News on small businesses & start up business in Newcastle, Teesside and the North East

Red Rascal's chilli sauce is nominated for award

A CHILLI sauce maker has been nominated for the prestigious Made in Britain scheme by her local MP.Read

Lingotot welcomes first franchisees

A BUSINESS set up to help toddlers learn languages has taken on its first franchisees as it begins to roll-out the idea nationally.Read

Employers back intern scheme

MORE than 100 of Britain's largest employers, including Barclays, Tesco and BP, have joined Nick Clegg's campaign to end Britain's 'it's who you know' culture in the workforce.Read

North East workshop events a boost for food firms

THE first of a series of workshops aimed at teaching small food businesses about their changing marketplace takes place tomorrow.Read

Business Links successor 'inadequate', says survey

MORE than six out of 10 small firms are worried that the services expected to plug the gap left by the demise of the regional Business Links is “inadequate” to support their growth.Read

Wansbeck MP signs up to help small businesses

A NORTHUMBERLAND MP is the latest to sign up to a national campaign to help boost small businesses.Read

Stanley couple take over running of Front Street Post Office

A COUPLE have taken over the running of their local Post Office, and have been happy to tell its six staff their jobs are secure.Read

Very poor handling of FIT changes

THE Court of Appeal ruling last week that the Government acted unlawfully when it proposed to reduce the feed-in tariff (FIT) rates from April 1 this year for PV systems installed after December 12, 2011, was a clear victory for the solar industry.Read