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Alnwick firm Marishal Thompson is sold in £5m deal

A NORTHUMBERLAND tree specialist has been snapped up in a £5.2m deal which is set to create around 20 jobs in the short-term, and more in the future.Read

An angler fishing

Lynx Fishing to create jobs in the North East

THREE keen anglers have developed a new product to link hook and line they believe will revolutionise the sport and create hundreds of jobs in Northumberland.Read

Ian Linsley

New partners will boost Alnwick Rum

A NEW brewery, a load of new products and ambitious global export plans are on the agenda for Alnwick Rum after two new partners joined the business.Read

Centaur Corporate Holdings under investigation by authorities

GAMBLING authorities are believed to be probing a North East sports betting firm that collapsed owing investors £1.6m.Read

Number of redundancies at Hardy & Greys has fallen

FISHING tackle firm Hardy & Greys has reduced the number of staff it expected to make redundant and is cautiously optimistic about the future, according to managing director Richard Maudslay.Read

Keith Sobey, Managing Director, Centaur Holdings

Sports investment company Centaur collapses

THE City-based sports investment firm run by Northumberland businessman Keith Sobey has collapsed, with a key factor in its demise being the overheads associated with running a London operation.Read

Funding boost will bring more tourists to North East

ALNWICK holiday resort Breamish Valley Cottages has received funding to expand its facilities with a range of self-catering holiday homes.Read

The Riverside Country Park in Wooler

New owner of Wooler holiday park interested in further acquisitions

THE new Scottish owner of a Northumberland holiday park last night declared its interest in further acquisitions in the North East after snapping up the 80-acre site for an undisclosed, seven-figure sum.Read

Hardy and Greys

Hardy and Greys planning new product launches

THE man aiming to turn around the fortunes of iconic but struggling fishing tackle company Hardy and Greys is planning a raft of new product launches to lift the brand.Read

Jackie Maxwell of Doddington Dairy

Jackie Maxwell of Doddington Dairy

FROM lecturing to luxury ice cream: Karen Dent meets Doddington Dairy's Jackie Maxwell and finds out how she made the leap from teaching people about pigs to creating the North East's original farm-made ice cream business.Read

HedgeLaying contest comes to Northumberland

A COMPETITION showcasing the rural craft of hedgelaying comes to Northumberland this weekend.Read

Doxford Hall Hotel reports strongest summer yet

THE luxurious Doxford Hall Hotel and Spa in Northumberland has seen its strongest summer’s business since it opened two years ago.Read

Elaine Woodmass

Glendale Show crowds love Elaine's Aphrodite goats

ELAINE Woodmass and her Aphrodite herd swept the board at the goat section at Glendale Show.Read

Stuart Nelson, Glendale Show director

Glendale Agricultural Society gears up for big show day

A MIX of traditional livestock classes and some more exotic animals will be among the stars of this year’s Glendale Show. The annual event, on the outskirts of Wooler in Northumberland, has introduced a livestock points competition for the first time.Read

Glendale Show

Clydesdale horses return to Glendale Show

CLYDESDALE horses are returning to the ring at Glendale Show for the first time in decades. The heavy horses will appear in the livestock parade at the event, held at Wooler on August Bank Holiday Monday.Read

Sheep Tales heritage project workshops in Wooler

A PROJECT to record Northumberland’s shepherding heritage is looking for people with stories to tell and photographs to share.Read

Ladies lead the way at stockjudging event

WOMEN came out on top at the Glendale Agricultural Society’s annual stockjudging competition, which attracted more than 70 competitors.Read

Kids discover food and farming at countryside day

CHILDREN from 42 schools in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear will be finding out about farming at next week’s annual Countryside Day.Read

Stuart Manley

Mary and Stuart Manley, owners of Barter Books in Alnwick

SHE loves books; he loves trains and they run one of Europe's biggest secondhand bookshops in a former railway station. Karen Dent meets Mary and Stuart Manley, the couple behind Barter Books in Alnwick.Read

North East breeder in the money

NORTHUMBERLAND-based Charolais breeders the Campbell family bought the top-priced bull at Monday’s Perth Stirling centre sale, but more than recouped their money with a string of strong entries of their own.Read

George F White surveyors land top titles

TWO Northumberland surveyors have achieved top professional and academic qualifications within days of each other.Read

Avril Graham of Sparkling Clean

Work Web aids enterprise in rural Northumberland

A RURAL enterprise set up to help more people into work has supported 60 people to start their own businesses or to find work or apprenticeships in north Northumberland.Read

Wooler, March 29

At their fortnightly store sale John Swan Limited had forward and sold 63 cattle. A small show of cattle presented to a large show of buyers keeping rates at late high rates.Read

Doddington Dairy plan to tackle Scottish market

THE owners of Doddington Dairy in Northumberland are highlighting their roots in a plan to tackle the Scottish market.Read

