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$1.4m contract for touch screen licence
8:57am Monday 8th February 2010
A COMPANY which specialises in technology used in touch screens is expanding after signing new licensing agreements.
Takeover of car dealer is big success
8:58am Monday 8th February 2010
A CAR dealership taken over in December has taken on new staff and already turned over more than £1m in car sales.
Grim Welcome
9:00am Monday 8th February 2010
STRICKEN consumer finance firm Cattles yesterday said about 450 jobs were under threat at its Welcome Finance business.
Business geared up for wedding days
9:00am Monday 8th February 2010
A FAMILY-RUN company offering couples an unusual choice of transport for their wedding day is enjoying a boom in business.
Contracts probe
9:00am Monday 8th February 2010
PROPOSALS to look into whether some firms are deliberately using misleading contracts for consumers have been announced by the trading watchdog.
Economist warns ‘don’t do too much too soon’
9:57am Saturday 6th February 2010
A LEADING economist says there is a 20 per cent chance that Britain will fall back into recession.
Expansion to bolster client base
9:57am Saturday 6th February 2010
A COMPANY specialising in using radiation and x-rays to check products for defects is creating the largest facility of its kind in the country, creating four jobs.
Could the reputation be tarnished for years?
8:59am Friday 5th February 2010
With car makers having struggled through the recession, Business Editor Owen McAteer looks at whether the bad publicity surrounding Toyota could bring down the world’s biggest car maker.
SMEs get access to online funding
9:01am Friday 5th February 2010
MORE than 70 companies will be helped to expand their business as a result of hundreds of thousands of pounds of investment in an online resource delivered by the region’s science and technology park.
Region’s jobs not at risk, says Glaxo
8:59am Friday 5th February 2010
WORLDWIDE drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline yesterday revealed it aims to slash annual costs by a further £500m within two years – putting hundreds of UK jobs at risk.
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