The Northern Echo | Business Issues http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/columnists/businessissues/ The Northern Echo /business/columnists/businessissues/ en-gb Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:43:27 +0100 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:43:27 +0100 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/columnists/businessissues/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/resources/images/850268/?type=rsslogo The Northern Echo | Business Issues http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/columnists/businessissues/ Chris Beaumont: Youngsters need support for future http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/columnists/businessissues/4465703.Chris_Beaumont___Youngsters_need_support_for_future/?ref=rss 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. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:42:00 +0100 e45c6d5c83496f0b9f51729e5967dd8d James Ramsbotham : Preparing for spending cuts http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/columnists/businessissues/4453148.James_Ramsbotham___Preparing_for_spending_cuts/?ref=rss 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. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:16:54 +0100 79f5c696d3039728187c7948fb37da6c Joanne Fryett: Region's hope of recovery http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/columnists/businessissues/4441062.Joanne_Fryett__Region_s_hope_of_recovery/?ref=rss 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. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:48:18 +0100 9f127597a95ed022de2b3ac5ef049a34 Chris Beaumont : Apprenticeships can benefit firms http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/columnists/businessissues/4427336.Chris_Beaumont___Apprenticeships_can_benefit_firms/?ref=rss THE Apprentice was compulsive viewing for millions, certainly for my family, including my ten-year-old daughter. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:41:31 +0100 6a6e3b5e2ce3d53c656e66e55d8a2f36 Karl Pemberton: Balancing the three Rs is key to success http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/columnists/businessissues/4421816.Karl_Pemberton__Balancing_the_three_Rs_is_key_to_success/?ref=rss 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. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:19:21 +0100 785dff35530a9852fda8ff6d7633abb6 James Ramsbotham: Worth the risk to build links with China http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/columnists/businessissues/4400477.James_Ramsbotham__Worth_the_risk_to_build_links_with_China/?ref=rss IN the past week I have quite literally laid my life on the line to build better conditions for North-East businesses. Wed, 27 May 2009 16:12:26 +0100 5b27ef152abf3b70df9093e0ca8d9a53 Chris Beaumont : Wise words particularly appropriate http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/columnists/businessissues/4378736.Chris_Beaumont___Wise_words_particularly_appropriate/?ref=rss “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. Tue, 19 May 2009 09:31:33 +0100 98425279fc872880ba986a066ce91820 Karl Pemberton: Optimism remains the best course http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/columnists/businessissues/4352892.Karl_Pemberton__Optimism_remains_the_best_course/?ref=rss ARE you an optimist or are you a pessimist? Fri, 08 May 2009 09:59:38 +0100 7f2d8ed3997c56ac99d3fa8495f74f44 Joanne Fryett: Leading the way to region’s future wealth http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/columnists/businessissues/4325361.Joanne_Fryett__Leading_the_way_to_region___s_future_wealth/?ref=rss WHILE the Budget announcements promised bad news for many, for the Tees Valley there was much to celebrate. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:42:59 +0100 266c5a2b30f1f2fbaa0a3852e3fe1d05 James Ramsbotham: Draw on tale told by young sportsman http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/columnists/businessissues/4306560.James_Ramsbotham__Draw_on_tale_told_by_young_sportsman/?ref=rss 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. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:16:05 +0100 01b53958322c0fdc9a0b9594650ebc68