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A GOVERNMENT minister yesterday heard for herself plans for the North- East’s green industrial revolution. At Nissan’s Sunderland plant, Local Government Minister Rosie Winterton was told about plans to transform the region into a low carbon economy. The Tyne and Wear City Region executive board was holding its meeting at the plan...

MORE than 5,000 jobs have been predicted as spending bosses open up a £125m jobs pot. Ministers last night warned the Conservative party not to interfere in the region’s success after praising regional efforts to set up the multi-million pound Finance for Business North East scheme. The loan fund will allow small and medium sized ...

Government plans to nip mere minutes off rail journey times between the north and north-east and London were dismissed as “a joke” last night. Transport Secretary Lord Adonis announced new state-owned East Coast will cut 11 minutes off the timetable between Edinburgh and London on the east coast mainline. But difficulties with Sco...

Economic growth in the North could be hindered by a lack of funding from both public and private sectors. That’s the warning from the latest report published by The Northern Way, the collaborative effort between the three Northern RDAs – Yorkshire Forwad, the North West Regional Development Agency, and One North East. The report -...

Rallying call for North East firms to join the switch to green transport One North East has today issued a rallying call to regional businesses and organisations interested in installing electric vehicle charging points at their premises. The Regional Development Agency is currently preparing its bid to the Government’s £30m &lsqu...

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The CEO OF SpencerStuart, has navigated though some rough weather over the past two years. Every executive search firm had a toughtime during the recession, and SpencerStuart’s revenues dipped by nearly a quarter during this period. But at the same time, the firm managed to increase it’s average fee and bagged some marquee assignments l...

KEY contracts for the Royal Navy’s new supercarriers, worth £233m, have been awarded to three North-East companies. AEI Cables, based in Birtley, near Chester-le-Street, and Imtech Marine and Offshore, based in Hebburn, South Tyneside, will provide vital equipment to equip the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, while Ship Suppo...

The North East economy has benefited from millions of pounds of European Union investment in 2009, thanks to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) 2007-13 programme. And this week it was confirmed that regional development agency One North East, which manages ERDF on behalf of regional partners, has successfully delivered against the &po...