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Mark Robinson, Executive Director, Arts Council England, North East

Why the future's all about creation

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

Christine has a burning ambition

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

We're taking the long-term view

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

McCrory shows he's got real clout

Big man, big heart. Alastair Gilmour talks to a sporting legend who is making an impact on the North-East business scene. Read

On the trail of white collar crooks

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