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A Newcastle-based business expert has predicted a slow recovery for the local economy following the release of new data concerning the confidence levels of finance directors across the North of England.

Businesses in the region are being urged to get involved in Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), which takes place in the North East from 16–20 November 2009.

The winners of the North East Contact Centre Awards 2009 have been crowned after a night of celebration at the annual industry Oscars.

The number of people working on past the state retirement age is set to more than double during the coming 10 years, claims research.

A Teesside-based ‘ethical hacker’ is warning businesses in the region to be aware of an increase in telephone system fraud capable of ruining firms if it remains unnoticed.

More than a third of all sick leave is taken on a Monday, especially in January, new research showed.

A healthy eating campaign launched last year by TV chef Jamie Oliver will begin its North East rollout this week.

Many young people have a business idea but are holding off doing anything about it until the end of the recession, according to a new report.

Personal insolvency levels are being pushed up by a “perfect storm” of rising unemployment and the debt mountain taken on by consumers.

A region-wide hunt for the best talent in healthcare and life sciences has resulted in a record number of entries for the Business for Life Awards.

A wind farm of the Northumberland coast has been named among the industries driving the UK’s economic growth, in a new report.

Employers need to pay more attention to the levels of stress and anxiety in the workplace, NHS advisers have said.

One of the UK’s biggest rail franchises will come under public control next week, a month earlier than originally expected.

Shoppers in the North East are spending the same in retail as they were last year despite the recession, a new report has found.