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2006
Articles from 18th Oct 2006
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North East celebrates its international language skills
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
More and more companies are embracing international communication skills in order to increase heir export markets across the world, and are noticing the positive effect on their bottom line. Read
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Marketplace that's full of potential
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
When reflecting on the entrepreneurial endeavour behind this annual listing of the region's fastest growing private companies, I feel a sense of pride in my business community. Read
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Make property part of success
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
For all dynamic businesses, having the right premises and location is an essential ingredient of success. Read
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Nurturing bright business talent
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Entrepreneurs are, by nature, driven people. They move fast, they react quickly and they want everything to have happened yesterday. Read
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Star turns in the fast lane
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Rebekah Ashby looks back at the winners of 2005's Fastest 50. Read
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NStar offers a guiding light
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
NStar has delivered £33m of early stage finance for the region and is now working on a similar step change in helping to prepare companies for investment. Read
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More science than magic
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Congratulations to the directors of this year's Fastest 50 companies. Read
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Productivity is above national average
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
The range of fast growth businesses, as shown in this list, demonstrates the health of the North-East economy. Every single sector is represented. Read
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A showcase year for the North-East
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Yet again this year, the list of the region's fastest growing private companies provides a great barometer for the region's economy. Read
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A vibrant region and a dynamic economy
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
It has been a fantastic year for businesses in North-East England and The Journal Fastest 50 makes encouraging reading, demonstrating as it does the number of growing companies in the region. Read
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Trusting your family with business assets
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
With recent changes to the Finance Act (2006) adding a layer of complexity to the area of Trust law Andrew Facer, partner at Ward Hadaway, explores some of the opportunities that still exist, particularly for business and farming assets. Read
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It's time we started to break China
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Trying to break into new export markets presents our region's businesses with many challenges. However, the opportunities presented by the spectacular growth of the Chinese economy are impossible to ignore. Read
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Well, apart from making life better
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
There's a great scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian when Reg, the leader of the rebels, asks: "And what have the Romans ever done for us?" Read
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We've seen a seismic shift
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
As a list of the fastest-growing companies in the North-East, the Fastest 50 reflects the current state of the region's economy. Read
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City news
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
The London market was back on the front foot today as investors shrugged off inflationary worries to leave the FTSE 100 Index near a five-year high. Read
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Family tree
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
In our regular series looking at the structure of North-East businesses we focus this week on City Retreat - a spa and beauty salon in central Newcastle. It employs seven beauty therapists. Read
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Business diary
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
This is a free service. Send brief details to Iain Laing, The Journal, Groat Market, Newcastle NE1 1ED. Telephone (0191) 201-6258; fax (0191) 201-6044, or email iain.laing@ncjmedia.co.uk Entries by the Friday before publication. Read
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Just look who's against the law
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Along with politicians and journalists, the legal fraternity is often regarded as one of the less popular professions. Read
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The ball that trashed Man-U scores again
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
It's hard to believe that this Friday marks 10 years since Kevin Keegan's heroes beat Manchester United 5-0 at St James's Park, recording a result that few Geordies will ever forget. Read
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St Oswald's wants two people to help it keep making a difference
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
St Oswald's Hospice - one of the North-East's major charities - is seeking two trustees. Read
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Marts
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Hexham Read
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Report slams RPA over single payment delays
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Delays in making farm subsidy payments have caused farmers distress and financial hardship, and have undermined their confidence in the Rural Payments Agency, a new report claims today. Read
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Holiday payments decision reversed
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
The nfu has saved growers and farmers millions of pounds after convincing the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) to reverse a decision on the calculation of holiday pay. Read
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Getting to grips with business know-how
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Growth of knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) in the North-East has been phenomenal in the last 10 years. Today the sector generates around 25% of the wealth created in the region. Iain Laing asks Meryl Dodd, chairwoman of Service Network - a membership organisation representing and supporting KIBS businesses - how the sector has developed and grown, and more importantly the future challenges and opportunities businesses need to consider. Read
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Indian group may take over Corus
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Corus could become the world's fifth-largest steel business after receiving a £4.1bn takeover proposal from Tata, the steel division of Indian group Tata. Read
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Profit in other people's jobs
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
