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Be brave and blog away to reach your business goals...

THE act of blogging, making a personal comment via a user-generated website, has risen in popularity at a staggering rate with more than 100 million bloggers maintaining a website for their blogs. Read

If you tell me I can’t achieve it I will prove you wrong!

I COULD probably attribute most of my success to my determination to succeed and never give up. If there is one piece of advice that I could give anyone, no matter what your goals and aspirations in life are, no matter what hurdles you meet along the way, never lose sight of that goal and eventually you will achieve it. Read

We’re quite at home with drive to be green...

WELCOME to our comment column, in which leading figures from the region present a thought-provoking view on an issue affecting their company or organisation or the wider community. Read

Housing market is taking a real hit from the new HIP...

WELCOME to our comment column, in which leading figures from the region present a thought-provoking view on an issue affecting their company or organisation or the wider community. Today it’s the turn of GORDON CATTERICK, director of Sanderson Estate Agency. Read

Kevin Rowan, regional secretary, Northern TUC

Northern stereotypes still remain

IT’S a while since I’ve bumped into a tab-smoking, cloth-capped, whippet-toting Andy Capp that somehow manages to prevail as a legend of the North-East in some of the ‘thinking zones’ in the South-East. Read

Helen Logan, recognition PR

Make it clear - message to go green

THE environment has risen to the top of everyone’s agenda, which is great news for those of us working in that sector. Read

Zoe Rayment of Blackett Hart & Pratt in Newcastle

Preparation is key

THE process of selling your business should start well in advance of making any approaches to potential buyers. Read

Come and join me in the caring Tees Valley

BEING a barrister is in no way the preserve of the upper class. I was born and raised in New Zealand within a normal working class family and never dreamt, until much later, of a career at the Bar. Read

Reporters feeling the pinch

ANYONE see Channel Four News reporter Sue Turton getting her bottom pinched live on air as she reported on rising floodwaters in Oxfordshire? Read

I dreamed a dream... of Teesside proms

YEARS ago I dreamt of bringing the BBC Proms in the Park to Tees Valley but at the time I didn’t have the support and contacts to make it happen. Read

Sarah Green column

The CBI is calling for urgent action to reverse a long decline in the study of science, technology, engineering and maths. Read

Peter Jackson column

THERE are some really bad hotels, but I don’t believe even a real life Fawlty Towers could plumb the depths permissible in some other sectors. Read

Councils’ commitment to climate change

CLIMATE change is a challenge that affects us all. And it is something we can all contribute and make a difference to; from the policies and diplomacy of world leaders down to individuals turning off the lights, increasing recycling or improving the insulation in their homes. Read

Aircraft carrier plan brings bright future

THE recent announcement by the Ministry of Defence that construction of two new aircraft carriers is to go ahead is potentially very good news for hundreds of companies in the region who work in the marine, defence and engineering sectors. Read

Why it’s time we all made the switch...

GREEN issues are the news story of the moment. Articles highlighting the need to change our habits in reaction to climate change are daily occurrences but what we need, as employers in Tees Valley, is some targeted, straightforward and impartial advice about actions we can take as organisations to minimise our impact on climate change. Read

Customer service is key to success

THE pace of change within British business just gets faster and faster. Just blink and something new has happened that will affect your business. Read

It all adds up to magic milestone

THREE weeks today, on July 31 at exactly 3pm, members of the Northern Society of Chartered Accountants (NSCA) will gather to celebrate a very special milestone - its 125th anniversary. Read

Proud past and a bright future

THE River Tees is the UK’s second largest port and is ranked as one of the top 10 European ports, located on our own doorstep. Read

Older workers are money in the bank

In 2001, for the first time in the UK, there were more people over 60 than under 16 and it’s predicted that by 2051, one in four of us, that’s a quarter of the population, will be over 65. Read

What do green buzz words really mean?

‘Carbon footprint’ and ‘carbon neutral’ are words frequently mentioned on the news, but what do they actually mean and how do they affect my business? Read