengthens international portfolio
    • FSB calls for targeted VAT cuts
    • High levels of distressed businesses in the region
    • More North East firms are failing
    • New period of growth for Immunodiagnostic Systems
    • GDP data shows UK growth slows
    • Green Flag First for County Durham
    • Knowledge Transfer Partnership proves first class
    • Innovation given BIG boost
    • Richard Swart, Managing Director, Berger Group (Europe)
    • CA Group expands its waste management fortfolio
    • The Test Factory to fly flag in USA
    • North East firms are already winners in the Olympics
    • North East Councils accused of squeezing out local talent
    • Ebac chief looks to heat pumps for firm's growth
    • Performances fall in line with predictions for NWL
    • Downturn in N.E. commercial property
    • DurhamGate complex “vital” says MP
    • Management buyout at Consett accountancy firm
    • County Durham: The perfect place to base your business
    • We built it – and they came
    • Killhope gets quality stamp of approval
    • Councillors urged not to accept ‘sub’ standards when it comes to contracts
    • Branson's Virgin in bid for Northern Rock
    • Voucher boost for tourist trade
    • Stadium Sees The Light at Offical Opening
    • Finance rules are eased for SMEs
    • North East small firms Twittering to success
    • The CBI warns that the UK is likely to experience slow growth in 2011-2012
    • Regional Growth Fund allocations in progress
    • Give local firms a chance to bid for work - NECC chiefs
    • Masterplan fails town centre, says councillor
    • Chilled food packaging expert receives funding
    • £2m Ministry of Defence contract boosts driving school
    • Losses amount for Filtronic
    • Northumbrian Water says yes to takeover bid
    • North East exports hold up as UK falters
    • MP backs Durham Gate work
    • Local reaction to Northumbrian Water takeover
    • Assurances over Chinese takeover of Northumbrian Water
    • Filtronic confident despite mounting losses
    • North East firms looking East in search of new markets
    • Interest rates to stay until 2012
    • Cash and experience injection for start-up
    • Downturn impacts on Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Company
    • Newcastle Co-op conversion plans submitted
    • Losses up as jobs axed at Filtronic
    • Durham firm Evolve North offer mobile security solution
    • Focus turned to boom lifts
    • Councils must publish assets, says Pickles
    • Tata Steel slashes proposed redundancies at tube mills
    • Cable considers chemical council
    • 'Use it or lose it' - Durham Tees Valley airport warning
    • Rates left on hold as economic fears grow
    • Jobs bonanza as steelmaking prepares to return
    • Start-ups offered chance to win £150k investment
    • North East firms link up to promote timber eco-house
    • £1m of contracts sees Robson Brown comeback
    • Hammond must put the North East on track for growth
    • SSI begin to accept job applications for Redcar steel plant
    • Firms could be leeched from North-East without rail guarantees
    • Top women in business gear up for glittering event
    • County focus for new IoD Durham Committee
    • Redevelopment for SME offices
    • Blair backs Downing Street furnisher Herrington Gate
    • Almost 5,000 register SSI interest
    • GMP looks to revenue boost at new home
    • Solar-powered car in race across Australia
    • Finley completes work on £10m Software Centre
    • Foundry business buys Kenmore factory site at Crook
    • Construction sector boosted by power plant approval
    • NEPIC showcases North chemical firms to India
    • Compensation helps Tata steel firm triple profits
