http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/ nebusiness en-gb http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/booming-trade-51140-18261565/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/booming-trade-51140-18261565/ 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. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/time-off-brothers-keep-contest-alive-51140-18261564/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/time-off-brothers-keep-contest-alive-51140-18261564/ 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. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/jacksons-bank-invasion-of-legal-services-51140-18261566/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/jacksons-bank-invasion-of-legal-services-51140-18261566/ By Simon Catterall, head of regulatory, liquor licensing, environment and safety, with Jacksons Commercial and Private Law of Stockton. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/family-values-commerce-thrust-upon-them-51140-18261567/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/family-values-commerce-thrust-upon-them-51140-18261567/ 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. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/one-north-east-why-one-is-passionate-51140-18261568/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/one-north-east-why-one-is-passionate-51140-18261568/ 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. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/the-investors-going-under-the-sea-51140-18261569/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/the-investors-going-under-the-sea-51140-18261569/ 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. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/invista-going-from-strength-to-strength-51140-18261570/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/invista-going-from-strength-to-strength-51140-18261570/ 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. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/community-spirit-spreading-the-bounty-51140-18261571/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/community-spirit-spreading-the-bounty-51140-18261571/ 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. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/world-vision-mr-michael-whips-up-trade-51140-18261572/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/world-vision-mr-michael-whips-up-trade-51140-18261572/ A North firm is bringing a whole new meaning to the words speed humps, as Rebekah Ashby reports. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/vantis-think-success-51140-18261573/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/vantis-think-success-51140-18261573/ 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. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/robert-muckle-building-for-the-future-51140-18261574/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/robert-muckle-building-for-the-future-51140-18261574/ 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. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/constructing-excellence-awards-51140-18261575/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/constructing-excellence-awards-51140-18261575/ 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. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/special-report-healthcare-life-sciences-51140-18261576/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/special-report-healthcare-life-sciences-51140-18261576/ 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. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/arts-giving-measure-for-measure-51140-18261577/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/arts-giving-measure-for-measure-51140-18261577/ 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. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/education-let-young-reach-potential-51140-18261578/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/education-let-young-reach-potential-51140-18261578/ Business is taking a more direct role in education than ever before, as James Barton discovered. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/koppers-lambson-long-term-security-51140-18261579/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/koppers-lambson-long-term-security-51140-18261579/ 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. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/heritage-booming-times-51140-18261580/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/heritage-booming-times-51140-18261580/ 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. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/special-report-renew-tees-valley-51140-18261581/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/special-report-renew-tees-valley-51140-18261581/ The growth and development of Tees Valley's renewables and recycling industry went under the spotlight at this year's Energy and Environment Fair. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/durham-university-creating-the-uture-51140-18261582/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/durham-university-creating-the-uture-51140-18261582/ 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. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/regeneration-animation-brings-area-to-life-51140-18261583/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/north-east-vision-winter-2006/2006/12/11/regeneration-animation-brings-area-to-life-51140-18261583/ Regeneration projects are powering ahead across our region. Karen McLauchlan takes a closer look.