More businesses would deliver jobs and GDP. Blog 4/4
We have a great bakery in our part of town. We have a Greggs also - equally great, just different. In the former, I can buy a tremendous
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Starting and growing a tech business in Newcastle. Blog 3/4
To grow a business, someone has firstly to start one and then run one. Admittedly the same person does not have both to start a business and run
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Scaling up a small UK business is an issue. Blog 2 / 4
Scaling up a small UK business is an issue. Many have referred to this. The chart shows it to be true. Growing a small business to be a
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Levelling up regional economies. Blog 1/4
Why are economists so easily ignored – when they are right? Simon Wren Lewis, a macro-economist wrote a recent, good, blog on this. For those of us who
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Thinking big about smaller offices
How must offices in a post Covid-19 world adapt to play their part in restoring vibrant life to our city centres? There are 5 lessons to learn. In an
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Making Newcastle attractive to business
The Racquets Court is dependent on vibrant life returning to Newcastle. And vibrant life in the City depends on workplaces like The Racquets Court. We're inter-dependent. This post
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The true cost of occupying office space
If you were to use our headline as a search term, you’d find very little to answer the question that’s implied. This, from Zoopla, is one of the
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Restoring / Construction / Legal – well served locally
Newcastle / Gateshead has only one FTSE listed HQ, and we've felt privilaged that the core team that built Sage Software's HQ has joined together again to restore
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Buying British – the joys and the heartache
We've tried hard but it's really not been easy. Generally, and with some very noteable exceptions, British manufacture and North East business displayed uncompetitive pricing and poor service.
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