    • Chance to join trade visit to Canada
    • Shortage of engineers hits BP plans to boost North Sea fields
    • OpSec appoints new director Glenn Luk
    • European Union Euro backing for Teesside University
    • HRMC toughens up on Time to Pay agreements
    • Peter Atkinson's collection housed at Icon Image Library
    • Heritage railway starts work on tourist attraction
    • £363 million to 'take broadband to all' in England and Scotland
    • A change in perception is key to better business
    • Multi-million pound boost for Digital Durham
    • Test Factory opens US site after impressive growth
    • Joy as 3,000 jobs plan goes ahead
    • North East gets go-ahead for £200m enterprise zone
    • RICS say enterprise zone does not support developers
    • Durham business woman's banking on her success
    • Angel Fund champions North East start-ups
    • WIN Awards recognise the best in business
    • Chemical company reports £3m loss
    • Micro-renewables training scheme helps 250th engineer
    • High-Level Hitachi Delegation Visits County Durham
    • Gentoo partners with Gateshead College for solar panel training
    • Aycliffe printer bags Barcelona contract
    • Business bus comes to Sunderland
    • Durham nursery in the finals of prestigious contest
    • All change at County Durham firm Farmway
    • advertisement “Ticking timebomb” under manufacturing supply chains
    • Durham congestion charge returns next week
    • UK economy slows as fears rise
    • NOF Energy leads mission to Norway
    • Manufacturing orders higher than expected
    • Wind turbine firm Clipper halts North East investment
    • Second major contract is great news for BEG
    • Quango bosses receive payoffs up to £250,000
    • Nissan and Siemens launch jobs dating website
    • Wind turbine plant pull-out not a major setback
    • Banks Group call for Changes in coal mining regulations
    • National honour for Northumbrian Water's facilities manager
    • Deal secures future of North Pennines Archaeology
    • Northumbrian Water reveals takeover timetable
    • Tees Valley office plays part in Amec North Sea success
    • Tanfield sees rapid shares rise
    • Chinese Tycoon's Northumbrian Water takeover set for mid October
    • Technology firm Aframe plans to expand
    • Concern over North East firms getting the best advice
    • Growth Fund boss calls for bond market for SMEs
    • Council workers spend £2,500 phoning speaking clock
    • County Durham Bonds Foundry secures Royal Navy anchor contract
    • £10m deal for local aviation firm
    • Revealed: The £50m cost of job cuts
    • Internet move pays off for family firm
    • Reinnervate expands its network of partnerships
    • Revenues double at Durham firm Tekmar Energy
    • Rail Professional interviews Alistair Dormer
    • County Durham foundry secures Royal Navy anchor contract
    • Business development organisation considers job cuts
    • Trade mission aims to grow links with India
    • Oktoberfest 2011
    • IP Group builds on a strong start
    • Tanfield Foods director Roger McKechnie set to stand down
    • Bonds Foundry wins £4m contract from MoD
    • TVU in link-up to boost Teesside investment
    • Plea for youth power in the North-east
    • North East growth strategy would ease congestion in the South
    • New offices for Sunderland surveyors
    • Cameron urged to reform "unfair" electricity tariffs
    • £350m energy plant looks to Middle East
    • Trade delegation visit builds North East links with India
    • BP to invest £700m in new North Sea oilfield
    • Construction firm Esh Group is set for a tough year
    • Who's really paying for our windfarms?
