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Evince off to California to showcase technology gem
18/02/2010
A NorthStar backed company was chosen to showcase its services on a trade mission to California's Silicon Valley later this month...
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£600,000 investment brings a boost to Blyth firm ASL
17/02/2010
A TECHNOLOGY firm has won a £600,000 boost in its bid to win the race to improve the efficiency and stability of energy distribution around the national electricity network...
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North firm's amplifier revolution set to rock
28/01/2010
ELECTRONICS experts in the North East have developed a guitar amplifier they hope will win over rock bands the world over...
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Comic fans flock to Graphic.ly
26/01/2010
FT - Graphic.ly, a British start-up that makes software for reading comics on computers and mobile phones, has seen a surge in new users...
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NorthStar investees beat recession
21/01/2010
AN online retailer has shown that despite the recession, shoppers are still keen to spend their money on ethical products...
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Appy Shopper
15/01/2010
RETAILERS are quaking over a new iPhone gizmo that tells users the cheapest shop for products...
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Rule changes put wind behind turbine maker
22/12/2009
A GREEN energy company which has recently relocated to the North East believes looming regulatory changes will power its sales to over £40m in the next five years.
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North investors get creative with cash
09/12/2009
INVESTORS behind a new £2.4m fund are on the hunt for entrepreneurs with big ideas as they look to breathe new life into the region’s creative industries...
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Arriva to use South Tyneside firm's hi-tech tracker
30/11/2009
South Tyneside’s FleetM8 has landed a contract with the North East bus and train company Arriva, which operates across 12 European countries...
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Funding boost for FScan
26/11/2009
SCIENTISTS in the region who are pioneering a new test for prostate cancer expect to bring the technology to the market within 18 months ...
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The Guardian - Ethical Superstore: Gateshead's green giant
17/11/2009
Ethical Superstore not only promotes green living, it puts money back into the local Gateshead community as well...
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£800,000 web investment may create scores of jobs
17/11/2009
Cogenta Systems has jsut opened its Newcastle office and could create scores of jobs in the region...
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Durham webcasting firm expected to treble in size
10/11/2009
The WorkCast Corporation, based in Durham, has received almost £500,000 from NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI) in Newcastle to develop its Webcast Manager product...
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Alex brings the internet to excluded generation
05/11/2009
MILLIONS of ‘digitally excluded’ people could get their first taste of IT and the internet thanks to technology developed in the North East, which is launched today.
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Groundbreaking Technology to Combat Parking Problems
15/10/2009
A VEHICLE-tracking company is in talks with London’s transport bosses to use its groundbreaking technology to combat the capital's parking problems...
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NorthStar wins European Award
01/10/2009
NorthStar Equity Investors has scooped a top European award in recognition of its work creating adn building early stage technology based businesses in the North East...
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The Telegraph - Entrepreneur is Quick to praise NorthStar
29/09/2009
North-East entrepreneurs backed by Newcastle-based NorthStar Equity Investors believe that locally-based venture fund managers do make a difference to the chances of raising finance. ..
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NorthStar Equity Investors wins Pan European VC Award
29/09/2009
NorthStar is pleased to announce that it won AllStars Venture Capital Award...
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NorthStar Boost for Businesses
10/09/2009
Since its launch in 2004, Newcastle-based NorthStar has invested £39m in 237 companies, with an additional £41.5m of investment coming from corporates, private equity and other investors...
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FT - NorthStar delivers the goods for Onyx
08/09/2009
Onyx Group's Edinburgh data centre, which opened last Thursday, is tangible evidence of how regionally based venture capital can help growing businesses...
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Wind power firm moves to North East
19/08/2009
A firm which makes small wind turbines to power homes and businesses has received a £1.2m funding boost as it looks to increase its North East presence...
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Global potential for Northumberland technology firm
19/08/2009
TECHNOLOGY giant Apple is to work alongside a North East firm behind revolutionary software which enables free voice messages to be sent through the internet to mobile phones...
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Maglev group attracts £60,000 funding boost
06/08/2009
SCIENTISTS behind new technology which could revolutionise the world of Formula One are speeding their way to success after winning £60,000 in funding...
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Emma Joins North Star Team
03/08/2009
Venture capital firm NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI) has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Emma O’Rourke as finance and operations manager...
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Marion Makes it Happen - BQ Interview
02/08/2009
Marion tells Brian Nicholls why picking the North East’s soaraway firms of tomorrow is the best job she has had yet..
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FT - Could Plushmusic supplant record labels?
18/07/2009
It’s a chicken-and-egg question. Is the internet simply filling the void left by a natural fall in classical record sales or is it confirming and hastening the descent?
