‘Cannot go back to mass redundancies’

9:29am Saturday 11th October 2008

MINISTER for the North-East Nick Brown yesterday gathered the region’s business leaders to hear their views on the Government’s response to the economic crisis.

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100 staff hit as company collapses

9:31am Saturday 11th October 2008

NEARLY 100 jobs were lost in the region yesterday as home furnishings company Rosebys was forced to close three North-East sites.

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The credit munch...

8:43am Friday 10th October 2008

BAKER Greggs yesterday cut £3m off its annual profits forecast, in a move attributed to rising costs and weather-hit sales.

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Investment in training

8:44am Friday 10th October 2008

MORE than £300,000 has been invested in training equipment as part of efforts to plug the skills gap in the process industry.

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Investment will aid young companies

8:45am Friday 10th October 2008

SMALL and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the North-East could benefit from a £125m support package if negotiations by the regional development agency One NorthEast are successful.

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Engineering factory will create more jobs

8:44am Friday 10th October 2008

JOBS will be created when a North Yorkshire engineering firm opens a factory in County Durham later this month.

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Business Sense: Important to take time out for a breather

8:46am Friday 10th October 2008

THIS week has been one of those weeks where there has been more to do than I have had the time for, leading to early morning starts, late finishes, and a level of exhaustion that is not healthy.

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Managers take off

8:47am Friday 10th October 2008

HUNDREDS of British Airways managers will leave the airline at the end of the year after applying for voluntary severance, it was announced yesterday.

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Future will be ‘challenging’

8:47am Friday 10th October 2008

THE owner of bars including The Living Room said yesterday current like-for-like sales were running 7.4 per cent lower due to the ‘‘wider economic malaise’’.

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Expanding to eighth store

8:48am Friday 10th October 2008

NORTH-EAST furniture company Barker and Stonehouse is expanding into Nottingham.

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