    • North East trainers hail red tape cut on apprentices
    • Lumiere Light Festival 2011
    • North East companies urged to seek export opportunities
    • Fears for third quarter as manufacturing stalls
    • Multi-million pound plan for Consett
    • NECC celebrates 25 years of Nissan
    • Nissan success helps set regional export record
    • Audio business Ameeca heads overseas
    • NOF Energy award time
    • Investment desperately needed in UK Infrastructure
    • Innovation key to UK prosperity
    • Government aims to make North East a design centre for new trains
    • GT Group founder Geoff Turnbull heading to Russia with David Cameron
    • NECC backing for low interest rates
    • Local reaction to latest export figures
    • Brendan Barber will urge unions to build new 'green' economy
    • Fresh investment for ECO Plastics
    • UK growth slowdown quickening
    • £1.5bn bid for engineering firm Charter
    • North East firms urged to go west in search for growth
    • Newcastle marketing agency Different wins major deal
    • Major deal for Bishop Auckland forklift truck firm Rushlift
    • Confident Hargreaves unveils strong results
    • Waterstons thrives as expansion plan pays off
    • Roads to regeneration in North East
    • Plans for village start ‘commuter belt’ fears
    • Fund boosts Bond girl's latest film
    • Investing in youth pays off for roofing firm
    • Hargreaves Services sees impressive growth
    • Languages expert celebrates awards success
    • Hargreaves targets Asia expansion
    • North East businesses among top tech firms
    • Clubbing together for success
    • Ikon Science set to fund lectureship at Durham University
    • £3m+ offshore infrastructure investment
    • Approval given for Consett regeneration plan
    • Leading economist predicts manufacturing boost for North-East
    • Berghaus revenues up 27pc as 10 stores prepare to open in Russia
    • Northstar's Marion Bernard joins Business Growth Fund
    • The North East celebrates the 30th Great North Run
    • GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and McLaren Group announce innovative strategic partnership
    • Santander gives its backing to social enterprises
    • Top-flight advice on exporting to Russia
    • Business community urged to rally behind Durham Tees Valley airport
    • Cuts threaten the future of North East science projects
    • Bringing public and private sectors together
    • Government must avoid ‘perverse incentives’ for national contracts
    • New online legal service launched
    • North-East engineers develop revolutionary electric engine
    • Government gives hope for Ensus plant
    • Northumbrian Water shareholders agree to Chinese Tycoon's takeover
    • Solar Flair 11 conference shining light on solar industry
    • Blast at North East's 'civil war' over LEP decision
    • Is hydrogen the future of motoring
    • Innovative Software Direct is bought out of administration
    • Government discusses £5bn economic boost
    • NOF Energy help local businesses looking for investment
    • UKTI offering insight into overseas opportunities
    • Sage sells US healthcare business
    • Small business confidence growing
    • Funding to help start-ups get online announced
    • Workshop launches only Morgan car dealership in the North
    • Jobs created after mail MetroMail's £2m investment
    • Fast-growing robot maker shortlisted in top awards
    • Merger to drive forward huge inward investment
    • Glaxo ponders new site choices
    • £200m plans for Mount Oswald golf course revealed
    • Public sector pension proposal revealed
    • Dip in orders is bad news for economic recovery
    • CA Group On Track To Move Tesco One Step Closer To 2050 Zero Carbon Goal
    • Energy saving work complete on £2.5m building project
    • Newcastle Science City offer boost to local SMEs and start-ups
    • Northumbrian Water bidders set to axe jobs at power firm
    • Chambers of Commerce urges government to boost growth
    • Morgan Sindall event aims to build on regional expertise
    • UK gains international recognition for efforts to reduce carbon emissions
    • Demolition man completes A1 bridge work
    • North East companies and business groups join forces
    • Renewable energy investments delayed by government review
    • Durham entrepreneur launches Personalised Parties business
    • SW Durham Training opens new CORE training centre
    • First tenant takes up residence at Moor Chambers
    • The striking Lightning GT joins 2011 RAC Future Car Challenge
    • Glaxo rivals remove planning hurdles
    • Tallent makes talent permanent
    • CA Group Called In To Preserve National Treasure
    • Filtronic deliver upbeat trading update to shareholders
    • Cash available for small businesses and start-ups
    • Robotic technology packs patients’drugs
    • Tanfield's order book grows by 170%
    • Advice on export success at free event
    • Ryder announces JAA merger
    • Sustainable working practices a priority for SMEs
    • Can the UK take a bigger slice of the ‘Low Carbon Economy’ pie?
