ADMIRAL GROUP - We are retaining our outperform recommendation on Admiral, with a fair value of 1450p. Admiral has a simple, but very strong, underlying business model focusing on UK motor insurance.Read
Are there opportunities as well as worries for investors as the downturn continues? Alexander Dickinson, partner in Newcastle-based law firm Dickinson Dees, takes the long view.Read
WE as taxpayers own the Northern Rock bank, so what should we want our Government to do with it? There is a movement to say that it should be sold back to the private sector as soon as possible – perhaps with some bad loans being kept by the taxpayer.Read
DESPITE a recent fall in the level of fraud being committed on plastic cards across the country, both businesses and individuals should remain extremely vigilant against the threat posed by fraudsters.Read
IN today's economic climate, the likely loss of 63 jobs is rarely the stuff of front page headlines, so it says a lot about the wider significance of Scottish and Newcastle’s decision to close its Dunston brewery that it merited such widespread coverage.Read
IT is no exaggeration to suggest that we are undergoing a green industrial revolution here in the North East, an expansion of the culture of enterprise and innovation that will drive and reward development in the energy sector.Read
STERLING has enjoyed a strong recovery since March of this year, supported by the marked improvement in investor risk appetite and the pickup in the global economy.Read
THE carrot or the stick? That is the basic first choice facing anyone trying to influence the behaviour of others. To persuade and reward good practices, or to instruct and apply sanctions for failure?Read
THIS autumn is likely to give us an insight into the changes to come as politicians outline their policies to cut public spending and drive Britain firmly out of recession.Read
KEITH Wallis, of Sunderland software firm ProQuin Company, recently embarked on a trade visit to China alongside regional development agency One North East. As part of our Go Global campaign, he has wrote a diary about his time in the Far East.Read
WITH an economy crying out for new business start-ups, one would assume the path is clear for any enterprising individuals who wish to develop their skills and ambitions.Read
WE have witnessed a remarkable recovery in risky asset prices since March. Now there are growing signs that the world economy itself is on the mend. But does this mean that the outlook for the future is rosy? The answer, unfortunately, is possibly not.Read
TODAY CBI's Chief Economist Ian McCafferty will visit the region to meet North East businesses to test whether recent statistics suggesting the economy is stabilising is cause for celebration or whether it's still too early to call.Read
OUR hopes of getting a high-speed rail line on the East Coast between London and Edinburgh would appear to have been deal a fatal blow - or two fatal blows.Read
