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Welcome ; Delivering Its Promise to Us

Another week and another momentous landmark for SSI. The pace of progress at the Redcar site - which had for so long been a wasteland kept ticking over by dedicated, ever-hopeful, staff - is mind-boggling.

Tag Signs Up to Energy Charter

TAG Energy Solutions has signed up to industry body RenewableUK's new Wind Energy Charter, which has been created to highlight how the industry will benefit the UK economy. The charter sets out how the wind energy industry is delivering significant benefits to the UK and its economy as well as the industry's intentions to deliver continued investment, which will help the UK to prosper in the future.

Courses Set to Cover Pipe Integrity

THE TTE Technical Training Group has entered a relationship with The Academy of Joint Integrity to offer specialist pipeline integrity training programmes. The Academy of Joint Integrity is part of the FDS Group (Flexitallic, Novus Sealing, Sealex, Siem Supranite, Induseal and AGS Flexitallic) and includes several of the most visible players in the global sealing industry.

How Global Sites Can Give Small Firms a Lift

SMALL businesses are being urged to cash in on their online presence. Web portal www.shopsafe.co.uk says small businesses should not be afraid to use 'global' social media sites as there is huge focus on applications that enable users to pin-point their exact location, allowing companies to tailor and aim their services at their local consumers with ease.

Tees' Tas Given a Glowing Report

GSE Systems' UK engineering division, TAS Engineering Consultants, based in Stockton, has been applauded in an international survey. In a recent global review of GSE Systems, the engineering services scored consistently highly across all aspects of its business. The international report on all GSE divisions and subsidiaries scored TAS particularly well for demonstrating industry expertise, customer service and delivering on time.

Modus Backing Sea Partnership

MODUS Seabed Intervention, one of the North-east's leading subsea specialist companies, believes membership of a new industry partnership will bring even greater success in the North Sea renewable energy market. Provisionally known as Norstec, the partnership is a global network of businesses aimed at maximising the North Sea market.

Property Oscars Joy for Tees Firm

HOUSING Hartlepool, part of the Vela Group, has won a top property industry award. Its Easington Road development was crowned the residential category winner at the RICS North East Renaissance Awards 2012.

You Can Now Keep Up-to-Date With

YOU can now keep up-to-date with the Gazette's 2020 Vision campaign on Twitter. As part of our plans to help plot a strategy to take the region through the next decade and beyond, we have set up a Twitter account to let everyone know about the hundreds of good news stories we publish in the Gazette.

Last Chance for Fellowships

THE DigitalCity Innovation and Growth project at Teesside University is urging digital media, technology and creative specialists to apply for their fellowship scheme as the closing date approaches. The scheme offers entrepreneurs in growing sectors - such as animation, digital technologies, games, multimedia, music, mobile technologies and film - the opportunity to explore their ideas in a supportive environment backed by a bursary of pounds 4,000 and mentoring by industry specialists.

Yard Welcomes Newest Tenants

A NEW 8,300 sq ft retail scheme named Lowgate Yard has launched in Northallerton. Delivered on time by a team of planners, architects, agents and developers from Sanderson Weatherall LLP and Caddick Developments Ltd, keys were formally handed over to the site's new tenants, Majestic Wine Warehouse and Pets at Home.

Cautious Time for Landlords

LANDLORD Assist, the nationwide tenant eviction and rent collection firm, believes that landlords are likely to adopt a more cautious approach to their expansion plans now that the UK has technically slipped back into recession. Over the past 18 months landlords have enjoyed favourable market conditions with tenant demand exceeding supply and interest rates at a record low level. Subsequently many landlords have sought to capitalise on current market conditions by expanding their property por...

Spreading Cash Is Key ; the Uk Is Back in Recession and It Seems Every Week Another Retail Giant Closes, so Sarah Dale Asks If It Is Right to Be Pessimistic in the Current Financial Climate.

"PUBLIC perception of the financial market is poor," says Karl Pemberton, a qualified independent financial advisor and director of Active Financial Services in Guisborough. "People are very reluctant to part with their cash at the moment. "But the media only reports the FTSE top 100. It's very rare for all your money to be invested in the FTSE 100.

Benefits Blowing Our Way ; Chain to Companies 'the '35- Will 10 John Development Tag Energy 'a Could Spend in This the Public Will Soon Have Their Say On Plans for the World's Largest Windfarm, Directly Off Teesside's Coast. So What's in It for Our Economy, Asks Kelley Price?

CAPTION: in here THERE was shipbuilding, then oil and gas - now wind power is the third massive wave of marine industry headed for Teesside, renewables chiefs claim. They believe Dogger Bank, potentially the world's largest windfarm, can bring with it heavy industrial activity on a scale not seen for 50 years.

Ocean of Opportunity ; World-Class Subsea Company Deepocean has a New Managing Director at the Helm. Tony Inglis Talks Rebrands, Boom Times and Wind Power with Kelley Price.

TONY Inglis is pointing to a metre-long replica of the trenching vessel Volantis, which sits in the company's boardroom. "Do you see that yellow box on top?" he asks. No, I don't. Wait - that tiny thing, no bigger than my thumb? "Well that's an ROV - the workhorse of our industry, and it's about the size of a house in real life," Tony tells me.

Dining in Style at Restaurant

A DARLINGTON hotel has launched its new fine dining restaurant as part of a major refurbishment project. The restaurant at Hall Garth Hotel, formerly Hugo's, has now been transformed into the Wine-Glass.