    • North-East team finds recipe for "perfect plastic"
    • UK Land Estates secure significant cash injection
    • ADDED VALUE AT OKTOBERFEST 2011
    • Middle East opening doors for North East business winners
    • US firm Lear to create hundreds of North East jobs
    • Newcastle University awarded £518,000 grant to develop green vehicle technology
    • Red tape is stifling small business hopes for growth
    • County Durham firm Apex Wiring Solutions strike gold with Olympic contract
    • Solar power set to boost Pacifica Group
    • Lanchester Dairies churns out another year of growth
    • Tallent Automotive Ltd creates 100 temporary jobs
    • North East business leaders warning as Chancellor unveils reforms
    • Soaring energy prices 'force UK manufacturers abroad
    • Private equity fund seals Tekmar deal
    • New equipment at Haskel Europe helps to land £20m deal
    • North East companies celebrate Investors in People award
    • ‘Credit easing’ could lend tens of billions
    • Support services at fingertips at NETPark
    • Public sector work fuels Opus Green growth
    • NETPark Affinity programme launched
    • Looking forward to Durham Solar Flair conference
    • Bank of England to pump £75bn into UK economy
    • Mixed regional response to second round of Quantitative Easing
    • New audit proposals could save UK SMEs millions
    • North-east small firms planning to boost turnover
    • Durham Police HQ & Durham County Council HQs face demolition as part of business hub plan
    • Top attractions recognised in North East Tourism Awards 2011
    • Turnover surge at Esh Group
    • Durham University graduates create guitar effects company
    • North East businesses to given insight into Olympic construction practices
    • North East manufacturers offer ray of light
    • Call to apply for share of £10m Growth Fund
    • Regional advice service for business to be launched
    • UK economy needs more than quantitative easing to recover
    • Pacifica Group's double success at Fastest 50 Awards
    • Romag to lift manufacturing capacity by 300%
    • Bishop Auckland printer eyes nationwide growth
    • UK economy deteriorating
    • Newton Aycliffes Revolution Power business boosts green revolution
    • Voiceover expert tones ensure Olympic arrival
    • North East welcomes plans for Growth and Innovation Fund
    • Thorn bucks trend with HQ switch from South to North
    • Newton Aycliffe firm AxFlow opens North East service base
    • Helping inventors turn their ideas into reality... Before I Get Too Old
    • CA Group fights for ‘efficient’ system to be recognised by Government
    • First UK Technology and Innovation Centre opens for business
    • £10m renewables deal in doubt as chief quits Northern Bear
    • A shortage of North East skilled workers in tough times
    • Brazilian trip may lead to sports deals
    • Barnard Castle still in the running after Glaxo visit
    • North East entrepreneurs come top in national Business Index
    • Weak pound helps firm's revenues surge by 50%
    • Government promises cash boost for cutting-edge technology
    • Graphene will revolutionise our lives
    • UK trade deficit is cut by higher exports
    • Staff are wanted at Bonds Foundry
    • Progress is ‘too big a prize to lose’
    • Oktoberfest speakers announced
    • Young people given a taste of working life
    • Oktoberfest manufacturing showcase a sell-out
    • North East-backed business prepares for lift-off
    • Partnership support Duke’s award
    • IT system controls Swedish traffic
    • Robotic falcons get gulls into a flap
    • Number of distressed businesses in North East rocket upwards
    • Economic reform package call to George Osborne
    • Digital agency Silverbean sets out growth plans
    • North-south divide widens as public sector cuts hit businesses
    • Reinnervate expands its distribution network for alvetex across Europe
    • Hub plan faces opposition
    • Wireless network firm KBR opens North West office
    • County Durham is a place to do business
    • Leading seafood supplier mulls over potential buy-out offers
    • Local Business Accelerators campaign launched
    • Huge snow dome joins Durham City Lumiere festival
    • Bank of England's MPC united over quantitative easing
    • £2m support scheme launched in the North East
    • NETPark company Reinnervate scoops an 'Oscar for innovation'
    • Police unveil HQ plan
    • Local authority cuts: one year on
    • UK spending cuts have hit councils hardest, study says
    • David Cameron hits back in North East jobs row
    • Your help is needed on photovoltaic
    • Wave and tidal power get more support
    • Boot camp challenge for small businesses
