BANKNOTE printer De La Rue today reported a strong rise in revenues and operating profits and said it is on target break through the £100m operating profits target in 2013/14.Read
A FORMER Bafta-winning feature film producer is hoping to encourage publishers to try making their own interactive e-books after releasing her own creation on the App Store.Read
A FORMER Alcan worker who left behind the TV and aerial installation business to work for the industrial giant has gone back to his roots to open his own business.Read
Godfrey Worsdale has been head of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art since 2008 - its fourth director since the opening 10 years ago. For a while, it seemed the role came with some form of ancient curse that couldn't be shaken.Read
ANTI-COUNTERFEITING specialist OpSec Security has plunged into the red after a difficult 12 months of lower sales to international governments, and costs associated with a bid to take over the company.Read
ANTI-COUNTERFEITING specialist OpSec Security fell in to a pre-tax loss as revenues dipped during what the company said was a "disappointing" year.Read
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
Following the success of the first programme last year, the ignite100 digital start-up accelerator is back for a second round. John Hill finds out what the people backing the programme hope it can achieve for the region.Read
RETRO football top maker The Old-Fashioned Football Shirt Company (TOFFS) has signed two major licensing deals and is looking at the Japanese market in what is proving to be a busy year.Read
DRUG discovery and development company e-Therapeutics says 2012 is a "year of delivery" as it prepares to begin clinical trials on its first promising drugs.Read
BROKERS have increased their full-year profits forecasts for Zytronic after the touchscreen specialist unveiled an impressive set of interim figures.Read
DEMAND for office space in Newcastle city centre picked up in the first quarter of the year, and there’s also been a rise in people signing up for homes in the city.Read
A NORTH East firm has joined forces with one of the world’s leading travel companies to offer customers first-class experience in travel and luxury services.Read
From initial ambitions of becoming a farmer to running regional food group Taste North East, KAREN DENT meets Jane Hogan and discovers why she believes women really come into their own in their 40sRead
SOFTWARE specialist Datawright has signed a six-figure deal with a marine sector supplier in China as it explores new opportunities in the country.Read
THE BOSS of rapidly expanding Vertu Motors says his experience of the current market throws doubt on the official statistics that the UK has entered a double-dip recession.Read
FAST-GROWING manufacturer Wessington Cryogenics is expanding into new premises at Castletown in Sunderland and creating 30 jobs this year following new global contract wins.Read
THE boss of bakery giant Greggs said the Government’s planned pasty tax would threaten jobs and high street closures as he prepared for a showdown with the Treasury today.Read
THE North East's largest law firm has seen its revenues recover over the last year and expects growth to double at twice the rate over the next year.Read
OIL and gas firm Flexible Engineered Solutions International (FES) is looking to increase its turnover by 50% after expanding its shop window and opening offices in Asia, USA and South America.Read
HOUSING association Isos Housing, advised by Knight Frank, has taken a 14,951 sq ft production/warehouse unit at The Waterfront development, Newburn Riverside, in Newcastle.Read
THE principal of Gateshead College is focusing on making students more job-ready by building an exclusive cluster of entrepreneurial colleges within the next five years.Read
FOUR talented accountancy students at the Newcastle accountancy UNW will represent the North East in the WorldSkills UK Accounting Technician national final in London on Saturday.Read
PROPERTY manager 1st Group has secured a six-figure investment as it bids to become the leading independent firm of its type in the UK in the next few years.Read
OFFSHORE wind projects may seem like huge endeavours for major companies, but there are still many opportunities for smaller firms to get involved.Read