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Software firm Ground Six has potential to go global

SOFTWARE developer Ground Six is enabling businesses to track quotes and converted sales with its first app product.Read

Travel Bureau and Kuoni teaming up for travel venture

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

Big investment boosts property firm 1st Group

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

Engineering giant Amec makes presence felt globally

ENGINEERING, consultancy and project management giant Amec says it is on track for a double-digit jump in sales on the back of its strong order book and its growing presence in the lucrative Middle East market.Read

Cundall Johnston and Partners revenues drop

ENGINEERING consultancy Cundall Johnston and Partners saw revenues drop in 2011 but is looking to expand internationally in 2012.Read

Tait Walker's marketing executive Kirsty Ramsey launches new their blog

Tait Walker creates advice blog for small businesses

AN online service to advise North East small business owners has been started by chartered accountancy Tait Walker.Read

Ian Dormer takes the chair at Institute of Directors

THE Institute of Directors has appointed Rosh Engineering's managing director Ian Dormer as its new chairman.Read

Judith Dickinson

Howlett & Dickinson podiatrists limber up for Olympic-inspired rush

A PODIATRY practice is getting in shape to help the glut of extra athletes expected to be inspired by this summer's Olympic Games.Read

Home Instead Senior Care group aiming to create 40 jobs

A FORMER nurse has teamed up with a business partner who struggled to find care for his parents and together they aim to create around 40 jobs in the region.Read

Tait Walker appoints five new faces

CHARTERED accountancy firm Tait Walker has appointed five new faces to team at its Gosforth headquarters.Read

Gosforth High Street

Gosforth bid for Business Improvement District fails

THE project leaders behind a bid to give Gosforth its own Business Improvement District (BID) have spoken of their disappointment at its failure.Read

Money

Northern Rock's 'bad bank' set to close Gosforth office

THE so-called Northern Rock 'bad bank' is to shut its office in Newcastle where 700 staff are currently based, it was announced yesterday.Read

Pink Label Marketing opens in Gosforth

A MARKETING specialist who always stands out in a crowd did not have to think hard when coming up with a name for her new business.Read

Regent Centre, Gosforth

Improvement plans for Gosforth business centre

THE commercial centre of an upmarket Tyneside suburb could have a facelift if retailers and other organisations back a plan to set up a new Business Improvement District (BID).Read

Northern Rock

Northern Rock agrees deal to sell Irish subsidiary

NORTHERN Rock's decision to offload its Irish subsidiary leaves it with solely UK assets, allowing it to concentrate on priming itself for an impending sale.Read

Carillion earnings take a hit from Eaga takeover

SUPPORT services company Carillion saw its bottom line earnings dragged down by its £300m purchase of Newcastle-based environmental services business Eaga.Read

Remutualisation of Northern Rock not ruled out

NORTHERN Rock says it expects to be back in the black next year after cutting its losses by half over the last year to £78m as the state-owned bank heads for a sale back into the private sector.Read

Northern Rock

Northern Rock halves losses

NORTHERN Rock has halved its losses and says it expects to be back in the black in the second half of next year.Read

Independent accountancy practices are helping one another

INDEPENDENT accountancy practices across the UK have joined forces to form MHA, an association designed to help them grow without losing either their identity or individuality.Read

Funding boost for Gosforth firm Continuous Retorts

A NEWCASTLE-BASED food packaging company has secured a £250,000 investment to commercialise its ground-breaking manufacturing process.Read

Gosforth firm Inotek Antennas secures cash support

A MOBILE phone antenna manufacturer has secured cash support to ensure it keeps up with competitors.Read

Entec UK hoping to improve on last year

ENVIRONMENTAL and engineering consultancy Entec UK is confident it can begin to grow its sales following another tough year which saw it axe another 22 staff. Read

Tait Walker driver training scheme set for UK launch

A CHARTERED accountancy has branched out into offering driver training assessment, and the Newcastle firm wants to extend the service to companies nationwide.Read

Move to make Northern Rock a mutual gathers pace

THE process which will return Northern Rock to the private sector is understood to be picking up pace.Read

Jeremy Middleton moves into Geordie Shore house

LIKE thousands of others, entrepreneurs Jeremy Middleton tuned in for the much-hyped first episode of Geordie Shore.Read

