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• Posted: 11th May 2010 Time: 1:20pm read more

  Jacksons appoints new partner

  Jacksons Law Firm has promoted Alistair Smith to partner as of 1^st May 2010.

• Posted: 11th May 2010 Time: 1:10pm read more

  GENI has celebrated its first anniversary in business

  Marketing Geni is the brainchild of Heather Baxter whose 20 years in sales and marketing has helped GENI become a recognised brand in performance and leadership throughout the North East.

• Posted: 6th May 2010 Time: 1:00pm read more

  Commercial solicitors expand to provide the personal touch

  A solicitor is using her wealth of experience to launch a new private client division at North East law firm, Clarke Mairs.

• Posted: 6th May 2010 Time: 12:50pm read more

  Uniquethinking laps up new office move

  A creative agency is enjoying some unique drinking to celebrate its move into new offices.

• Posted: 27th Apr 2010 Time: 10:10am read more

  Volcano Disruption for Employers

  As well as leaving countless holidaymakers stranded abroad, the recent volcanic disruption in Iceland has had an indirect effect on many employers long after the eruption has ebbed.  As each day passed more and more people were absent from work as they found themselves stranded at the end of their scheduled holidays but what is the position of an employer in these circumstances?  For example, does the employer have to pay people who are absent in this way?

• Posted: 23rd Apr 2010 Time: 4:10pm read more

  Mitigating Insurance Premium Increases for the Construction Industry

  Whilst this may be in the thinking of many UK construction underwriters who will point to the comments of the Irish regulator that “the effect of this action is to prevent Quinn Insurance Limited suffering further financial losses from its currently unprofitable UK business”, Towergate believes it remains possible to secure competitive rates from financially sound insurers.

• Posted: 23rd Apr 2010 Time: 4:10pm read more

  SLR Consulting nominated for RICS award

  The nominated project covers the £3.2million redevelopment of Blyth Links in Northumberland which includes the transformation of an area of reclaimed dunes and an existing car park adjacent to the Blyth Battery – an artillery emplacement built for coastal defense in 1916.

• Posted: 23rd Apr 2010 Time: 4:10pm read more

  Rewarded For Being Better.

  The agency - set up in 2008 by Mark Easby, Declan Metcalfe and Peter Jones - won the Internet and ICT category at the nebusiness Awards which were sponsored by Business Link and The Evening Gazette. The judges were looking for an innovative use of internet technology to improve business performance or boost competitiveness within the business. Better were credited for using their website and social media to communicate with peers, potential customers and the wider region to develop a powerful digital footprint.

• Posted: 23rd Apr 2010 Time: 4:10pm read more

  Law firm comes to the rescue of region’s business owners

  Being the owner or part-owner of a business automatically makes for a very busy life and often one of the first things to be sidelined is legal and financial protection for the future. Many business owners consider their personal and business affairs as entirely separate entities when, in fact, they are intimately related.

• Posted: 23rd Apr 2010 Time: 4:00pm read more

  Dickinson Dees appoints new senior partner

  John Marshall, head of the commercial disputes group at Dickinson Dees LLP, will be appointed as the new senior partner following the announcement of the results of the firm’s election.