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Richard Toynbee, centre manager, Prince Bishop's shopping centre

WITH all-important seasonal retail figures pouring in, Peter Jackson talks to Richard Toynbee, centre manager of Durham's Prince Bishop's shopping centre.Read

Jonathan Blair

Jonathan Blair, managing partner, Dickinson Dees

Jonathan Blair, managing partner of Dickinson Dees, has spent an intense nine months negotiating a major merger, as he explains to Peter Jackson.Read

Richard Knight

Richard Knight OBE, operations director, Newcastle Aiport

Wing Commander Richard Knight OBE, Newcastle Airport's new operations director, already has an amazing career behind him as Peter Jackson discovers.Read

Scott Davidson, general manager, Jesmond Dene Hotel

Scott Davidson, general manager, Jesmond Dene House Hotel

TWO weeks ago we featured the outgoing general manager of Jesmond Dene House Hotel, today we profile his successor Scott Davidson who speaks to Peter Jackson.Read

Professor John Wilson, director of Newcastle University Business School

Professor John Wilson, director of Newcastle University Business School

THE new head of Newcastle University Business School has big ambitions for it, as he explains to Peter Jackson.Read

Eric Kortenbach

Eric Kortenbach, operations director, Guyzance Hall Ltd

Eric Kortenbach led Newcastle’s Jesmond Dene House to become a leading award-winning hotel. Now he plans to do the same for three more, as he explains to Peter Jackson.Read

Julian Thomson, director, Anderson and Garland

Julian Thomson, director, Anderson and Garland

Julian Thomson is director in a business which is transforming the world of antiques with the latest digital technology, as Peter Jackson discovers.Read

Bernard Trafford, head of Newcastle's Royal Grammar School

Bernard Trafford, head of Newcastle's Royal Grammar School

NEWCASTLE'S Royal Grammar School is thriving in spite of recession, as Peter Jackson discovers talking to head Bernard Trafford. Read

Ross Linnett of Recite

Ross Linnett, CEO of Recite Me Ltd

ROSS Linnett watched British athletes triumphing in this summer's Olympic Games with mixed feelings. He shared in the patriotic jubilation, but there was also a sense of regret, of what might have been.Read

Alan Holmes

Alan Holmes, chairman of Buy North East

FROM wine to cycling holidays and even a spell running a department store, Alan Holmes has packed a lot into his career, as he tells Peter Jackson. Read

Geoff Thompson, chief executive of Utilitywise

Geoff Thompson, chief executive of Utilitywise

GEOFF Thompson, chief executive of Utilitywise, has built one of the region's fastest-growing companies. He talks to Peter Jackson.Read

John Harvey McDonough

John Harvey McDonough, director, Harveys of Edinburgh

A MAN of spirit has revived a fine family tradition while winning new export markets, as Peter Jackson discovers talking to John Harvey McDonough.Read

Geoff Hunton, director, Merchant Place Developments

Geoff Hunton, director, Merchant Place Developments

GEOFF Hunton finds himself in the limelight following his coup in bringing Hitachi to the North East. The director of property developer Merchant Place Developments talks to Peter Jackson.Read

Andrew Sawyer

Andrew Sawyer, chairman of Alnorthumbria Veterinary Group

MAYBE it shouldn't happen to a vet but Andrew Sawyer has grown his practice into a major and thriving business, as Peter Jackson discovers.Read

Alan Dawson is the chairman of Sintons Solicitors

Alan Dawson, chairman, Sintons Solicitors

ALAN Dawson, Sinton's newly-appointed chairman, has witnessed many changes in the legal world and foresees many more, as he explains to Peter Jackson.Read

Iain Watson, director of Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums

Iain Watson, director, Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums

AN organisation must look to its future but Iain Watson also has to keep a close eye on the past, as Peter Jackson discovers.Read

Brian Tanner, Professor at Durham University

Durham University’s Professor Brian Tanner has been a pioneer in bringing the worlds of business and academia together, as PETER JACKSON discoversRead

David Kennedy

Interview with David Kennedy, top North East chef and restauranter

IF FORMER North East Chef of the Year David Kennedy had £1 for every person who said his first stand-alone restaurant was doomed to failure, he’d be a very rich man.Read

David Coppock of UK Trade and Investment

David Coppock, Regional Director, UKTI

FOR all his working life the world has been David Coppock's oyster and now he's working to broaden the horizon for the North East, as he told John Hill. Read

Gavin Prior

Gavin Prior, general manager, Metrocentre

Metrocentre’s new general manager, Gavin Prior, doesn’t let hard knocks hold him back, as Peter Jackson discovers.Read