TRANSPORT giant Arriva hopes to turn around loss-making rail firm Grand Central after buying the operator of services between Sunderland and London.Read
THE bank holding Northern Rock’s toxic assets has nearly doubled its profits as it claws back arrears on mortgages – and it is creating 100 North East jobs to speed up the work.Read
THE Newcastle Building Society says it is on course for growth and job creation after seeing profits continue to rise as it recovers from the recession.Read
AROUND 1,000 jobs are to be created by the new owner of the Teesside steel plant mothballed with the redundancy of more than 800 workers last year.Read
Thousands of people are expected to visit Glendale Show once again this summer. Iain Laing takes a look at the preparations for what has become the biggest event in north Northumberland’s rural calendar for more than a centuryRead
THE new coffee shop which a couple have opened in their antiques and crafts centre in North- umberland is paying tribute to a celebrated resident of the nearby castle.Read
AMERICAN manufacturing giant Caterpillar is poised to double production at its County Durham plant and take on 100 staff after recovering from the impact of the economic slowdown.Read
Iain Laing has been business editor for four years. He started his ncjMedia career as a Durham district reporter in 2000. He has served as a reporter at the Evening News in Edinburgh and the Northern Echo in Darlington.
