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
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
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
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.Read
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
ONE of the region's most successful sons returned to his roots recently to encourage pupils at his former school to become entrepreneurs. Peter McCusker spoke to Richard Harpin, the boss of insurance and maintenance giant HomeServe, during his flying visit.Read
NEXT month The Journal names its Non-Executive Director of the Year. Andrew Hebden speaks to Lucy Winskell, who is breaking the mould when it comes to taking a place at the boardroom table.Read
GEORGE Rafferty is the voice of the North East's fast-growing oil sector, which is bringing thousands of jobs to the region. But Peter McCusker discovers he still harbours dreams of becoming an entrepreneur.Read
FROM university in the US to bringing an international flavour to Newcastle and Gateshead, Karen Dent meets 1NG boss Jim McIntyre and hears about his vision for both sides of the Tyne.Read
FROM the glitz and glamour of the music industry, via massive corporate success with WH Smith to the wide skies of Northumberland, Karen Dent meets David Clipsham, who is now using his talents to boost businesses in the North East.Read
FROM the 'strange uniform' of the High Sheriff of Northumberland to getting his hands dirty on the family farm, Karen Dent found out why Eton-educated rural entrepreneur Charles Beaumont is deeply rooted in the North East.Read
GREEN energy pioneer David Still CBE has gone from launching tiny companies in Papua New Guinea to a key role in the North East's new industrial revolution.Read
ACCOUNTANT, farmer, father and a passionate advocate for Berwick. Karen Dent meets Andrew Ayre and finds out why he's so keen to share north Northumberland with the rest of the world.Read
AS the recession continues to place demand on the region’s social housing stock, Christopher Knox catches up with Keith Loraine, a man who sums up the mantra that charity begins at home.Read
