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Jobs at risk as plant is threatened with closure
10:24am Tuesday 9th February 2010
A FACTORY producing makeup brushes is threatened with closure, with the loss of more than 130 jobs.
New law to focus on data safety
10:25am Tuesday 9th February 2010
ORGANISATIONS are being advised to address any data protection issues before April, or face fines of up to half-a-million pounds.
US army hopes for electric car manufacturer
10:34am Tuesday 9th February 2010
AN electric vehicle manufacturer is to trial fuel cell technology that could double its vehicles’ range and potentially sell trucks to the US military.
‘DVD vending machines will be big hit in the UK’
10:40am Tuesday 9th February 2010
A TECHNOLOGY developed more than 100 years ago could inspire the high-tech sector in the UK this year.
Passion for brass paid off with career change
10:47am Tuesday 9th February 2010
MUSICIANS performing alongside some of the world’s biggest stars are using instruments made by a company that started life in a garden workshop.
Car insurance premiums can cause headache for motorists
11:08am Tuesday 9th February 2010
APART from the fact that they drive large vehicles, often at slow speeds along twisting roads with impatient drivers trailing in their wake, are farmers really entitled to enjoy better quality motor insurance than the rest of us?
Business leaders’ report warns Government of likely ‘oil crunch’
11:09am Tuesday 9th February 2010
BRITISH companies in sectors from transport to retail could be hit by an “oil crunch” to match the present financial crisis within five years, business leaders including Sir Richard Branson are warning.
Taking to the floor for free rent
10:36am Tuesday 9th February 2010
ENTREPRENEURS are being offered the chance to win a year’s free business accommodation to get their company off the ground.
R3 experts fear more economic gloom
10:33am Tuesday 9th February 2010
EXPERTS from five of the region’s leading law firms will meet to discuss the future of the business insolvency regime this week at a members-only event hosted by the North-East section of insolvency trade body R3.
‘No blame in divorce’
10:32am Tuesday 9th February 2010
A FAMILY law expert has called on changes to the divorce laws to remove blame from the situation.
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