Latest North East business news Read in browser North East Enterprise Tech Retail | Sign In Last week saw the second of the heats for the North East Business Awards, with Hebburn training firm eQuality Solutions named as Durham, Sunderland and South Tyneside Company of the Year. The Hebburn firm -
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| Last week saw the second of the heats for the North East Business Awards, with Hebburn training firm eQuality Solutions named as Durham, Sunderland and South Tyneside Company of the Year.
The Hebburn firm - which triumphed over competition from Premier Roof Systems and Cell Pack Solutions - has been growing rapidly in recent years after a finance package allowed it to complete a number of acquisitions of companies in its sector.
The event returned to Ramside Hall after a two-year gap for the pandemic. Other winners on the night included Unipres UK, Artech Lighting, Coote O'Grady and Evidence Based Education.
You can read more on that story and see the other winners here. | |
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|  | | There was mixed news for the region as fertiliser firm CF Industries announced a restructuring of its UK operations that will focus manufacturing activites in the North East.
CF's plant at Billingham survived after it opted to close a site at Ince, Cheshire, but there will still be redundancies on Teesside.
The firm has had high profile struggles as the cost of the energy needed for its energy-intensive operations have soared. READ MORE
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| | | It would have been the big deal of the year, but Parkdean Resorts - sold for £1.3bn in 2016 - has halted its sale process over concerns about the state of the economy.
The company said that it had "decided to pause the process and will revisit when the macro economic backdrop has improved."
Graeme Whitfield, North East business and agenda editor | |
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Next week's business diary | |
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| Here are some of the events happening in the business world this week | |
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| | Monday June 13:
07:00: ONS: GDP monthly estimate for April.
16:00: Public accounts committee: Andrew Bailey on British Steel Pension Scheme.
Tuesday June 14:
07:00: ONS: Latest unemployment figures.
07:00: Finals: Ashtead, FirstGroup, OnTheMarket.
07:00: Interims: Crest Nicholson.
07:00: Trading update: Bellway.
Wednesday June 15:
07:00: Finals: Bloomsbury, Motorpoint.
07:00: Trading updates: Whitbread, WH Smith.
Thursday June 16:
07:00: Finals: Halfords, Halma.
07:00: Trading updates: Boohoo, N Brown.
12:00: Bank of England interest rate decision.
Friday June 17:
07:00: Trading updates: Tesco.
09:30: Impact of Covid-19 on UK households and businesses, from the Office for National Statistics.
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