Article: North East can cruise to big success; Weak pound is fuelling boom in tourism industry.(News)

Article: Weak pound boosts business; Think First.(News)
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  March 3, 2009 ;     560 words ...A BOOM in North East tourism is riding the benefits of a weak pound. That is the claim of a leading ... make their money go in the North East. The holiday entrepreneur ... is one of the jewels of the North East - and the economy is accelerating ...

Article: Rising costs eroding weak pound benefits.(News)
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  December 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... spokesman from One North East said: In normal economic ... general rule that a weak pound would be good news for North East exporters to the eurozone ... Investment said the weak pound would have mixed effects on North East businesses. This region ...

Article: Orange future still bright despite a weak ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  April 30, 2003 ;     509 words ... ... more than 5,000 workers in the North-East, dialled up a 9.4pc rise in ... Peterlee and Darlington, said a weak pound weighed on actual growth. Orange ... full year. The telecom giants North-East workforce handled almost 70pc ...

Article: Tourism can be the home win we need; But it's British holiday ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  January 31, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... tourism bosses who want North East families to plan a stay ... especially in light of the weak pound. The call follows the ... Hodgson, chairman of the North East England Tourism Board ... friends and family, the North East has a big pull in this ...

Article: The elusive effect of the weak pound.
Investors Chronicle - magazine and web content;  January 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... trade figures (pdf) suggest that the weak pound is not helping exporters much. They ... months. This suggests that any help the weak pound is giving exporters is being swamped ... numbers that some exporters are using the weak pound to cut export prices. The sterling price ...

Article: Weak pound helps Scottish exports power ahead Trade ...
The Sunday Herald;  September 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... outperform projections, and undoubtedly the weak pound has assisted that." Dawson International ... benefits last week as it announced that the weak pound had added GBP600,000 profits in its ... But he said: "In the short term, a weak pound tends to affect your prices, but in ...

Article: Take heart grocers, a weak pound is not all bad ...
Grocer;  January 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... been paid to the window of opportunity a weak pound presents for many companies, particularly ... well positioned to take advantage of the weak pound and become more competitive with their ... better in fmcg than elsewhere, and the weak pound gives the strongest UK companies plenty ...