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E-Therapeutics seeks funding

CBRE: North East property recovering

North East house prices flat

NECC Backs local partnership

Councils urged to find alternative finance

Danish voyage for NE wind businesses

Pott to head RMT

Newcastle publisher comes out fighting

Middlesbrough college contract signed

Onyx opens new facility

'Lack of UK support drives electric cars abroad'

Turbo Power Systems taps into £1.9m

Castledene boost after acquisitions

Axed quangos will leave empty offices, says agent

Petards secures £1m-plus contract

Business failure rise in North East

North East export boom

Key Waste revenue rise after £47k package

Hargreaves fined £120,000 over death

NHS fraud expert hired

Leaner Discover Leisure improves

Linden supported with RDPE funding

NEF signs biggest contract

SCM Pharma scoops US deal

Sky's the limit for Saltwell

Newburn Riverside to open doors

Firms offer fraud advice

Tyne & Wear Metro framework unveiled

Region urged to keep up Hitachi pressure

Warm Front axe to cost Eaga £20m

£5m research hub for Middlesbrough

Aesica targets US

Fyr Fyter sold to PHS

Appleton joins Crutes

Innocore bought for £3m

Keel House space available

ASA orders On:Spec to stop ad

FSB warning over red tape

FJ Booth enters admin

CECA chief: Transport cuts scandalous

Work underway at Northern Design Centre

250 ONE jobs to go

Kaiser: Nigel Wright deal bodes well

GM doubles capacity

Northern Rock: No timetable to privatise

Hurford in at KPMG

LSL grows turnover

Solar power move "imminent", says Eaga

Shepherd man scoops prize

Cautious welcome for insolvency stats

UKTI shows Eastern promise

BSB chief: Business faces trust deficit

High View Services fined over asbestos

Proctor & Gamble in sustainability drive

Tycoon helps Terriers

Rok urgently seeks buyer

Three-floor Primark set for Sunderland

Wind farm boom team assembled

Animal Allsorts bought out of admin

Unite wants train jobs on track in North East

Fine after 11,000-volt cable incident

Creative jobs boom for North East

Gould hired by Hay & Kilner

Nonlinear looks to China

Teesside bids for £9.5bn carbon capture pot

£400k secured by North Shields Monitor Coatings

Teesside contract boosts Morgan Sindall

CTC in another contract win

Lingfield looks to biofuel

£1m green power trial unveiled

Durham Business School wins funding

Doomed factory owner boosts sales

Sanderson signs up Scott

Funding fears for Design Network North

SAICA looking for deals

Bellway begins £90m scheme

Warehouse bought by NETE

Newcastle office market vulnerable - DTZ

Premier Waste has expansion plans

Stellex enters administration

Rebrand for Purves Ash

Advice on cyber-crime offered

Opsec eyes more deals

1 St James' under new management

Forty to go at Rok in the North East

North East boosts Land Sec

Northgate hires apprentices

North East bucks trend

Sage and Eaga in call centre triumph

Hertel wins refinery contract

Creative black hole being filled

Milne joins Ward Hadaway

Centre in big reindeer design

£1m funding deal for SenseLogix

North East can become 'centre of UK offshore wind industry'

King hired by Hertel

Alworths eyes North East expansion

Solar event for County Durham

Stellex bought out of admin

Wind go-ahead for Northumberland

SITS in turnover boost

Jupiter Centre unveiled

UKTI boosts export offering

Consett eco development opens

Waitrose to open Newcastle store

BIB snapped up

91 jobs saved at EJ Badekabiner

New face at Barclays Wealth

Graphene secures investment

Go-Ahead boss joins Interserve

Wear joins Port of Tyne

Businesses to hear Crossrail opportunities

Onyx expands in Scotland

Family-owned businesses 'more resilient'

North East 'could become biofuel hub'

AMEC wins Mongolia work

Koru scoops award

All smiles in dentist deal

TranscendIT sweet on Nectar

Ocean Park set for revamp

Blenkinsop issues warning for region

Filtronic confident after deal

Bellway makes land grab

£2.4m for green manufacturing

North View bought out of admin

Rok to cut more NE jobs

Waterstons splashes out

ASA blasts The Tanning Shop

Party company stalls in Newcastle

Quantum Controls bought out

Balfour Beatty buys part of Rok

Onyx targets expansion

Hammond green-lights roundabout scheme

Aker powers on with award

Crutes helps St Oswald’s expand

£250,000 revamp for East Lodge

AMEC scoops gas deal

IP Group: North East has hi-tech potential

Communisis consolidates in Newcastle

Electric vehicles roll out

PwC: High street discounts falling

Arriva aims to cut print costs

FHM in North East training move

ICI building to come down

'Irregularities' cause profits slump at De La Rue

NE PFI dodges axe

Government 'must get its act together' on energy

North East insolvency rates falling

Com-vert gets £100,000 funding

Gentoo in major eco development

Two up at KPMG

Swift departure for Go-Ahead

Delicious deal on Blackett Street

Zodiac plans £1m training centre

Newcastle United refocuses foundation

Another deal for AMEC

OGN still hungry for more

Crutes pair join FOIL

Housing market slows

Parkdean expands

Contract win for Pins and Ribbons

Gentoo gets greener

Cautious welcome for growth figures

IDS to bag major deal

Miller secures £5.7m deal

Minister visits region

Gateshead plan to learn fate

Pearson goes into admin

Northern Bear treading carefully

Grainger improves profits

Wind study to take place

Towerbrook out of Southern Cross talks

NBF chair: The North East needs a strong LEP

CSC in Trafford Centre deal

Chu Yuk Fun enters admin

Five in at Gentoo

MP slams rail delays

Arriva wins Malta contract

Concerns over Gateshead butchers

Metro Bank expansion gathers pace

Food waste site to open

Baltimore House completes top floor letting

North East house prices slump

Landlords face planning red tape

North East businesses 'struggling to survive'

North East companies on DWP list

Fears over immigration plans

Stockton set for housing revamp

Leisure Centre opens doors

TUI Travel sells its camping business to French buyer

Kent to benefit from £4.2m tourism promotion

Snow 'to hurt manufacturing and retail most'

Costs up at Northumbrian Water Group

Vertu in graduate drive

Spending axe to chop out £1.8bn

Intelpack expands after £500k investment

M&B payout after asbestos alert

Smart grid for North East

Sir Bobby garden work begins

Robson Brown seeks new backer

Profits hike at IDS

Retailers expect bumper Xmas

Sage hit by restructuring costs

Noble in £2.3m sell-off

North East shortlisted for GSK site

Metro prices to rise

Struggle to keep airport open

PwC seeks buyer for Leaseway

Work starts at wind facility

World Cup 'worth £58m'

Wallsend Forum bought

Berghaus in expansion

BPE sells LSL stake

Angel funding for Adlink

SalCallCentre signs up to home working plan

Education paying off for firm

North East misses out on World Cup windfall

Cleaner Air wins solar contract

Business leaders 'must drive' LEPs

Rents hike for North East

New stores for The Bridges

Petards lands £2.5m contract

North East companies make Fast Track list

Mustoe joins YB in food role

Six deals for Kilfrost

Sales up at NETA

Northstar invests in Busby drama

Cold snap boosts Berghaus

AYO ready to grow

No buyer for Robson Brown

Bellway: CSR hit confidence

£44m loss for Southern Cross

Tenders open at development

Saga buys Nestor

Manufacturer calls for red tape cut

New home for Durham council

Heseltine launches fund in NE

Broadband boost for business

Proton powers on

Change at the top for Sage

Saga buys Nestor for £124m

HairXtensions looking for growth

RMT fight Babcock closure

Chiltern goes for Turbo Power

Northgate drives profits

Tea takeover in Corbridge

AMEC in deal down under

Darlington boosts Brulines bottom line

Local entrepreneur launches LinkedIn rival

Drain deal boosts turnover

Dunelm safety work in Crook

40 jobs at Cleaner Air Solutions

Northern Rail to ballot on strike

Zytronics opens white goods doors

300 Redcar jobs under threat

Petards hoists second contract

Investment tales from the GCrypt

Arriva swoops for Wardle

Zolfo: No buyer yet for RB

Southern Cross aims to diversify

LSL: House prices falling

Eco Environments opens NE base

Hertel grows globally

£6m contract for McNulty

Expamet secures £8.35m

North East proves resilient

Newcastle Toffee Crisp move mooted

Darlington releases mortgage finance

NEEP reveals cooperation plans

Wellstream bought for £800m

7,000 jobs from development

NEPIC plans projects drive

£150m scheme underway

NECC: Region must embrace green

GVA Grimley unveils rebrand

Go-Ahead plans cost-cutting

Deloitte expects merry Xmas

Key2Weight eyes North West

Major cuts at North East councils

RENEW launches cost-cutting tool

Pearson Jones in PIGS warning

Eaga in VPhase link-up

RICS: Housing market slows

Football centre on target

Aesica makes European swoop

US-based Simon targets CSC

Beacon set for revamp

Ships bring in £26.5m

Leaf to receive subsidy

Proton unlocks €1.6m

Smith makes Spain move

Cuts cause Durham tourism rethink

MetroCentre row hots up

Sports Direct scores with £819m sales

Solar wind in Eaga's sails

VC funding for Performance Horizon Group

Funding for Northern Pinetree Trust

Durham axes 1,600 jobs

RB assets bought

Housing merger completes

Henderson reports claims rise

Dickinson Dees plans job cuts

Sherpa on the right track

North East rents rocket

Darlington RC pitches in

HLF: The north cuts are the deepest

Yorkshire Bank adds Heritage

Komatsu hit by HSE fine

Collins and Hayes sold for £2.3m

Newcastle outlines cuts plan

ITPS targets acquisitions

Calls to investigate Mills deal

Tavistock eyes more

CableCom to expand

Banks more supportive - survey

Tourism nets £200m

Refurb for Horizon Dental Clinic

Lucky 7 for Lateral Advertising

Pearson-Harper targets Brisbane office

Ford drives into China

Dreamport Properties enters admin

Eco-station planned for Sea View South

Arriva signs Polish deal

Entec awarded framework place

Meaty deal for Allisons

Law firm launches charity merger team

North East shoppers brave cold

Companies 'exploring new funding options'

Funding boost for DigitalCity Business

Recite Me bags £100,000

Green light for solar scheme

Decision day for Tesco eco-store

Hitachi 'would generate £106m a year'

Mansell completes Rok acquisition

Ebiquity signs at Quorum

The Bridges crosses milestone

PwC in weather warning

Newcastle drilling scheme gets funding

BE-UK acquires NDI arm

The Gate snapped up

£5m for MyPlace youth centre

Grontmij wins framework place

Jacobs swoops for Aker business

KPMG: Data leaks on the rise

EMS plans boot camp roll out

Green light for green Tesco

Namtek plugs into North East

Christmas warning over borrowing

North East insolvencies down

Housing Hartlepool invests £7m

FMB director: Cuts to hurt construction

Smith to step down at Go-Ahead

Beckleberry’s signs distributon deal

New face at Muckle

Business 'to bounce back in 2011'

RICS: It's not all doom and gloom

PwC expects new year deals

Chamber chief outlines green potential

North East business 'in good shape'

Deals pipeline good - Smith

DTZ chief: Office market primed for recovery

MacColl looking ahead with confidence

De La Rue tight-lipped on deal

Kelburn Industrial bought

Quarter one 'make-or-break'

