Dragon offers advice in Newcastle
Another BBC Dragon has been attracted to the North East this week, just days after Peter Jones encouraged the region’s young people to be more entrepreneurial.
One of the BBC’s original Dragons will be offering his advice to the region’s fledgling businesses later this week.
Serial entrepreneur Doug Richard and the School for Startups team are holding a master class on starting and growing a successful business at Newcastle University on Wednesday 3 February.
1.Feb.10 | Enterprise and Start-up
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TV Dragon challenges teens to turn tenners into turnover
Young people in the North East have been challenged to get a business off the ground with only ten pounds. Peter Jones, star of BBC TV programme Dragons’ Den, and Chairman…
28.Jan.10 | Enterprise and Start-up
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Entrepreneurs warned ‘recovery will be slow’
Britain’s return from the brink of economic catastrophe will be slow and unsteady on a road full of pitfalls, North East entrepreneurs have been warned. The country’s recovery has already begun…
20.Jan.10 | Enterprise and Start-up
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Event to reveal ‘untapped potential’
Results of a national enterprise research study that shows the North East’s ‘untapped potential’ will be unveiled later this month. The Untapped Potential Survey was carried out by GfK NOP (a…
18.Jan.10 | Enterprise and Start-up
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Sara is strictly businesslike about dancing
A North East woman with a background in performing arts has set out on a business of her own with backup from a local support agency. When a long-established dance supplies…
14.Jan.10 | Enterprise and Start-up
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Gateshead launches business grant scheme
Three-quarters of a million pounds has been allocated by a North East council to help local companies ride out the recession. Gateshead Council will create a new £750,000 Enterprise and Innovation…
13.Jan.10 | Enterprise and Start-up
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No New Year crunch for Apple specialists
As many businesses face a slow and icy start to 2010, one new company is inundated with orders as festive mishaps cause work to roll in. iRepair Ltd was set up…
12.Jan.10 | Enterprise and Start-up
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Dragon advises caution before election
Theo Paphitis has warned entrepreneurs to hold off from setting up new companies until after the general election. The Dragons’ Den panellist said with the country due to go to the polls by…
7.Jan.10 | Enterprise and Start-up
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Comics idea crosses contintents for success
A Middlesbrough graduate has attracted interest from some of the most well-known names in the digital world after making the most of North East business support networks. Kevin Mann, founder of…
4.Jan.10 | Enterprise and Start-up
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Small businesses “weakened” by funding changes
Recent changes to the government’s Solutions for Business portfolio have been criticised by small businesses in the North East. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has announced that Innovation Vouchers…
21.Dec.09 | Enterprise and Start-up
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Mob takes over empty shop for Christmas cheer
A new online design company started by North East MA graduates is stepping out of the online world and into a physical shop. Design Mob, which aims to promote young regional…
18.Dec.09 | Enterprise and Start-up
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Village to get champion help
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No more lost in translation thanks to Entrust
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Want to Impress shakes it up
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Fall in awareness of SME scheme
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Deadline extended for work experience awards
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