Articles...
Dec 11 2006
A coffin maker has increased productivity by 20% since securing a £180,000 finance package from business angels. JC Atkinson has recently moved from Sunderland - where it was based for almost 70 years - to 38,000sq ft premises in Washington....
Dec 11 2006
A willingness to invest for the long term is putting two very different businesses on Tyneside and Wearside in strong positions in their respective industries. Graeme King looks at SMD Hydrovision in Newcastle and the Ailantus Hotels Group in Washington....
Dec 11 2006
The process industry represents 25% of the whole economy of the North East of England and therefore this sector is vital to future wellbeing of this important region....
Dec 11 2006
For Stephen Aitken, the Highland Games isn't just a hobby, but a passion stretching back generations. Sarah Judd finds out why the farmers' auction mart managing director and former world champion is at the top of his game....
Dec 11 2006
Bringing up two young children has given Sara Moralee a vision for the diversification of the family's farm. Sarah Judd reports....
Dec 11 2006
It is just over two years now since One NorthEast took over responsibility for tourism in North East England. Our coast and countryside, history and heritage, city culture and of course the famous North East welcome are all reasons to visit the North East but they are also worth £3.4bn to an industry that employs over 56,000 people in the region....
Dec 11 2006
The difference between the South of France and the North-East is huge in every respect. Alastair Gilmour meets a young man who admits that relocating represented 'a massive change'....
Dec 11 2006
A hotel is proving steps can be put in place to help safeguard the planet for future generations. James Barton reports....
Dec 11 2006
A group of professional business advisers and intermediaries came together this month for the inaugural meeting of a new business club with a small "by invitation only" membership and a large potential to benefit businesses across the Tees Valley....
Dec 11 2006
Healthcare currently represents a large slice of the region's economy. More than 5,000 organisations, £4bn annual turnover and 140,000 jobs are involved. In future, healthcare will be even more important to the region as other industrial sectors, particularly those involving low added value manufacturing, shrink due to fierce overseas competition....
Dec 11 2006
The brother and sister team behind the region's biggest family butcher's business were still at school when they started running the operation, as Iain Laing discovers....
Dec 11 2006
December 12: North East Chamber of Commerce Darlington committee meeting, TA Centre, Neasham Road, Darlington, 8.15am. Details from Jill Smith on (01642) 773409....
Dec 11 2006
The North-East has attracted over £360m of EU funding - one of the biggest funding allocations available to the UK regions. The European Regional Competitiveness and Employment funding will support economic development in the region over the next seven years....
Dec 11 2006
A historic site is making its comeback with all guns blazing after securing funds for its second phase of major restoration. Marie Turbill hears the story behind its revamp so far....
Dec 11 2006
A North firm is bringing a whole new meaning to the words speed humps, as Rebekah Ashby reports....
Dec 11 2006
Business is taking a more direct role in education than ever before, as James Barton discovered....
Dec 11 2006
A great deal can happen to a company in two years. During the first 18 months of the newly created INVISTA, the company's strategies were focused on getting healthy....
Dec 11 2006
A former coalmine in Northumberland has been transformed into a fascinating museum and art gallery which has already become one of the North-East's top tourist attractions, as Iain Laing discovers....
Dec 11 2006
Constructing Excellence in the North East will hold its third annual awards in 2007, celebrating the successes of those tasked with building the future landscape of our region....
Dec 11 2006
A North-East-based engineering company is powering ahead with a string of successful contract wins. Fabricom Contracting provides multi-disciplined mechanical, electrical and instrumentation construction services to the oil, gas, chemical and power industries throughout the UK....
Dec 11 2006
The growth and development of Tees Valley's renewables and recycling industry went under the spotlight at this year's Energy and Environment Fair....
Dec 11 2006
Koppers Lambson is building a brighter future in the heart of Teesside. The company was formed 18 months ago after a deal was struck by Koppers UK to buy Yorkshire-based Lambson Speciality Chemicals....
Dec 11 2006
An engineering company has completed a £1m contract to provide a landmark feature as part of the redevelopment of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich....
Dec 11 2006
With a staff of 3,000 and with students in residence for more than half the year - some 12,000 in Durham City and more than 2,000 in Stockton - Durham University has a major part to play in shaping the region's future....
Dec 11 2006
Keeping Darlington's population fit and healthy is high up the council agenda, and following a multi-million pound refurbishment of the Dolphin Centre the opportunities are endless. Anastasia Weiner reports on the changes....
Dec 11 2006
The region's leading executives have been honoured at a prestigious awards ceremony - one of the longest-running business events in the UK, now in its 23rd year. Helen Logan reports....
Dec 11 2006
This year's annual Teesside Business School lecture at the University of Teesside departed with tradition....
Dec 11 2006
Colin Pearce and Justin Farrelly made their mark on the world of yacht racing with innovative inventions. Sarah Judd finds out about the future of Colt Systems....
Dec 11 2006
How companies manage their core business and at the same time add social, environmental and economic value has become an overriding priority in the 21st Century. James Barton looks at how one multi-national has met those challenges....
Dec 11 2006
Regeneration projects are powering ahead across our region. Karen McLauchlan takes a closer look....
Dec 11 2006
It's a dramatic redevelopment which involved smashing into a bank and burying a four-tonne vault door under the stage. Rebekah Ashby reports on the curtain going back up at Newcastle's Theatre Royal....
Dec 11 2006
Six North-East design students are all the richer by combining their skills and energies to benefit others, as Alastair Gilmour reports....
Dec 11 2006
By Simon Catterall, head of regulatory, liquor licensing, environment and safety, with Jacksons Commercial and Private Law of Stockton....
Dec 11 2006
A housing association has proved a catalyst for major change in one part of the region, as James Barton discovered....
Dec 11 2006
Set against the background of a buoyant national and regional property market, commercial law firm Robert Muckle LLP has recently been advising on deals stretching from Cornwall to Berwick as demand for its property services continues to grow....
Dec 11 2006
A new leader taking the helm of an initiative aimed at making sure young people can achieve their career ambitions in the region is among the appointments of recent months. Rebekah Ashby and Helen Logan report....
