Updated 12:22pm 29 May 2012

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Paul King from UDMS

Ultimate Digital Marketing System sharing the secrets of online marketing

A SOCIAL media expert has set up a system for small businesses who want to do it themselves.Read

County Durham mum starts her own business

A FORMER youth worker has started her own business after becoming a mum.Read

Gateshead seminar focuses on tribunal law changes

SMALL businesses in the region are being offered advice on how the Government is finally getting tough on red tape.Read

Debbie Barton

Kultura Concept aiming to bring a taste of Far East to the North East

A FAMILY business is aiming to bring a taste of the Far East into North East homes.Read

Smaller businesses hit hard by rising costs

SMALL and micro businesses in the North East are worried about the future of the region's economy as they face higher costs and falling revenues, says new research by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).Read

Law changes may benefit employers

KEY changes to the manner in which employment tribunals are managed have become law.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

Dragon's Den star James Caan breathes fire over daft rules

ENTREPRENEUR James Caan is calling on the Government to stop putting "unnecessary and often silly rules" and regulations on small businesses in order to stimulate the economy.Read

Specialist cheese shop opens in Barnard Castle

A FORMER nurse has fulfilled her ambition of starting a specialist cheese shop after a 30-year career with the NHS.Read

Newcastle Eagles basketball star, Fab Flournoy

Sporting giant backs NE Expo

ONE of sport's tallest men is showing his support for a business event at Newcastle Racecourse tomorrow.Read

Online service will help firms deal with debtors

AN online debt recovery service has been launched to help small businesses struggling to recover payments from customers.Read

Kate Shahid

Inspired L&D Solutions teams up with NCFE

AN entrepreneur who only started her training business last year has won a major public sector contract after teaming up with a national qualifications provider NCFE.Read

New campaign to inspire future North East entrepreneurs

ENTREPRENEURS and small businesses are urged to share the secrets of their success to help inspire others to start their own enterprises.Read

Develop a strategy to keep clients

THE creation of wealth and competitive advantage are key to ensuring your business is secure in an increasingly shifting global marketplace.Read

Joanne Temple

Consett 'Little Kickers' mum up for national award

A MUM who set up her own business after being made redundant twice in the space of a year is up for a national award, 12 months after deciding to go it alone.Read

Disbelief as online tax system shut

THE taxman is coming under fire for closing its IT system over Easter, which coincides with the end of the current tax year for thousands of small firms.Read

Christine Peel

Ovenu oven valeting franchise thrives

AN ENTREPRENEUR who started up in business at the beginning of the recession has thrived despite the economic gloom.Read

Firms are flocking to take part in NE Expo event

MORE than 200 businesses have signed up for an event later this month, which will give small firms the opportunity to attend masterclasses and network with potential new contacts.Read

Too much red tape hinders investment

THROUGHOUT the whole term of the coalition Government, there has been a movement to reduce red tape in the UK.Read

Farmers market stallholders who took part in a selling masterclass at Mainsgill Farm Shop

North East entrepreneurs learning the tricks of their trade

SMALL business owners selling their produce at farmers' markets around the region have been learning some tricks of the trade to improve their sales.Read