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Northern Rock chief Gary Hoffman says bank has turned corner

NORTHERN Rock chief executive Gary Hoffman yesterday proclaimed the troubled bank had "turned the corner" after revealing it made smaller than expected losses in 2009.Read

Nostalgia counts for nothing if sums add up

THE hugely controversial takeover of Cadbury by American food conglomerate Kraft earlier this year gave foreign takeovers a bad name.Read

Angel of the North

Gateshead security business ready for new expansion drive

A NORTH East security business is embarking on a major expansion plan after recruiting a former Newcastle United and Liverpool FC finance director to spearhead a fundraising drive.Read

Pioneering project could aid disease diagnosis

ENTREPRENEUR Will Dracup last night unveiled his plans for a pioneering LifeBank which he believes could provide a major boost to the region’s life sciences and health care sectors.Read

Dr Herbert Loebl

Another baby for father of Northern business

HERBERT Loebl's extraordinary life story has seen him play a role in the creation of countless North East firms. Now, he tells Andrew Hebden, he wants to lend a helping hand again.Read

Biotechnology entrepreneur Will Dracup set to unveil new vision

ONE of the region's leading entrepreneurs will talk about plans for a pioneering new project at a lecture in Newcastle next week.Read

Region would be the loser if RDA abolished

THE fate of regional development agencies has been the subject of intense debate recently, with Prime Minister Gordon Brown telling The Journal last week that reported Tory plans to dismantle the RDAs was testament to declaring war on the North East.Read

Gary Hoffman

Gary Hoffman, Chief Executive, Northern Rock

Gary Hoffman took over as chief executive of Northern Rock days before the collapse of Lehman Brothers shook the banking world to its core.Read

Northern Rock

Northern Rock boss confirms sale talks

THE chief executive of Northern Rock has revealed "informal discussions" are under way with possible buyers as the bank moves closer to a return to private ownership.Read

Rail plans a welcome North boost

IT might not seem like a lot to a Barclays investment banker, but £530m can go a long way if it’s spent wisely. Which is exactly what seems to be the rationale for the blueprint unveiled yesterday for improving rail services across the North.Read

Peter Phillipson

Peter Phillipson, Chairman, Merlin Entertainments

PETER Phillipson has spent his career creating and revitalising world-famous brands. Now the chairman of Merlin Entertainments tells Andrew Hebden of his latest ambition – to open the eyes of the world to his home region.Read

Why cutting pay is not the answer

CUTTING the wages of tens of thousands of workers in the North sounds like a peculiar remedy for tackling the long-standing problem of regional inequality in the UK.Read

Papering over the cracks?

SO what should we make of the modest – to say the least – 0.1% growth recorded by the UK economy during the last quarter of 2009? What is for certain is that no-one will be celebrating this tentative step out of the "great recession", as the Tories have helpfully renamed it.Read

Things could be a lot worse for NUFC

IT is, of course, no coincidence that the mounting anger over Manchester United's financial woes coincides with a slump in form and humiliating exit from the FA Cup at the hands of their bitter rivals.Read

Tyne Bridge, Newcastle

Plenty of good moments in 2009

IF 2009 was never going to be - and certainly hasn't been - a vintage year for North East business, as we come to reflect on the year it's important to remember where we were 12 months ago.Read

Pub industry pays high price

ALCOHOL taxes have long been an easy revenue-raising exercise for chancellors. It’s hardly surprising, therefore, that the licensed trade has been dealt a raw deal recently.Read

Award is recognition of a real success story

CONSIDERING this region’s obsession with sport, it is surprising that we have perhaps been guilty in recent years of failing to give enough recognition to our most significant sporting success story.Read

Future of public sector being debated

THE future of the public sector has been much debated in recent months as the spectre of swingeing cuts looms large.Read

Tony Cleary

Tony Cleary, Founder, Lanchester Wine Cellars

BUILDING one of the country's leading wine merchants and bottling plants has been a lifetime obsession for Tony Cleary.Read

Picking up Ashley's poisoned chalice

GOOD luck to Ampersand, the Merseyside-based PR and marketing company that has landed the job of selling Newcastle United sponsorship to a global audience. They'll need it.Read

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Andrew Hebden is Assistant Editor (Business) at The Journal, responsible for overseeing the development of the paper's business coverage in print and online. He was previously Business Editor then News Editor at the Press and Journal in Aberdeen and Business Editor at the Telegraph & Argus in Bradford.

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