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John Anstee

From Durham, USA, to County Durham, UK Feb 09 2010

The man behind the successful NetPark at Sedgefield imported the idea from a pioneering scheme started in Durham, North Carolina. John Anstee told Sue Scott about it.Read

Peter Phillipson

Marketing wizard who transformed Tussauds Feb 08 2010

PETER Phillipson has spent his career creating and revitalising world-famous brands. Now the chairman of Merlin Entertainments tells Andrew Hebden of his latest ambition – to open the eyes of the world to his home region.Read

Les Calvert

Putting the Les in des res Feb 02 2010

HE'S never seen the need to limit his own horizons, and for the past six years he's been widening others' with an online overseas property portal that's given him the most fun he's ever had. Jez Davison met Les Calvert.Read

Sharon Griffiths

Woman driven to succeed from the bottom up Feb 01 2010

AFTER leaving school at 16, Sharon Griffiths took a string of jobs before being hired as a part-time credit controller at The Specials Laboratory in Northumberland. Seven years later, she is managing director of the £16m drugs company. Peter McCusker reports.Read

Graham Wood

Lifelong dream of success on the pitch Jan 25 2010

THIRD-GENERATION Tyneside boiler-maker Graham Wood built and sold two successful American companies. Now he is pouring his energy and money into his hometown football club, writes Peter McCusker.Read

Arnab Basu

Why bankers and a fearful world will trade down Arnab Jan 19 2010

AN academic-turned-entrepreneur with three degrees under his belt is making a ‘triple A’ impact on Tees Valley’s high-tech industrial sector. Jez Davison meets Arnab Basu.Read

Bent Henriksen

Healthy outlook keeps company chief fit and well Jan 18 2010

HE'S patrolled the Gaza strip, climbed mountains and heads the UK wing of an international pharmaceutical company based in Northumberland.Read

Bill Ward

Volvo cars are perfect as Geordie soulmates Jan 11 2010

A FAMILIAR face on TV, Bill Ward now owns the business he has worked for for the last 30 years. Peter McCusker reports.Read

Gerald Krasner

Highs and lows of the beautiful game Jan 04 2010

WORKING as a football chairman brings mass criticism, impossible financial targets and the fire of media snipers from every angle, so why do it? Andrew Mernin talks to Gerald Krasner, an insolvency expert who has done it twice and would do it again given half the chance.Read

Martin Soloman

A sharp legal mind and a caring charity chairman Dec 21 2009

MARTIN Soloman led his legal practice through a period of rapid growth and in the last two years has steered it through the recession unscathed, as well as helping to raise over £1m for charity in his spare time. Peter McCusker reports.Read

Sir Paul Nicholson

A lifetime's achievement no small beer Dec 14 2009

HE will forever be associated with Vaux but there is much more to Sir Paul Nicholson's life than the Sunderland brewery group. Karen Dent hears about the thrills and spills in both business and pleasure that have marked his career.Read

Gary Hosmer

A man with plenty to Shout about Dec 07 2009

HIS inventions have revolutionised the contrasting worlds of heavy industry and the internet while his latest venture hopes to transform the mobile phone world. Andrew Mernin talks to serial entrepreneur Gary Hosmer.Read

A pint of beer

New measures to help man the pumps Dec 02 2009

THE UK's pub industry has suffered badly in the recession, with around 50 bars now believed to be shutting every week.Read

Tanya keeps a Cool head in our turbulent times Dec 01 2009

TANYA Garland's a cool customer. As chief of one of Teesside's most successful PR and marketing agencies she kept her head when the business was swept up in the Northern Rock collapse.Read

Andy Hudson

Musician Andy Hudson in IT career twist Nov 30 2009

He’s spent the past 30 years keeping the world entertained with some of the greatest performers on the planet, and befriended a few along the way. Andrew Mernin hears Andy Hudson’s remarkable tale as he prepares for his latest mission – introducing a forgotten generation to the internet.Read

Jeremy Darroch

Sky-high adventure for North East arts Nov 23 2009

THE revolution will be televised in 3D, it will deliver the arts to the people and it will be led by a Northumbrian. Andrew Mernin meets BSkyB's chief executive Jeremy Darroch to find out more.Read

Robert Senior

Ideas are the key for ad-man Robert Senior Nov 17 2009

HE’S wowed us with a drumming gorilla, tempted our passion for motors with a car made of cake, and got thousands to take part in a mass karaoke session in the capital all in the name of mobile phones. Now Middlesbrough-born ad-man Robert Senior has been back on home turf to encourage the region’s firms to get creative when it comes to shouting about what they do best.Read

Tony Cleary

Technology delivers taste with a smile Nov 16 2009

BUILDING one of the country's leading wine merchants and bottling plants has been a lifetime obsession for Tony Cleary.Read

Robert Forrester

Service ethic pays dividends for motor sales entrepreneur Nov 09 2009

THE boss of one of the region's fastest growing PLCs is so intent on providing good customer service he still deals with all the complaints personally.Read

Christian Perdrier

Christian Perdrier has the passion to take on the world Nov 02 2009

FROM Mickey Mouse to Harry Hotspur. Karen Dent meets the former Disneyland Paris chief charged with putting Alnwick on the world tourist map.Read

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