The week ahead

Inflation figures and trading updates from Sainsbury’s and Centrica should keep spiralling food and energy prices in the spotlight next week. Read

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‘Short-sellers’ blocked from cashing in on fall

THE City’s watchdog responded to recent stock market turbulence by announcing new rules for investors who bet on big share price falls. Read

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From Secretary General to Stadium Gig

I had an early start this morning and wasn’t prepared for the exhausting day ahead. Read

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Energising the job market

More than 500 people from the North East attended an exhibition at St James' Park offering careers in the oil, gas and energy sectors.

Powerful tenant for riverside scheme

ENERGY firm npower has taken more than 100,000sqft of office space at Terrace Hill’s pioneering £300m Baltic Business Quarter by the River Tyne in Gateshead. Read

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Turning up the heat

A MAJOR new combined heat and power plant is taking shape at the Wilton International manufacturing site on Teesside. Read

At the top – but Mick still has a fairway to go

Mick Thompson, the new senior partner at KPMG in Newcastle, is a serious player in the North East business world. But away from work his sporting efforts do not always attract great plaudits, discovers Peter McCusker. Read