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Matthew Forster

In the business spreading an artistic empire

THE Art Works gallery has allowed many of the region's aspiring North East artists to reach a wider public. Read

Richard Elphick

Architect has grand designs on home city

THE architect who created the £36m Trinity Gardens development on Newcastle's Quayside has strong views on the city's buildings. And as regional chairman of the Institute of Directors, his forthright opinions do not stop at bricks and mortar. Read

Dr Guy Turnbull

Helping others help themselves in an ethical way

WHILE the commercial banks flounder, the co-operatives will flourish and the world will be a better place for everyone. Read

Geoff Hodgson

Back home and bringing world with him

Lots of luck, hard work and a passion for the North East are key to the make-up of former brewery boss turned tourism champion Geoff Hodgson. Karen Dent reports. Read

Yorkshire hero on a crusade for good times

The Head of Steam pubs are a Tyneside institution famous their atmosphere, fine beers and cutting edge live music. Christopher Knox caught up with its managing director Tony Brookes as his business takes a new step forward Read

Andrew Moffat

The Tyne of his life

THE port on the River Tyne has been at the heart of the region's economy for centuries and is still growing. Read

Mike Mullaney

Interesting times for top banker

MIKE Mullaney was on gardening leave from RBS, waiting to begin his new job as LloydsTSB's top North East business banker, when the queues began forming outside Northern Rock offices across the UK. Read

Gary Thompson

Turning ideas into products that sell

HE'S survived a coma and a brain tumour, broken more bones than you can count and reckons that less than four hours' sleep a night is ample. Karen Dent meets Gary Thompson, the man helping to transform some of the region's best ideas into products people want to buy. Read

John Barton

'This will help us get out of recession'

IT'S hard not to feel a little intimidated in the presence of John Barton, not because he is by any means a daunting figure, rather that his CV is so impressive. Read

Sean Bullick

Quest to recapture greatness of city

Companies in Newcastle city centre have voted to establish the busiest and one of the most ambitious Business Improvement Districts in the country. Christopher Knox meets the man behind it, Sean Bullick. Read

Ramy Zack

How haven for art is made with widgets

Not content with running the family business, Ramy Zack created the Biscuit Factory art gallery and studio. Now he also wants to create a cultural colony in a corner of Newcastle, reports Peter McCusker. Read

Jane Atkinson

Face of engineering always wears lipstick

JANE Atkinson has become one of the most high-profile women in UK industry in the past decade. Read

Stoker Frater

Farmer who likes to look on the bright side of life

FROM building a business up from nothing to championing Northumberland’s farmers, Karen Dent hears about Stoker Frater’s dream of leaving a lasting legacy on the land. Read

Mark Dobson

It's a wonderful life for revived cinema with rare history

THE Tyneside Cinema has become of the region's best cultural venues, providing access to films and documentaries from across the globe. Christopher Knox talks to the man behind its recent transformation, chief executive Mark Dobson. Read

Graham Wylie outside Close House Hotel

In the right place at the right time

IT took years for one North East entrepreneur’s company to become an overnight success. Alastair Gilmour talks to Graham Wylie. Read

Family’s trust has been well rewarded

Personal finance planning should be exactly that – personal. Alastair Gilmour reports on three generations of trust Read

Barry Webber

United's new signing bigs up the brand

LAST month Newcastle United recruited one of the youngest directors in English football in a bid to boost revenues at home and abroad. Read

Alex Brodie

Ex-newsman has barrels of optimism

THE BBC foreign correspondent turned ale brewer Alex Brodie talks to Alistair Gilmour about the quiet revolution he is leading from a converted mill in Cumbria. Read

Tony Walton

From action man to history man

GIVE them as near as life-threatening experience as you possibly can’ was Tony Walton’s brief before he headed to Chile for the first of the 26 expeditions he would lead for Operation Raleigh. Read

John Thompson

Wagons welcome travellers back home

One of the region’s best-known companies will soon start work demolishing one of its biggest eyesores. Peter McCusker speaks to its chairman. Read