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Entrepeneur Raises A Cup to Accountants

One of the north east’s brightest young entrepreneurs has raised a cup of tea to the organisations that have helped her get to where she is today. Jules Quinn set up The *TeaShed, a design-led tea, teaware and homeware company based at the Northern Design Centre in Gateshead, after completing her fashion marketing degree at

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RMT add two more members of staff

RMT Adds Two MoreTo Expanding Team

RMT Accountants & Business Advisors has continued its ongoing recruitment drive by bringing in two new members of staff. Ashleigh Doran and Rachel Ormston have joined the Gosforth-based firm to bring the total number of new recruits to 5 in the last year. Ashleigh, from Houghton-le-Spring, has moved from a smaller regional practice to become

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Boost for bikers’ safety after new app launches

MORE than a million motorcyclists can feel safer in the saddle thanks to a new safety technology that is guaranteed to save lives. A Newcastle-based team of five bike enthusiasts has secured £275,000 through various investors to launch RealRider, a GPS route tracker via smartphone that determines when and where a rider has suffered a

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Branding agency surreal creative to help others expand

Branding agency Surreal Creative to help others expand

A BRANDING agency is looking to help other North East businesses find the same success it has enjoyed overseas. Houghton-le-Spring-based Surreal Creative has secured more than half its work in continental Europe after strategically reshuffling the business when the recession began to bite in the UK. The firm now includes international businesses such as Sonae

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RMT support helps timber agent secure sale

RMT ACCOUNTANTS’ SUPPORT HELPS NEWCASTLE TIMBER AGENT SECURE SUCCESSFUL COMPANY SALE The head of a long-standing north east timber business has praised the support he received from RMT Accountants & Business Advisors in completing the sale of his century-old firm to a German industry peer. Ian Robinson, chairman and managing director of Newcastle-based timber agent

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Chancellor set to reveal Autumn Statement measures

05 Dec 2012 Chancellor George Osborne will deliver the 2012 Autumn Statement to the House of Commons today, with many economists predicting that the Office for Budget Responsibility will cut its economic growth forecasts for the UK, and that the Chancellor has failed to meet his ‘golden rules’ on the economy. However, the Chancellor is

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Stephen Slater – Planting the seed of recovery

ANYONE looking for positive financial news over the last few months would know how needle owners must feel when confronted by the proverbial haystack. But in among reports of the eurozone’s continuing travails, the UK’s lacklustre GDP figures and persistent jitters on the world’s stock markets, a small domestic bright spot could clearly be discerned

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Get the records straight, tax expert tells landlords as HMRC launches North East Taskforce

A north east tax expert is advising local landlords to make sure their financial affairs are fully in order in advance of a tax blitz on the region’s property rental sector. HM Revenue & Customs has formed six new task forces which are aiming to collect around £23m from people working in different industries and

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Government U-Turn excludes GPs from DDRB pay review

Pulse can reveal health secretary Andrew Lansley sent a letter to the Doctors and Dentists’ Review Body (DDRB) in July saying there would be ‘no need’ for it to make any recommendations this year for GP and dentist pay from 2013/14. He said there was a ‘well-established basis’ for allocating the 1% public sector pay

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