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ClimateNE & Climate Change Schools Project support the move to a low-carbon, resilient economy and help businesses avoid risk and realise commercial opportunities. Posts by Jen Atkinson, Krista McKinzey and Harriet Thew » July 2009 Archives
Why Tees steel still has a bright future
Posted by on July 10, 2009 9:31 AM
ANOTHER shaft of Teesside's steelmaking industry melted away recently with the news that Corus is shedding 428 local jobs.
With the steel crisis showing no sign of ending - year-on-year global output dipped 21% in May - nobody can be certain that further redundancies won't follow.
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Playing a dangerous game
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Posted by Andrew Mernin on July 15, 2009 5:08 PM
An industry which could strengthen the future economic force of the UK is about to slip through our fingers - and the Government seems content to let it happen.
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Blogging is Dead, long live blogging
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Posted by Adam Lopardo on July 17, 2009 9:49 AM
I have been meaning to add to this blog for some time but imagine my surprise to find that my last entry was way back in October last year. Which ties in quite nicely with the subject of this post.
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The customer service spectrum
Posted by Adam Lopardo on July 17, 2009 9:49 AM
Recently I have had two very different experiences of service at cultural venues in Newcastle, one excellent, the other dismal. What was the most surprising was that in previous experiences of the very same venues the polar opposite had been true. In the current climate that's great news for one and worrying news for the other.
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Sun is ready to rise on a new wave of process
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Posted by on July 27, 2009 9:36 AM
TEESSIDE'S process industry has gone from hero to zero in the space of six months - but it's still one of the region's best long-term assets.
Until January, the sector had stood out as a beacon of stability while the recession blew away the foundations of retailers, housebuilders and car-makers across the country.
Six months on, Teesside's Rock of Gibraltar is crumbling into a sea of job losses, plant closures and economic uncertainty.
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