KPMG expects rise in refinancing

Tanfield drives US deal

Capital FM launches in North East

Agriculture centre creates 270 jobs

No Best Buy for Gateshead

Architect GWK merges with ADP

Q4 2010 deals total at £859m

Newcastle street 'among UK's richest'

NECC outlines needs for 2011

Warning over LEP 'brain drain'

FSB: VAT rise threatens recovery

Alnwick houses 'unaffordable'

Ecclesiastical lawyer joins BHP

JBW Group in Cranfield link-up

Top 500 UK wide Business contacts

Outlook good for Wellstream

Dene Group makes move with funding

Omega Plastics invests £300,000

Newcastle's Buffer Bear taken in deal

Green network launched

North East 'must cash in on tourism'

First recruits at TAG

Touchstone doubles turnover

Funding for Bonafide Films

SCS Sofas ad given all-clear

Businesses can still get help - McColl

Fewer workplace injuries in North East

Business failure drop reported

Jack Charlton's son backs eco-home scheme

Bellway doubles borrowing facility

Media deals on the up

Three-year homegrown sales high in North East

Ward Hadaway in pensions move

Oberthur given De La Rue deadline

Simon Property drops £2.9bn CSC bid

Self reveals e-Therapeutic growth plans

Region's exports total £11.26bn

FSB calls for minister

Farmers offered tourism training

Sage's Ingram to retire

Greggs bakes South West plans

Galliford Try wins Gateshead work

Redcar revs up redevelopment

Park and Slide into Europe

Fertiliser Solutions bought

Council in cuts meeting

Aldermore: EFG lending falling

Deal comes in for Fastflow

Government scraps £60m TVIP

Homefix creates 100 jobs

Tait Walker issues rates warning

Frank Haslam Milan halves accidents

Software company launches school program

Refinancing for North Yorkshire Timber

Shotton mine extended

Easy Skips director jailed

Greggs plans 100 NE jobs

R3: Profit falls worrying

KMPG launches Durham University degree

Sunderland software centre gets green light

Paul McGowan starts practice

North East LEP gets green light

Market towns in BT broadband boost

North property prices falling

Explain and Better in JV

Narec in renewables investment deal

Robson Brown appoints Aylesbury

Hanson: LEP green light just the first step

Stonewall praises NE companies

IP Group and NETPark in funding drive

Growth Logistics 2 hits £8m milestone

C K & D Muir faces fine

Cruickshank offers start-up guidance

NECC backs rates move

Businesses 'planning bank switch'

Northern Rock plays down privatisation

Businesses still at fraud risk - expert

HFT to expand after buyout

Harrow accepted by RICS

100 jobs travel to Darlington

Business activity sluggish, study shows

Northstar makes a meal of deal

Clarity expands after investment

Prestige secures seven-figure care deal

Princes Trust offers £1.4m ERDF funding

Mood up for sale following administration

£3.7m Theatre Royal contract for Surgo

Tax should be made simpler - Richards

£75m BAE Systems site unveiled

Armstrong makes CBI step

Five construction companies go under

Stadium Group on acquisition trail

Bridges Primark boosts Land Securities

Siemens snubs NE for wind energy site

Northumbrian Water names £33m supplier

Yuill Homes plans 25 homes on office site

NeST lining up £100,000

All smiles at dentist practice

Big hitters head to RICS summit

Cinnamon sweet on expansion

Northern businesses 'more relaxed about debt'

Masher invades Gateshead

Longbenton Foods plant up for sale

Lucky 13 for Nissan

Filtronic wary over Nera deal

Wrigglesworth warning over "Scrooge" RGF panel

NE could still gain from Siemens move - expert

Durham slashes growth fund

North East rents rise

Business Loan Network hits North East

Spark Response wins TV deal

Wellstream deal on track

SITS Group eyes Yorkshire

SITS Group eyes expansion

Call for Enterprise Zones

Move for King Sturge's Cullimore

ECO seeks expansion funds

Sunny outlook for Solarglide

Northumberland site back on the market

Darlington’s Forum saved

Frutarom sweet on EAFI

Phoenix Eye spots investment opportunity

RENEW seeking RESTOCK funds

Smith defends Sunderland prospects

Oberthur drops bid after rejection

RSM Tenon consolidates northern operations

PwC advises on Petrochina deal

Integra Massage moves into NE

Export fears revealed

Samuel Phillips builds team

Cauldron sold in £205m deal

Campus for Ageing and Vitality gets go-ahead

Sage slashes debts

Mervyn King warns of squeeze

Deals activity slow in Q4 2010

BIS confirms 450 RGF bids received

NECC: Don't lose heart

Electric vehicle charging scheme complete

New home for Lynch

New North East boss for easyJet

Retail move for 0800 Repair

Revenues fall at Eaga

Bridges builds with £15m expansion

CSC gets Trafford Centre go-ahead

Council buys £5m Higham House

Green light for green incubator

Solvert looking for Teesside site

Calls for NE flight tax breaks

£1.3m Stockton portfolio for sale

Romag close to funding deal

Innovation head at Newcastle Science City

NEPIC 'has brought in £1bn'

FHM wins Cestria gig

Arup makes uni link-up

Smith confirms Hong Kong talks

A-Strip tears ahead with finance

Gateshead centre 'could bring £200m'

Planning permission for Myplace

Losses at Filtronic

Petards hoists 2010 orders

Willow Farm bought in Greene King deal

NTBF launches Lions' Lair

Uncertainty over tourism funding

Charlton: Construction can beat weather blues

Metromail in new £10m premises

TVU submitted £80m RGF bids

MP's anger over RDA axe

Multi-lab expands with funding

House prices fall in North East

Romag shares suspended

Tanfield raises cash reserves

Northumbrian Water hit by big freeze

CSN expects construction dip

Banks 'tougher to impress'

Tyne Bridge Tower demolition begins

Green light for £32m golf development

Claremont bags £6m deal

The Alternative Board opens in NE

Berghaus goes international

Jacobs finalises Aker deal

Sunniside bought for £9m

Gateshead church become creative hub

Miller sees power of green investment

Frutarom deal completes

John Partridge flies to region

Brazil move for Recognition PR

Brian Lake: Innovation key to export

NHS invites North East companies

Esh Group ploughs in £1.4m

Science Central masterplan unveiled

Surgo Construction wins Redcar work

Newcastle takes The Stand

North East Growth Fund investment revealed

SDEA: RGF bid will bost jobs

Barclays Wealth to double team

Hadrian to create 70 jobs

Aesica is Sunday Times top three

Siemens cash 'still available for NE companies'

Warning over region's tourism future

Eaga offer is a mystery

Innova on investor hunt

London's calling for Adtronik

Communicate with North East Top Companies

Grainger in £18.5m deal

Bellway confident despite poor weather

Contract win for Shape

Sharp link up for Eco Environments

Globe to get £4m revamp

Primark to open at Metrocentre

Tanfield gobbles up €800,000 investment

Wellstream deal edges nearer

Southern Cross facing battle over cuts

Revolution creates 250 jobs

Funding helps Fairgrieve secure deal

Spencerbeck House re-opens doors

Construction workloads fall

Cross-Atlantic link-up in Teesside

Bioinnovel secures £325,000

Aesica creates European team

£14.7m school work starts

North East housing market bounces back

£1.2m funding for Re Pet

Admin deals drive M&A market

Guisborough Forest gets makeover

Funding boost for Drive2Recruit

FDS in training move

Doors shut at Ford Castle

Go-ahead for Stockton scheme

£860,000 digestion site completed

Insolvency expert calls for finance

Eaga bought by Carillion in £306.5m deal

Sotech exhibition centre opened

OFT investigates DFDS-Stena deal

£100m DurhamGate scheme to start

Talking Point: Addressing carbon reduction commitment

Fines after shock injury

Disney offers tourism tips

Middlesbrough expansion for amBX

Private sector growth improves

Civic Theatre business for sale

Love is in the air for Coco Moon

Skanem's labelling sold to Paragon

e-Theraputics in £17m share drive

Retail move aims to boost Niven turnover

£730m bill for new employment laws

Joint venture for Space

Northern demand in commercial property

Apartments plan for listed sites

Private sector will not plug council jobs gap - GMB

North-south divide revealed in empty shops research

RDA abolition 'must not stop finance'

Trend Bible heads to NYC

NEPIC wants LEP pharma help

Ward Hadaway in BSF victory

£2.5m nursing home built

Ashbrooke assets being sold

Crutes to aid doctors

Electric car plan charges on

Sunderland report £25m net loss

Expansion will drive North East success - Sherpa

Gateshead Council makes development partner shortlist

Barton Civil Engineering goes into administration

Highest jobless rise in North East

Clever Clogs' deals triple business size

Million-pound contracts on offer

NatWest appoints new commercial director

Go-Ahead eyes acquisitions

DEF turnover set to pass £1m

Highbridge gets campus green light

Support exports - NECC tells RGF panel

MetroCentre TV ad attacked

Solar homes for Newcastle

Delcor in expansion plan

Tharsus predicts £10m turnover

North East rents rise

Newcastle hotel room rates fall

Pet-supermarket posts record year

Sunderland university JV for Bespoke Concrete

£4m contracts for ipnconnect

O'Brien on the up at KPMG

Hargreaves in profit rise

Grainger Properties unveiled as 4,500-home developer

Millions of pounds set for solar

Jobs saved at Potts Buckets

Summit deal secures jobs

£10m software site started

More hope for the North East

Arriva awards £7.6m contract to Optare

Rich/poor divide is growing - report

GMT aims to double turnover

MetroCentre owner poised for growth

Construction sites get surprise inspections

Scaife named North East’s leading investor director

£20,000 fine over stepladder fall

New home for Newcastle's art businesses

Sunderland boss set to speak

Revolution Power lands £150,000 deal

More transparency needed on women board members - WIN

Zytronic in tie-up with Mentor

Applied Superconductor wins CE Electric contract

£6.5m NETPark extension begins

Embleys in turnover and expansion plans

£60,000 boost for Giraffe

Gleeson moves into North East

Capital FM North East hires MD

SSI ties up £291m Tata deal

Arriva invests in new buses

Lush increases NE presence

Apprentice star slams tokenism

Private equity deal value almost trebled in 2010 - LDC

Newcastle Crowne Plaza parent refinances

New Euro Hostel to open in March

Greggs calls for pasty inspiration

NLA attacks proposed housing regulations

NBS to lend more than £125m

Overhaul the PAYE system, urges NECC

Sunderland CC buys Vaux brewery

Wind commitment would boost North East - expert

NBS to lend more than £125m

Stockton says developments will go ahead

Public-private partnership increases numbers

LEPs to set up boards

Windpower project forges ahead

Vertu Motors drives expansion plan

Tait Walker makes new appointment

D-Day for Consett Academy

Tourism office relocates

Tyne Tunnel to kickstart economic regeneration

Fuschikugi to open in House of Fraser

Scotswood to be transformed

Stadium Packing expects busiest quarter ever

Hartlepool cinema goes up for sale

Consumer Council for Water will meet to discuss customer debt

Green light for £4.5bn Inner City Express scheme

A&P Group bought by Peel and Cammell Laird directors

Hendry to address energy leaders

Funding fuels Icona North East plan

Haskel Europe joins forces with Sunderland university

Countrywide buys North East letting agency

Axis Security retains Komatsu contract

'Outstanding’ health site to open

Aesica completes acquisitions

Energy sector powers industrial property market

Koru to build £1.7m recycled building

Hertel sets sights on Cumbria

Jaguar Land Rover creates North East jobs

Fujifilm acquires Avecia

Stagecoach NE to invest £2.2m in fleet

Palintest to merge with Wagtech

LSL eyes acquisitions

LEPs are “not fit for purpose”

Brulines anticipates profits dip

McKesson buys System C for £87m

Lithuanian president wants North East companies

Amazing Interactives seeks JVs

Housing scheme joint venture almost complete

AMEC eyes acquisition pipeline

Oil price hike could derail region’s recovery

Top 300 Companies offer - ends soon...

