North East Interviews
Discover a huge selection of interviews with business owners, directors and managers from some of the best North East businesses across the region at Northern Insight Magazine, specialising in almost every sector you can imagine. Be sure to get tips and advice from successful business men and women that could help your business take off in the region. Discover more below.
Tell us about your role at HLA Services? I am co-owner and a director overseeing our large multi-disciplined in-house contracts departments for both the ‘end user’ and construction sectors. I…
Tell us about your role at HLA Services? As well as overseeing the general day-to-day operations of the business, I’m also the director of the service department, which oversees the…
In a sentence, how would you describe the year 2020? A tough but enlightening experience. How has your company adapted to the Coronavirus crisis? We invoked our Disaster Recovery Plan…
Why was the charity founded? In 1984 a group of young Christians recognised that there was nowhere for young homeless people to go if they wanted to move off the…
Did you grow up in the North East or did you decide to relocate here in later life? I’m Newcastle born and bred: I was raised south of the river…
What does Aero do for its Clients? We provide IT & Cloud Services to North East Business and Remote Office 365 Consultancy UK Wide. Essentially, we use modern Cloud Technologies…
Did you always envisage a career in the industry? I always fancied becoming a war correspondent. It wasn’t to be. After study and uni, I managed to become a journalist…
Norman Thompson, Group Safety Manager, UTS Engineering -What were your career ambitions growing up? I recall always having a natural tendency towards being very practical and technically minded. I always…