    • Renewable energy firms raising profile
    • Wind sector cluster group aims to drive North-East to front of industry
    • Young business initiative gets heavyweight backer
    • Carbon capture in the UK is far from dead, thanks to European funding
    • Anaerobic plants to get more under FIT
    • Film bosses head to the region
    • Army of North East businesses has £2bn potential
    • Perry Process Equipment sales manager wins top export award
    • Tanfield to plough cash into development
    • North East is the region with highest rate of insolvency
    • Critics question plans for police HQ
    • Blue Marble snaps up North East site
    • Tanfield to collect £3.5m final instalment of sale price
    • Peterlee-based Caterpillar forecasting record year
    • Centre of Life vice president appointed to international science body
    • CBI calls for increased help for medium sized businesses
    • North East success stories still out there – Miller
    • North East micro businesses worst hit for insolvencies
    • Workers wait for news after £151m meal deal
    • Durham Business Group in expansion
    • Durham University scoops research honour
    • Golf hotel's £17m expansion plan on course for approval
    • Warrior armoured vehicle extension good news for Astrum
    • Sensitive issue is a huge sales boost for GSK
    • International Cuisine takeover 'a platform for growth'
    • Plane to see Peterlee Parachutes is just flying
    • Conferences can show way forward
    • SCA Packaging employees in North-East not ruled out of job cuts
    • High energy prices could hit UK manufacturers
    • Businesses missing out on the power of social media
    • 1,000 firms enter Local Business Accelerators campaign
    • Business & Enterprise Group cut 170 jobs
    • Solar panel subsidy cut threatens jobs
    • Teesside LEP hits back after report blasts progress
    • Freedom Parade lined up for HMS Bulwark
    • Outlook is sunny for new Energy Friend venture
    • Owners hope to inspire at Entrepreneurs' Forum
    • Regional business set to benefit from £14.2m funding
    • Leading engineers stress importance of apprenticeships
    • Inova Power on the verge of securing £30m investment
    • Places are available on UKTI trade trip to India
    • Creative Industries provide £90m boost to regional economy
    • CPI Consortium awarded £5.3M to establish new research and innovation capability
    • Firms hit out at Feed-in Tariff deadline
    • Business and Enterprise Minister sets out plans for growth in UK manufacturing
    • NECC chief calls on government to promote localism
    • Low-carbon move pays off for construction firm CA Group
    • North East to benefit from RGF tourism money
    • New office development will create jobs & help North East Businesses prosper
    • NETPark reveals Affinity for firms
    • Astrum saved from administration by former owner
    • Lifeline for workers at County Durham firm Veriplast as factory prepares to close
    • North East SMEs look to exports
    • Durham University Scientists identify therapy for ageing disease
    • Government criticized for cutting funding for regeneration projects.
    • Promoting the region’s manufacturing and engineering excellence
    • Greencroft Bottling get funding boost
    • Seaham based Business & Enterprise Group lands manufacturing conference
    • North Universities join forces for cancer research
    • Polysolar opens new R&D office to develop transparent OPV glass for local manufacture
    • Speakers encourage North East firms to take risks
    • Private sector development needed to boost growth say NECC
    • Tanfield cash boost approved
    • Newcastle Airport wins industry award
    • Crowds cheer HMS Bulwark sailors' freedom march through Durham
    • Durham marks 25 years as World Heritage Site
    • Plans unveiled to replace Milburngate House in Durham City
    • New petition to save Remploy from closure
    • SCM Pharma invests £5m towards expansion plan
    • Multi million-pound windfall for North East LEPs
    • Investment drives market town retail boom
    • Cameron under fire as 32,000 North East jobs lost
    • North East firms must be ready to weather the storm
    • Durham "dying" under weight of students, meeting told
    • Science Park first celebrated
    • Local Businesses set to benefit from £700,000 of European Funding
    • GT Group blazes a trail for UK exports
    • County Durham firm Serpent Medical wins United Nations contract
    • Government fund could help North East projects
    • Government must do more to support electric vehicle technologies
    • Funding boost for North-East tourism
    • Nissan plans fast-charging post network to boost Leaf take up
