Chris Beaumont: Youngsters need support for future

9:42am Tuesday 30th June 2009

WALKING is great therapy for the soul. It gives you time to think, time to find perspective on the things that are important in this life.

James Ramsbotham : Preparing for spending cuts

10:16am Tuesday 23rd June 2009

MINISTER for the North-East Nick Brown threw his political weight behind plans to improve the region’s infrastructure at last week’s North-East Chamber of Commerce (NECC) Tees Dinner.

Joanne Fryett: Region's hope of recovery

2:48pm Tuesday 16th June 2009

IF the national papers would be believed, there is little to look forward to this summer. We are told about corrupt politicians, national finances in more of a mess than ever before, and we’re apparently all going to be sneezing our way through an autumn of swine flu.

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Chris Beaumont : Apprenticeships can benefit firms

10:41am Tuesday 9th June 2009

THE Apprentice was compulsive viewing for millions, certainly for my family, including my ten-year-old daughter.

Karl Pemberton: Balancing the three Rs is key to success

10:19am Friday 5th June 2009

Balancing the three Rs is key to success MANY people in recent years will have had to make one of the most important decisions of their lifetime and ascertain their Attitude to Risk (ATR) when it comes to long-term savings.

James Ramsbotham: Worth the risk to build links with China

4:12pm Wednesday 27th May 2009

IN the past week I have quite literally laid my life on the line to build better conditions for North-East businesses.

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Chris Beaumont : Wise words particularly appropriate

9:31am Tuesday 19th May 2009

“The measure of a man is not what you do in times of comfort, but what you do in controversy and challenge” – Martin Luther King.

Karl Pemberton: Optimism remains the best course

9:59am Friday 8th May 2009

ARE you an optimist or are you a pessimist?

Joanne Fryett: Leading the way to region’s future wealth

9:42am Tuesday 28th April 2009

WHILE the Budget announcements promised bad news for many, for the Tees Valley there was much to celebrate.

James Ramsbotham: Draw on tale told by young sportsman

10:16am Tuesday 21st April 2009

MANY of you may be cursing the current fortunes of our regional football teams lingering at or near the bottom of the Premier division, and feeling rather bleakly that their situation in some small way reflects our own. For aren’t the national (and might I add southern) media forever telling us how badly off we are up north with unemployment so high etc, etc.

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