A chance encounter with Courtney Cox and David Arquette led to a bit part in horror film Scream 2 and inspired Sam Morton to pursue his dream of a career in film-making. James Barton met the boss of Newcastle’s Twenty First Century Media.Read
STEFAN Lepkowski was brought up in the wilds of the South African veldt: he adored the open vistas and the endless beauty of the landscape around his home near Table Mountain.Read
A HUMAN resources agency should go further than fit people to jobs and jobs to people. It’s about understanding, involvement, maximum benefit – and fun – as Alastair Gilmour discovers.Read
After surviving two world wars and the Great Depression, a fourth generation fish and chip shop supplier is looking forward to a profitable 21st century.Read
With a rather eccentric image - long sideboards and a taste in shoes and socks not shared by many - you might think YO! Sushi and Dragon's Den entrepreneur Simon Woodroffe just got lucky to make his millions. Graeme King thinks otherwise.Read
Professor Malcolm Young has been making headlines after discovering a cure for the MRSA superbug and is considering a stock market flotation for his drug discovery company e-Therapeutics - yet it could all have been so different.Read
Richard Cotter is a man on a mission. With the outdoor clothing market expanding rapidly, he is determined that Berghaus is going to claim at least its fair share of that growth.Read
Hossain Rezaei has run the gauntlet with the British legal system, acts of God and political turmoil in his own country to build a successful business career in the UK. He talks to Nigel Stirling about his salvation of Pride Valley Foods and what his future holds.Read
A Durham GP with serious entrepreneurial tendencies has built up a new career as chief executive of a multi-million pound stock market-listed skincare company. James Barton has an appointment with Dr Mark Randle.Read
An innocent pleasure in dismantling his toys as a child led Bob Fountain to create a multi-million pound business in his backyard, restoring some of the world's most luxurious cars. Then he went on to buy the pub next door. James Barton hears how he lives the life many men can merely dream of.Read
From stamping passports for Swedes, through doing PR for Robert Maxwell, twice breaking her neck skiing and now winning a Queen's Award, life has never been dull for Caroline Theobald. Graeme King met the networking queen.Read
Leading the Arts Council in a region where culture is now so high profile is no mean job. Graeme King talked to executive director Mark Robinson about art, prisons policy, vegetarian cookery and Preston North End.Read
Christine Mavin has transformed Plaster Piece from a loss-making shop into a market leader in fireplace retail. Rebekah Ashby found things hotting up when she met the current North-East Woman Entrepreneur of the Year.Read
Mondays, who needs them? Today, however, sees the emergence of the region's long-heralded, substantially altered, new business support service. Will it be like the normal Monday for its new boss or the same old, same old? Alastair Gilmour finds out.Read
During a career pursuing white-collar swindlers and tracking the assets of Mr Bigs across the region, Frank Nesbitt fashioned a career as one of the most experienced police fraud investigators in the North-East.Read
