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A COUNCIL is ready to launch a full review of how it awards contracts to companies tendering for business. The recommendation comes as Stoke-on-Trent City Council is to repeat the tendering process for two landmark jobs; the demolition of the former Westcliffe Hospital in Chell and work to flatten Hamilton Training Centre in Fenton. Officers are...

A COUNCIL is ready to launch a full review of how it awards contracts to companies tendering for business. The recommendation comes as Stoke-on-Trent City Council is to repeat the tendering process for two landmark jobs; the demolition of the former Westcliffe Hospital in Chell and work to flatten Hamilton Training Centre in Fenton. Officers are...

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What to do about the Christmas party? It's just one of the many difficult people issues SMEs face. This week it was reported in the FT that the number of new businesses being registered in the UK is actually on the increase. In 2009 so far, an average of 47,500 small businesses have set up new bank accounts each month – compared to an averag...

The core idea is to maximize customer value while minimizing waste. Simply, lean means creating more value for customers with less resources. A lean organization understands customer value and focuses its key processes to continuously increase it. The ultimate goal is to provide perfect value to the customer through a perfect value creation proces...

THE Government today announced a £60m package for Teesside after it was hit by plans to axe steelworkers' jobs. Ministers said the money will support the North-East's drive to attract investment for low carbon and advanced manufacturing. The region suffered a huge blow last week when steel giant Corus announced plans to mothball part of...

FORMER Northern Rock shareholders are unlikely to receive a penny in compensation following the nationalisation of the bank, a report costing £4.5m warned today. The provisional view of independent valuer Andrew Caldwell, of BDO, is that there would not have been anything left for shareholders had Northern Rock had to pay back more than &p...

Economic masterplan to transform Tyneside MILLIONS of pounds are to be spent changing the face of Newcastle and Gateshead over the next 10 years. As city leaders prepare for radical change, Adrian Pearson looks at what it means for you. A multi-million-pound masterplan will transform the fortunes of Newcastle and Gateshead THE economic m...

Some 1,700 workers in the North East are set to lose their jobs in January after steel giant Corus confimed it will shut down its Teesside plant. //CREATE PLAYLIST var playlist = new Object(); playlist.id = "Latest_Video"; playlist.defaultMediaId = 'item1_id'; playlist.items = new...

Funding for rural firms Dec 1 2009 by Karen McLauchlan, Evening Gazette RURAL businesses in the Tees Valley are being encouraged to come forward and take advantage of £400,000 set aside to help diversify farms and boost the local economy. The funding, via Redcar and Cleveland Council, is aimed at helping expand farms and help t...