Challenge award accolade as designer looks to expand
	9:44am Thu 12 Jun 08
	TRAINER designer Matt Scott last night said he is bracing himself for business expansion after being voted The Northern Echo's winner of the If We Can You Can challenge.

	‘Me against my mam’s best friend . . . weird’
	11:58am Fri 6 Jun 08
	KAREN FORSTER and Matt Scott have more in common than just being finalists in the If We Can You Can challenge.

	Bedroom business making shoes for stars
	12:19pm Fri 6 Jun 08
	NOT every young entrepreneur can boast about having a famous rock star as one of his customers - but Matt Scott achieved that within 18 months of starting his business.

	Expansion planned after three months
	12:16pm Fri 6 Jun 08
	AFTER only three months in business, Trampas the Mens Room is proving so popular that expansion is already being planned.

Sir Peter pops in for some pampering at finalist's salon

4:03pm Friday 30th May 2008

GROOMING salon Trampas The Men's Room has seen a thriving first few weeks of business. Deputy Business Editor Deborah Johnson meets its proprietor Karen Forster, the second of The Northern Echo's finalists in the If We Can You Can challenge.

Running a business is second nature to finalist

4:32pm Tuesday 27th May 2008

Deborah Johnson meets one of The Northern Echo's two finalists in the If We Can You Can challenge.

Local finalists make challenge's shortlist

10:11am Thursday 15th May 2008

THE finalists in the If We Can You Can Challenge have been revealed today, some of whom will go on to become ambassadors of NorthEast entrepreneurship.

Judges search for the faces of North-East enterprise

10:10am Monday 12th May 2008

THE region's rising entrepreneurs are being assessed by some of the best in the business as the If We Can You Can challenge searches for its finalists.

Entrant: Inspired during quest for the perfect present

2:49pm Friday 2nd May 2008

Matt Scott, from Washington, has big ambitions for his trainer design company Mes Footwork

Why North is the right place to do business

2:44pm Friday 2nd May 2008

Ahead of Monday's closing date for the If We Can, You Can challenge, Deborah Johnson looks at how statistics show the region is an ideal place to start a business, and meets two entrepreneurs who have done just that

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