Dec 17, 2012
A WOMAN whose mum was denied the kind of send off she wanted has started a funeral business to cater for the type of alternative departures more and more people are asking for. Linda Blakelock’s mother Elizabeth died on Christmas Eve six years ago when she was 86....
Dec 6, 2012
A FORMER nurse and midwife wants to make the women of the North East feel a million dollars with luxurious lingerie they can buy online or try on in her specially-created boudoir. Annette Keelty was inspired to start her own business when she faced problems sourcing...
Nov 25, 2012
A new network to harness the power of the 250,000 plus people of Irish descent living in the region has launched with the real prospect of generating jobs in both Ireland and the North East. Ex pat Galway news broadcast journalist, John Coyne from Jarrow, better known...
Nov 11, 2012
An innovative Tyneside business that has helped the transport and haulage industry track thousands of driving hours, mileage and fuel consumption is celebrating a quarter of a century of progress by diversifying into the training sector and investing in new...
Nov 4, 2012
A FORMER RAF helicopter crewman is aiming to fly high with his new business and help endangered birds of prey at the same time. David Routledge has named his online estate agency Red Kite Homes after the beautiful birds associated with Rowland’s Gill, where he settled...
