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Lord Andrew Adonis

Skills, transport and regeneration

STEPS are under way for a radical shake-up of how councils promote skills, transport and regeneration. Adrian Pearson looks at the path to a new council body.Read

Harnessing region's strength

PROFESSOR Roy Sandbach has been chosen as the 10th Goldman Visiting Professor of Enterprise and Innovation at Newcastle University Business School, after years working for Cranfield University and leading global innovation at Procter & Gamble in Newcastle. Read

Forecasting future fashions

JOANNA Feeley is founder and creative director at Trend Bible, the only trend forecasting agency in the North of England. Feeley set up the company in 2007 and has established a global client base. Here she explains the mysteries of trend forecasting.Read

Interior design firm wins major hotel contract

AN AWARD-WINNING interior design firm have secured a contract to refurbish a landmark building in the North East.Read

Anthony finds the right office space for his business

A WEARSIDE entrepreneur has launched his own business after gaining over 10 years of experience in the recruitment profession.Read

Diversifying has helped Lanchester Group grow

STARTING from the front room of their house in 1980, Tony and Veronica Cleary have seen their family-owned business grow from a start-up to the current £32m turnover Lanchester Group. Read

Positive view of the North East

BETTER than expected. That was the view of David Smith, economics editor of The Sunday Times on George Osborne’s fourth Budget to an audience of local businessmen and women invited by Square One Law and HSBC to a dinner on Budget day.Read

Engineering an army of workers

SKILLED armed forces’ personnel leaving regiments in the latest round of redundancies will be met with open arms in some North East businesses. Peter McCusker reports.Read

Benefits of pooling resources

NORTH East England and Scotland are widely recognised as major sources of engineering innovation and manufacturing brilliance. A host of similarities between the places present huge scope for the two areas to work together to demonstrate a global competitive advantage and create opportunities across the industry to the benefit of supply chains and economies.Read

It's official - Isos is a great place to work

SOCIAL housing specialist Isos has won two nationally recognised quality marks in just a matter of weeks.Read

Wising up to the ageing opportunity

EXPERTS at the Newcastle Initiative on Changing Age (NICA) at Newcastle University are creating an environment for businesses to collaborate with the University to create solutions that meet the needs of an ageing society.Read

Gentoo opens doors for future workforce

PEOPLE, planet and property company Gentoo recently welcomed local companies to their Opening Doors, Creating Opportunities event at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland, to highlight some of the ways local businesses can make a real difference to young people’s lives.Read

Sunderland – a welcoming international city

SUNDERLAND is an outward-looking and welcoming international city. It has created strong links with countries and companies worldwide, boosting its business sectors, exports and education links.Read

Feel the business benefits of the British Science Festival

BUSINESSES are throwing their weight behind the British Science Festival to make the most of the unrivalled opportunity it offers to showcase their science and technology credentials when it opens on September 7 in Newcastle.Read

The power of the online review

COMPANIES wanting to get ahead can do so by harnessing the power of online consumers, according to recent research at Northumbria University’s Newcastle Business School.Read

The transport revolution is here

NEXUS deputy director general Tobyn Hughes explains how the biggest smart travel roll-out in the country is changing everyday life in North East England. Read

Students get a single smart card for travel and campus life

STUDENTS at Newcastle University will soon be able to use their campus smart card to travel around the city on the Tyne and Wear Metro.Read

More and better jobs: North East International

LAST week, after six months of intensive work, Lord Andrew Adonis and his team launched the findings of their high profile Economic Review of the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (NELEP) area. NELEP originally commissioned the Review, which has the full support of Government.Read

Businesses aim to make a name for themselves

THE NORTH EAST has emerged as a leading centre for digital start-ups with numerous companies basing themselves within the region while looking to make a name for themselves internationally.Read

£25m shopping investment

THE Metrocentre is about to undergo a major rebrand as its owner makes a multi-million-pound investment in its 15-strong chain of shopping centres. It’s the latest in a number of developments at the Gateshead centre this year. Read