In the regional portfolio, Northern Recruitment, for which we act as broker, announced at its agm that good progress had been made in the first quarter of the financial year. Northern specialises in providing both temporary and permanent recruitment services to businesses in the commercial, industrial, financial and IT sectors, but also HM Revenue & Customs and the Home Office. Read
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Stock watch
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
The FTSE 100 closed down 63.8 points on Tuesday at 6108.6. Read
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Dynamic dozen vie for Journal awards
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
The shortlist of the best businesspeople in the region has been revealed. Read
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Row over helm as Sea Containers faces storm
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Troubled gner owner Sea Containers has denied claims it may have to give up its only other substantial business apart from the train operator. Read
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Trainers will jump on board launch pad
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
An ambitious scheme set to increase the region's stock of entrepreneurs - the North-East Enterprise Bond - has been given a boost. Read
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Rics members vote in favour of a new system of self-regulation
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
A new principles-based regime for regulation by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) was approved yesterday by an its members. Read
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Surveyor's responsibility
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Property management professionals are seen as the eyes and ears of the landlord. Chartered surveyors who manage property on behalf of clients are expected to know the state of repair of every inch of that property, however high or difficult it may be to reach. Read
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Planning applications
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Ward: St Anne's Read
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Time to see how automatic car parking will stack up
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Car parking in town and city centres has always been an issue - not just for drivers, but also for developers. Read
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Planners defend their performance
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Newcastle's new director of regeneration maintains that the council's planning department has made a "dramatic" improvement in the time taken to process developers' applications in recent years. Read
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Developers express concern over their lack of progress
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Vico Properties submitted "detailed outline" plans to Newcastle city planners in January for a £150m scheme on an eight-hectare site bordering St James's Boulevard and Westmorland Road. Read
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A new bridge over troubled water
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Developers and Newcastle planners are at loggerheads. The development industry is increasingly impatient with delays to major projects in the city centre. Nigel Stirling talks to Newcastle City Council's new regeneration chief who developers hope will calm tensions between the warring factions Read
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Fortunes tied to £300m terminal
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Pd Ports' plans for a £300m deep sea container terminal at Teesport are key to improving the region's economic fortunes and transport infrastructure, according to a new report. Read
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Toffs scores a hit in France
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Replica football shirt company Toffs has said `bonjour' to the French market after clinching a deal to supply its shirts to the country's equivalent of Manchester United. Read
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Solicitors return to firm that nurtured them
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Law firm Latimer Hinks has appointed two newly qualified solicitors who trained with the Darlington firm. Read
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Safe pair of hands joins PwC in region
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Bill Henry has joined PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as a partner and head of the risk assurance services practice in the North-East and Yorkshire. Read
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Rural clients offered best of both worlds
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Chartered accountants Rowlands has made its latest expansion by merging with Hexham's David Coates & Co. Read
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Joanne Fryett column
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Where does Able UK go now that Hartlepool Borough Council's planning committee has rejected its latest application to dismantle three US Naval Reserve ships? Read
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India's Tata Steel in £4.1bn bid for Corus
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Steel giant Corus has confirmed that it has received a £4.1bn takeover proposal from the steel arm of Indian conglomerate Tata. Read
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Premier in profit
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Following a turbulent year encompassing plunging share prices, the shedding of staff and boardroom restructuring, a shopping-at-work retailer is showing signs of stabilising. Read
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Bill Midgley column
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
The half-yearly results announced recently by Tesco seem to have created something of a furore. Read
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Tracy's organic fruit & veg business is set to grow
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
An environmentally friendly company is delivering takeaways with a difference to homes and businesses in the North. Read
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Vardy's man drives across to family firm Benfield
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
A former Reg Vardy director is defecting to smaller rival Benfield Motor Group as managing director. Read
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Katie has keys to her business
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
A young woman has turned a passion for piano into an award-winning business. Katie Basak, 20, from Whitley Bay was among those awarded with the Working Links Outstanding Achievement Award at the Menzies Hotel in Silverlink this week. Read
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Npower and BT put out a call for more staff
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
More than 300 call centre jobs have been created in the North-East as two blue chip companies invest in expansion. Read
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'Sound start' to year for NRG
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Recruitment company NRG said an excellent market means it has made a sound start to the year. Read
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Joshua sets sights on double goals
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Studying in the final year of his law degree at one of the region's top universities was not enough for one 20-year-old student who decided to launch his own ethical retail business at the same time. Read
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Caution as house prices soar
Oct 18 2006 | Archive
Housebuilder Bellway yesterday warned the industry against getting carried away with a recent resurgence in house prices as it reported a 25% increase in its medium term land bank. Read
