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Can You Afford To Grow Your Business?
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Growth is usually seen as a sign that a business is doing well. More customers, larger contracts, new locations, additional staff and increasing turnover are all things business owners understandably want to see. But growth also brings financial pressure, and sometimes that pressure arrives well before the benefits. A new contract might look highly profitable on paper, but somebody still has to fund the people, materials, stock or equipment needed to deliver it. A business may need to recruit before additional revenue starts to come in. Suppliers may need paying in 30 days while customers pay in 60. More stock…
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West House provides some of the finest country living within this prime region of mid Northumberland. This truly fabulous, Georgian country residence, offering unique accommodation maintained to an extremely high standard, comes to the market for the first time in over 35 years and enjoys traditional architecture and considerable character supported by modern, luxurious fittings. Situated to the western boundary…
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Newcastle To Stage The North East’s Biggest Ever Public Artwork This August.
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An Artists Life
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Autumn brings new textures and colour to the hills of Northumberland, along with the sights, smells and sounds of one of the busiest times of year for the hill farmers, who are preparing and selling their tups (rams) and young breeding ewes. The fields close to the roads contain strangely coloured sheep, which confuse visitors to the area. Bright yellow for the tups (rams) who will be bought by farmers to put out in the hills with their ewes. The bright colour makes them easier to spot, as the shepherd does his rounds, making sure they are doing their job. Young ewes, sold to replace older ewes, are prepared for sale by a dip, sometimes with a hint of colour, to represent the soil type of the area, then any scruffy/dirty bits are clipped off, and the final stage of preparation is having their faces washed to bring out the…