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

Top chefs return home to Juniper's Pantry

TWO top chefs, who have cooked for presidents, prime ministers and royalty, have returned to their native North East to share their skills.Read

North East fashion designer brings range back to Tyneside

A NORTH East fashion designer who now works in London is bringing her range back home in a venture with her family in South Tyneside.Read

Cost-effective ways to raise awareness

IN TODAY'S competitive environment, we are all aware of the benefits of 'getting your message out' to current and potential customers. But how do you measure the effectiveness of your promotion? Read

NBSL wins contract to manage Berwick WorkSpace

NORTHUMBERLAND enterprise agency NBSL has won the contract to manage the Berwick WorkSpace incubator.Read

Northumberland vets to open equine clinic

A NORTHUMBERLAND veterinary group is opening a major new equine clinic at the end of the summer.Read

Small firms says businesses are tardy payers

ALMOST three-quarters of small firms say they have been paid late in the last year - and the majority of tardy payers are other businesses.Read

Less debate, more action

AS NEW solutions to enable economic regeneration emerge, the perennial debate about what legal structures should be used will begin again.Read

Small businesses invited to attend Hadrian's Wall dig

SMALL tourism businesses in the Hadrian's Wall area are being invited to see behind the scenes at an archaeological dig to improve their knowledge of what the area has to offer.Read

Campaign launched to protect the high street

TODAY is US Independence Day but for small shops it’s also Independents’ Day. The event has been organised by Skillsmart Retail and the National Skills Academy for Retail to persuade shoppers to buy at least one item today from their local independent retailer.Read

Opportunities for rural entrepreneurs to shine

SMALL rural firms with good ideas to help the communities and landscapes in the North Pennines are being offered grants to turn their visions into reality.Read

Marketing firm takes on two new recruits

NATIONAL and local contract wins have resulted in new jobs for a Northumberland marketing firm.Read

A different look for the workplace of the future

THE workplace of the future could look very different with some predicting that by the year 2020 some 80% of the UK workforce will not be tied in to a nine to five, fixed place daily office routine, and that far greater numbers will work from home.Read

Ex-Robson Brown directors go it alone

TWO former directors of Newcastle advertising agency Robson Brown have created jobs for another four of their former colleagues after setting up on their own.Read

SME concerns over pension auto-enrolment

SMALL businesses say they expect to be hit hard by a new pension system which is due to come into force next year.Read

Carlisle Mart: June 22

An entry of 195 calves was forward, topped by a £415 was a British Blue bull calf consigned by Messrs Harrington of Mill Rigg Farm. Topping the dairy calves at £200 was an eight week old British Friesian from Messrs Graham of Cardarnock House Farm.Read

More then one way to be your own boss

FOR those whose jobs are at risk, looking for another one is not your only option. If you have ever considered running your own business but don’t know where to start, or feel that you don’t have the ‘right’ skills – there is more than one way to become your own boss.Read