Articles...
Jun 12 2007
A new era in the history of Newcastle University Business School has officially begun. The Business School, which was based at the university's main campus, has relocated some of its courses to the prestigious Citywall Complex on St James' Boulevard....
Jun 12 2007
Strong branding is becoming increasingly important for professional service firms, helping to show customers that they are reputable and their services are of a high standard. As all businesses experience tougher competition and as customers become more sophisticated in their buying, then the harder it becomes to differentiate yourself in the marketplace....
Jun 12 2007
The process sector dominates the North-East's economy. But there's more to this complex industry than chemical plants and refineries as Anastasia Weiner discovered....
Jun 12 2007
The transformation of 1,000 acres of former wasteland into a major new visitor attraction is underway, thanks to a multi-million- pound partnership which includes significant investment from the European Regional Development Fund....
Jun 12 2007
Tees Valley continues to lead from the front when it comes to environmental issues - from renewable energy to recycling. And the region's growth and development of these key sectors will go under the spotlight at the third Energy and Environment Fair, being held at Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium on September 20 and 21....
Jun 12 2007
Law firm Robert Muckle sees no conflict between its position as one of the most successful commercial law firms in the region and its extensive community and charitable work. Business success is not, in their view, incompatible with care for the wider community. In fact, if they were not successful they would not be able to make the charitable levels of giving that they do....
Jun 12 2007
A new American skills report has been released which links hopes and aspirations across the Atlantic. Tough Choices or Tough Times is the title of the report by the Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce and it's close to the hearts and minds of all those concerned with learning and skills here in the North East as it bears a striking resemblance to our very own Leitch Review of Skills....
Jun 12 2007
Nexus and the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority have lodged a £600m bid with Government for Metro Re-invigoration. Nexus Director General Bernard Garner explains why this investment is crucial to the North-East economy....
Jun 12 2007
Properties ranging from an art centre to an office block have been flagged up as some of the best the region has to offer....
Jun 12 2007
A cash injection of £510,000 from the European Development Fund (ERDF) has played a highly influential role in a £2m-plus restoration and building programme for one of the North East's most popular tourist attractions....
Jun 12 2007
The cleveland Housing Advice Centre has been helping local people with housing and benefits advice since 1992. The team of highly trained advisors and volunteers from the community offer one-to-one advice to people who are homeless, threatened with homelessness or living in poor conditions....
Jun 12 2007
An ambitious plan has been unveiled to combine the spending power of the North-East's public, private and voluntary sectors and trigger a surge in economic growth. The Regional Economic Strategy (RES) Action Plan is an important milestone on the road to creating thousands of new jobs and businesses over the next decade....
Jun 12 2007
Plans to educate and train hard-to-reach children and young adults in Middlesbrough have been given a major boost with the opening of a state-of-the-art learning centre....
Jun 12 2007
The recently-launched New Ways to Opportunities project, which is being supported by the North-East Employer Coalition (NEEC), is already having huge success with 130 clients signed up in less than three months....
Jun 12 2007
Location is a crucial factor when it comes to business. And millions of pounds of investment are creating world-class business parks and office accommodation right around our region. From space for small start-up firms to global headquarters for major multinationals, the North-East can provide both - plus everything in between....
Jun 12 2007
The North-East's economy has been given a boost as well-placed investment has borne fruit in two key areas - engineering and marine design. James Barton investigates....
Jun 12 2007
Two very different projects are the focus of this quarter's regeneration feature. Sarah Judd reports....
Jun 12 2007
Hundreds of young North Easterners have received help in setting up their own businesses thanks to a £2.1m cash injection from the European Regional Development Fund....
Jun 12 2007
The Wilton Centre on Teesside is a spacious complex offering a range of office and technical facilities. Located next to the Wilton International site, the centre is set in a 75-acre landscaped park with its own lake and courtyards....
Jun 12 2007
Employers inspiring tomorrow's workforce is the core message as Aspire continues a new wave of campaigning, asking employers to help raise the aspirations of young people in the North-East....
Jun 12 2007
The International Marine Design Centre (MDC) is a £2.3m project which received £1.5m from One NorthEast and it is hoped will again see the North-East as a focal point for marine industry....
Jun 12 2007
Tees Valley Housing Group is working on major developments right across the region. In each of the Tees Valley's five boroughs - Stockton, Hartlepool, Redcar and Cleveland, Darlington and Middlesbrough - the drive is on to create a better quality of life for many....
Jun 12 2007
There are not many places in the world that Graham Cook hasn't visited with his job working with young people in cruise ships. He keeps up with the Boro wherever he is and champions his Teesside roots while abroad. Sarah Dale finds out more....
Jun 12 2007
The man who led one of the North-East's biggest media companies has become the first boss of a big new organisation which helps the region's small businesses. Alistair Gilmour met Alastair MacColl....
