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Julie provides the ‘reel’ deal for businesses

842587541 jm9rj S Julie provides the ‘reel’ deal for businessesChampion Irish dancing teacher Julie Johnson has come up with some motivational moves to help businesses get in step with success.

She’s combined expertise on the dance floor with her training and coaching experience to help leaders and decision makers improve performance in the workplace.

Her Dance of Leadership workshops are flagged

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Broadening business horizons

Newcastle University Business School is joining forces with UK Trade & Investment and RTC North to invite SMEs in the region to attend the first annual Herbert Loebl Export Workshop.

Aimed at helping local businesses understand their export capabilities, the morning workshop will outline the opportunities and government support available both at home and abroad for regional businesses that are looking to expand their business through export.

Building for Export Success takes place on March 9 at Newcastle

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Small firms warned online fraud is rising

North East News

Small businesses have been warned that the number of recorded online fraud attempts reached a peak in July, according to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

HMRC received more than 15,000 reports of fraudulent repayment emails in the last year, in which con artists send out emails asking for financial details in order to issue a tax rebate.

“We only ever contact customers who are due a refund in writing by post. We never use emails, telephone calls

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New Bureau members boost NewcastleGateshead conferencing

Three new conference venues have joined NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau – the specialist business tourism team which attracts conferences to the ‘twin cities’.

Between them, the Bureau’s new members, Dissington Hall, Rainton Meadows Arena and MPH Training & Conference Centre offer conference organisers something entirely different. The new venues join a membership which comprises 90 other leading venues, hotels and service providers in NewcastleGateshead and the surrounding area.

Jessica Roberts, head of business tourism at NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau, said: “We’re

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Giant oil platform docks at Teesside

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Unloading for recycling at Able UK.

One of the largest ocean-going barges in the world has arrived at Able UK’s Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling Centre (TERRC) facility Graythorp, Teesside, carrying huge sections of the North West Hutton oil platform which is being recycled at the yard.

The H627 barge, which is 179 metres

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Newcastle Gateshead Engineering conference hat-trick to boost destination’s profile

A trio of high-profile engineering conferences have been secured for NewcastleGateshead – confirming its position as a leading destination for major international meetings.

The three conferences will attract top flight speakers, academics and delegates from across the world when they take place at Newcastle University in the summer next year, after successful bids were made by academics at the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences.

The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Technical Commission V takes place

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Hitachi considers site in Gateshead for manufacturing plant

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Hitachi Agility Train

A delegation of senior executives from Hitachi Europe and Hitachi Europe Rail Group have run the rule over Tyneside as a possible location for a UK manufacturing plant.

After the Agility Trains consortium, comprising of Hitachi, John Laing and Barclays Private Equity, was named as preferred bidder on the £7.5 billion Intercity

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Tyneside secures major conference business

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Flying the flag for Tyneside: From left, Tony Clare, Professor of Marine Science at Newcastle University, Gill Pilkington, conference development manager at NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau, and Dr Jonathan Downes at the Armstrong Building, Newcastle University.

NEWCASTLEGATESHEAD HAS SECURED two major international marine conferences next year confirming its position as a leading destination for high-profile international scientific conferences.

International

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Tourism on Tyne

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Newcastle and Gateshead on the Tyne

THERE HAS NEVER been a better time to come to NewcastleGateshead as a leisure visitor or on business.

That’s the message coming from destination marketing agency NewcastleGateshead Initiative (NGI). With Sterling 15% cheaper against the Euro compared to this time last year, overseas visitors and business tourists can expect to get much

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