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Cammell Laird start "second chapter" on RFA contract
Birkenhead-based engineering firm Cammell Laird has started the second cycle of a five-year deal with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) flotilla. The contract to maintain nine of the RFA’s 13 ships...
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Stockton businesses expecting festival boost
Businesses in Stockton are hoping for a timely boost when a popular annual event takes place next week. Stockton’s retailers are expecting more than 70,000 visitors through the town for the annual...
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Start-Up Loan scheme supports Blackpool entrepreneur
Image source: Shane Pope An entrepreneur from Blackpool has secured backing from the Government’s Start-Up Loan scheme for his online networking business, Ronja.co.uk. Former joiner, Arron Darwen,...
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Pickles urged to fast-track Liverpool Welsh Street regeneration
Image source: Birmingham News Room The Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, has called for a local decision to be made on the £15m Welsh Streets development after a delay was put on planning permission....
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International start-ups head for Middlesbrough
Moves towards making Middlesbrough the UK’s business start-up capital are underway with new tech firms representing six different countries joining a new accelerator programme. Searchcamp received...
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North West Queens Award winners visit Buckingham Palace
Image source: edwin.11 Buckingham Palace was host to North West winners of the prestigious Queens Award this week, with 13 awards granted to the region in total. Amongst the region’s accolades was the...
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Manchester City sign three-year recruitment partnership
Image source: I_Believe_ Manchester City Football Club has announced a new three-year partnership with recruitment giant, Hays.The FTSE 250 company will become the Club’s official recruitment partner,...
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Leeds recruitment firm aims to double workforce
Image source: photologue_np Leeds-based recruitment firm GrassGreener Group™ has secured a new loan facility from Yorkshire Bank and now plans to double its workforce. The firm are now looking to...
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Behind the business with i-stay
Anneka Chauhan is the commercial director of innovative business luggage manufacturer, i-stay. The business was born after Anneka had a “lightbulb moment” back in 2012. Whilst running to catch a...
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Relocation specialists set out global growth plan
An entrepreneurial husband and wife team is targeting global success after launching a new business which helps company employees find and settle into homes throughout the North of England, on both a...
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Yorkshire consumers’ confidence slips behind rest of country
Image source: EG Focus Consumer confidence is slipping in Yorkshire, according research from Deloitte. 47% of consumers in the region feel “worse” about their household disposable income, and 20% sy...
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UK is "bad capitalist" nation, says Northwest chief
Image source: Suicine A North West financier has claimed the UK is a nation of “bad capitalists” and warned that we will fall behind our international competitors if we don’t take “radical action”....
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No shift in North East consumer confidence
Image source: jaakko.hakulinen Consumer confidence in the North East has remained relatively static, according to research from Deloitte. People in the North East were asked how they felt about their...
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Enegi partners given green light in North Sea
Image source: crawfish head North West oil and gas company, Enegi, has announced that plans in the North Sea will go ahead, after fulfilling the terms of its licence for the Malvolio prospect. The...
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£1.5m Soccer Factory ahead of schedule
Work to build a state-of-the-art indoor football facility in the region is ahead of schedule. The £1.5m Soccer Factory, which will provide seven 3g five-a-side courts at its new premises on Aycliffe...
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Urban Splash sell £77m portfolio amid major restructuring
Property development firm Places for People has announced a £77m deal for a portfolio of properties, bought from Manchester-based company, Urban Splash. The deal will see Places for People take...
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HR firm celebrates 10 years
A North East HR consultancy has set out plans to expand its global reach after celebrating ten years in business. Darlington-based We do HR, which offers outsourced HR services to businesses covering...
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Frank’s plan for new stores
A well-known flooring company continues to buck the trend to move online with plans to open new stores. Frank’s the Flooring Store, one of the North East’s best known retail brands, is continuing to...
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Stoke-based Mansfield Group acquired by South African group
Image source: Steve A Johnson Stoke-based Mansfield Group has been acquired by the South African based, multinational service, logistics and trading group, Bidvest. The group, which was founded in...
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Finalists for Franchisee of the Year announced
The British Franchise Association (bfa) has named the finalists for the 2013 bfa HSBC Franchisee of the Year Awards, supported by Express Newspapers. This year’s revamped format sees 17 finalists...
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