Jun 12 2007
The City Region Employment Consortium has been set up in response to the Department of Work & Pensions recent announcement that £32m has been released to address employers' recruitment needs while reducing unemployment....
Jun 12 2007
Places are becoming more important as drivers of economic growth and prosperity. Building strong, prosperous and cohesive communities where people want to live and work, where they feel comfortable and proud and where businesses want to invest, is central to the Government's ambition to put place at the heart of what it does....
Jun 12 2007
Darlington Civic Theatre first opened its doors on September 2, 1907. It was then called the New Hippodrome and Palace of Varieties and was run by managing director Rino Pepi....
Jun 12 2007
Recycling rubbish, reducing carbon dioxide emissions and reducing the use of landfill sites has become a priority in a more environmentally-conscious world. James Barton looks at a new bio-processing plant successfully addressing all three of these issues....
Jun 12 2007
A North-East show garden with an important environmental theme won a silver medal at the biggest and best flower show in the world. The garden, which was themed around the precious nature of water was awarded a Silver Flora prize in the Great Pavilion at the Chelsea Flower show....
Jun 12 2007
An initiative established to support the cultural sector in the North-East will invest £16m between now and September 2008. James Barton finds out how this money will benefit the region....
Jun 12 2007
One of the most inspirational developments for decades, The Alnwick Garden has rapidly become a leading light in the North East's drive to promote itself as an exceptional destination for tourism, culture and learning....
Jun 12 2007
Public Sector organisations operating across the UK have a significant impact on both our working and domestic lives....
Jun 12 2007
Residents who want to save energy, save money and do their bit for the environment can turn for help to Newcastle Warm Zone....
Jun 12 2007
About 50 jobs are in the pipeline as The Engineering Business takes on new workshops at the former Amec yard on the Tyne....
Jun 12 2007
A £275m industrial development with the potential to support hundreds of jobs has taken a step forward....
Jun 12 2007
Seven years ago, the European Commission commissioned Government Office for the North East with the task of managing the region's European Objective 2 funding programme....
Jun 12 2007
A blueprint to draw new life into a rundown stretch of the riverbank on South Tyneside has been unveiled. The plan has the potential to generate more than 3,000 jobs....
Jun 12 2007
Lingfield Point Business Park is not just about state-of-the-art business premises. The site is also developing other services to ensure that occupiers have the very best facilities close to hand....
Jun 12 2007
The Arts Included programme at Thornhill School (TAIT) uses an intensive art-based approach to work with some of the most socially-excluded young people in central and east Sunderland....
Jun 12 2007
Teenagers are getting a head start in the race for top jobs with the Year in Industry scheme, as Iain Laing discovered....
Jun 12 2007
The name Priority Sites is fast becoming synonymous with successful regeneration on a UK-wide scale. The developer works in close partnership with local public sector bodies to bring forward high quality office and industrial accommodation in areas earmarked for major renewal, including those in the North-East....
Jun 12 2007
Some of us feel there are never quite enough hours in the day. Iain Laing meets a former lawyer who is providing help for those who are cash-rich and time-poor to better organise their lives....
Jun 12 2007
Sunderland FC's revival under the inspired leadership of Irish footballing duo Roy Keane and Niall Quinn could have implications for the city's regeneration. Nigel Stirling looks at the commercial fallout from the club's on-field success....
Jun 12 2007
While Two Castles Housing Association's rural expertise is still second to none, the regeneration of urban areas is also at the heart of its work. In fact, Two Castles now has almost eight times as many urban as rural properties in the North-East....
Jun 12 2007
Highland cattle may look fearsome, but one North-East couple know better and are so enthusiastic they have set up a tourist attraction devoted to them. Anna Lognonné reports....
Jun 12 2007
South Tyneside has been the poor relation to more established industrial and office locations in the region like Gateshead's Team Valley. But planning roadblocks have forced developers to look eastwards for new opportunities, writes Nigel Stirling....
Jun 12 2007
A pioneering scheme is encouraging staff from companies across the region to volunteer for museum-related projects. James Barton found out more....
Jun 12 2007
Former Thornaby boy Alan Brown is helping international sporting champions perform at the top of their game. Here Marie Turbill reveals how....
Jun 12 2007
The revival of one of the UK's most important manufacturing sites is good news for jobs and the economy of the North-East and the nation. The Wilton International site on Teesside has enjoyed a complete reversal in its fortunes since the beginning of the decade....
Jun 12 2007
Sedgefield Racecourse has a new general manager in Jill Williamson....
Jun 12 2007
Coast & Country Housing - based in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland - celebrates its fifth birthday this July. The company was created to take over the ownership and management of Redcar and Cleveland council's housing stock, with the promise of attracting significant private funding to bring 11,600 homes up to modern-day standards and to enhance core services to provide a greater range of provision and better value for money....
Jun 12 2007
North East entrepreneurs can now look beyond the bank manager and turn to a specially designed venture capital fund for finance, thanks to a major grant from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)....