Top mark for Tait Walker over staff treatment

TYNESIDE accountancy Tait Walker is the only firm in its field in mainland Britain to have scored the top marks for looking after its staff, in a leading scheme.Read

Think Innovative mp3 player used for Royal Wedding

A LOW-COST mp3 player distributed in the North East will be helping bus tour firms provide a bit of background to the royal wedding tomorrow.Read

Campaign to takeover Northern Rock steps up a gear

COVENTRY Building Society is understood to be stepping up its campaign to take over Northern Rock plc.Read

Northern Rock

Coventry linked to Northern Rock mutual bid

COVENTRY Building Society is understood to be preparing a major campaign to get the public to back its plans to take over Northern Rock.Read

New open-sided MRI scanner for Newcastle Clinic

NEWCASTLE Clinic has received backing from Yorkshire Bank to buy an open-sided scanner designed for larger patients.Read

Angel of the North

Pre-tax profits boost for Tyne consultancy

ENGINEERING consultants Cundall Johnston and Partners is confident of growth despite the lack of large capital projects after growing its pre-tax profits from £3m to £3.4m.Read

Ex-train driver goes into bespoke rail journey business

A FORMER train driver who had to quit the job he loved because his vision was no longer up to it is now part of a North East company running rail tours in the UK and abroad.Read

Barter Angels website offers help to start-ups

START-UP businesses struggling to find finance to pay for their initial expenses are turning to the old-fashioned barter method.Read

Northern Rock

Northern Rock launches securitisation issue

NORTHERN Rock plc is planning the first issue of bonds backed by its own mortgages since it collapsed in 2007.Read

Newcastle mum looks to open second play facility

A MUM has realised her ambitions of opening a children's play centre after struggling to find somewhere to take her toddler - and is already on the way to opening a second site.Read

Blackswan

Blackswan research centre to create new jobs

A NEWCASTLE-based management consultancy is aiming to create 100 jobs this year and another 100 next year with the launch of a new research and development centre.Read

Northern Rock Foundation faces uncertain future

THE Northern Rock Foundation faces an uncertain future after bank bosses said they had no choice but to reduce the charity's cash supply.Read

Cundall Johnston and Partners sets up acoustics division

ENGINEERING consultant Cundall Johnston and Partners has set up an acoustics division as its strategic move to expand upon the range of services it offers develops further.Read

Top spot for Newcastle travel company

A NEWCASTLE travel business has been named Top Travel Agent in the North East by a national tour operator.Read

Blaydon Communications helps churches improve sound

NORTH East audio-visual specialist Blaydon Communications has been helping churches in the region to spread the word with more clarity and less complexity.Read

Greggs

Greggs profits rise as expansion gathers pace

SHOPPERS' taste for Greggs pasties and sausage rolls shows no signs of waning as the firm starts work on a new bakery for Newcastle and pushes ahead with plans to open 50-60 new shops before the end of the year.Read

Michael Smith of Tait Walker

Tait Walker records best half-year results

THE corporate finance team at a Newcastle-based accountants has recorded its best half-year results since the department was launched 10 years ago.Read

Sanderson Young launch iPhone application

PROPERTY company Sanderson Young has launched its own iPhone application, which will be available to download from the beginning of August.Read

David Hawke

Cash-flow problems doom Monster Travel

ONE of the region's best-known travel industry executives last night said he has no current plans to return to the business after his latest company collapsed.Read

Bradley Hall

Bradley Hall set for a move of their own

PROPERTY agent and chartered surveyors Bradley Hall is to undertake a major investment programme creating additional jobs on the back of a 30% rise in profits.Read

Emmersons solicitors install video link technology

PRISONERS can now speak to their lawyers directly from jail via web link after Emmersons solicitors became the first prison law legal practice in the region to install video link technology.Read

Greggs the Bakers set to grow operation

GREGGS plans to say goodbye to its original Gosforth factory as part of plans to grow its operation in the North East.Read

Northern Rock

Northern Rock's 'bad bank' returns to profit

NORTHERN Rock has revealed that its so-called "bad bank" has continued to be in the black this year as it launched a massive buy-back of bonds which will bolster its finances.Read

Newcastle business fighting fit after relocation

A PERSONAL trainer has vowed to get the North East fit and healthy after expanding his business and recruiting a team of seven staff.Read

Greggs

Greggs expansion on course as profits rise

GREGGS is speeding up its plans to take the North East bakery brand to the rest of Britain.Read

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