    • Esh Group on a high after Newcastle Eagles deal
    • Last chance to enter Local Business Accelerators contest
    • Industrial output stalls but manufacturing edges up
    • PR boss Nickie Gott backs WIN creative award
    • Nissan gets £188m cash injection from Europe
    • Government must recognise benefits of regional airports, say Tees Valley
    • Intersnack invests £50,000 to create new range
    • Help Training Courses to invest in providers
    • Almost 700 jobs safeguarded
    • PM pledges a further £95million for SMEs
    • Smith Electric receive biggest ever Irish order
    • The Bowes Museum gets help with website issues
    • Early move on flotation for Smith Electric Vehicles
    • NECC conference to discuss economy
    • County Durham Apprenticeship Programme
    • Solar expert at conference
    • Exchange rate insecurity leads to food packaging plant move
    • Get your entry in for Local Business Accelerators
    • Expert will join Narec Capital renewables team
    • North East businesses urged to plan for the future
    • Career opportunities in the UK rail sector
    • NECC Success Feature - International Innovative Technologies
    • Banks Group community fund boosts village
    • TTE agree deal with County Durham Cam-Tec Systems
    • County Durham manufacturers first to benefit from green product guidance
    • Sunderland set for council-run cloud computing system
    • Green light for £5m Network Rail plans
    • Mirus Bio and Reinnervate Collaborate to Introduce the 3D Transfection System
    • NDI hands small firms a share of Warrior contract
    • Danish company Faerch Plast moves into old Veriplast plant
    • Rio Tinto Alcan to close Lynemouth smelter
    • Ed Milliband visits the North East
    • Festival will bathe city streets in light
    • Manufacturer Apex wins major hospital contract
    • £250m apprenticeship scheme for businesses
    • North East businesses attend UK's largest technology show
    • Engineering prize to be worth £1m
    • North-East firms urged to enter export competiton
    • Premier Waste turnover to top £12m
    • New LED bulbs help to light way forward
    • Let there be light - thousands attend spectacular Lumiere festival
    • Bribery Act advice for North East firms
    • David Cameron urged to back North East exports drive
    • LEPs youth jobs bid
    • Region at disadvantage over funding
    • Organisers say Lumiere attracted 140,000 visitors
    • Apprentices join solar revolution
    • £500,000 investment boost for local EV innovator
    • Caterpillar is back on track
    • Olympic plans on track for North East company Sotech
    • Reinnervate to present and exhibit at the American Society for Cell Biology annual conference 2011
    • North East is promoted at international energy conference
    • New award makes debut at nebusiness awards
    • Rainton Bridge Business Park is boosted as units created
    • Caterpillar hails apprenticeships
    • Thriving research and development in the North East
    • North East firms urged to go global in search for success
    • Solar Flair conference takes place in Durham today
    • Big-budget film will ‘show off’ our great locations
    • Lloyds' £12bn vow for SME businesses
    • Take closer look at Teesside Enterprise Zone plans
    • Green Deal good news for North East
    • Heat pumps are next big thing for energy sector
    • Boom in North-East research and development
    • Honda hands Nifco a vote of confidence
    • Feed-in Tariff changes needed to create sustainable solar industry’
    • George Osborne's £5bn cuts to pay for growth projects
    • Help needed to boost regional economy, says NECC
    • NECC urges Chancellor to back North-East recovery
    • Business Link wind-down leaves a gap
    • BCC welcomes Osborne's credit easing plans
    • Pupils enjoy interactive learning thanks to Spennymoor school's gift
    • Children to be taught to create software
    • Time running out for Japan market visit
    • Focus on North as Osborne prepares to announce infrastructure investment
    • North East firms have little faith in Government
    • Firm's joy at potash analysis
    • George Osborne expected to release £300m to help small businesses
    • Profits soar at construction group Northern Bear
    • Small firms get £40bn credit help
    • Funds will help bridge skills gap in North East
    • North East apprentices engineering a better future
    • Double boost sees future look good for Northern Bear
    • Local entrepreneur sees green dreams realised
    • Chancellor's Autumn Statement
    • ‘Personalised medicine is the future’ - Dr Saralyn Mark at NETPark
    • Glass firm Romag expands months after facing uncertain future
    • North-East firms set to join space race
