For the small team at new Teeside-based clothing startup Bread & Butter Threading, a lucrative Christmas trading period was the icing on the cake of what’s been a very successful first year. more»
North East Times magazine was established in 1981 but went into administration last year. The name has been bought and the publication was relaunched in October 2015. more»
With a large and growing marketplace for franchisees, domiciliary care has been one of UK franchising’s fastest growth sectors in recent years. Heritage Healthcare is one of its up-and-comers, having grown from its North East of England headquarters so successfully that it’s one of just three firms in the running to be named emerging franchisor of the year 2016. more»
In a case that could be considered multinational bullying, founder of Zara Countrywear Donna Dobson received 40 pages of legal documents from high street chain Zara, demanding she change the name of her firm and take down her website and Facebook page. more»
Former business secretary Vince Cable has warned that small firms in the North East could be hit particularly hard by the government's incoming national living wage. more»
While new ONS figures have shown some 89,000 new firms were established in 2015, London had nearly a fifth of them – more than the total number of businesses in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and the North East of England combined. more»
In a survey exploring how employees viewed their bosses' management style, workers in the North were more likely to call employers unfair and patronising. more»
