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Northumberland claimant count up to 5,455 in September
5,455 people in Northumberland claimed unemployment benefits in September, up 175 in two months. Last year the same months saw a fall.
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New Northumberland Businesses: 53 Firms in Two Weeks
53 companies registered in Northumberland from 26 September to 10 October: a new Hexham bar company, a Morpeth restaurant, a Barter Books holding company and more, by town.
Business
New Northumberland Businesses: 65 Firms in Two Weeks
65 new companies registered in Northumberland from 11 to 25 September, from a Thai restaurant in Alnwick to a Berwick bakehouse. Plus the closures on record.
Morpeth
Morpeth Piramal Factory Gets 7 FDA Inspection Observations
US inspectors left Piramal's Whalton Road drug factory in Morpeth with a Form 483 listing seven observations. What that means, and what happens next.
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Northumberland claimant count: 7.9% in one Blyth ward
Northumberland's claimant count held at 5,355 in July, or 2.8% of working-age adults. One Blyth ward records 7.9%, a Tyne Valley ward 0.8%.