Steel deal aims to boost North East profile

Olympic briefing to take place

Foreign investment set for North East

£77,000 funding boost helps launch restaurant

North East rents rocket

Onyx acquires new data centre

Companies could have been saved from admin - Muckle

Funding to ready region for offshore energy

Creative business doubles up

Sukuk secures company’s growth

Business must innovate - Woudhuysen

Quorum boosts region’s construction

Online CVs a virtual success

ECO enters JV with Coca-Cola

Northern Rock reports £232m loss

Hitachi summit on the cards

Tanfield in line for $5m boost

SCM Pharma invests in USA market

CruiseCompare secures £90,000 development pot

London 2012 providing Olympic opportunities

Collaboration will drive region’s low carbon vehicle industry

New owner for Project

All change at VPS

Water park will make a splash

Goon Explains himself

£6.25m project nears completion

Prices fall while demand grows

Stadium poised for growth

Unsafe sites risk lives

Aquatic centre could be a boon for businesses

Chamber lobbies Chancellor on Budget

Housing market will still struggle

Right royal knees-up at party supplier

Rock steps nearer to private sector

Teesside jobs boost on call

Miller builds on North East housing market

Heart of city set for revamp

Standex snaps up Metal Spinners Group

Southern Cross hit by cuts

Conference has designs on business success

Three climb ladder at DTZ

Aegis seals deal with US TV’s Turner

£20m makeover for Stockton centre

Deal will drive company’s UK expansion

Businessman admits credit offence

Clarity aims for £1m boost from Middle East drive

McNulty scouts for suppliers

Vela gets off the ground

North East deals market improving - Wilkinson

Funding cuts shut down The Northern Way

Barclays back region’s business

Go Ahead invests in North East

Private sector performing well

Byker estate to invest in community

Education TV channel to air

Green energy boost for Teesside

Serco snaps up The Listening Company

AECOM Newcastle to revamp Billingham retail

Perfect pitch

One Stop deal cleared amid protest

Northshore development set to start

Record year for Greggs

Eaga announces £300m solar deal

LEP chair shouts it out

Northumberland gears up for tourist season

North East jobs picture bleak - TUC

Extension boosts baby business

Joint service centre gets green light

Fendor fends off market slump

Gateshead scheme snapped up

Greggs concept stores to hit North East

Ceremony marks steel success on Teesside

Wallsend regeneration steps up

Spark snaps up superstore

£500,000 boost for Teesside enterprise

Region’s rents fall

Watsons moves up a gear

Bastion deal will help expand operations

ASMAG looks East for expansion

Angel engages Cramlington facility

Go-Ahead partnership wins extended rail franchise

New lease of life for Loftus estate

Leaf lands in Newcastle

Newcastle estate gets £28m makeover

IP protection 'a must' for region

Centre part of UK first

Fertiliser deal completes

Northgate on track

Romag remains suspended

Companies fined for serious injury

North East homebuyers unconcerned over crunch

Green housing scheme a first for Redcar

Region’s deals pipeline promising

Region’s wealth set to soar

Mobile app business attracts investment

Reshuffle underway at Southern Cross

New NGI boss eyes Olympics

Region’s retail target of US invasion

Monument Mall gets new owner

Chancellor should look north for export success - NECC

Northern Rock to issue bonds

Grainger takes over major portfolio

Global expansion is Weigh-ahead for Newcastle company

Dome’s fate decided next month

Holiday Inn refurb nears completion

Show must go on at Morton Park

Enterprise Zones aim to boost North East

No repeat of the 80s - Pickles

Dunston Leisure Centre to reopen doors

Grainger gives Osborne thumbs-up

Enterprise zones get cautious welcome

Digital venture nets £500,000 investment

Minimix invests in green future

Waterstons launches in London

TGLP awards multimillion-pound contract to AMEC

Olympics hopes for £1.2m boxing club

Trailer-Lift takes off

Fishy business at Fenwick

Newcastle Racecourse betting on growth

Marine business jumps ship

Go-Ahead goes for Anglian rail franchise

Tesco Express signs with Cobalt Central

Officers Club ad objectified women - ASA

Further win for AECOM

Muckle appoints NAREC founder to up energy offer

Hotels hope to boost business tourism

Enterprise zones must offer “the whole package”

Franchising will increase in region - BFA

North East finance chiefs up for award

Barratt shows faith in region’s housing market

SSI seals steel deal

Buyer sought for care homes

Jobs trust HQ scores makeover cash

Avis on expansion drive

Rock jobs face axe

Investment exit for Koru

Future is bright for Darlington company

Stockton gateway underway

Whelan moves into maintenance

Relegation hits Newcastle hard

Businesses will invest in wind energy

Northumbrian Fine Foods in MBO

Rail contracts up for grabs

Former factory site could host 200+ homes

Region brushes off VAT hike

Eaga shareholders eager for takeover

New law outfit hooks up with financial business

High hopes for Hendon after facelift

Good result for ‘bad’ bank

Eaga gives warm welcome to contract extension

Companies warned to act on bribery law

Arts funding announced

Region’s streets among cheapest

Officers Club enters administration

Nifco’s new factory takes shape

Jobs saved thanks to Washington deal

Bellway in profits boost

Major deal done for undisclosed sum

Region’s companies demand support

Office rates stay low in Newcastle

Power firm income dips

Diagnostics company expands product base

Basic mistakes are barriers to investment

Northern Electric powers ahead

Northern Rock targeted by Coventry Building Society

Three promoted at Newcastle practice

Work Programme moves a step closer

Gresham gunning for North East business

Buyer sought for bakers

Rock keeps quiet on rumours

Region’s fortunes on the up

Paperchase makes mark on Durham

Administrators called into McInerney

Michelmersh deal builds North East presence

NVM in £7.5m capital boost

Business banks on wind power

Romag sale saves jobs

BDS in the Pink

Major North East landlords club together

AMEC nets BP contract

New addition on Cobalt Park

Tanfield on track for the future

Sales spike at IDS

Region’s business leaders face-to-face with government

Science City boss’s goodbye

£2.6m terminal will expand freight services on Teesside

Karting deal on track

Kitwave nets £7.5m funding deal

Priory expands through acquisition

Stadium sells London property

North East neighbourhoods first in scheme

North East is saving up trouble

TPS Brazil-bound

Huhne looks into hole

£1m deal to regenerate Stockton site

Hitachi must keep it local

Buyer sought for leisure portfolio

Berghaus moves into Russia

DEF moves to expand

Property business scores cash injection

Port sails into conference

Pass N Go ad banned

Wyatt tackles localism

Dunelm steps in for housing scheme

Double win for Fleet Technique

Earthquake’s effects felt on Wearside

Lloyds invests in property team

AMD expands on investment

Basic mistakes are barriers to investment

Kaiser calls on entrepreneurs to step up

Country Valley scores with juicy deal

Hostel happiness for tourism chief

Panel success for law firm

Big freeze bites at Bear

A+M Wyness on the move

South American success for Express

Architects to build on Yorkshire acquisition

Keepmoat keeps up the pace

Regional Growth Fund cash will deliver jobs

BAE Tyneside jobs facing axe

Newcastle Council loses HMO battle

Business builds UK-wide brand

Region’s latest wind farm gets go-ahead

Tharsus deal secures expansion

G4S deal strengthens security division

Students swell region’s coffers

Deals expert sets up home at Grainger

£347m regeneration to transform Gateshead

Female first for construction body

North East businesses hit high in March

North East company’s NATO mission

UK housing first for Stockton

Southern Cross reshuffle for restructure

ISG gains foothold in Far East

Darlington house prices hit new high

Housing company sets up new North East home

Nuby’s knuckles rapped by ASA

Jobless figures on the rise

Clinic strikes scanner deal

Spartan fined for crushing incident

Marston's moves in to Durham Gate

Phone giant snaps up North East business

Filtronic warns on sales outlook

Dealmakers Guide gets new look

Smaller businesses can access RGF cash

MetroCentre welcomes US invasion

Urban expert heads home

Rent discussions ongoing – Southern Cross

Former Co-op building to create jobs

Autoparc expansion will create jobs

TSG snaps up software business

Weather drives results for used car company

Yuill Homes set to build new homes in East Cowton

Region’s RGF bidders must work as one

Future of factory hangs in balance

Darlington company’s marathon contract

New owner for business park

Nifco factory takes shape

Deli deal funds expansion

Company sells care business

New online store is 3D resource

Dragon delighted with profits

North East property professionals among highest paid

Pre-pack proposals could pose further problems

Orange sorry over Philippines 'error'

Aesica on hunt for overseas acquisitions

Lush leads way to Bridges

£500k makeover for Hartlepool Workshops

Science Central moves a step closer

Builders' merchant going for green

Business park gets Italian flavour

Fund for smaller businesses to launch

£500k investment to fund further growth

Energy boss attacks PM policy

Second phase of shopping centre welcomes customers

Houses nearing completion

Airport quiet on sale reports

Belasis Hall changes hands

Pyeroy in turnover boost

Northgate in £100m refinancing deal

Bear sheds loss-making Hastie Burton

£306m Eaga takeover goes through

Heavy investment in HiQ

Sage boss steps down

National infrastructure plan "essential" for region’s growth

Narec opens training centre

North East business distress levels steady

Newcastle designers in Baghdad hotel project

West Group goes digital

Greggs eyes South West for growth

Van Mildert heads for Hull

AYO Media eyes growth

Further delays for supermarket schemes

Shellfish on the menu after £300,000 investment

Pensher Security closes doors

Bribery Act will boost business - Veriphy

Region can learn lessons from Yorkshire

Millhouse gets Hives

Outdoor business branches out

Development creates first of 1,000 jobs

New owner needed for Envirotyre

Queen’s seal of approval for North East businesses

£727m waste deal signed off

OpSec approached for possible takeover

Hadlow hopes for bargain goods empire

Amdega in administration

Fluid’s £1m Morpeth investment

Bay bidder announced

North East has admins drop

Orca swoops for £28m OpSec

Funds for region’s rural businesses

Housing group invests in repair staff

Region suffering from IT skills 'drought'

Region’s companies seek eastern promise

Minister backs debt proposals

Rail contracts up for grabs

Signs are good for Jarrow company

Partnership closure could create ‘vacuum’

£3.5m eco village work starts

Collingwood wins national contract

Former mine transformed for public

Software start-ups must boot up now - Karia

Petards nets profit despite cuts

Newcastle’s Grainger in Lloyds deal

£1.5m green makeover for flats

Greggs’ girl lands role in The Apprentice

Henry Williams drives motorway schemes

Pandora is jewel in the crown

Arriva on the up

Green development gets going

Isoclad set to create jobs

Go-Ahead going strong

TAG seeks suppliers for wind farm

Sage stays “reasonable”

