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Nathan Berry founder of Aston Beaumont on building his property empire
He’s still in his early 20s but Nathan Berry already presides over more than 160 residential and commercial properties as founder of Aston Beaumont. The result of nepotism or a lucrative trust fund? Nope. Nathan has realised his own entrepreneurial ambitions thanks to a combination of determination, hard work and a supportive mum who knows which merchandise will help her son’s business stand out...
Marriott Communications CEO scoops FSB Young Entrepreneur award
The CEO of Marriott Communications has won the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award at the FSB North East Celebrating Small Business Awards 2023. Samuel Marriott-Dowding, of the Sunderland-based agency, said: "This award is incredibly special to me and I am so grateful to the FSB for this recognition. "I started Marriott Communications from zero and to be able to see its growth and development...
Sunderland kickstarts listening events to help shape the cybersecurity landscape
It was all ears on Sunderland as the city kicked off the first of a host of listening events to better understand the cybersecurity landscape across the North. Led by the Northern Cyber Clusters Collaboration project and alongside an online survey, the listening events are running across the North of England with the aim of gathering insight to support the facilitation of a stronger force on the...
Sarah and Chris Fryers’ plant-based pie business, Magpye, takes flight
A desire to take control of their career was almost scuppered by the pandemic but thanks to a quick pivot and a national marketing campaign, Sarah and Chris Fryers’ plant-based pie business, Magpye, has taken flight in a big way, as the couple tell Alison Cowie. After years working in teaching and admin respectively, Chris and Sarah Fryer were in search of a career change that would give...
Medical tattooist and business woman Ann Oliver Harvey reflects on her varied career
Ann explains why the aesthetics industry is not the best place for entrepreneurs to Alison Cowie. I’ve been writing entrepreneurial profiles for more than 15 years and almost without exception, the primary drivers of those running private businesses are profit and growth. But this isn’t the case for Ann Oliver Harvey. This is not because Ann - who has established several companies – isn’t...