AMID the economic challenges, Tyne and Wear is attracting new investment and new firms, and giving ongoing support to Top 200 companies. Paul Buie recounts 25 years of achievement.Read
HOLIDAYS are often the first thing to come under scrutiny when there’s pressure on our bank accounts. John Hays tells Brian Nicholls how he finds ways round the problem for his customers.Read
UNDERSEA vehicles are driving Andrew Hodgson to his trebled sales targets in record time. Brian Nicholls looks at SMD, a major North East success story.Read
WITH the abolition of One North East, other bodies must now get together to speak with one voice for the region's offshore and renewables sector. A £2.5bn turnover and 50,000-plus jobs depend on it, says George Rafferty.Read
THE dizzying spectacle of a Pyeroy team with a head for heights completing the momentous painting of the Forth Rail Bridge yet again this September, might suggest a varnishing of one's own coffin.Read
IN the North East private sector, surprisingly, 19 of the 26 listed companies operating or based in the North East have appreciated in value over 12 months.Read
LAST year alone, the Business & Enterprise Group supported more than 20,000 firms and helped create over 5,800 jobs in the North East. It also helped bring the region more than £70m in Olympics work. Now it is widening its coverage. Alastair MacColl explains.Read
WHILE the buzz words just now are the Big Society, investment management company Brewin Dolphin already knows what it means to get involved with the local community.Read
DESPITE a challenging year for higher education in this political and economic climate, the University of Sunderland has delivered strongly for business and industry.Read
MANAGEMENT at Newcastle Airport – the airport once more voted a “best of class” facility by the travel industry – says business is performing well, despite the challenges faced right across the industry.Read
PROTECTING and exploiting ideas is crucial for success in business, and firms intent on maximising their potentials will do well to consider how Top 200 companies set about it, says Alex Shiel.Read
North East airports are standing up well to many pressures and linking arms to confront one of the biggest challenges of all – the Government’s tax threat. BRIAN NICHOLLS reportsRead
With spending cuts and slow growth cutting domestic demand, access to new markets, and especially those growing, is the primary gain from expanding abroad. But businesses have to plan beforehand, says KEITH PROUDFOOTRead
NISSAN’S decision to build both its next Qashqai model and its LEAF electric car in the North East will put the region further ahead as a car manufacturer, as the table here indicates.Read
Hitachi may never feature in the Top 200 list but its impact on Newton Aycliffe and the entire North East economy over the next two decades is going to be enormous, Stewart Watkins predictsRead