Global interiors business plumps for North East

Solicitor's ad misleading - ASA

Durham homes up for grabs

Surreal has designs on growth

Towering success for engineering business

Software success for former teacher

Coca-Cola JV gets green light

Deals activity will increase - Swansbury

Property demand on the up

Harrow wins Darlington College contract

Equity available for Tees Valley businesses

Uni site gets green recognition

£630m contracts follow Eaga takeover

IDS in €4.2m payment deal

Restructure to get Budget benefits - PwC

NPE sets sights on renewables

Darlington hotel prepares for relaunch

BAE in Birtley move

YBS denies Northern Rock bid

Train maintenance business on track for expansion

Green first for Gateshead

IoD chief calls for investment help

Government cuts hit Johnston

Energy sector needs £200bn - NOF Energy boss

Biotech facility aims to boost UK manufacturing

Retail administrations rocket

Bus businesses consider competition report

Demand for drinks drives expansion

Five in for £265m scheme

Greggs sales spike over Easter

BBC move will benefit region - Thompson

HCA targets Teesside housing market

Billingham business park sale completes

Qubic gets slice of Gherkin

Contracts worth £10m up for grabs

Web company snares £100,000 deal

Low carbon energy schemes vie for EU cash

Profits up at Vertu

Law firm expands into region

Engineer tools up for growth

Sage coy on takeover rumours

Big names boost profits at Zytronic

First tenants move into £100m scheme

£1m funding will help company build on opportunities

Spring sellers return to market

Port of Tyne buoyant

Southern Cross requests deferred rent

Pop means pounds for North East

Expansion figures fall

Fishy change for Cumbrian Seafoods

£7m venue opens doors

Arriva announces Ice-cool partnership

IHC lands undersea contract

£60m deal to develop power plants

Regional Growth Fund roadshow heads for Newcastle

TPS posts loss

Southern Cross may sell

Businesses could be cause of pollution

Policymaker to address region

Region's law firms on road to recovery

Caffeine boost for Cobalt

Double contract win for Portland

Work starts on schools

LEPs must fight for the North East

North East boost for CSC

Banks still cautious over administrations - Ranson

Record house prices in North East town

Celebrating city’s science industries

New homes for hospital site

Green facility gets underway

UKTI invests in region’s exports

Robson Brown fuses with Leicester company

£3.3m contract for Turbo Power Systems

Team Valley to trial new pilot

Deal will drive regeneration

Bridges owner reports recovery

Onyx secures further foothold in Yorkshire

SCL snapped up by px group

Nortech launches in North East

Illegal ad leads to fine

New builds at NETPark

Study will 'pinpoint' funding failures

Profits up at Grainger

Southern Cross in "critical position"

North East has most out of work

£2m spa makeover for store

Redevelopment for 'uneconomic' building

Knowledge scores cloud contract

Skelton set for supermarket following deal

AMEC snaps up American company

Fund will fuel SME growth

LSL hit by holidays

Onyx sets sights overseas

Lawyer scores with FA

Region’s construction “extremely negative” - report

Northstar seals movie deal

Derwentside unveils homes hat-trick

Partnership promotes access to 'angels'

JLIF claims stake in Cleveland Police headquarters

Contracts will help double turnover - GT Group

North East rents dip

New board member for Northgate

Sunderland top for business

Grontmij will grow across region

Plumbing business taps into new markets

£5m former granary will open doors

Steel jobs in jeopardy

Fund door is open for smaller businesses - Welton

Vertu pumps £2m into Darlington facility

Ex-EZ sites hit market

New cranes part of £29m expansion

Bradley Hall targets heart of Newcastle

Face to face with Tees Valley LEP

Terrace Hill is back in black

Modus moves into Beaumont House

Space group celebrates success

Unions plan job cut protest

ITN Mark sold to Indian group

CGM signs overseas JV

Bear sheds ‘non-core’ business

Shark takes bite at Newcastle

Disney ups Bridges presence

Port welcomes rail investment

Investment could be key for crops

Care company nets funds to expand

North east companies strike £16bn oil deal

New owner for Washington site

Opsec snaps up Advantics

Ward Hadaway: Deal shows North East quality

Greggs boss: hard work ahead

London calling for hedgehog

£6.7m hotel contractors announced

Hitachi event draws thousands

Gateshead in running for city status

Denham addresses North East thinktank

Law firm in Middle East merger

Miller North East gets slice of £100m deal

Deal will expand care facilities

Schools target top green rating

Fighting talk from combat company

Localism bill sparks deals appointment

Pilot will boost local economy

King Sturge to merge with JLL

Anchors aweigh on £4m port investment

Handelsbanken banks on North East

Uni hits top funding spot

RICS boss in region

Profits buoyant at Northumbrian Water

Wise and Waltons join forces

MP backs legal rescue bid

Region's small companies 'missing out' on share of £5.7bn

Southern Cross "summer platform" underway

SCM lands cancer drug contract

Samsung site becomes trolley factory

£2.3m innovation centre opens

Stone set to grow turnover through new contracts

‘Move over Moonpig’, says Sunderland business

Investment will help voluntary sector

Olympics opens £80m doors of opportunity

Golf stores tee up for expansion

Temp-Team heads north

TAG on target for offshore opportunities

North East towns "cheapest in UK"

Sweet success for Toffee Factory operators

IDS site work finished

Companies head south to scout investment

Southern Cross must stand alone, say region's experts

NGI boss makes national tourism board

Innocore deal makes an impact

Blu Sky thinks digital after merger

BHS in the bag at shopping centre

Peterlee Tesco could bring 400 jobs

Amdega assets up for grabs

North East could share in £950m funding

Second chance for OpSec £28m deal

Proton powers up by 273 per cent

Low carbon sector needs cash injection

Zone blueprint to go before board

£350k Wearside housing work set to start

Firm secures £2m for region's businesses

Seaham Hall for sale

IP Group raises £55m with placing

Taste of Tyneside goes from garage to global

New Quorum facility a UK first

Southern Cross schedules crisis meeting

£2.5m investment in research centre

Dalton Park joins charging scheme

£750k deal will see Propellor take off

More North East locations on board for pilot

IPPR to set up northern economic commission

Status strikes out on its own

OpSec profits more than double

Future of Fish Quay to be decided

Terrace Hill snaps up potential foodstore sites

AMEC completes £172m American deal

£13m campus set for summer opening

Contact centre creates jobs

Proton powers up loan facility

Region’s IoD gets behind would-be directors

Petards pushes for share sales

New name on cards for Brulines

Merit gears up for global expansion

Government called on to save Southern Cross

Vertu revs up in Bristol

Businesses under starter's orders

R&D lab ready for market boom

End of the line for pipe factory

Development set for second phase

£192m Qashqai investment secures North East jobs

Region’s manufacturers drive property demand

GCrypt gets government nod

Bellway sales going strong

Region’s businesses cite funding gap

UK expansion will double turnover

£4bn boost for Teesside if zone approved

Low carbon company nets funding

Name change signals company’s next chapter

Southern Cross will not get bailout - Cable

TV chef targets Newcastle

OGN starts 1,000 job recruitment drive

Ask the Expert: The challenges ahead

Bra business is booming

SCM Pharma invests in North East

Southern Cross hits back at reports

Company celebrates £1m contract hat-trick

Law firm secures £3.5m eco-village

North East business leaders honoured

Region’s rents continue to rise

North East exports on the up

Youth centre gets go-ahead

North East housing market bucks trend - report

Pacific changes at city centre bar

Southern Cross buys time with rescue plan

Profit up at Eversheds but revenue flat

CTC eyes growth in renewables

200,000 homes needed to match growth - NECC

Addiply eyes growth after investment

New CFO at e-Therapeutics

Amdega was "mortally damaged" - Endless

Svitzer enters North Sea JV

D-Day for Southern Cross

Northern Rock to be 'put up for auction'

Bannatyne's invests in NE clubs

Board additions at 1NG

Orchard picks up Applaud

A&P win for Executel

£1bn Rock auction confirmed

Southern Cross strikes restructuring deal

Expansion as punters flock to racecourse

Merlin impact minimal - RMT

Airport lift-off stymied by duty

North East unemployment figures drop

Supplier fraud on the up - KPMG

Greggs appoints firm for employment work

AMEC wins oil spill work

Profit up at Barker and Stonehouse

North East rents soar in May

Superkrush eyes new markets

Airports call for aviation tax change

GT chief slams Sugar

YBS coy over Rock, Branson less so

YBS coy on Rock, Branson less so

Ask the Expert: Tax payment

£1m Benton project completes

Rock float 'an option'

Fund responds to Caan's 'equity gap' call

RICS calls for green space in urban developments

RMB swerves problems to drive up revenue

Partner promotions at Crutes

Greggs to provide royal party grub

Trench UK figures hit by redundancy allowance

Investment by CPI at Sedgefield site

Big win down under for renewable company

Chamber welcomes revised Broadway plans

Jobs at risk as paper restructures

Barratt Homes hails FirstBuy

Artis gets underway

Hargreaves on track

AMEC wins Magnox framework contract

Paddywacks owner enters administration

North East businesses hit by Focus collapse

Investment at leisure centre

Council has Cross crisis plans in place

Ellis Bates relocates

Business park interest on the up

Land Sec builds Bridges with deals

Report warns of 'squeezed middle'

