Business News
Strong demand for rental properties
Published 28 November 2008
THE North-East lettings market remains strong, despite a glut of properties seeking a tenant rather than a buyer forcing rents downward.
Special brew from Tom
Published 27 November 2008
ALLENDALE’S brewer Tom Hick has just launched a new beer to celebrate winning the Young Rural Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Tourism firm gets room with a view
Published 27 November 2008
A ROOM with a view is certainly what a Tynedale tourism business has secured in its latest move.
Edwin pulls the plug on a sparkling career
Published 27 November 2008
EDWIN Wilkinson has pulled the plug on a sparkling career which has spanned more than 40 years.
£50,000 investment for village store
Published 27 November 2008
AS THE credit crunch really starts to bite, many businesses are battening down the hatches and hoping to ride out the storm.
Farm house was once part of duke’s goods and chattels
Published 27 November 2008
A DATE stone above the doorway announces that Chattlehope – a neat grey stone and ivy-trimmed house almost on the shore of the Catcleugh Reservoir – was built in 1901. But it has a few puzzling features which make it look much more antique.
Reivers and royalty left their mark at Whiteley Shield
Published 20 November 2008
WHITELEY Shield, just south of Allendale, is the old stamping ground of Dawsons, Hetheringtons, and Bells.
Find your beauty from within
Published 13 November 2008
A NEW beauty salon has opened on Hexham’s Battle Hill, offering a range of package deals on everything from manicures and pedicures to full body massages.
A69 contract pleases nursery
Published 13 November 2008
A TYNEDALE nursery has beaten off competition from across the UK to win the contract to supply 56,000 plants for the new Haydon Bridge bypass.
Party time for gallery
Published 13 November 2008
A HEXHAM gallery and studio has celebrated its first year in business.
Praise for pub make-over
Published 13 November 2008
PRUDHOE’S Adam & Eve pub has been given a £5,000 make-over.
Lisa gives babies a head start in life
Published 13 November 2008
FIBRE optic light shows, puppets, bubbles, bells and parachutes all form part of a baby development programme being run in Tynedale.
Baby boutique is born
Published 13 November 2008
HAVING A baby of their own has encouraged two Hexham traders to take their business in a new direction.
Farm refuge grew from Mad Jack's wild estate
Published 6 November 2008
MAD Jack Hall would have been relieved to know his estate at Otterburn would eventually settle down to such cosy domesticity. It certainly saw some lively upheavals in Jack’s day, and the odd skirmish before that too, like the Battle of Otterburn.
Renting is option as market recovers
Published 6 November 2008
CAN’T sell? What about renting? There’s always hope that the sap will rise in the property market along with the green shoots of spring.
All hands to the pumps at Barrasford Arms
Published 6 November 2008
CLASSIC beer hand pumps languishing in the loft of the Barrasford Arms for over 30 years have been returned to the bar to complement the pub’s range of real ales.
Liz moves with the times at law firm
Published 30 October 2008
DESPITE all of the changes made at a Hexham solicitors over the last three decades, one of the firm’s stalwarts is still going strong.
Couple’s potty idea is source of inspiration
Published 30 October 2008
ENROLLING in a series of pottery workshops while living in sunny Gibraltar changed the course of one family’s lives.
Joinery branches out into energy from wood
Published 30 October 2008
GREEN is the colour for one of the North Tyne’s best known family businesses.
Tour operator’s coaches claim industry honour
Published 30 October 2008
A TYNEDALE-based tour operator is offering the best fleet of top-quality buses in the country.
