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Bedmax rides high after clinching UAE deal

A HORSE bedding firm is leading the field after securing a major export contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Read

Christopher Sutherland, who runs Lindisfarne Oysters

Investment helps Lindisfarne Oysters land major contract

THE region's only oyster farm has won a major new wholesale contract after receiving a grant to invest in new equipment.Read

Lindisfarne Oysters gets £32,000 European grant

PROCESSING work at the North East's only oyster farm is set to take a major step forward thanks to a financial boost from a European fishing industry fund.Read

Tweeddale Ebony

Successful trip to Wales for Tweeddale British Blues

BRITISH Blue cattle from Berwick were big winners at the Royal Welsh Show.Read

A Simpsons Malt van

Simpsons Malt reports another increase in profits

THE UK's largest independent malt firm has reported another increase in profits but is braced for a tougher trading period as a result of volatile barley prices and weakening demand.Read

Frontier Agriculture in Lowick

Better facilities for Berwick grain storage site

GRAIN drying and storage facilities at a north Northumberland site are being boosted by a £1.3m investment.Read

NBSL wins contract to manage Berwick WorkSpace

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

Tim Smalley

New horse bedding line launched in Northumberland

HORSE bedding company Bedmax has diversified with a new product which is being made at the firm’s Northumberland production plant.Read

Berwick firm getting boost from clean power interest

CONSTRUCTION and renewable energy company Maden Design and Built is confident that increased interest in wind and solar installations will add staff and hugely increase its turnover.Read

Brenda and Lindsay Hackett

Lindisfarne Ltd is building on its links in Scandinavia

A WINERY which has revived the traditional mead-making of Lindisfarne monks could soon be exporting its famous drink to customers in Scandinavia after winning investment to speed up its expansion plans.Read

Fund helps ISM hire home sales staff

BERWICK firm Internet Search Marketing (ISM) is looking to expand its sales workforce by 30 after signing up for One North East's Home Working Fund.Read

Holiday firm Crabtree & Crabtree plans expansion

A HOLIDAY home agency is aiming to double its portfolio by expanding further into Northumberland to take advantage of the continued trend for staycations and the extended tourist season.Read

Detchant Farm gets grant for shop and restaurant

A FARM best known for its free-range eggs is now opening a farm shop and restaurant with the help of a £200,000 grant.Read

Berwick High School team scoops first prize

AN EVENTS management team made up of Year 13 students has scooped top prize in the first business competition run between Berwick High School and the town’s WorkSpace incubator.Read

Lindisfarne Inns take on extra staff to cope with demand

HOTELS on the Northumberland coast are benefitting as people drift back to taking domestic seaside holidays.Read

Northumberland wigwam village gets funding

A POPULAR Northumberland wigwam village is preparing to expand to cope with growing tourist demand.Read

Northumberland internet firm helps UK golfers

NORTHUMBERLAND'S Internet Search Marketing hopes to get the attention of the millions who trawl the internet for golf information with a new listing site.Read

Rodney Smith

Award-winning Beal Farm is a real beauty

A NORTHUMBERLAND farm has scooped the top award in this year's Beautiful Farm Awards. Beal Farm, on the coast in the north of the county, was named the overall winner of the accolade and was also awarded the regional title for the Scotland and the Borders.Read

Eileen Pheasant

Reiver Recruitment opens for business in Berwick

DEMAND from businesses in north Northumberland has persuaded a Scottish recruitment boss to open a second branch of her company south of the Border.Read

Growth to slow but Simpsons malting firm still confident

MALTING firm Simpsons says it is on track to exceed last year's record sales of £120m but says economic headwinds will slow growth in 2010.Read

Jane Warcup

Pair found their space for a bright new future

A SMALL business development expert has taken a leaf out of her own book by teaming up with a friend to launch their own firm.Read

Business discovers beauty of Berwick

KNOWN for its historic walls, beautiful bridges and its position on the border with Scotland, Berwick may not immediately spring to mind as the most cosmopolitan of business locations.Read

International firms focusing on Berwick

CHOOSING Berwick as the UK headquarters for an international transport business based in Spain isn’t as far-fetched as one might imagine.Read

Brenda and Lindsay Hackett

Viking tales are Mead to measure overseas

IT may be thousands of years since the Vikings emerged from the frozen North, surged across the sea and fought for wealth, women and pastures new.Read

Cash boost to create businesses and jobs

A PLAN to create businesses and jobs in Northumberland’s northernmost town has won a £270,000 cash boost which will enable it to help more new firms to grow.Read

Downturn boosts Barmoor Castle park owners

THE rediscovery of caravan holidays during the recession is paying dividends for a Northumberland business.Read

Rod Smith

Farm's converted shed has a second new role

PART of a farm diversification originally set up as a classroom for children has now diversified again – into a conference centre.Read

198-year-old firm confident of survival

A LONG-ESTABLISHED timber business expects to get back on track this year after having to cut 40 of its staff last year and suffering a fall in turnover as a result off an ailing housing market.Read

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