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Alex Telfer

Alex Telfer, Photographer, Alex Telfer Photography Jul 26 2010

ALEX Telfer is a leading advertising photographer, but rose to the top without quitting the region. John Hill meets him.Read

Gillian Hall

Gillian Hall, Senior Partner, Watson Burton Jul 19 2010

GILLIAN HALL is the first female senior partner of a full service law firm in the North of England. She tells Peter McCusker how she plans to raise the profile of the Newcastle-based Watson Burton.Read

John O'Hare

John O'Hare, founder, CTC Surveying Jul 14 2010

QUANTITY surveyor John O'Hare is still working with footballers long after his childhood dream of playing for Manchester United died. Jez Davison reports.Read

Julian Atkinson

Julian Atkinson, Managing Director, JC Atkinson Jul 12 2010

THEY say there's nothing more certain than death and taxes and so one of the country's most successful coffin-makers should be confident his business is recession-proof. Christopher Knox meets Julian Atkinson.Read

Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown, owner, Brown's Cafe & Grill Jul 06 2010

Andrew Brown has cooked for top European politicians and made a small fortune from the sale of a restaurant venture. So why has he risked his life savings on a new eaterie in Darlington? Jez Davison finds out...Read

Kevin Marquis

Kevin Marquis, Director, Sustainable Enterprise Strategies Jul 05 2010

HE arrived in the North East as a fine art student but found his niche using social enterprise to improve people's prospects in some of the region's most disadvantaged communities.Read

Alan Whiteley

Alan Whiteley, General Manager, Thistle Hotel, Middlesbrough Jun 29 2010

DESPITE arguments with top TV personalities and embarrassing tete a tetes with customers, Alan Whiteley has landed a top job in one of Teesside's biggest hotels.Read

Dr Stan Higgins, Chief Executive and Director, NEPIC

Dr Stan Higgins, Chief Executive and Director, NEPIC Jun 28 2010

Dr Stan Higgins has become the voice of the chemical industry in the North East. The chief executive of industry body Nepic tells PETER McCUSKER of his rise to the top.Read

Jerome Bury

Jerome Bury, Chairman, Teesside Society of Chartered Accountants Jun 22 2010

JEROME Bury became an entrepreneur for all of six months before realising he was better suited working for someone else.Read

Darren Jobling

Darren Jobling, Director of Business Development, Eutechnyx Jun 21 2010

THE Jobling brothers never thought their computer games hobby would become a career. But now their company Eutechnyx is one of the biggest independents in its field. John Hill met chief operating officer Darren Jobling.Read

Steve Ramshaw, founder of Northumbria Quality Meats

Steve Ramshaw, founder of Northumbria Quality Meats Jun 14 2010

IT'S hard to imagine that one of the North East's farmers had previously toyed with the idea of becoming a vegetarian. But Christopher Knox discovers that Steve Ramshaw isn't your average farmer.Read

Dean Benson, Visualsoft UK

Dean Benson, MD, Visualsoft UK Jun 08 2010

DEAN Benson loves life in the fast lane, but he’ll have to get a move-on to meet his next big challenge.Read

Ian Clarke

Ian Clarke, Director, Newcastle University Business School Jun 07 2010

AS pressure grows on undergraduates looking for jobs, John Hill meets the man steering Newcastle University Business School into a new chapter in its history.Read

Carl Ennis

Carl Ennis, Divisional Managing Director, Siemens Energy Services May 24 2010

CARL Ennis may have a passion for sports cars and motorbikes, but he may also soon be heading work on one of the region’s biggest green energy schemes. John Hill met the boss of Siemens in the North East.Read

David Ward

David Ward, Regional Director, PPDG May 18 2010

DAVID Ward knows what it's like to be on the employment scrap heap. But signing on was the best thing he ever did. Jez Davison found out why.Read

Gill Southern

Gill Southern, Director, Wessington Cryogenics May 17 2010

GILL Southern Southern and her family brought their business back from the brink to award-winning growth. The champion of North East manufacturing tells John Hill how they did it.Read

Rebecca Howard

Rebecca Howard, Managing Director, Cynergy May 11 2010

Rebecca Howard has missed out on a small fortune by turning her back on the private sector. Jez Davison finds out why...Read

Jonathan Short

Jonathan Short, Founder and MD of AWS Eco Plastics Ltd May 10 2010

JONATHAN Short managed to raise £14m during the height of the credit crunch and then held his nerve as trade fell off a cliff and a £15m fire gutted his Tyneside factory.Read

Doug Scott

Doug Scott, Chief Executive, TEDCO May 04 2010

THE region's economy has altered dramatically in the last two decades but Doug Scott's drive to make the North East a more enterprising place hasn’t. Karen Dent meets the man who has just won the lifetime achievement Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion.Read

Stewart Smith

Stewart Smith, Executive Chairman, Ramsdens Financial May 04 2010

MIDDLESBROUGH-BASED Ramsdens Financial is a company that’s going for growth. Chris Hole met the firm’s executive chairman Stewart Smith.Read

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