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Nicholas Craig

Nicholas Craig

Nicholas Craig column

Working wonders with underachieving brands. That's what Mike Ashley has made his millions from, and it's exactly what Newcastle United needs him to do now.Read

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Professional people are becoming more mobile, travelling around the North-East, country and overseas as a matter of routine.Read

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The pound in my pocket seems to be getting stronger by the day. I can remember the time, a few decades ago, when the dollar/pound exchange rate was even greater but, back then, travel to America was neither plentiful nor easy. Tourists may be cheering, but some of our businesses are already being squeezed.Read

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There's not enough face-to-face business going on. Instead of meeting to talk over problems, we take cowardly refuge in emails, or leave lengthy voicemails.Read

Nicholas Craig column

For schools and colleges, it's now the countdown to exams and sports days. Competition is the name of the game. Scary, knuckle-biting, adrenaline inducing tests that measure you at a given time against your peers are looming on the horizon.Read

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Bring on the Maglev. Our long push for better roads, faster and more frequent rail, and much improved public transport shows little sign of dinting southern slanted transport policies.Read

Nicholas Craig column

We are all being encouraged to EAT over Easter. I'm all for it. EAT is a festival to celebrate the range of local food and drink produces and served in the North-East.Read

When we work together, we beat the biggest and the best

However much Newcastle surges forward, it is becoming obvious that when it combines with Gateshead it reaches the critical mass it needs to be noticed.Read

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I may not be as green as the average party political leader, but I want to do my bit, especially as there appears to be a 90% probability that climate change will be traced back to fallible humans like me in the next weighty report.Read

Nicholas Craig column

We're getting better at producing entrepreneurs. Better than being bottom of the pile, that is. The latest Global Entrepreneurial Monitor (GEM) figures this week put the North-East as third worst performing region for enterprise in the UK - which is much better than last year, when we slid straight to the floor of the table.Read

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Blogs, wikis, podcasts. The internet is spawning a strange new language. More importantly, it is also freeing up old ways of working and learning.Read

Nicholas Craig column

Two feasts in a week are too much for any one person. I celebrated Chinese New Year this year, closely followed by Shrove Tuesday. Noodles and pancakes are not perhaps the best mix. I am trying to forget it is the Year of the Pig. The allusions are far too obvious.Read

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Returning to Newcastle after six weeks does shake up your view of the city. Thankfully, I missed the day Newcastle was the noisiest city in the country. I wasn't alone - all of us who live or work in the centre did.Read

Nicholas Craig column

The all-pervading power of television has been shown to extraordinary effect with the Big Brother row. Ignited by TV, the racist bullying allegations keep newspaper sales soaring.Read

Nicholas Craig column

My once in a lifetime sojourn to Australia and New Zealand has probably used up my entire carbon allowance for this century. Coming home again it is obvious that the war against transport has cranked up to top gear.Read

Nicholas Craig column

After the jet-lag it's the sudden return of winter that jolts me into the reality of working life again. Six weeks of Australasian weather and the everlasting welcome of the people there do very little for my slightly battered protestant work ethic.Read

Nicholas Craig column

New Zealand's North Island may be smaller than the South Island, but it packs in more people to the square mile. This is, of course, far from difficult.Read

Nicholas Craig column

I've arrived in South Island, a beautiful, peaceful part of New Zealand. It is stunningly photogenic.Read

Nicholas Craig column

New Year's Eve in Sydney is an extraordinary occasion. They do spectacular celebrations with stylish excess, and the city is enjoying the influx of cricket fans who descended in their thousands this week.Read

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Multi-cultured, multi-layered, marvellously arty Melbourne. That's what they say about themselves out here.Read

Author Profile

Nicholas Craig is a partner at Watson Burton law firm. Previously one of the leading commercial and corporate law partners with Eversheds Newcastle, Nicholas has particular inward and outward investment expertise. He also has unusually broad experience of acting for clients with interests in the Far East and Asia, and decided to join Watson Burton LLP to broaden the development of his interest in inward and outward investment.

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