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Bribery Act is greeted with muted welcome Apr 01 2011

Business lunches and corporate gifts have long been popular ways to grease the wheels of commerce by building contacts and winning customers. But will they land bosses in hot water under the new Bribery Act? Business editor Iain Laing investigates.Read

From the Milk Tray Man to marketing guru Mar 28 2011

FROM his early dreams of becoming the Milk Tray Man to his current role as an internationally-acclaimed speaker, Geoff Ramm has always aimed high. Karen Dent meets the South Shields entrepreneur and discovers why keeping his eyes open at all times has made him what he is.Read

Building on strategy for success Mar 23 2011

LAST year saw building contractors Esh Holdings move up to 44 in The Journal's Top 200 league of the biggest companies in the North East and it is now putting in place measures to ensure that this growth can continue.Read

Re-energising the country as region poised to lead recovery Mar 09 2011

A GOVERNMENT consultation on the future of the UK energy sector closes tomorrow. Peter McCusker reports on how the sector is poised to lead the UK out of recession and looks set to create thousands of North East jobs.Read

Apprentices really can reach the top Feb 23 2011

APPRENTICES are in the headlines because they are key to the UK's efforts to improve skills and boost the economy but they are not a new idea. And neither are they simply a way of learning a trade. Chris Knox speaks to some of those who have risen to the top of their business after starting out as apprentices.Read

How my business was born: Graham Rose of Rose & Sons Feb 15 2011

FROM a crackly recording of Boro's first match at Ayresome Park to a successful photography business - Graham Rose's story is certainly a colourful one. Here, he opens his old business diaries for the first in an occasional Gazette series.Read

North East golf clubs innovate in struggle to survive Feb 09 2011

ALNWICK Golf Club has been saved by a wealthy London investor, while other golf clubs may erect wind turbines to generate revenues, Peter McCusker reports on the struggle by the region's member-run clubs to survive.Read

Evidence tells us why staff need to love working Feb 03 2011

RESEARCHERS trying to discover whether North East businesses and their staff are getting the best out of each other are looking for firms to take part in a major study.Read

Future of North East is to be small and clever Feb 02 2011

THE North East's future may lie in presenting itself as a small, clever country like Singapore or New Zealand, delegates to a high-powered economic conference were told. Peter McCusker was there.Read

Retailers count the cost of white Christmas Jan 26 2011

WITH the freezing December weather leading many people to leave their Christmas shopping to the last minute, most retailers were left to count the cost. Chris Knox looks at the winners and losers on the high street.Read

Focus on: Web-based business Jan 25 2011

INTERNET sensation Facebook is leading a new online gold rush but the mind-boggling millions being pumped into the sector have raised fears of another IT boom and bust. Jez Davison asks Teesside firms whether history will repeat itself.Read

How to win points for new signings Jan 18 2011

More firms are bringing in outside advisers with specific interests to boost their portfolios. Business Editor Mike Hughes looks at one firm that is leading the way with some surprise signings.Read

Our smaller firms made biggest gains Jan 12 2011

THE region's listed companies did not enjoy their strongest year in 2010. But there were some notable exceptions with smaller companies revealing some extraordinary growth.Read

Focus on VAT Jan 11 2011

Will the new 20% VAT rate send firms out of business or is talk of a retail armageddon overblown hype? Jez Davison gets the views of Teesside firms.Read

Teesside business review 2010 - Part IV Dec 24 2010

JUST as the year started with snow and ice, so it came to an end in the same fashion. Karen McLauchlan concludes her look back at the local economy’s highs and lows in 2010.Read

Teesside business review 2010 - Part III Dec 23 2010

WITH Harvest Energy re-opening the area’s only bio-diesel plant, hopes were rising of an industrial renaissance for Teesside. Karen McLauchlan continues her look back at the local economy’s highs and lows in 2010.Read

Ethical goods are inching their way into our Christmas Dec 22 2010

WITH Christmas upon us, more ethically minded shoppers will be looking at ways to support third world producers by wrapping up everything from beanbag nativity sets to handcrafted jewellery. Christopher Knox discovers the North East market is in rude health.Read

Teesside business review 2010 - Part II Dec 22 2010

THE Spring was a time of change as the General Election brought Britian its first coalition government since the war. KAREN McLAUCHLAN continues her look back at the local economy’s highs and lows in 2010.Read

Teesside business review 2010 - Part 1 Dec 21 2010

THERE’S no denying it’s been a tough year for business in 2010. As the region began to pull itself out of recession, a change of Government signalled major belt-tightening by Whitehall. And now millions of pounds of cost savings and hundreds of job cuts must be made within Teesside’s public sector.Read

Alive after Five initiative boosts footfall and sales Dec 15 2010

SINCE being launched in late October, late-night shopping in Newcastle city centre has been an enormous success and allowed shoppers to get a head start on their festive shopping.Read

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