Updated 7:28am 26 May 2013

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John Anderson, chairman of the North East BIC

Emulate region’s entrepreneurs and your business will flourish

ONE of the North East’s top business support organisations is urging would-be entrepreneurs to look to the success of some of the region’s biggest businesses before developing their own plans for enterprise.Read

IT plays a huge role in office of the future

THE year is 2025, and the world of work has been transformed by technology. A large proportion of traditional work has been automated and moved abroad, while employment has expanded in knowledge-based areas such as research, data management, consultancy and IT services.Read

New agreement will cut the expense of protecting intellectual property rights

A NEW agreement over European patent procedures is set to halve costs for UK businesses seeking to protect their intellectual property rights across all 31 European states, following France’s signing of the London Agreement, which comes into force on May 1 this year. Read

Ambitious plans for software development base

THE North East’s newest city has ambitious plans to attract millions in investment and create thousands of new jobs by becoming a centre for software development. Read