THE Northumberland Plate Festival and Ladies Day have long been regarded as two of the North East’s summer sporting highlights, attracting crowds of more than 70,000 to High Gosforth Park across four days of racing. Jo Blakemore speaks to the man who's been back in the saddle at Newcastle Racecourse for just over a year as he gets set for a busy summer of racing and events.Read
Tony Glenton is the third generation of his family to practise as an accountant in Newcastle. But, as he explains to Peter Jackson, it wasn't an easy choice.Read
A familiar face in the North East financial scene, Nick Swales how heads up the new Newcastle office of investment management house Rathbones, as he explains to Peter Jackson.Read
LITTLE did Phil Affleck imagine when he was spinning discs in the early 1980s (these being the days when vinyl was still king) that one day he would be dancing to a different tune, listening to others voicing their views.Read
CHRIS Peacock is the fourth generation in family firm Peacocks Medical Group. He talks to Francesca Craggs about swapping skydiving for blue sky thinking, and the children’s charity close to his heart.Read
NICOLA Short is executive director of the North East Entrepreneurs' Forum. She talks to Francesca Craggs about inspiring new businesses and flying the flag for the region.Read
PROF Roy Sandbach is Newcastle University Business School’s new David Goldman Visiting Professor of Innovation and Enterprise. He talks to Peter Jackson about his new role and his career.Read
PATRICIA Birley's long career, based around a few muddy fields in Northumberland, has had reverberations around the world, as Peter Jackson discovers.Read
PAUL Dutton, senior partner of law firm Eversheds' Newcastle office, is firmly attached to the North East and fiercely defends his firm's role in the region to Peter Jackson.Read
Professor Bernie Callaghan, whose career has included academia and the public and private sectors, now has a global role, as PETER JACKSON discoversRead