MORE than £12m has been wiped off the value of Tyneside bakers Greggs after chief executive Ken McMeikan announced he was quitting the top job after four years.
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THE company running the state-owned part of Northern Rock fears more mortgage customers could go into arrears as they struggle during the double-dip recession.Read
NEWCASTLE-BASED vet Mandy Ball is celebrating after riding on the winning England team which secured the Home International endurance top spot and achieving an individual third place.Read
THE Danish group that owns 49% of Newcastle International Airport is to auction off its stake – though the majority will remain in public ownership.Read
THE real thing takes place today at Aintree but Grand National fans will be able to see a field of Shetland ponies aiming to qualify for their own version of the famous race in Northumberland later this year.Read
BORDERS-BASED show-jumper Scott Brash enjoyed a cracking victory as this year’s 2012 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida draws towards a close.Read
A COUNTY Durham MP says he is “extremely disappointed” that more than 450 North East workers and a further 117 in Cumbria could lose their jobs after their company was taken over by Young’s Seafood.Read
Karen Dent is a business reporter who specialises in small businesses and rural affairs. Prior to joining the our team Karen spent most of her career as a broadcast journalist, most recently working for the BBC.
