Jane Hogan, business development manager, Taste North East May 21 2012
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 40s more
Herbert Loebl, entrepreneur, exporting expert and co-founder of Joyce, Loebl & Company May 14 2012
HE'S known as a pioneering industrialist responsible for co-creating a business that has spawned hundreds of other companies. But there's so much more to Herbert Loebl’s eventful life, as Karen Dent discovers. more
Jo Berry, director of engagement, Newcastle University Business School May 8 2012
DR Jo Berry admits she struggles to say no to interesting opportunities. It's an approach that's taken her from apartheid South Africa to Davos, the pit lane and the music industry. John Hill catches up with Newcastle University Business School's director of engagement. more
Ammar Mirza, founder, Asian Business Connexions Apr 30 2012
AMMAR Mirza's heritage is Pakistani but he loves his home city of Newcastle. Ruth Lognonne meets the man who founded Asian Business Connexions to help the Asian and North East business communities work more closely together. more
Charles Enderby, chief executive, Hexham Racecourse Apr 23 2012
HE'S served his country as a soldier, bodyguard and magistrate. These days, Charles Enderby's attentions are focused on making sure Hexham Racecourse endures for future generations. Ruth Lognonne met him. more
Bernard Garner, director general, Nexus Apr 16 2012
A WAR of words has broken out between bus companies and the Passenger Transport Executive. Peter Jackson meets the man at the centre of it all. more
David Robinson, chief operating officer, PD Ports in Teesport Apr 10 2012
PD Ports may have lost out on a Spanish turbine factory, but it still has big plans for the future as Peter Jackson discovers in conversation with chief operating officer David Robinson. more
Ian Gott, director, GOTT Technical Services Apr 9 2012
GOTT Technical Services is one of the North East’s leading motor equipment suppliers. We catch up with director Ian Gott to find out how his business grew. more
Iain Sim, Chief Executive, Coast and Country Housing Apr 3 2012
Iain Sim heads up Coast & Country, one of the region’s biggest regeneration and housing companies. Joanne Welford went to meet him. more
Prof Christopher Higgins, vice chancellor, Durham University Apr 2 2012
SOCIAL engineering is no part of a university's role and if the government thinks otherwise Durham University vice chancellor Prof Christopher Higgins will soon put it right, as Peter Jackson discovers. more
Stewart Watkins, Managing Director, Business Durham Mar 26 2012
STEWART Watkins, the first chief of newly created Business Durham, talks to Peter Jackson about a career spanning much of the UK's post war economic history. more
Paul Woolston, chairman, North East LEP Mar 19 2012
AS the North East LEP emerges from the long One North East shadow, Peter Jackson talks to its chairman Paul Woolston about his role and his plans for the future. more
John Flynn, executive partner, DWF Mar 12 2012
CORPORATE lawyer John Flynn worked at Dickinson Dees for 30 years before leaving to head up new arrival DWF. He tells Peter Jackson why. more
Erica Whyman, chief executive of Northern Stage Mar 5 2012
THERE'S no business like showbusiness - and it really is a business, as Erica Whyman, chief executive of Northern Stage, makes clear to Peter Jackson. more
Tony Mann, owners of Oceana Group Feb 27 2012
PROPERTY companies have been hard hit by the financial crisis and few want to talk about it. But Tony Mann, owner of the Oceana Group, opens up to Peter Jackson about his company's struggles, the mistakes that were made and the prospects for the future. more
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