WELL into the new year and already it is business as usual. Sterling is in freefall, the balance of payments deficit widens, fuel costs have increased and we look to be heading for round three of economic depression.Read
SESSION Initiation Protocol – more commonly referred to as SIP – is one of the fastest growing technologies today with many businesses choosing to migrate away from traditional ISDN lines in favour of SIP trunks.Read
WE are all of us delighted to learn of a new arrival in the world. Proud and tired Mums and Dads. Then, the difficult part starts – juggling career and child care.Read
SAY it cautiously, but the economy might just be turning a corner. That was the message from CBI director- general John Cridland on a visit to Cumbria for the region’s annual dinner last week.
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HOW far can stocks climb? As markets edge higher, a sense of vertigo is understandable. We noted last week that most investors are indeed far from complacent.Read
THE 3% cut to the EU budget after last week’s marathon summit amounts to a tiny proportion of public spending throughout the European Union – less than 1%.Read
TOMORROW, we open our vastly modernised marine school, a £4.5m investment that is bringing more than 150 years of world-famous seafaring teaching into the 21st Century.Read
THE size of the task facing Newcastle City Council as it works through some of the biggest budget cuts in recent history has been well reported within these pages.Read
THEY have been called the ‘forgotten army’ of firms – overlooked by policymakers but with the capacity to inject up to £50bn into the economy by 2020.Read
WITH the Baftas on the horizon and Hollywood gearing up for Oscars season, it seems time to be pushing a list of candidates for award consideration.Read
IT is worth a short reprise of last week’s verdict on the Government’s strategy: GDP down by 0.3% in 2012, still lower than 2008; manufacturing down 1.5% and services flat – the only positive boost coming from a fortunately timed Olympic games.Read
THE Government has hardly proved benevolent when it comes to providing financial support to businesses since coming to power, but it’s fair to say the North East has profited more than most from its primary source of funding.Read
A PIECE of news that appeared over the festive period was the report that Britain’s largest button manufacturer has closed down – a business that existed for some 155 years.Read
STOCKS have outpaced other assets - including high-yield credit - by more than enough to compensate for their higher risk. The S&P 500 is within 5% of its October 2007 summit and pundits are talking (again) of investor complacency.Read
THE Prime Minister was right, of course, to postpone the much-anticipated speech on the UK’s future relationship with the European Union in light of the extremely serious situation in Algeria last week.Read