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Research can help you to market
08/07/2009
FOR technology businesses, the need to win investment can dominate the months and years to market entry...
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We have a part to play on road to business recovery
17/06/2009
Fund managers at NorthStar are seeing increasing numbers of science and technology-based companies being formed and developed across the region...
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Blueprint on the trawl for talent and enterprise
12/06/2009
THE hunt for the brightest business ideas to come out of North East universities has began once again...
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New boss at venture capital firm
10/06/2009
ONE of the North East’s most active venture capital firms, NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI), has a new chairman...
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Artificial intelligence idea could fight terrorism
20/05/2009
THE Government's drive to protect the country against terror attacks could be boosted by intelligent technology developed by a fledgling North East firm...
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Muckle help ethical firms merge
20/05/2009
LAWYERS at Newcastle-based Muckle have advised successful Gateshead business Ethicalsuperstore.com on a merger that is expected to help double its turnover to £6m by 2010.
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Mission to make games as portable as music
20/05/2009
A SOFTWARE engineer has been awarded £1.9m to develop technology that could revolutionise the gaming market and allow people to share games on mobile phone handsets.
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New three-minute prostate test hailed as cancer breakthrough
19/05/2009
A new three-minute prostate cancer test that uses light energy to measure fluid from the gland has been hailed as a major breakthrough in fighting the disease. ..
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Ethical partners intend to foil supermarkets
19/05/2009
AN online ethical retailer has joined forces with a rival and believes it can increase its combined turnover from £6m to £8m as more people turn to the internet for competitive prices...
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Clickable video specialist nets funding
20/04/2009
Quick.tv, whose technology allows ‘clickable’ features to be added to video content, has won a further equity investment of £335,000...
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North invention to make life easier for pub trade
15/04/2009
VEHICLE-tracking technology designed by a North East scientist will now be used in London’s pub trade to help stop beer delivery drivers getting parking tickets...
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Robotics firm eyes nuclear growth
06/04/2009
A ROBOTICS company will double the size of its headquarters and invest in a £250,000 groundbreaking test facility as it prepares to step up its presence in the nuclear energy market...
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Finance ready for tough times
18/02/2009
FUNDING streams which have pumped £68m into North East businesses are primed for another productive year offering vital access to finance...
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Cash backing for virtual gaming firm
12/02/2009
A FLEDGLING online firm hoping to become a Facebook for gamers has been backed by £420,000 in funding from North East investors...
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India bus trial for tracker
20/01/2009
A VEHICLE-tracking device designed by a North East scientist is to be trialled on buses in India as part of a £17m government transport project...
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Quick TV hopeful of signing lucrative production deal
14/01/2009
FLEDGLING technology firm Quick TV has said it is hopeful of signing a potentially-lucrative deal with an international television production firm after receiving more than £300,000 in new funding...
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NorthStar Equity Investors advance
14/01/2009
ANOTHER successful year by a North East venture capital organisation has seen it complete 85 deals...
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'V-wing' turbine gets study cash
13/01/2009
An unusual design of wind turbine with a pair of giant vertical wings could one day be generating electricity for the UK Grid. ..
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Regional economy is showing small signs of recovery
07/01/2009
SIGNS of a recovery in both the regional economy and corporate deals activity are finally becoming visible according to the corporate finance specialists who met at a recent debate...
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New energy drives activity
07/01/2009
Marion Bernard, chief executive of North Star Equity Investors, said a revolution in renewables would divert investor attention from the South and encourage entrepreneurship...
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NorthStar backing for gaming platform developer
06/01/2009
Gaming specialist Antix has received $3 million (£1.8 million) from investors including NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI) and Hotspur Capital...
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How brilliant idea evolves to dazzling product
09/12/2008
For five years Newcastle venture capital firm NorthStar Equity Investors has helped countless science and technology businesses start or grow...
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ACAL Energy Raises £3.3M in Venture Financing
05/12/2008
ACAL Energy Ltd has today announced the successful completion of a £3.3M fundraising round...
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Chip production for the new green energy age
27/11/2008
ASEMICONDUCTOR company hopes to create around 200 jobs with the launch of its new products which will bring back large-scale computer chip manufacture to the North East...
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Eye-catching research secures agency support
20/11/2008
A GROUND-BREAKING way to deliver vision-saving drugs to the inside of the eye is now in sight, with the potential to help millions of people worldwide...
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National software firm opens centre in region
06/11/2008
A NATIONAL software firm has opened a technical development centre in the region after securing £1.5m in North East venture capital funding...
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FT: Lessons learnt from the halls of academia
28/10/2008
In north-east England, the universities play a crucial role in the region’s economic strategy...