Profit up at Jet2.com parent

Go-Ahead expects to be beat expectations

Visitors flood in as Take That shine

Tata agrees $130m Teesside settlement

RPS eyes growth after cash injection

Eco company targets expansion

Miller secures FirstBuy funding

Chemical industry ripe for M&A - Deloitte

New recruit at Cobalt Park

North East businesses failing faster

Lawyers help King James change tack

Linden Homes opens in North East

Turnover up at Ward Hadaway

N-plant will boost supply chain - chamber

NewsPrints to launch North East server

Royal visit for CompactGTL

Blyth superstore plans approved

Turnover up at Acritas as it eyes expansion

Blu Sky eyes digital sector

Able secures £100m approval

Sedgefield deal for Terrace Hill

Hong Kong giant weighs up water bid

Borehole hits pay dirt

Contract win for AMEC

Partrac launches new division

Cruise wars: Liverpool's plans will hit North East - MEP

LEPs put bids in for final enterprise zones

IDS on track after turnover leap

Nissan hails Qashqai success

Businesses team up for electric JV

Board rubber-stamps EZ proposal

TryggPharma to inject cash into Seal Sands site

Metric eyes retail park after £11m deal

Stagecoach to launch fleet after investment

AMEC JV wins Magnox work

Clegg's localism pledges welcomed

Profits soar at Northgate

Motor group invests in Peterlee dealership

Braveheart targets North East angels

"Survival of the fittest" in retail - KPMG

Ward Hadaway advises on £720m worth of deals

Dickinson Dees shifts Yorkshire base

New recruit as DEF looks to grow

RGF not the only cash source - Deloitte

North East storage company acquired

Southern Cross extends banking facilities

Northumbrian Water weighs up approach

Work starts on £14m hotel

Housing association fined £65,000 after death

Nifco hails investment in workforce

£22m project prepares to open doors

AMEC wins uranium project work

Endless to lose Amdega cash

Cashflow funding scheme launches

Paragon considers Northern Rock move - reports

Loss-making DCCC eyes long-term growth

Directors disqualified after Syncro collapse

Digital start-up project launches

LEP endorses £156m of RGF bids

Board appointment at nationalised banks

LEP chiefs named

Go North East buys bus depot

Fresh enterprise zone bids submitted

45 Southern Cross homes saved

Tanfield Group turnover up by a quarter

Capita Symonds appoints Somerville

Talking Point: Double whammy could shape new high street

Plenty of scope for angels in the North East - NEA2F

Ashley's Sports Direct in £7m retail acquisition

LSL company buys Santander mortgage business

£10m development boost for Sunderland

Grainger extends residential investment fund

Northern Bear roars into solar

AMEC wins nuclear services contract

St Modwen builds on profit rise

£100m high-tech plant for North East

North East companies to head west for export success

Transfer deal unlocks investment for Newcastle

Atlas starts up following investment

Buyer sought for P Whelan

Hoban defends Business Growth Fund threshold

£210m held back by North East businesses

Northstar wins in London

Durham housing stock set for change

OpSec offer period extended

Turnover up despite 'tough' market for Crutes

NE property market bounces back - Sanderson Weatherall

Hartlepool steel hub opens for business

Southern Cross shuts down

£2.4bn bid for Northumbrian Water

Brulines on track

Jobs saved with engineering deal

North East housing market boost

North East hit by £6.1m fraud - research

NECC joins 'cruise war' against Liverpool plans

Schools could get funding for refurbs

Entrepreneurs scrub up with bathroom maker deal

Watson Burton advises on Atkins deal

Architects' JV targets China

ISG targets expansion with appointment

NOF to explore Yorkshire

Radical revamp needed to drive development - report

Deloitte adds to North East team

Booming revenues at Ashley's Sports Direct

North East companies head to the palace

Massive Hagg House Farm site acquired

Amdega workers thrown jobs lifeline

Colliers targets corporate restructure market

Turnover drops at Barrier

Van Mildert heads for Sheffield

Tesco superstore to create Wearside jobs boost

North East rents rocket

Henson secures care home approval

Online pet retailer sets turnover target

DWF recruits partner from rival

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New Business Link team a "formidable blend"

AEL looks to the sky after relocation

Deal to support turnover push at printer

Buyer sought for bar group

SITS heads north

Talks explore "son of Southern Cross" - reports

Yuill Homes bags HCA funding

LSL buys stake in conveyancing business

Realism is bridging valuation gap - Renton

Collingwood Legal to relocate

NHP to pick up Southern Cross pieces

Smithers Purslow opens in Newcastle

Increased margins help Mech-Tool

Poll Me bags funding

Apprentice star commits to Greggs

Turnover up at NHS butcher

Ward Hadaway swoops for commercial lawyer

Funding boost for engineering company

ASL powers up with £3.6m deal

Work to start on £15m Bridges anchor – Land Sec

A third of UK workers are skivers - PwC

Sluggish start for Vertu

Hargreaves receives Welsh approval

North-south divide widening - IPPR

Nissan breaks UK car plant records

Holiways motors through difficult year

New area head at RBS

Rocket takes off with TSG deal

Ask the Expert: Fresh capital

Ask the Expert: Unsolicited approaches

Apprentice skills will help baker's expansion push

Firm urges developers to answer council's call

Start-up wraps up £50,000 from Barclays

Elanders wins Labour Party vote

Nissan looks ahead with recruitment drive

Watson Burton finishes school work

Bernicia buys Ashwood plot

e-Therapeutics well-set after cash injection

Watson Burton appoints Betchley

Research business unveils new chairman

Businesses in distress soar in North East - Begbies

Endeavour acts on Hydra sale

Centre re-opens after investment

MSD to expand after refinancing

Beachcroft merger to create £175m firm

US contract win for GT

Businesses may miss Olympic chance - Lloyds

Deal gives printer something to Shout about

BEL drives turnover close to £100m mark

Fund backs low-budget movie for success

New recruit at NEA2F

Debt falls as Sage stays on track

High-speed rail essential to job creation – report

Techdrill eyes profitable future

Watson Burton advises on £25m investment

Koru starts work on uni project

Latimer Hinks adds to property team

Communisis to consolidate further in North East

MACAW expands with HQ relocation

MEP slams Liverpool cruise manoeuvres

North East nears £100m Olympic mark

Patrick Parsons secures cash boost

Ask the Expert: Getting ready to sell

Pellew appointed as BCC president

Chamber calls for tender support

Hadrian receives project approval

Northern Rock bids are in as deadline passes

Harrison EDS wins Tattoo work

Vacant units on the rise - RICS

OpSec hopes to seize opportunities

Chamber salutes SSI job bonanza

Ask the Expert: Financing the North East

Southern Cross extends banking facilities

Mobile Mini slips to small loss

Sanderson Weatherall hires trio

Central Bean to open fourth venue

130 North East RGF bids submitted

Sky Newcastle hub on track

Broker expands into North East

Hammerson to maximise Monument Mall potential

Hong Kong tycoon to buy Northumbrian Water

Metrocentre performance boosts CSC valuations

Filtronic in £1.3m fundraising plan

Permission secured for Bridges work

Tharsus helps spin-out cash in on invention

New recruit as TTA looks to grow

TVU gets share of LEP start-up cash

Losses narrow at Northern Rock

OEL Bearing Technology wins contracts in Saudi

Debenhams to anchor Cornmill extension

Retail most distressed sector – R3

Entrepreneur to open £4.5m care home project

Moneygate makes City move

Revenue accelerates at Bell Truck Sales

LSL pleased with start in challenging market

Company fined after worker's fingers severed

NEL prepared to look outside core market

Apprentice star to share tips

Optimism grows for business owners – Baker Tilly

Start-up gets cash injection and entrepreneur backing

North East branches among few TJ Hughes stores left standing

Bellway to beat £62m profit mark

Ethical society retains Co-op

Tata to invest £7m in Hartlepool

Cable urges North East to seize green opportunity

Offshoring threat at DWP in Newcastle

Choices arm picked up by Mears

Deregulation to fuel rapid growth at Winns

Bullivant bought by French rival

IoD committee to provide Co Durham voice

Cuts hit public sector construction in North East

Software specialists team up for Nine

Greggs sales up in tough conditions

Due North in capital success

Consultancy eyes Chinese investors

Rio Tinto launches eco-review of holdings

Job hopes as De La Rue looks to North East

Streamlined Northern Bear optimistic

Orca sets OpSec deadline

Deloitte reports revenues of £80m in the region

Yuill completes £61m project

LEP adds trio to board

North East sites in local TV running

Tasty year for cheese maker

Petards boss to step down

£190m sales pipeline for Grainger

Mixed fortunes for TJ Hughes in the North East

Feechan appointed to top role at Deloitte

Whickham Villa targets growth with promotion

UNW headhunts Gilhespie

Onyx bought in pharma deal

Businesses forced to 'raid the family silver' - report

£2.3m ERDF cash for Teesside University

Aceda secures South West solar site

Ashley in £87m sites sale to Sports Direct

Coppola to oversee Manor Walks works

Stone wins £100k contracts

Chinese 'back Northern Rock bid'

Tata Redcar sale 'avoided £192m loss'

Parklands Golf Complex appoints GM

Newcastle and Gateshead in hotel boom

Indian delegation looks at NE investment opportunities

Patrick Parsons expands in Chester

House prices fall again – survey

Phoenix fires up in the Middle East

Progress powers up with £4.4m financing

OpSec in Luk with board hire

Asda signs Skelton supermarket deal

SCA packs in with profit and spending pledge

North East enterprise zone details unveiled

Sage confirms MYOB takeover interest

Retirement saving more important than ever – PwC

North East employers get apprentice grants

Wolf Consultancy in transatlantic partnership

Explain revenues rise in first quarter

Southdale hires new North East director

M&A activity drops in the North East

Farmland property prices reach new high

North East businesses expect to double turnover

Enterprise zone plans advance

One in ten out of work in North East - ONS

£1.4m for green Ferguson fleet

Watson Burton advises on Lansinoh deal

New Northgate jobs after contract wins

Profit dip for NRG amid 'uncertainties'

Scootsafe to roll into production

Venture capital trust merger moves ahead

TV stars to offer business advice

Orca extends OpSec loan deadline

High appointment for Durham Tees Valley Airport

Two new angels in the north

Big rise in North East private rents

Revenue drop at Southern Cross

Venezuelan contract joy for Houghton

New team for Sanderson Weatherall

Durham congestion charge warning

Expansion plan for Global Manufacturing Supplies

Tourism awards set for October

Persimmon buoyed by summer boost

Turnover 'no barrier for £2.5bn fund'

