Interviews with business people in the North East

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Jane Hogan, business development manager, Taste North East May 21 2012

From initial ambitions of becoming a farmer to running regional food group Taste North East, KAREN DENT meets Jane Hogan and discovers why she believes women really come into their own in their 40sRead

Herbert Loebl, entrepreneur, exporting expert and co-founder of Joyce, Loebl & Company May 14 2012

HE'S known as a pioneering industrialist responsible for co-creating a business that has spawned hundreds of other companies. But there's so much more to Herbert Loebl’s eventful life, as Karen Dent discovers.Read

Jo Berry, director of engagement, Newcastle University Business School May 08 2012

DR Jo Berry admits she struggles to say no to interesting opportunities. It's an approach that's taken her from apartheid South Africa to Davos, the pit lane and the music industry. John Hill catches up with Newcastle University Business School's director of engagement.Read

Ammar Mirza, founder, Asian Business Connexions Apr 30 2012

AMMAR Mirza's heritage is Pakistani but he loves his home city of Newcastle. Ruth Lognonne meets the man who founded Asian Business Connexions to help the Asian and North East business communities work more closely together.Read

Charles Enderby, chief executive, Hexham Racecourse Apr 23 2012

HE'S served his country as a soldier, bodyguard and magistrate. These days, Charles Enderby's attentions are focused on making sure Hexham Racecourse endures for future generations. Ruth Lognonne met him.Read

Bernard Garner, director general, Nexus Apr 16 2012

A WAR of words has broken out between bus companies and the Passenger Transport Executive. Peter Jackson meets the man at the centre of it all.Read

David Robinson, chief operating officer, PD Ports in Teesport Apr 10 2012

PD Ports may have lost out on a Spanish turbine factory, but it still has big plans for the future as Peter Jackson discovers in conversation with chief operating officer David Robinson.Read

Ian Gott, director, GOTT Technical Services Apr 09 2012

GOTT Technical Services is one of the North East’s leading motor equipment suppliers. We catch up with director Ian Gott to find out how his business grew.Read

Iain Sim, Chief Executive, Coast and Country Housing Apr 03 2012

Iain Sim heads up Coast & Country, one of the region’s biggest regeneration and housing companies. Joanne Welford went to meet him.Read

Prof Christopher Higgins, vice chancellor, Durham University Apr 02 2012

SOCIAL engineering is no part of a university's role and if the government thinks otherwise Durham University vice chancellor Prof Christopher Higgins will soon put it right, as Peter Jackson discovers.Read

Stewart Watkins, Managing Director, Business Durham Mar 26 2012

STEWART Watkins, the first chief of newly created Business Durham, talks to Peter Jackson about a career spanning much of the UK's post war economic history.Read

Paul Woolston, chairman, North East LEP Mar 19 2012

AS the North East LEP emerges from the long One North East shadow, Peter Jackson talks to its chairman Paul Woolston about his role and his plans for the future.Read

John Flynn, executive partner, DWF Mar 12 2012

CORPORATE lawyer John Flynn worked at Dickinson Dees for 30 years before leaving to head up new arrival DWF. He tells Peter Jackson why.Read

Erica Whyman, chief executive of Northern Stage Mar 05 2012

THERE'S no business like showbusiness - and it really is a business, as Erica Whyman, chief executive of Northern Stage, makes clear to Peter Jackson.Read

Tony Mann, owners of Oceana Group Feb 27 2012

PROPERTY companies have been hard hit by the financial crisis and few want to talk about it. But Tony Mann, owner of the Oceana Group, opens up to Peter Jackson about his company's struggles, the mistakes that were made and the prospects for the future.Read

Gareth Edmondson, CEO, Thumbstar Games Feb 20 2012

GARETH Edmondson made his name at the well-known Newcastle computer games company now called Ubisoft Reflections.Read

Allan Cook, Managing Director, Arlington Real Estate Feb 13 2012

For the past few years, financial planner turned developer Allan Cook has been overseeing the DurhamGate project, a mixed-use development near Spennymoor which he hopes will bring more than 2,200 jobs to the area. JOHN HILL finds out how he found himself here, and learns a little about his ambitions for a historic area nearbyRead

Bill Scott, Chief Executive, Wilton Group Feb 06 2012

WHETHER building the fast-growing Teesside engineering group Wilton from scratch or giving up his time for charity, Bill Scott maintains a remorseless pace, as Tom Rowley discovers.Read

Peter Batty, Chief Executive, Norchem Jan 30 2012

PETERBatty is an unusual pharmacist. Although he now runs County Durham-based Norchem, he has spent most of his life running pubs and wine shops. But there is a common theme of good service, he tells Tom Rowley.Read

Brian Richardson, Managing Director, H&H Group Jan 23 2012

From humble beginnings as an 1800s meat mart, H&H Group has grown into a national heavyweight which is primed for growth and bullish about the future. At the helm of the business is Brian Richardson, who tells ANDREW MERNIN about his route from farm boy to leader of one of the North’s most successful firmsRead

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