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3D movies help Cineworld stand out

8:52am Monday 15th March 2010

CINEWORLD has announced that growing momentum behind 3D movies would help it ride out challenging conditions this year as the group posted record results.

Aid package allows firm to create jobs

JOBS BOOST: Andrew Stevenson and Andy Eaton, of PD&MS, celebrate the news that the firm is to create 27 jobs, with Maxine Horth, of regional development agency One North East

8:35am Saturday 13th March 2010

AN aid package designed to generate new employment in the Tees Valley after the partial mothballing of Corus Teesside Cast Products (TCP) has created its first 27 jobs.

£90m fund to invest in businesses

8:35am Saturday 13th March 2010

BUSINESSES across North Yorkshire are to benefit from a £90m investment fund.

Building society chief is retiring on a high note

ALL CHANGE:  Colin Seccombe

9:01am Friday 12th March 2010

THE head of one of the region’s most prominent financial institutions will retire on a high note today after it announced it was out of the red.

Green for grow at new £12m facility

OPTIMISM: Ian Lucas, Minister for Business and Regulatory Reform, visits the Industrial Biotechnology Facility at the Wilton site, near Redcar

9:02am Friday 12th March 2010

NEARLY 40 green research organisations, chosen to test the feasibility of their inventions at a new facility, could be creating industries and jobs within two years.

Turbine steam agreement secured

9:05am Friday 12th March 2010

INDUSTRIAL manufactuers Sabic and Sembcorp have signed a five-year deal for the supply of steam from a new £36m turbine.

New record for recycling firm

9:06am Friday 12th March 2010

A COMPANY that developed a world first in recycled plastic packaging for food has hit new production records.

Argos fails to dent profits

9:05am Friday 12th March 2010

HOME Retail Group yesterday said it expected annual profits to exceed market hopes, despite a new year slide in sales at its Argos chain.

Tanfield gets £37m offer for its electric vehicles division

9:26am Thursday 11th March 2010

THE Tanfield Group’s partners in its US division wants to buy out its electric vehicle operations on both sides of the Atlantic.

Northern Rock pays out bonuses after cutting loss

9:27am Thursday 11th March 2010

THOUSANDS of staff at nationalised lender Northern Rock are to receive bonuses of up to £3,000 each, with several senior managers in line to get at least £25,000, it was revealed yesterday.



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