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

Get your health and safety regs in order

EMPLOYERS have a legal responsibility for the health and safety of their employees while in the workplace, as well as anyone else who may be affected by their business and its activities. Read

Success on the cards as Paul overcomes ill-health

A FORMER engineer who gave up his career because of illness has now opened his own business. Read

Not everyone suffers

A SURVEY of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Tees Valley has seen that revenues have plunged by more than a third in the last year. Read

Parking tax plan anger

A SMALL business group has voiced its anger at Government plans which may mean workers at SMEs being taxed for using their own car parking spaces. Read

How Bosman changed face of football

CONTRARY to popular belief, the most famous Free Movement of Workers case in the European Union is the “Bosman” case. Read

Carole White, business support manager, TEDCO.

SELLING your products or services can be part of your core business, but unless you approach each sales appointment professionally, you will find it difficult to turn meetings into orders. Read

Gadget keps boats and entrepreneur afloat

A YOUNG entrepreneur has ambitious plans to go global with a monitoring device for boats. Read

Small businesses get help with PAYE

HM Revenue & Customs is organising the events both before and after the April 5 tax year end to help those unsure whether they are working through the process correctly. Read

Strengthening links in the food supply chain

Karen Dent Read

Like policemen, entrepreneurs are getting younger, as Alastair Gilmour discovers.

RECESSION, economic downturn and credit squeeze mean absolutely nothing when you’re seven-and-three-quarters. Read

Change is needed at every stage of the process, say experts

Innovation, explanation and a greater slice of the North East’s public projects are what the region’s small businesses need to help them survive the recession. Karen Dent reports on the issues that small firms and support organisations want to see action on. Read