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Go-ahead Guroo predict 200-fold rise in revenue
16/10/2008
AN education company has won cash to develop its software which it believes will help it increase its revenues 200-fold in five years...
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Yet more climb on board Nomad's travelling Wifi
09/10/2008
TECHNOLOGY and infrastructure company Nomad Digital has raised £6m to fund growth and further investment in its revolutionary wireless broadband connection for trains...
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World’s their oyster at growing ethical store
02/10/2008
A GREEN online superstore hopes to see its turnover rocket from £2.3m to about £40m within four years after receiving a £1m cash injection...
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Protectors see profit in going international
01/10/2008
A TECHNOLOGY firm is looking to break the £1m turnover mark after increasing the popularity of its anti-spam programme and planning to expand into foreign markets...
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Ambitious firm pauses to let slowdown pass
01/10/2008
A FLEDGLING IT company still has hopes to be the next Sage, despite being hit by the downturn...
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Invention to cut animal tests in £100m market
17/09/2008
A LIFE sciences company is one step closer to establishing itself as an alternative to animal testing thanks to a £750,000 private equity boost...
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Quick TV set to bid for US market
16/09/2008
A SERIAL online entrepreneur will head stateside next week as he looks to build his latest venture into a multi-million pound empire within two years.
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Private equity boost for technology firm
28/08/2008
PRIVATE equity backers are ploughing hundreds of thousands of pounds into a pipeline inspection company to support its global expansion plans...
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Investment deal will help pipeline company go global
27/08/2008
A PIPELINE maintenance and inspection company is eyeing global expansion after securing £500,000 of investment...
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Coup for region with global player’s move
24/07/2008
AN international software firm has completed a £1m deal to launch a research and development centre in the region...
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Recycling leader is backed
23/07/2008
A RECYCLING company has secured £6.1m to enlarge its plastic bottle reprocessing plant with help from Newcastle law firm Sintons and KPMG...
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The Disrupters: Palringo
12/06/2008
Daily Telegraph - Martin Rosinski has created a messaging service called Palringo that aims to connect anyone, anywhere, on any device....
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More serious games as firm goes Stateside
22/05/2008
Caspian Learning, of Sunderland, will open a sales office in the US this year and expects to become the market leader across the pond in the serious games industry
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Growing high-tech firms given extra financial support
15/05/2008
The regional development agency’s board has approved £2.4m worth of funding to extend the Proof of Concept Fund (POC) to the end of 2009...
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Palringo poised to take the communications world by storm
20/03/2008
THE UK’s most prestigious competition for ambitious young firms, HSBC Start-Up Stars, launches this week with £50,000 cash prize for this year’s winner...
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Wallsend recycling company proves it's got a lot of bottle
28/01/2008
A RAPIDLY-growing recycling company has revealed plans to double its turnover to £30m by next year after receiving a major cash injection...
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Helping shape the north's economy
27/01/2008
The Harness… conference is sponsored by NorthStar Equity Investors Ltd (NSEI) and Newcastle Science City
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Vizimo Closes 650K Seed Investment
25/01/2008
Vizimo, an innovative media guidance platform, has announced $1.3m (GBP650k) of new funding from Northstar Equity Investors and a syndicate of private investors...
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TV Technology Firm's Cash Boost
24/01/2008
Quick TV Limited, which is developing an interactive television platform, secured the funding through North-East venture capital firm NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI)...
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NorthStar investee company in successful float on AIM
30/11/2007
e-Therapeutics, the systems biology drug discovery company, today announces the first day of trading of its Ordinary Shares on the AIM market
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Financing Tomorrow's Technology
22/11/2007
Early stage technology companies in the North East are enjoying the benefits of two specially designed funds set up to provide finance for entrepreneurs...
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Funding Boost For Applied Nanotechnology Research
22/11/2007
An investment from NorthStar Equity Investors through its Proof of Concept Fund will further boost to a project which is being undertaken at Newcastle University...
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Nzomics Biocatalysis land contract after POC investment
14/11/2007
TWO university scientists are stepping into the business world after their pharmaceutical products were snapped up by an Ulster company...
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POC company TrackaPhone in export success story
14/11/2007
One software company is indicative of the work being carried out by some of the region’s exporters in the telecommunications field...
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Superconductor firm secures £1.4m funds
06/11/2007
THE world’s first commercially viable Superconducting Fault Current Limiters (SFCLs) are being engineered in Northumberland by Blyth-based Applied Superconductors...
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POC company hits the headlines with new therapy for cancer
05/11/2007
NORTH-EAST scientists have discovered a new light sensitive “magic bullet” treatment for cancer which propels the body’s immune system to fight tumours with pin-point accuracy....
