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Leading business information provider, Equifax, is reporting that business failures at the start of 2010 are continuing the downward trend seen at the end of last year.
“Whilst we must be extremely careful not to get carried away by these figures – they only represent one month – they do seem to suggest that the pace of the economic downturn is slowing” said Neil Munroe, External Affairs Director, Equifax.
The Equifax figures* show that overall there was a 9.2%
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Newcastle University Business School is joining forces with UK Trade & Investment and RTC North to invite SMEs in the region to attend the first annual Herbert Loebl Export Workshop.
Aimed at helping local businesses understand their export capabilities, the morning workshop will outline the opportunities and government support available both at home and abroad for regional businesses that are looking to expand their business through export.
Building for Export Success takes place on March 9 at Newcastle
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 Seven businesses and organisations are celebrating becoming the first in the North East to join an elite band of gold award achievers.
IPS Flow Systems of Seaham in County Durham; Oakdene Primary School, Stockton, South Tyneside Homes; Oxclose Primary School, Washington, Gentoo Group, Sunderland, Wyndham Primary School, Newcastle and Linhope Pupil Referral Unit
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Steve Armstrong (centre) from Derwentside Enterprise at Corespec with Directors Brian Hodge (left) and Gordon Gregory
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A Derwentside tube manufacturer is continuing to grow and create new jobs despite the recession and has invested £175,000 in new machinery to
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Small businesses have been warned that the number of recorded online fraud attempts reached a peak in July, according to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
HMRC received more than 15,000 reports of fraudulent repayment emails in the last year, in which con artists send out emails asking for financial details in order to issue a tax rebate.
“We only ever contact customers who are due a refund in writing by post. We never use emails, telephone calls
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Out of date wills are leaving Britain’s inheritors at risk of losing out.
A recent survey revealed that 15% of people have not updated in the last 10 years and only one in five (18%) updated theirs in the past five to ten years.
In a world where personal finances can change dramatically over relatively short periods it is important to make sure wills are updated. Worryingly the research, carried out by professional advice website Unbiased.co.uk, 10% have undergone
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Christine Shields of Simply Scrumptious.
Some of County Durham’s best new business talent has been showcased to celebrate local success and inspire others.
The event was staged by Be Enterprising, County Durham’s Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI), is one of the country’s most innovative business support providers and was created to change lives and transform
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Three new conference venues have joined NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau – the specialist business tourism team which attracts conferences to the ‘twin cities’.
Between them, the Bureau’s new members, Dissington Hall, Rainton Meadows Arena and MPH Training & Conference Centre offer conference organisers something entirely different. The new venues join a membership which comprises 90 other leading venues, hotels and service providers in NewcastleGateshead and the surrounding area.
Jessica Roberts, head of business tourism at NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau, said: “We’re
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Improved market conditions mean that house prices only have around eight per cent left to fall, but sluggish recovery in the real economy will mean prices only grow by six per cent over the following two years.
This is one of the key findings from the latest Consumer and Housing prospects report from the centre for economics and business research (cebr)
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Kevin Whitfield
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE in business, Kevin Whitfield is steeled for a tough year ahead – but he is also ready to latch onto new opportunities when they present themselves.
It’s a pragmatic approach that has served him well through more than 40 years in business, during which time he has established Whitfield Building Services as one of
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