Consett Civic Centre to officially close

Pessimism among North East businesses - survey

Open day for £13m campus

Sandman hotel appoints new director

UBS jobs fear for Newcastle

Profit dips at AMEC

£195,000 revamp for cathedral route

Nissan and Siemens back recruitment plan

North East third in business failure table

New North East chairman for CIOT

Bridge plan attracts funding

Site move stimulates Tyne and Wear profits

Company targets eco-car charger market

Rio Tinto closes in on Australian deal

'We're not a bunch of fairy godmothers' - Dragon Devey

Chamber calls for student support

Berghaus appoints new COO

Profit dips at Lowries

Shutters to fall on TJ Hughes in Sunderland

Expansion after ice cream seller scoops deal

Fee income down at Dickinson Dees

Call for end to apprenticeship misconceptions

Tanfield reacts to share price movement

Apprentice star hails North East business community

One North East assets to transfer to HCA

North East has cheapest house prices in UK

HS Atec to relocate Darlington depot after deal

Southern Cross boss waives compensation package

IP Group builds portfolio

Narec project moves forward

Online business nets further backing

Board reshuffle at IDS

Northern Rock sells Irish branch

Vertu buys in the North West

Profits up as Go-Ahead drives on

New boss on the lookout for deals at Stadium

North East rental market buoyant

Dawson appointed as Rider Hunt chairman

RMT acts on archaeologist rescue deal

Boardroom changes at Hargreaves

Further extension for Southern Cross

Jaffry to head northern investment for LSH

TVU agrees inward investment MoU with UKTI

Jobs to be created after planning green light

New recruit at Porsche and Bentley outlet

Further expansion for flooring retailer

Charles Clinkard reports year of growth

Northgate invests £300,000 in Glasgow refurb

Tait Walker recruits Wilson as partner

Bonus targets to become more challenging – PwC

MEP urges North East business to back cruise industry

North East workers to score Rugby flexi-time

Contract wins for Datawright

Rebrand for Gordon Brown

Aframe wins work with hit TV show producer

Brenntag acquires Multisol

Countrywide sells franchising network

Jobs lost as Browne Smith Baker folds

Toffee Factory secures first tenant

Work starts on Barluga Deli

Manufacturers defy gloom - EEF

Kelburn buy starts to pay for Staffline

Watchdog calls for Ashley deal veto

Stadium poised for acquisitive growth

Profits dip at Sports Direct despite sales increase

Green light expected for Terrace Hill supermarket projects

PwC makes "significant investment" in new faces

Houghton in Venezuelan deal

Management changes at IT business

Scratchbikes nets funding

Buyer yet to emerge for luxury hotel

Sheffield hotel opens its doors

Nissan celebrates 25 years in the North East

Sports Direct agrees £87m Ashley deal

IDS looking for deals as it outstrips 2010

North East high streets in list of poor performers

RMT director appointed to port board

Unite looks to expand

Cabinet to scrutinise Consett regeneration plans

Roystons powers up with funding

Smith named Dealmaker of the Year

Northgate sells up in Warwick

Buyouts on the horizon, say dealmakers

North East exports remain strong despite dip

New director at Building Surveyors

Cross FD set for role at HC-One

NECC salutes Nissan

SITS launches sister business

North East businesses to invest despite UK fears

Cruise wars: MEP slams North East opposition

Prospects "excellent" for north - PwC boss

Cleveland Centre sold in multimillion-pound deal

Hotel to create 200 jobs

Able apprentice nets accolade

Energy-from-waste plans move forward

Businesses building pots of cash for growth - Mullaney

Growth expected despite fundraising concerns - ECI

Fashion retailer to expand at Bridges

Middleton pours further funds into bottle recycler

Murgitroyd grows turnover with expansion

Northgate reduces fleet size

Coco Moon bags finance deal

Revenue and profit leap at Hargreaves

RSM Tenon reports turnover growth

Shark club bites into Newcastle

Brown hired by recruitment firm

Apprentices shun university for British Engines

Take two as fund makes double investment

Winter weather knocks Van Mildert business

Further short-term extension for Southern Cross

Bernard lands BGF role

Trio in Sunday Times table

Cruise petition sailing into Downing Street

Cushman & Wakefield man joins Cobalt team

Fire security business targets Newcastle

Software company targets national sales push

Recycler to expand with bank cash

Walter Wright acquired by Perspective

SCM Pharma strikes uni deal

Which links up with SAGE

Job creation promised after Southern Cross transfer

AV Dawson eyes growth with investment

Safety work starts after store collapse

Former Sage boss heads to CPP

Venture capital firms close in on merger

North East exports to Russia booming - UKTI

Fund backs Goss Hitman movie

Move will allow firm to build on "significant platform"

Scrap framework plans or risk stunting growth - NECC

KPMG recruits Atack to financial services team

Passing on wealth motivates owners - Santander

£2.4bn takeover moves closer

SGW makes sixth acquisition

Graduate intake gets started at Deloitte

Aspire completes Alnwick Garden work

Branson in Rock talks with Chinese fund

Dental practice creates North East jobs

Jobs saved after deal for telecoms company

Watchdog reveals water complaint records

Safety work continues after store collapse

Opsec agrees Orca loan repayment

First expansion outside North East for retailer

AMEC JV wins £67m contract

Mega-deal for Sage US healthcare arm

Accountants merge

Ryder to merge with JAA

New product launched by Due North

Manissa nets cash boost from fund

SITS targets new areas with recruit

Angel-backed business names Coca-Cola JV

Synkro secures SAP licence

Gateshead hub opens

Koru to start Fergusons roof work

Lucion expands with acquisition of rival

Profits double as A&P invests for the future

Changing perceptions - Insider roundtable

Ask the Expert: Cyber crime risks

Ask the Expert: Fraud in the workplace

Majestic patent win for e-Therapeutics

NVM targets £15m fundraising

Cautious HM Plant builds profits

Soulsby leaves Northern Bear

Filtronic plans to cut costs 'taking effect'

Love Your Larder gobbles up investment

Donyal Engineering on £54m framework

Funding eases but no more upturn envisaged – report

End of scrappage scheme dents Hodgson profits

Gleeson backs strategy after turnover dip

TV company sets up funding model for backers

Entrepreneurs failing to cash in on tax breaks

Four new directors at Deloitte

Peel submits Washington superstore plans

St Modwen moves forward in Sunderland

Luminar sells up in Newcastle

Securing your business - Insider roundtable

Land Sec appoints Bridges contractor

Lib Dems gear up for spring conference

Southern Cross reveals final restructuring plans

Losses widen at Grontmij UK after turnover slump

NBNK makes Lloyds bid

Loss at Tanfield as supply chain struggles to keep up

Town & City to invest in Tyneside

Training successes at Begbies

Luxury hotel heralds restaurant investment

Angel slams Miliband 'Dragons' Den tax'

Replacement plans revealed as 1NG scrapped

Harrow wins renovation contract

Accountancy firm expands with merger

Bulk of Southern Cross deals in place

Petards hails first half despite turnover dip

LDC exits Aesica

Proton forecasts commercial breakthrough

Ask the Expert: Fraud prevention

Teesside investment boosts James Halstead

AMEC wins £50m North Sea contract

Plans for Jennings site approved

Lear move strengthens "impressive" sector - NECC

Holmes takes up Coast & Country post

ISG targets North East expansion

EY reports 8 per cent rise in revenues

Eaga takeover boosts Carillion

Lanchester Dairies in takeover

Science City partners commit investment

Qubic makes Newcastle move

Stockton seeks PFI cash

£1m ship-shape advice centre opened

Stadium Group takes on Laird boss

Grainger looks ahead after refinancing

MBO at Tekmar

Lupton Fawcett acquires Davidson Large

Lotte Chemical UK's expansion approved

Quick funding secured for growth

Sumo drinks to funding

Addison ups turnover but warns of challenges

Strong first half at IDS

On track Greggs ups promotional spend

Losses at Southern Cross takeover company

LDC in £200m investment drive

Value of North East M&As up

Go-Ahead on track with eco targets

NETPark Net launches advice programme

Training centre to be built on North Tyneside

Contract wins for recycler Warp-it

Turnover surge at Esh Group

Vertu company in Vauxhall JV

Northgate invests in Grantham depot

Durham businesses offer regen feedback

Praise for 'labour of love'

Uncertainty surrounds fragile growth - NECC

Stockton Town Hall nears completion

Magnet parent profits up amid "stagnant" kitchens market

Jon Moulton: RDAs achieved nothing

Banks' £15m wind farm appeal starts

Caterpillar UK digs into £372m sales boost

Exports leading "fight-back"

Middlesbrough in property sell-off

Finance lifts Hewitt Crane

Tata Steel invests £2m in Hartlepool

Court approval for £2.4bn water deal

£15m Bridges expansion work begins

Forrest leaves Northern Bear

North East tops the table for small businesses

Number of North East companies going bust rises

Ineos Nitriles in five-fold profit boost

£1.5m investment in Spennymoor Leisure Club

North East in house price plunge

Government must stimulate private sector jobs - BCC

Grainger expects to outperform 2010

Tiger Filtration looks for expansion

JV secures Pyrex site approval

Hairy Lemon sold by leisure group

Jobs boost after Middlesbrough regen project

Soup sales lift International Cuisine parent

Pre-deal profits plummet at Aesica

Aesica eyes global acquisitions to support growth plans

Discover Leisure shares suspended

Great expectations for Zytronic

Co-Op Taylor development on track

Revised wind farm plans to be examined

North East companies feature in Sunday Times table

North East-backed business prepares for lift-off

Jobs at risk as Discover calls in administrators

More transfers at Southern Cross

AMEC bags £150m contract win

Rio "streamlining" places Lynemouth smelter at risk

Hotel fined after worker injured

Businesses in distress worst in North East - Begbies

No call in for Dalton Park plans

240 jobs go at Discover

Bellway builds profit to £67m

Deloitte adds to tax team

Eagle eyes North East expansion

ISIS backs £27m MBO at Onyx Group

Proton hails loan conversion

Network specialist KBR opens Chester office

MEP criticises EU law impact on Rio closure threat

Scrappage scheme loss hits Vertu

Greggs set for motorway services market

NVM-backed business swoops for rival

Banks Group makes apprenticeships pledge

New area chief at Lloyds TSB

Rigorous review at engineering business

Go-Ahead "disappointed" by DfT call

Bids for £1bn CCS fund invited

New fund looks to create hundreds of businesses

Silverbean outlines growth plans

NewcastleGateshead to host visit

Darlington eyes retail boom

NEL-backed business eyes brand exposure

North East worst hit by public sector cuts

EPA hails Gulf kick-start

Investment activity to increase - BTG

£400m renewables push launched

Petards bags £2.5m MoD contract

Huntley leaves Go-Ahead for the North Pole

Rock lawyer recruited by Ward Hadaway

Grainger unveils new non-exec recruit

Tanfield to plough cash into development

Communisis to shut Bristol operation

Strong year at PX Group

CBI urges more support for "forgotten army"

