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Bill Scott, Chief Executive, Wilton Group

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:05:00 GMT

WHETHER building the fast-growing Teesside engineering group Wilton from scratch or giving up his time for charity, Bill Scott maintains a remorseless pace, as Tom Rowley discovers.

Peter Batty, Chief Executive, Norchem

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:31:00 GMT

PETERBatty is an unusual pharmacist. Although he now runs County Durham-based Norchem, he has spent most of his life running pubs and wine shops. But there is a common theme of good service, he tells Tom Rowley.

Brian Richardson, Managing Director, H&H Group

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

From humble beginnings as an 1800s meat mart, H&H Group has grown into a national heavyweight which is primed for growth and bullish about the future. At the helm of the business is Brian Richardson, who tells ANDREW MERNIN about his route from farm boy to leader of one of the North’s most successful firms

Richard Hall, Managing Director, Track and Field Sports

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT

THIS is shaping up to be Richard Hunter's year in more ways than one with his sports equipment business reaching new heights, a bigger and better version of his Run Northumberland series in the offing and the clock ticking down to the explosive opening in London of the greatest show on earth. He spoke to Jane Hall.

John Mowbray, director of corporate affairs, Northumbrian Water

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:10:00 GMT

THE water company John Mowbray joined almost 30 years ago was a mere babbling brook compared to the mighty ocean it is today. Ahead of his impending early retirement, the Northumbrian Water chief tells Andrew Mernin about his remarkable career and looks forward to life on the open road.

Mary Ann Rogers, artist

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Passion for wildlife and a determination to perfect her craft have taken self-taught artist Mary Ann Rogers on a journey to the helm of her own globally successful business. ANDREW MERNIN heads for the hills to meet her and her four-legged friends at the source of her inspiration in deepest Northumberland

Hugh Welch, Senior Partner, Muckle LLP

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT

While helping to nurture a small law firm into a legal heavyweight over the last 26 years, Hugh Welch has also spent his career as a staunch supporter of the North East's charitable causes. Andrew Mernin meets the senior partner to talk marathons, milestones and Muckle.

Peter Slee, Managing Director, Spark Response

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT

FROM a 'job for life' in banking to playing a pivotal role in developing contact centres and e-commerce in the North East. Karen Dent meets Sunderland FC ball boy turned Spark Response managing director Peter Slee.

Stephen Phipson, chief executive, Stadium Group

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

HARTLEPOOL'S long-established Stadium Group has a new man at the helm after Nigel Rogers stood down after a decade in the job. Stephen Cape went to meet chief executive Stephen Phipson.

Julie Drummond, Managing Director, Drummond Central

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

ADVERTISING executive Julie Drummond has just won the top prize at the North East Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Stephen Cape finds out why she was always destined to shine.

John Marshall, senior partner, Dickinson Dees LLP

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

FROM work experience in the post room to senior partner at the biggest law firm in the North East, John Marshall has spent his career at Dickinson Dees. He talks to James Marley about moving up the ladder and life outside work.

Michael Sandford-Couch, chairman and chief executive of Potts Print (UK) Ltd

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:20:00 GMT

IT took a round-the-globe trip and road to Damascus-style conversion to set Potts Print chairman and chief executive Michael Sandford-Couch on the path to success. James Marley meets the man who has transformed the family firm into a major employer aiming for a £25m turnover.

Gaynor Shotton, Tynedale Agricultural Society Secretary

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:00:00 GMT

SHE says that if she could have created her ideal job, it would be the one she has. Karen Dent meets Northumberland County Show secretary Gaynor Shotton and talks apprenticeships, Canadian religious sects and why the one-day show is 11 months in the planning.

Terry Skee, director of Cleaner Air Solutions Ltd

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:02:00 GMT

Terry Skee followed generations of his family into the Army. But after a long and sometimes harrowing military career, he launched himself into business and is now director of a fast-growing North East solar panel firm.

Kevin Brown, director of Pacifica

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

KEVIN Brown wasted no time after he lost his job at Northern Electric eight years ago.

Jackie Maxwell of Doddington Dairy

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

FROM lecturing to luxury ice cream: Karen Dent meets Doddington Dairy's Jackie Maxwell and finds out how she made the leap from teaching people about pigs to creating the North East's original farm-made ice cream business.

Paul Chandler, CEO, Traidcraft

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

PAUL Chandler started his career at Barclays Bank and for the last decade he's been a leading figure in battling for a fairer approach to world trade. John Hill finds out more about how Traidcraft's CEO hopes to change the world for the better.

Charles Coombs, head of flooring, ScS

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:02:00 GMT

THE man who helped a small North East carpet chain become the UK's largest independent is hoping to work the same magic at one of the biggest sofa retailers, ScS. Peter McCusker talks to Charles Coombs.

Rufus Hall, CEO of Orchid Group

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:00:00 GMT

RUFUS Hall is the Northumberland lad who grew up to run one of the UK's biggest pub operators which, two years, ago bought the remains of famed Newcastle bar firm Ultimate Leisure.

Simon Lenney, Corporate Banker, Yorkshire Bank

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:30:00 GMT

THE experience of the credit crunch and banking crisis sees corporate banker Simon Lenney hanker for the days when his forefathers practised the banking trade.