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Tekmar CEO steps down as turnover tops £40m

The chief executive of Tekmar Group, a provider of technology and services for the global offshore energy markets, has stepped down from the role. The Newton Aycliffe-based company has also reported revenue of more than £40m in its full-year results.
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Ask the expert: Are leaders born? Or made?

Dianne Sharp, CEO at The Leadership Academy, says why is it that we treat leadership as something we should all inherently know and not something that still needs work? Professional development shouldn't stop when you reach the top of the career ladder. If anything, it's only just begun.
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Deals

Breedon completes £178m move for counterpart’s assets

Building materials giant Breedon has completed its move to acquire the UK assets and operations from a counterpart for £178m.
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Investment pledged after restaurants snapped up

A rescue deal has been struck for more than 140 restaurants trading as Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Las Iguanas.
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EU approves €6.2bn deal for Bombardier Transportation

A deal for a French rail giant to take over Bombardier Transportation for up to €6.2bn has been signed off by the European Commission.
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Business

Key Dogger Bank Wind Farm contract awarded

A contract has been signed for the transport and installation of foundations for the first phase of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm project off the North East coast.
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Extended Cornwall service and new Dublin route for airport

Teesside International Airport has revealed an expanded service to Cornwall and a new route to Dublin.
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Postponement of lockdown easing a ‘hammer blow’ - BCC

Postponing the planned reopening of a number of industries is set to be a "hammer blow" to both business and consumer confidence, according to a senior figure at the BCC.
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Leaders call for focus on regional innovation

More than 30 leaders from across UK local and civic government, universities and research institutions, including Lord Jim O'Neill, Dame Nancy Rothwell, Andy Street, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram, have signed a new manifesto designed to boost the UK's regional innovation potential.
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Property

Revised plans lodged for £13m golf centre

Revised plans have been lodged for a new £13m golf-based leisure facility at Centurion Park, Wallsend.
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Investor sells water park for £3m

A North East water park has been sold by a listed property investor for more than £3m.
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Residential plans for historic school set for approval

Plans to convert a grade II-listed Northumberland school into residential apartments, together with the construction of new housing, are recommended for approval at a meeting tomorrow.
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Riverside office development proposed

A new glass-fronted office development has been proposed for South Shields' riverside.
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Manufacturing

Engine production falls almost 40 per cent

UK engine production fell by almost 40 per cent in June, according to new figures.
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Pre-tax losses widen as pandemic hits JLR

Jaguar Land Rover made a pre-tax loss of more than £400m during the first quarter of its financial year with sales impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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