Groundbreaking software gets off to a flying start

A BREAKTHROUGH in engineering software by Metrology Software Products has boosted its hopes of quadrupling its turnover and made a global name for the Alnwick firm. JOHN HILL finds out more from MD Peter HammondRead

Alnwick company aims to quadruple turnover

A SMALL Northumberland company believes its intelligent machine tooling software could help quadruple its turnover in the next five years as it helps engineering giants save millions of pounds.Read

Companies may move North for water reserves

THE North East's water reserves could tempt companies to relocate from the parched South East region in the next couple of decades.Read

Alnwick

Wireless network for Northumberland town

ABOVE the streets of Alnwick in Northumberland, a small wireless network is passing information from council operations back and forth.Read

Simon Kimble

North East golf clubs innovate in struggle to survive

ALNWICK Golf Club has been saved by a wealthy London investor, while other golf clubs may erect wind turbines to generate revenues, Peter McCusker reports on the struggle by the region's member-run clubs to survive.Read

Northumberland firm Innova wins £30,000 for turbines

NORTHUMBERLAND engineering firm Innova has won £30,000 for its concept of a more efficient turbine which could be used in farms and gardens.Read

Waste recycler Com-vert breaks into biofuels market

A WASTE recycling business is set to break into the biofuels market after moving to a new site.Read

Swarland Brick Company set to mothball site

A FAMILY business in Northumberland has announced plans to make staff redundant and mothball its base due to an industry slump.Read

140 jobs secured at Alnwick firm Sanofi-Aventis

THE future of 140 jobs in a Northumberland market town has been secured following the sale of a pharmaceutical company.Read

RidgeWind turbine company has radar solution

ANTI-wind farm protesters in Northumberland have been dealt a major blow by a development that could pave the way to many more turbines being erected in the county.Read

Shop dream comes true for Northumberland entrepreneur

A LONG-HELD dream to create a shop full of "lovely things" has finally come to fruition for a rural entrepreneur Elizabeth Robertson.Read

Northumberland firm fishing for new business

IT may be one of north Northumberland's best-kept secrets but a company famed worldwide for its fishing rods is becoming a big player in the defence and aerospace industries. Karen Dent reports.Read

Belford firm ready to harvest success

A NORTH Northumberland grain co-operative has opened the first phase of its £2.5m improvement programme ready for this year's harvest.Read

The Gentoo development, Alnwick

Alnwick's the place to be a retailer

ALNWICK'S recent rise to prominence as a tourist destination is a boost to the town's retailers, says Mike Birkett, of BNP Paribas Real Estate.Read

Sanofi-Aventis Alnwick site sale may fund US bid

FRENCH drugs giant Sanofi-Aventis looks set to use some of the proceeds from the sale of its Northumberland plant to support a bid for an American drugs firm.Read

Professionals are boosting Alnwick training firm

A PROFESSIONAL training company expects to increase its sales from £250,000 to more than £1m by next year after expanding into the legal sector and taking on more staff.Read

Oilseed rape growing in a field

Grain cooperative upgrade helps seal storage deal

A NORTHUMBERLAND grain co-operative which is carrying out a £2.5m upgrade of its storage space and facilities has signed a long-term crop storage deal with United Oilseeds.Read

Amy Fettis

Northumberland business doing well despite recession

YOUNG Alnwick entrepreneur Amy Fettis says her property business is on course to clear £1.5m in turnover in its third year, despite the challenges of the recession.Read

Mark Nesbitt of Treelocate

Northumberland tree firm seeks new avenues

AN artificial tree designer is branching further overseas after riding out the recession and taking on extra staff.Read

Holiday park investment to create 10 jobs

TWO North East holiday parks are to benefit from a £1.75m investment which will create 10 jobs and see the construction of 10 holiday homes.Read

Boatbuilder Alnmaritec bids to grab contracts in renewables

BOATBUILDER Alnmaritec is opening a second North East yard as it looks to secure work in the fast-growing renewables sector.Read

Alnwick Castle boss Christian Perdrier shares his vision

THE boss of Alnwick Castle and The Alnwick Garden, Christian Perdrier, will be sharing his years of experience today with some of Tyne and Wear's top attractions.Read

Ian Linsley

North East rum entrepreneur secures deal

THE man behind a famous North East rum has secured his first export deal and will soon be sending the tipple over to the shores of Canada as part of his plans to rebuild his family’s brewing business.Read

Alnwick firm Debtaid aims to help clients with debt problems

A FORMER fine art auction house worker and TV scheduler is putting his people skills to use in by helping rescue clients from spiralling debt problems.Read

Sara Eke

Sara swaps hectic city life for countryside

A TYNESIDE entrepreneur has shifted her firm to rural Northumberland after six years in business.Read

Brian Burnie

Doxford Hall hotel on market for £9m

THE millionaire businessman who wants to sell his luxury Northumberland hotel and give the profits to charity has put it on the market for £9m.Read

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