    • Research role will be crucial for Brink
    • Grants boost Teesside's Enterprise Zone
    • Esh Group celebrate £10.4m investment
    • North East secures two renewables hubs
    • Cash will help reach export targets - UKTI
    • North-East named as core offshore wind area
    • Lloyds to increase SME loans
    • Compete North East in Olympic call
    • £45m investment to boost UK exports
    • Uncertainty hits manufacturing confidence
    • North East MEP visits regional environmental leader
    • Baltic Training Services launches apprenticeship incentive scheme
    • County Durham based Cumbrian Seafoods goes into administration
    • From Jimmy Choo's to seafood as firm saves North-East jobs
    • More North-East firms successful in regional growth fund bids
    • Overhaul of system will boost small businesses
    • Spacetech to highlight contract prospects for firms
    • 500,000 jobs from Regional Growth Fund
    • Innovation should be top priority for NE businesses
    • Solar panel inventor's new product bid
    • Appetite for innovation
    • Housing staff get the keys to DurhamGate
    • Laundry firm Sunlight Services job cuts "a devastating blow"
    • Cable announces boost to manufacturing supply chains
    • Welcome for Caterpillar's £50m vote of confidence
    • Jobs lost as New City Flooring goes under
    • Bright spot in gloom for North-east manufacturers
    • £15m bid to save Zurbarans on the brink of collapse
    • Safety fear over Lumiere festival crowds
    • Can the UK take a bigger slice of the ‘Low Carbon Economy’ pie?
    • North East exports figures lift the gloom
    • University students are well-suited to new ideas
    • £75m funding boost for high-tech businesses
    • Bright spot in gloom for North-east manufacturers
    • Councils must find £4.5m to keep shares in Durham Tees Valley Airport
    • Lack of investment poses threat to regional infrastructure
    • £120m North East regeneration cash left to go to waste
    • Sharp output drop in the North East
    • UK industry fears isolation amid EU treaty fallout
    • 200 jobs created after Wilton Group boost
    • Low Carbon Industry set for further growth
    • Innovative software launched to help knowledge sharing
    • CA Group Takes The Fast-Track For New Amazon Distribution Centre
    • Gateshead College drives forward low-carbon cars agenda
    • Government urged to bring green bank to the North-East
    • Engineering firm Pinnacle Re-Tec moves to new premises after rapid expansion
    • Initiative to build links between universities and business
    • North-East among the export success stories
    • £10m funding boost for North East businesses
    • Romag celebrate completion of £1.5 million production line to treble manufacturing capacity in North East
    • Software giant Sage celebrates its 30th anniversary
    • Durham Tees Valley Airport up for sale
    • North East sees positve GVA growth
    • Landmark County Durham building gets listed status
    • Durham County Council team provide support for start-ups
    • Funds to help North East firms prosper and grow
    • Proposals to boost tourism on show
    • Government support vital to help save Durham Tees Valley Airport
    • Solar subsidy cut challenge allowed
    • Anger as bin deal goes to Germany
    • As South gets £2,731 a head to improve transport...This region's share of roads cash = 0.04 per cent
    • Hargreaves Services receives Tower go-ahead
    • Northumbrian Water chief John Mowbray to retire from day job
    • Durham glass firm Romag invest in unique machinery
    • Thorn Lighting nominated for national manufacturing award
    • Caterpillar to invest in North-east manufacturing
    • Engineering skills gap looming in the North East
    • Green firm Earthly Energy given funds boost
    • NETPark Science Park attracts new offer
    • Fund offers £4.99m to help North-east businesses
    • Jobs at Cumbrian Seafoods fish factory under threat
    • Planning rethink demanded by MPs
    • BGF looking to lend
    • Energy group buys turbines for Durham site
    • Jobs bonanza with opening of Asda centre
    • Cuts to solar panel subsidies reveal government panic, MPs told
    • Funding success for 900-job MGT project
    • Companies flying the flag for regional excellence
    • Northstar Ventures will stay in the North East
    • Last chance today to enter nebusiness awards
    • BT rolls out to 67,500 North East homes
    • Angel raises cash with placing
    • Festive boost for Cummins workers
    • Historic paintings deal back on track
    • Railway contract 'is not in doubt'
    • Airport staff confident buyer can be found
    • Can Durham Tees Valley Airport emerge from turbulence stronger?