Rank hails G Casino brand

Stockton updates on £20m plans

Virgin poised for £1bn Rock deal

Success stories still out there – Miller

New boss at Hilton

Apple forces rebrand after 'David and Goliath' dispute

£3m hotel projects nears conclusion

Blue Marble snaps up North East site

Opus North nets Stockton deals

Academics to explore salt reduction

The Liability scoops fund cash

International Cuisine owner sold in £151m deal

Willmott Dixon wins £147m contract

Brulines buys Lookout Solutions

Closure threat plant "strangled" by EU

Go-Ahead benefits from high motoring costs

NSCC chairman's company goes bust

Aspire selected as Mitel partner

Yuill takes Garlands site

Profit up at Business & Enterprise despite RDA cuts

EVS expands in India with UKTI help

Angel targets more open network

New group MD at Thompson Building Centres

Bigge makes Cable call

Durham businesses set for boost

Construction work to start at Metrocentre

LEP report "fundamentally flawed" - TVU

Asian business linked to Cumbrian deal

New recruit at Steel River

Grainger Games apologises after PR stunt goes wrong

DAC Beachcroft merger goes live today

Creditors lose out after Browne Smith Baker collapse

North East to benefit from RGF tourism money

Brulines bags Enterprise Inns contract

OpSec pays back Orca cash

Just Car Clinics confirms AIM departure

Government cuts affect Grant Thornton sales

North East nets £93m windfall from RGF

Gateshead performing well for Turbo

Willy Watson joins Quick Hydraulics

North East SMEs look to exports

William Cook strikes rescue deal for Astrum

417 Cross homes transfer

Green light for £3m plans

Jobs at risk as Veriplast quits Dragonville

New boss at Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets

IP Group eyes opportunities

Dozen more Cross homes transfer to Care UK

Jobs lost as Liquid lights go out

MACAW eyes further growth

Ryecroft Glenton acts on recruitment deal

Elected mayor views wanted

Tyne Gangway completes aircraft carrier work

Vela appoints group director of property services

Ward Hadaway wins healthcare work

Airport wins industry award

Tanfield cash boost approved

Cruise wars: North East receives Southampton support

Aspire moves into HQ

Firms act on CNG buyout

Double board hire for NBS

Nuclear opportunities revealed by EDF

Export Matters: International expansion

Miliband attacks Business Growth Fund lending

Reward founder launches £10m ABL venture

Law firm helps first RC school conversion

Investment drives market town retail boom

Clinic recruit to target business community

LSL expands in capital with deal

Grand Central bought by Arriva

Benton Park View plans set for approval

Multimillion-pound windfall for North East LEPs

Ask the Expert: Dealing with the Renminbi

Ask the Expert: Moving into new territories

Ask the Expert: International growth and risk management

MEP hits back in cruise row

North East in housing market boost - report

Middleton in business angel call as loan fund launched

RSM Tenon reports "flattened" demand

Eshtech moves into NETPark

North swoops for MSMI

Bridges in shopper number boost

NECC conference to discuss economy

North East shipyard work loss defended

Magpies defend stadium name change shock

Expert Cables in £15m turnover target with cash boost

Banks secure £95m RGF slice

Fundraising for IP Group business

Sage vows to defend lawsuit

NUBS to promote entrepreneurship

Blyth care home opens

£200m Sage deal completes

Trico restructuring hits CTC performance

SES wins £30m Blyth work

Green light for £5m Network Rail plans

Airport hotel appoints manager

Bowmer & Kirkland relocates its North East office

Cross wind down nears completion

Waterside House sold in multimillion-pound deal

Brunswick bought by Restore

Expansion for SaleCycle

North East looks globally - Insider roundtable

CBI urges action on energy legislation

Rock deal welcomed by NECC

North East leisure group in jobs boost

Premier Waste turnover to top £12m

AMEC shrugs off economic uncertainty

Ask The Expert: The Bribery Act and exports

Rapid Rock float rumoured

Metrocentre operator in £375m refinancing deal

Watson Burton celebrates dealmaking success

Toffee Factory partners with city institution

Arkle brothers take board roles at Fergusons

Companies in illuminating link-up

Tyne Gangway looks overseas with UKTI grant

Caterpillar hails apprenticeships

Wynyard Hall to unveil new spa

Amber set for £5m cash injection

Profits hit by shifting legal backdrop - PwC

Software companies to benefit from EU cash

Yuill completes Middlesbrough project

Shareholders back LSL capital deal

Sales up at Eden Farm

RBS needs to 'get back what was lost' - Hester

Claims company on lookout for deals

RGF money will create Tharsus jobs

Walker looks to double sales after move

Nichol Associates bags fund cash

Clive Owen dealmaker bags promotion

Ask the Expert: Access to Finance

Accountant tucks into sandwich franchise

Strong start at IDS

AIM companies need 'Plan B' - PwC

DWF and Crutes to merge

Cal2 relocates after contract wins

Mixed reaction to Autumn Statement

Cautious welcome for finance schemes

Entrepreneur closes on backing after NEA2F help

FIT Club looks to trade east

AMEC wins £75m Centrica contract

Proton powers on with hydrogen sales

Northern Bear roars with profit rise

House prices slump in North East

Sage on takeover hunt after profit boost

Buyer sought Northumberland hotels

Society chief queries stamp duty call

Entrepreneur warns of care home crisis

RSM Tenon wins accolade

Losses widen at OpSec

Quorum builds on green credentials

Esh Group secures HCA grant

Chamber urges FIT Carillion caution

New recruits for Ernst & Young Newcastle

Angel makes White appointment

European deal for R&R

Rio's Canada call highlights red tape burden - Callanan

Compete North East in Olympic call

OnePoint wins US contracts

Fabrick secures HCA millions

Able chief named on Humber LEP board

UKAR to quit Gosforth

Jobs boost as NE projects bag more RGF cash

New recruit at Barclays Corporate

Record year at Victrex

Jobs saved in rescue deal at Cumbrian Seafood

Turnover boost for DAC Beachcroft

Zytronic ups profits

Ask the Expert: Business health checks

Multimillion-pound Discover claims unveiled

Bellway agrees £150m banking facility

Newcastle to get new powers but questions raised

Board appointment at Vertu

Green light for Teesside renewable project

IP Group company looks to raise £25m

RGF-backed company launches

Handelsbanken banks on more North East branches

Billingham lease deal completed

Sharp output drop in the North East

Tow bar hire company eyes growth

European heavyweight wades into cruise dispute

Go-Ahead records growth in bus and rail use

£10m funding boost for North East businesses

Lunedale businesses in broadband boost

Newcastle lined up for local TV

DFDS scores with Newcastle fans

Jobs boost with ETS deal

Green Investment Bank launch edges closer

Talking Point: Ambition is the only constraint

Ashley turns away from Blacks deal

Peel puts Durham Tees up for sale

Millions to be pumped into Eldon Square

Firm targets bigger slice of pie after deal

Demand creates jobs at Francis Brown

Approval for Debenhams in Darlington

Sage director steps down

Caravan park sold to Total Onyx

AYO Media in Manchester move

Ryecroft Glenton advises on recruitment deal

Hargreaves expects to rise above Maltby challenges

Board appointment at Sunderland AFC

UKTI urges NE companies to explore Thailand

NECC makes investment pitch

Angel deal creates Cramlington work

NBS in division sell-off

Northgate makes Spanish appointment

Energy group buys turbines for Durham site

BGF looking to invest

Training partnership secures 50 jobs

Henry Williams wins £1m tunnel contract

Stockton warehouse work underway

Insolvency rates rise in North East

DMI to create NE jobs after Dutch transfer

Investor buys Tyne and Wear medical centre

Keepmoat to invest £60m in NE land

Toffee Factory welcomes tenants

Northstar to say in North East

Angel raises cash with placing

Nissan smashes more records in Sunderland

Resort eyes "staycation" trade with expansion

Ashley 'edges closer to Blacks deal'

Darlington FC for sale

Time to remove begging bowl, Middleton tells North East

Virgin pledge as Rock deal completes

Doubling deals value in North East

North East leaders set out 2012 priorities

Businesses to refinance in new year - Swarbrick

MBO at Chemoxy International

Hodgkinson unveiled as NCFE chairman

Virgin sponsorship off to thumping start

Esh bags £5.5m project win

Young's to axe jobs at Cumbrian Seafoods

Communicator Corp picked up by Trinity

Blacks to enter admin as salvage deal nears

Branson to visit Virgin Money branch in Newcastle

Government hits back in European funding row

Growth at KPMG in "unbelievably difficult" climate

Fraud on the up in the North East - BDO

Hotel to open after £3m investment

Lloyd's Animal Feeds boosts profit

JD Sports in advanced talks over Blacks

Petards appoints MD at subsidiary

Record mince pie sales boost Greggs

UK ripe with opportunity – Onyx chief

High-speed rail 'must not neglect' North East

Yuill to build homes at DurhamGate

Vertu snaps up Northants dealership

Verdant Leisure acquires Northumberland holiday park

Koru bags fund cash for new division

North East jobs saved as part of La Senza rescue deal

Sports Direct condemns £20m Blacks deal

London calling for Bellway

Law firm secures quality accreditation

Fund looks to drive North East growth

Barratt schemes to bring jobs windfall

Miliband opens airport hotel

Uni helps Mech-Tool to streamline

Sports Direct reels in Hot Tuna

New FD at diagnostic company

Spark Etail sews up deal for fashion business

Buyer sought for hotel business

Student digs snapped up in multimillion-pound deal

Call centre letting boosts South Shields

Green light for phase one of £265m project

Motoring site looking to accelerate

Design centre to host national conference

Wilton Group contract win to create 250 jobs

Watson Burton advises Narec on renewable project

Ward Hadaway acts on fund investments

Law firm appoints chair as ABS move gathers pace

Prior knowledge helping turnaround - Cook

Expansion plans for bakery business

Fendor banks more growth fund cash

Past Times stores remain open as buyer sought

Able Marine Energy Park plans move forward

Industrial letting at Saturn Court

Jobs fear after Peacocks falls

Model recruit at UNW

Newcastle store avoids Pumpkin Patch axe

Dukesway Central plans given green light

Work finishes at TTE facility

DWF weighing up Cobbetts merger

Ex-Sunderland boss dies

US wine contract for Keltie Cochrane

IDH warns of revenue dip

Virgin Money eyes MBNA

Status wraps up GO Outdoors contract

easyJet capacity takes off

Goldshield strikes another deal

Carillion wins academy work

Ryecroft Glenton CF team looks to build on momentum

Petroplus problems fuel NE jobs fears

The Assembly Rooms work underway

Sanderson Weatherall sells Discover assets

Onyx expands data centre

Nifco UK to create jobs after pocketing RGF cash

Fuzzwire created after design merger

Ask the Expert: Becoming a franchise

North East leaders hail cruise cash rejection

JLIF takes full control of NEFRA

International growth for Prima Cheese

MTPrint clinches £175k

Venture capitalist may save Darlington FC

£8.5m work completed at Nifco site

Cullercoats drinks to order success

Final call for North East exporters

PE-backed deals 'boom' revealed

Petards' profits to trump expectations

NE expansion for online golf venture

Waltons Clark Whitehill to relocate

Sainsbury's checks in at Sedgefield

Attends Healthcare sold to US corporation

Uni chair bags business advisory role

Plans in for Bishop Auckland scheme

More fundraising at Proton

OpSec issues profit warning

32 areas in the running for Green Investment Bank

Harrow project completes

Buy-to-let return predicted

Icelandic admins hit cable company performance

DWF and Cobbetts merger talks break down

Losses grow at Filtronic

Perspective acquires Vivienne Shepherd

Ask the Expert: Business growth through apprenticeships

Esler to lead new Dow Schofield Watts office

New office as Scotland bears fruit for Orchard

North East LEPs secure millions from fund

Historic Northumberland inn closes

Liverpool to pay back cruise cash

IT deal safeguards North East jobs

Liverpool cruise "gestures" inadequate - Callanan

Pair of appointments at Collingwood Legal

NewRiver renews in Newcastle

TVU in capital call

Workshops help entrepreneur bag funding

Hat-trick of contract wins for Nortech

Green light for £7m Hartlepool project

IP Group leads investment into Durham Uni spin-out

Strong start at Grainger

£40m Durham development starts

St Modwen boosts profit

Koru starts health centre project

Cash lights up Amitex expansion plans

North East bars sold

Caterpillar in contracts move

Sales up at Victrex

Jobs axed at Lloyds' Newcastle office

Sage strikes Integral deal

Gateshead College site plans approved

Steel & Alloy accelerates sales

Carr appointed MD of Go North East

Narec to play central role in £50m energy centre

Pet project receives funding

Newcastle bags skills cash

MymCart heads to North East

Tanfield looks to respond to global demand

Pair hail string of deals

Tanfield to accelerate return to black with cash injection

New airport owner to capitalise on regional support

Green light for next phase of regen project

Merlin banks miss small business lending target

Caterer teams up with Sunderland AFC

Smith expands apprenticeship scheme

KIS upgrades IT to support growth

Steve Ross takes over R3 chair

NE graduate launches Competitor Monitor

Ward Hadaway acts on £12m fundraising

SES wins Trinity Square work

Ashley in line for bonus after sales boom at Sports Direct

New office for merged accountants

North East dealmaker leads E-Resourcing deal

First-half profit slips at Hargreaves Services

Government to sign nuclear deal

£6m Bestway store to create jobs

Owners outline airport plans

Sunderland company bags space cash

Tourism Alliance acquires 'passionate brand'

