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Andrew Hebden

Andrew Hebden

North East executive job project hailed a success

A PROGRAMME to support talented executives made redundant during the recession has been hailed a success after more than 80% of participants returned to the workplace.Read

Van Mildert has designs on becoming a national player

DESIGNER fashion retailer Van Mildert has outlined ambitious growth plans as it continues to buck the trend on the high street.Read

Doing business in Dubai could reap massive rewards

THE Journal has teamed up with the Government of Dubai's Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing to offer three North East firms a place on a trade visit to Dubai. Andrew Hebden reports on one local business already reaping the rewards of deals in the Emirate.Read

Apprenticeship success stories

INSPIRED by the 500 in 100 campaign, The Hambleton Group has now launched its very own apprenticeship programme.Read

Sound Mind and Body fitness centre opens in Benton

WHEN Dominic Bowser and his partner Claudia Cooper finally ended their seven-year hunt for the ideal premises for a new personal fitness centre, they were determined that it would stand out from the crowd.Read

North East LEP chairman Paul Walker issues warning

THE chairman of the North East Local Enterprise Partnership has warned it faces its first major test of its unity in deciding on the location of a new enterprise zone.Read

Drivers will be able to charge cars at Metrocentre as they shop

ELECTRIC Range Rovers have now joined the fleet of low-carbon cars on the roads of the North East.Read

Your chance to win an MBA worth £17,500

AS part of our Great North Revolution campaign, The Journal has teamed up with Newcastle University Business School and the CBI to offer one reader a full scholarship for a two-year Executive MBA worth £17,500.Read

Proud of past but dismissing healthy future

TYNESIDE-BORN filmmaker Martin Durkin has been criticised before for making "misleading" documentaries, so we should hardly be surprised that his latest effort offered a somewhat distorted view of the North East.Read

Vertu chief Robert Forrester

Vertu Motors will 'mature' with £1bn sales

BULLISH car retailer Vertu Motors expects to see sales top £1bn this year as it continues to defy challenging market conditions.Read

Driving forward in face of recession

ROBERT Forrester was recently described as a "relentless optimist" after saying his customers were largely immune to the recession.Read

North East can overcome spending cuts

ONE of Britain's most senior business leaders last night tipped the North East to overcome "whatever George Osborne chucks at you" in today's spending cuts announcement.Read

It's time to end the internal wrangling

THE news that seven North East councils have finally come together to agree plans for a single Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) will be welcomed in the business community.Read

A success story we'd like to keep

IT is not so long since we took the decision to rename The Journal’s daily listing of the share prices of North East plcs.Read

Quorum sets standard

THE decision of Balfour Beattie to locate its new national base in the North East is a timely boost to business confidence in the region.Read

Ship steady, now wind for the sails

OF the many amusing sketches I witnessed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last week, the News Revue parody of the TV show Glee featuring cameo appearances from Nick Clegg and George Osborne was a stand-out moment.Read

Rock boss is cautious for good reason

GONE are the days when you would find the occupant of the chief executive’s office at Northern Rock House making ambitious proclamations about the bank’s future growth plans.Read

BP needs to go green - and mean it

THE Greenpeace activists who managed to shut down several London BP fuel stations yesterday hit the nail on the head with their timely reminder of the firm's pledge to move "beyond petroleum".Read

Protecting our 'young' industries

FOR all the bold talk from the coalition Government about the need to build a more balanced economy with a thriving manufacturing and export sector, every new week seems to bring announcements which cast doubt upon its apparent good intentions.Read

It's up to us to get region moving again

A SUCCESSFUL business community has never been more important.Read

Author Profile

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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