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May 14, 2012

Angels offer help with SME funding

North East entrepreneurs looking for investment are to be invited to a special seminar to find out how to give themselves the best possible chance of securing funds. Rivers Capital are holding a North East Angel Fund Investment Seminar to highlight the range of funds available. Jonathan Gold, director of the North East Angel Fund

April 30, 2012

New Specialists join the team at RMT

RMT Accountants & Business Advisors has started the new financial year with the appointment of two tax consultants. Richard Humphreys and Chris Stewart have joined the Newcastle practice, bringing more than 35 years’ industry experience between them to the firm’s 12-strong tax team. Humphreys has worked as a tax specialist for two decades, and joins

March 28, 2012

RMT Support North East Accountancy Awards

Following the success of the last five years, the Nigel Wright North East Accountancy Awards are back, and asking the Region to nominate the best in the finance and accounting sectors! The sixth North East Accountancy Awards will recognise excellence within the fields of accounting and finance and presents the biggest opportunity in the North East for

RMT help Airowear to find a new stablemate

February 28, 2012

RMT help Airowear find new stablemate

NORTHUMBERLAND equestrian safety wear company Airowear has joined forces with Welsh riding hat manufacturer Charles Owen in a strategic move to grow the business. Airowear, which was set up in Aydon in Northumberland in 1986, will retain its name and branding in a deal in which the two businesses will work together to create the next

February 22, 2012

Deal success provides boost for advisory firm RMT

The group’s corporate finance team, which specialises in servicing the needs of the North East’s army of SMEs, handled a flurry of transactions from November 2011 to the end of January 2012 with a combined value in excess of £20m. NEWCASTLE accountancy and business advisory firm RMT has completed its busiest quarter of deal activity

January 26, 2012

Wedding firm Mia Sposa plans to expand

Newcastle-based Mia Sposa has begun supplying weddings as far afield as the Middle East and North America and is looking to further grow its global customer base following its investment in a new online store. The company is run by husband-and-wife team Mark and Joy Dowell, who both left behind successful careers in non-retail sectors

January 19, 2012

Monument foods set to open another factory

FOOD wholesaler Monument Foods is to open another factory, two years after it plucked South Tyneside business Rae’s Bakery from potential closure. The Sunderland company will set up another premises in the city to allow it to expand its product range and offer higher-end items such as pastries, cakes and savories. It is also considering

January 18, 2012

Fendor banks more growth cash fund

Gateshead-based Fendor, which manufactures specialist glazing and blast resistant glazing products, said it has orders worth more than £2m on its books for the first quarter of 2012. It added it is also aiming to increase its annual turnover by almost 50 per cent by the end of the year, from £6.4m to about £9m.

January 3, 2012

Funding for growth

MORE than 40 representatives of some of the region’s leading firms gathered at a business networking dinner, hosted by RMT Accountants & Business Advisors, NEL and Aldermore. The Funding For Growth event was designed to showcase the role that the region’s intermediaries can play in encouraging and supporting private sector growth. Between courses at the