Jobs created as Utilitywise relocates

Chinese JV for Tanfield affiliate

Amended plans for historic site set for green light

CSC shareholders approve Peel deal

Royal visit for expanding Blue Kangaroo

Iconic development to be reopened

Mill Volvo in Tyne Theatre deal

SSC Laser plans North East factory

Store closures continue in North East

Firm helps iconic rum producer look to future

RGF cash there for small companies - Heseltine

Vet develops equine clinic after Barclays deal

Datum360 eyes growth after cash injection

Smith in vehicle subsidy boost

New care venture set to create jobs

Niall Quinn leaves Sunderland AFC

Revenue passes £3bn at AMEC

Teesside contractor calls in administrators

Hammerson in office disposal drive

Year of activity at Aycliffe Business Park

North East creatives bag fund cash

North East jobs go despite Peacocks rescue deal

Re Pet bags in second fundraising

Emirates ups Newcastle presence

Hargreaves makes senior appointment

Byker estate work finished

North East hotels praised at awards night

Darlington FC surge towards safety

Staybridge Suites on the market

Ask the Expert: Support for apprenticeships

NEL hails deal levels and bags work on £50m fund

Data centre buy for Onyx

Vertu sales to top £1bn

RDA staff receive £2m in bonuses

Wetherspoon contract lifts Wilkinson

£500k refurb creates 'luxury' apartments

Jobs go as McNulty Offshore calls in administrators

North East still has lowest priced houses - report

Green light for EZ planning system

Family-run hotel expands

Newcastle hotel put up for sale

Cameras roll for new Tyneside Cinema initiative

Upbeat Communisis makes £10m investment

LSL hails year of investment

Liberty Living secures £300m financing

"Bad bank" returns £2bn to taxpayer

Charles Owen rides off with Airowear

Angel expects period of unprecedented growth

Trio of recruits at KPMG

Jobs go after dairy folds

North needs HS2 and Northern Hub - Botham

Inaugural Deal of the Month named

Serviced office space launched

Profit jump at Stadium Group

Kessler takes control of MP Storage parent

MJN Colston jobs go across the UK

Business leaders hail Nissan's NE call

Ward Hadaway deals year tops £1bn

Portfolio investments boost IP Group

Jobs go as ETEC heads into liquidation

Lynemouth closure confirmed

Shield company bags drug development cash

Newcastle United hail "landmark year"

Superdry to open in Sunderland

Fabricom agrees Quorum deal

McNulty staff re-employed after contract boost

Terrace Hill completes portfolio sale

Investment at SCM Pharma

Banks agrees £16m funding deal

Listed building revamp for Urban Outfitters

Contract wins drive profit at Rhenus Logistics

Chipchase Manners launches new business

Cairn Group injects cash into Scottish project

Accountants move into new office

The Hustler breaks back into Newcastle

Strong pipeline for NEL Fund Managers

North East was ideal location for green bank - NECC

Ask the Expert: The Budget 2012

Greggs plans more store opening after profits rise

Monitor Coatings expanding after cash injection

Foreman promoted at Barclays

Acquisition finance market remains 'cautious'

Illuminating Raytec deal completes

Work starts on giant Tesco store

Businesses double-up to meet demand

North East deals lined up by JLIF

Wilmott Dixon wins £31m Redcar project

Santander sets up business support programme

£3.1m distribution centre opens on Teesside

Sealpump acquires Spray Direct

Deals business expands after Newcastle pilot

Slow trading at Northgate

Philpotts sales drop as economic conditions bite

The Test Factory lines up growth

MEP calls for Liverpool to repay euro cash

Sports Direct buys Firetrap brand

£10m Teesside scheme gets green light

County bags broadband cash

AAF opens new Cramlington facility

Go-Ahead teams up with Grand Prix giant

Ask the Expert: The Budget 2012

Wynyard Park charges up with installation

New Brunswick owner looks ahead to strong 2012

Bus depot deal for Go-Ahead

Esh Group finds Solution for site revamp

'Radical proposals' needed for business growth – chamber

Sales up at North East packaging company

Ask the Expert: The Budget 2012

Lloyds' plan for 500 jobs in Co-op deal

Miller Homes welcomes Budget sentiment

Osborne missed the target - NECC

Lynch Healthcare eyes growth after deal

Docherty Chimney Group sweeps up MMF

TVU to test the health of the region

North East overlooked for £350m bio-pharma plant

Talking Point: Hub moves closer

Proton Power hails REX milestone

Brulines bags "significant" Morrisons contract extension

Angel opens Cramlington plant

Firstsource to recruit 580 workers

OpSec agrees £12.5m Delta deal

North East builders' merchant goes green

DAC Beachcroft managing partner hails JV

SNOP plant adds to Sunderland's automotive strength

NECC welcomes slimmed down planning policy

Former Stadium chief takes 600 helm

Lion Capital's Cumbrian deal cleared by OFT

Greggs Gosforth factory completes

Ask the Expert: Advice on government grants

Law firm continues Yorkshire recruitment drive

Terra Firma in £276m garden centre deal

NE towns in running for Portas roles

North East LEP funding details revealed

Thermacore targets growth after accreditation

Amenity One bought by agricultural business

Koru starts on £2.3m project

Backing for affordable gym venture

Pay of executives controlling Northern Rock "bad bank" revealed

Balfour Beatty opens redundancy consultations

Inglis reappointed as CTC managing director

Optimism surges among North East businesses

Galliford Try seals £347m Gateshead deal

KPMG makes senior audit appointment

Insider's March Deal of the Month named

£30m conference project moves closer

Financial services sector growth continues

Pigment plant contract win for px group

North East M&A deal activity falls in first quarter

New policy director at NECC

Steel & Alloy snapped up by Spanish processor

Brulines changes name to Vianet Group

Sports Direct denies any part in JJB financing plans

Competition forces Kerry to consider Durham cuts

Gott hails Arriva order

New business launches after MBO

NSG expands into North East

Exhibition triggers export joy for Roman

Upbeat Elanders eyes sales boost

Dickinson Dees inks Leeds office deal

Festival of light pumped millions into Durham

Permanent appointments slow in North

Nissan plan 'underlines North East confidence'

Contract win for Wilton Engineering Services

£175m refinancing for Hargreaves Services

Terrace Hill bags £35m for Sainsbury's project

New owner pledges cash after hotel deal

Reduced work for North East construction companies

Hoffman makes fresh Lloyds bid

£12.5m OpSec deal completes

Sole North East entrant on Sunday Times table

IDS hopes to build on year of growth

Upbeat pawnbroker eyes expansion opportunities

New wealth management head at Tait Walker

Grainger expects to beat 2011 start

Merger for rural surveying firms

'Healthy demand' as Amec orders grow

Banks climb M&A rankings

NECC hails SSI blast off

OGN to create 1,000 jobs

£50m creditor deficit after MJN Colston collapse

Cope Allman Jaycare bought in £16.5m deal

TTE wins Ministry of Defence work

Contract win for Angel

Advisers help seal landmark hotel deal

Pair of senior recruits at RMT

Wallsend deals for property investor

Software investment for Thompson

Fall in distressed North East companies

Jobs go as GT Contracts folds

BrewDog on the Tyne

Hartlepool benefits from Tata oil deal

Fatso's entrepreneur eyes 50 shop mark

Undertaker secures cash injection

Profit warnings fall for North East businesses

Secret Millionaire gives away his fortune

North East businesses honoured in Queen's Awards

easyJet adds to Newcastle routes

Sweet success for Marmax

Creditors wait on Rock Farm debt and deal news

London contract win for Amec

Metrocentre extension fully let

Sports Direct beats management targets

Traveller hopes for online take-off

£5m development to create jobs

Vianet strategy to take hold in 2012

Middlesbrough push for £90m prize

Santander reveals 27 per cent lending rise

TAG signs up to renewables initiative

£20m Airbus lands at Newcastle airport

Fenham development plans submitted

McNulty talks ongoing as details of collapse emerge

McCourt takes on NECC role

Government must 'not be bullied' by Liverpool - Callanan

Pearson Jones and PHP join forces

Hoffman Lloyds takeover bid boosted

Utilitywise to list on AIM

International trade breakfast places running out

New recruit at Fratello's

Billingham inferno fails to dent GrowHow profits

Durham company strikes rescue deal

Hough appointed as airport chairman

Communisis builds social media strength with deals

Construction starts on Cramlington cinema

House prices up 5.6 per cent

Nobles strikes bingo halls deal

£100m Tata wind safeguards Hartlepool jobs

Tube Supply expands with Barclays cash

Expansion and investment for PMH Interiors

Quakers to quit Arena home

Williamson looks to racecourse future

Businesses make enterprise zone move

Biotech company launches recruitment drive

Metrocentre extension for Big Lukes

Potential Rock Farm Dairy asset sale close

Ryecroft Glenton CF hails "fantastic" first year

Employment Matters: The cost of mistakes

Banks bags £21.9m wind farm cash

Terrace Hill reveals supermarket progress

Hargreaves Services awards £60m contract

Deal of the Month – Offshore Group Newcastle

Regional office market looks up - GVA

Housing market continues to struggle

Export sales gallop at Bedmax

IP Group reveals investment growth

Pub chain toasts £10m investment

Sage confident after "resilient" first half

Slow quarter for UK Coal

Promotions at Dickinson Dees

Middleton-backed company opens plant

SSI UK to ship £30m order

Plant acquisition for Angel

Uni secures robotics cash

£5m loss for ScS as consumers tighten purse strings

Proton Power set for truck roll-out

Building societies set to thrive - Deloitte

Panelist confirmed as spaces run out for Insider debate

NECC lends weight to bypass campaign

Shepherd linked to rescue deal for Rangers FC

Stockton wind farm development sold

Entrepreneur eyes new venture after sale

AYO Media works with air filtration giant

Profit slows at electricity giant despite sales boom

Vertu ups dividend as sales top £1bn

Rainy weather dampens Greggs sales

Airport and LEP join forces for event

First part of £80m Narec investment completes

Law firm sets up in Collingwood House

DAC Beachcroft launches new team

Inov-8 ups tempo with Isis investment

Canford turns up volume with ES deal

Lugano plans to launch Motel One in Newcastle

Early Rock deal prevented further taxpayer losses - report

Pair of recruits at Dow Schofield Watts

Backing helps Sayers bag major order

Parson & Crosland bought by rival stockholder

Land Sec hails Bridges start

£2bn funding expo reaches out to manufacturers

BBC commits to region and unveils biggest ever show

FreshStart submits Gateshead plans

Profit slows as SCA awaits deal closure

Earnings plunge at Tata Steel Europe

Grid deal for North East pipeline firm

£1m centre to drive Stockton digital network hopes

DAC Beachcroft in Canadian venture

Facebook IPO could benefit businesses

Liverpool offer "merely a halfway point" - Callanan

LEP bags cash to boost youth employment

Marishal Thompson acquired in £5m deal

Energy Bill clarity can spark jobs boom

Smooth Groove receives funding for expansion

SNOP agrees 150,000 sq ft unit lease

Deal helps ID Partnership build for the future

Law firm makes five partner promotions

DBC Foodservice creditors set for £90m shortfall

Pair of contract wins for SURGO

PwC shakes up northern focus

iPrints targets smartphone market

£1m dealership revamp completes

Fewer businesses declared insolvent

Expamet swoops for beleaguered rival

North East backing for Hargreaves' Welsh pit

Austerity measures triggered GT Contracts demise

Loebl to shine a light on career of excellence

Two North East towns secure Portas cash

Production problems to dent profit at Hargreaves

Jobs go as Young's axes Seaham site

New director at Onyx

Siemens doubles UK apprentices

Investment for JFS & Associates

DS Smith to sell Darlington SCA site

Richard Hardie posts loss after difficult 2011

Christie Finance releases £70m of funding

Port of Tyne acquires McNulty site

Greggs welcomes "pasty tax" u-turn

Airport sure to attract investors - NECC

De La Rue posts sales and profits rise

Callanan slams Liverpool's "illegal" cruise launch

Cash injection to tackle empty property problem

Buyer sought for property portfolio

NVT sells Closerstill stake to Phoenix

Director appointments at Hydraulic & Offshore Supplies

Petroplus wind down fuels jobs fears

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