Jun 12 2007
Enterprising students have raised £26,500 to pay for a charitable trip to Costa Rica this summer. Graeme King talked to teacher Gareth Smith about their achievement....
Jun 12 2007
Creating sustainable communities is vital for the North-East and much work is under way to make sure homes are affordable and available right across the region. But those involved in the social housing sector have been set a target by the Government....
Jun 12 2007
A family-run firm, with more than 20 years' experience in the stone industry, is carving out a strong future after opening a new North-East showroom. Karen McLauchlan meets the team at Natural Stone Interiors....
Jun 12 2007
Jean Featherstone is a senior account manager with the North- East Chamber of Commerce (NECC) in Middlesbrough which she joined after spending most of her working life in the retail industry, including 13 years as a store detective with Marks & Spencer....
Jun 12 2007
European funding has played an integral role in £18m of public investment to remediate a 56-acre site on the north shore of the River Tees at Stockton. It is set to create more than 2,500 permanent jobs....
Jun 12 2007
Crossing the River Tyne between Gateshead and Newcastle never fails to etch an image on the memory, with the iconic bridges grandly spanning the divide as fond reminders of the river's industrial heritage....
Jun 12 2007
On July 1 smoking will be banned from virtually all workplaces and substantially enclosed public areas in England. What effects will this new law have on businesses and their employees and what do employers need to do before the impending deadline? Sarah Dale reports....
Jun 12 2007
Apart from being good industrial relations practice, consultation is in many cases a statutory requirement, with failure attracting severe penalties. Here, Julie Bruce, head of employment at Business Law firm Endeavour Partnership, sets out some key situations in which consultation obligations arise....
Jun 12 2007
Theatre-goers will be treated to a fabulous season of shows and celebratory events as Darlington Civic Theatre marks its centenary year. Marie Turbill reports....
Jun 12 2007
Business Park development is taking place right around our region, and Tees Valley builder Rok has started work on the latest phase of the redevelopment at Darlington's Lingfield Point....
Jun 12 2007
The main investment from Europe in recent years has come from what is called the Objective 2 programme....
Jun 12 2007
A manufacturer has been crowned the cream of the North-East's commercial crop. Oil and gas pipeline maker Wellstream International, of Newcastle, scooped the Company of the Year title at the NorthEast Business Awards, which are organised by The Journal and the Evening Gazette....
Jun 12 2007
The newest member of the Elliott Group, cost and project management consultancy Elliott Dent, is celebrating its first birthday after a whirlwind year. Turnover and the staff team have nearly doubled over the year in response to a number of project wins in the North....
Jun 12 2007
Companies looking for business space in North-East England have discovered Darlington as a viable alternative to the larger cities of the region. This vibrant market town is surrounded by some of the UK's most beautiful countryside....
Jun 12 2007
The pace of activity in Tyne and Wear's commercial property market has been brisk in the early part of 2007 with investors continuing to see the area as a great place for expansion, relocation and reinvestment....
Jun 12 2007
A home-grown bakery business in Northumberland has risen out of the ashes of the foot-and-mouth crisis and is thriving with the help of a rural enterprise initiative part funded by European money....
Jun 12 2007
The region's reputation for leading the world in cutting edge process technology has received the Royal seal of approval - and not for the first time. State of the art techniques pioneered and developed in the Tees Valley mean the gas used in cookers and central heating systems in millions of homes is safer than ever before....
Jun 12 2007
European funding is helping North East businesses to broaden their horizons and sell their products and services in international markets....
Jun 12 2007
Thanks in part to European Social Fund (ESF) backing, North Shields' Seafood Training Centre is teaching catering skills to supply a growing demand for trained workers in the fishing industry....
Jun 12 2007
Massive investment in two of Middlesbrough's main business areas has made them both better places to work and created more jobs. Riverside Park and East Middlesbrough Business Action Zone (EMBAZ) are two of the town's key centres of business, but both entered the new millennium in need of a facelift....
Jun 12 2007
The berwick Borough Family Centre is reaching out to parents and children in some of the most remote areas of North Northumberland....
Jun 12 2007
A project to enhance and market some of the region's most exciting development opportunities has been launched. ONEDIN (One NorthEast Development Initiative) will improve One NorthEast's current portfolio of business development sites by establishing a property regeneration partnership (PRP) to manage and develop its regional land holdings....
Jun 12 2007
The recent World Snooker Championships in Sheffield saw John Higgins lift the crown, yet the North-East boasts its own world snooker champion, as Iain Laing reports....
Jun 12 2007
The region's tourism boom in the last few years has also been accelerated with funding assistance from Europe, and one of our most well-known landmarks with Roman origins has been a key site to benefit....
Jun 12 2007
Mummies from ancient Egypt, a life-size dinosaur, a six-foot tuna and an enormous bison. These are just some of the fascinating artefacts which will share a home in a new £26m museum in Newcastle....