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NorthStar Equity Investors Best in Region
18/10/2007
The team at NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI) is celebrating after being named the region’s venture capital house of the year...
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Paint Additive Could Make Pots of Money
17/10/2007
A PAINT additive developed by a chemist at Durham University is tipped to become a multi-million pound money spinner...
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Helping Good Ideas to Pay
17/10/2007
The £10m Proof of Concept Fund and the £23m North-East Co-Investment Fund, both managed by NorthStar Equity Investors, are helping IT and communications ...
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Thermastrate opens factory
29/09/2007
Thermal PCB start-up Thermastrate is up and running with a production line in Northumberland...
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Universities paint a breakthrough for the environment
27/09/2007
The developers of a new material that is set to revolutionise the paint and coatings industries have secured funding...
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Computer takes the stress out of PC ownership
15/09/2007
The Broadband Computer Company, based in Newcastle, has developed hardware and software to make computing as simple as possible...
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Computing made easy by Tyne firm's product
13/09/2007
A computer business on Tyneside has won a large cash injection to trial new software...
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System will reduce clinical waste
13/09/2007
A North-East company has developed a unique system to recycle 90 per cent of waste ...
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Firm pioneering clinical waste recycling
28/08/2007
A company is to transform the treatment of clinical waste in the UK after developing a unique system...
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Brushing Away Dental Problems
21/08/2007
Today a new era in consumer oral hygiene begins after entrepreneur Roberto Giordan from Venice created a new concept in dental healthcare...
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First Class!
20/08/2007
AN INNOVATIVE new system which will dispense wheelchairs in public places via futuristic ‘pods’ is being tested in Middlesbrough...
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Fingerprints take leap into the future
01/07/2007
Police could use fingerprints to detect if suspects have handled explosives or cocaine....
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Internet trading site plans to expand
30/05/2007
A new company to help businesses capitalise on the selling power of internet aution site....
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Pharmaceutical company secures investment
22/05/2007
A pharmaceutical company has secured a £140,000 investment package to help it expand....
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Company to launch female health products nationwide
05/05/2007
A company on Teesside expects its turnover to push into the millions next year as it plans to launch its female health product into clinics nationwide....
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Firm considering flotation
25/04/2007
The drug discovery company which claimed to have found a cure for killer hospital superbug MRSA is considering a stock market flotation...
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Cash ready to fuel rocketing growth
19/04/2007
The company formed by biotech entrepreneur Ian Shott has received a seven-figure cash boost from investors to help its rapid growth...
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Firm may go public for funding
04/04/2007
An online ethical trading company hoping to become the `ethical Amazon' may look to a public share sale to help fund future expansion plans...
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How the first 100 successes developed
04/04/2007
The North-East Proof of Concept Fund has produced a report telling the success stories behind its first 100 investments...
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Mike aims to top with the cream
23/03/2007
An inventor hopes his new technique for making cosmetic creams for a tenth of the current price will make him millions of pounds...
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Looking beyond the bank manager for finance
22/02/2007
More than 100 North-East entrepreneurs have looked beyond the bank manager and turned to two specially...
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Enterprising Bob has eyes on home
31/01/2007
An engineer and businessman who left the North-East to pursue his career abroad over 40 years ago has returned...
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Funding boost sets up £14m sales pitch
26/01/2007
A hi-tech manufacturer from Northumberland is aiming for £14m sales inside three years after securing important...
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Celebrating investment success
17/01/2007
A team of venture capitalists is reflecting on the success of its first year in action.
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Helping firms reap digital age benefits
11/01/2007
Entrepreneur Steve Simpson is developing breakthrough technology which he says will help make data...
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Fantastic potential attracts £800,000
14/12/2006
A company that specialises in bringing new product ideas to market has been given an £800,000
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Looking forward to the Year of the Entrepreneur
13/12/2006
This has been a period of mixed fortunes for the North-East economy...
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NStar ensures businesses are ready for investment
01/11/2006
NStar, which is delivering £33m of early stage finance for the region is now working on a similar step...
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Medicines from the Rain Forests
01/11/2006
A Newcastle University company which has developed the world's fastest drug profiling system has joined forces...
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Venture Finance for Innovative SMEs
26/10/2006
A fund management company is helping high growth SMEs throughout the region to reach...
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NStar offers a guiding light to new investors
18/10/2006
NStar has delivered £33m of early stage finance for the region and is now working on...
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On song for Europe
14/10/2006
A major European conference this week has been hailed in the North-East as a crucial...
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There'll be no limit to profits for Comesys
12/10/2006
Innovative Northumberland manufacturer Comesys is set to take off in the next year with sales...
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Europe's shop window
09/10/2006
A top-level North-East delegation travels to a major European conference today...
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