    • Columnists give their reviews of the year
    • Henry Williams develops spray coating that prevents electrocution
    • Esh Group helps people gain greater independence through charity link-up
    • Electronics firm rocks on to success
    • Bombardier secures major contract
    • Cake business proves its worth
    • Ringing out the old, welcoming in the new…
    • North East lagging behind in invention patents
    • Signs of hope for business in 2012
    • Surgo handed deal to expand Durham University's Stockton Campus
    • Funding offered to coalfield entrepeneurs
    • Recruitment firm set for expansion
    • Crumbling Harperley PoW camp gets £500,000
    • Apple's Jonathan Ive gets knighthood in honours list
    • It's the end of the line for rural rail service in Weardale
    • Government urged to help firms kickstart region's economy
    • Region must innovate for 2012 success says expert
    • Government launch Manufacturing Advice Consortium for SMEs
    • Nissan Sunderland breaks UK manufacturing record
    • Manifesto to help region grow in 2012
    • New link aims to boost business
    • £15m investment in Ramside Hall Hotel
    • How businesses can play a role in SKA project
    • New satellite innovation centre will propel UK space industry
    • North East Regional Growth funding at risk
    • Esh bags £5.5m project win
    • Replacement parts firm engineers future success
    • £7bn energy boost for the North-east economy
    • Sunderland makes Green Investment Bank bid
    • TAG Energy Solutions wins oil and gas field order
    • Government hits back in European funding row
    • Durham Business School to sign lease agreement for temporary move to Ushaw College
    • NASA arrives in County Durham
    • Sanyo awards two County Durham schools with 14-panel solar systems
    • What make Durham a world class destination
    • Caterpillar boss vows to triple his apprentices
    • North East food producers get a chance to network
    • Exporters and manufacturers are driving force behind North-East economy
    • PM throws his support behind Journal LBA winners
    • Yuill to build homes at DurhamGate
    • Property sector in focus at North East conference
    • Where are we heading in 2012?
    • Made in Durham event lifts off
    • Ministers urged to extend lines north
    • Safe And Fuel Efficient Driving
    • Trade ambassadors offer support to PM’s pledge
    • Your chance to blast off into space
    • Nissan boss backs new apprenticeships drive
    • People Management Course
    • SMEs in line for £95 million investment
    • Fund looks to drive North East growth
    • Bank holds interest rates at record low
    • Tata Steel builds bid for world speed record
    • TVU announce multi-million pound funding boost
    • North East business growth is returning with new contracts
    • Emerging markets override manufacturers’ domestic worries
    • UKTI plans SXSW mission for digital firms
    • Manufacturers benefit from increased exports
    • Nissan enjoys Russian revolution as European sales grow
    • Get Mentoring aiming to grow programme
    • Prior knowledge helping turnaround - Cook
    • Plug-in Grant extension welcomed by Smiths EV
    • More investment in sustainable energy needed
    • Final phase of units completed at Admiral Point
    • £1.5m fund to help people into jobs
    • UKH2Mobility launches to boost green vehicle industry
    • Osborne confirms Newton Aycliffe Hitachi plant on track
    • North East confidence will grow in 2012
    • Focus On: Durham's Spacetech event
    • Sky’s The Limit For CA Group As Innovative Curved Roof Is Unveiled
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