The Journal from Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England • 59

Dlpember 90992 ES ommon cl Sunday lunchtime stripper. it Her writhing enabled he her to Make off, embarrisied but free a hide s. longer at least. She will not readily forget, we believe, the day she was r- almost busted. SEEING them niingle fairly dose together after the Northern Business Awards at Belasis Bum ness Centre, Billingham, you would understand Why sometimes one is mistaken for the other.

We refer of course to accountants and good friends Len Gatoff and Jeff Cawson, of Touche Ross and BDO Binder Hirdyn respectively. When one claims that be is easily distinguished- lks the one with more hair it proves a very thin line indeed. The two Newcas- tie men of figures remain so alike that even a daughter of one mistakenly called the other Daddy Admittedly, to his back! 'The pipcomber 9, 1992 Prestige job: Exterior perspectives of Custom House and planned new arts complex, ONSTRUCTION TENDERS DUE SOON BUSINESS NEws 47 cooficil says no to grant DEVELOPMENT; chiefs were unmo ved by a. cash piCa Win tr eciMputet training company which has seen salary costs rise 2Opc in the past year. Ahrovick district councillors voted 'not to 'increase the grant they had'alreiio) prOniiscd Training.Lidtowtirdsiti centre irrthe 'director Alan Shiekip authority next year to 10.000: to soak up an expected 4,000 loss.

Planning and Economic Development cOMMittee thentheeS. voted tO adirise full council to stick at the orig -final amount; tiaily 'a jOint 'venture by Tyneside 'academics. is now a private is giving this, year ai'part of a diminish, ing grant to establish the local centre for training schoolleavers. Coon Jack Lormor opposed continuing the support. Mari could afford to stand on its own feet he said, having recently won an arn contract: THE NEWCASTLE TROLLEYBUS WE can understand why managements of some South Shields shops find it seasonally compelling to put security guards at theie entrances.

With shoplifting the problem it is (example above!) the guards naturally are inclined to send away any youngster trying to enter a store unaccompanied. But speaking for the little man, what's a youngster with good intentions to do when all he wants is to buy his parents a gift and still keep it a secret from them. 1 1.46 (stiA a fleet between v-nine vehicles, it Christmas, tors have some 'ers available on Cars and Vans. tails telephone or Hugh Baptist 11) 487 2118 BELLE 'IEIIOI MOTORS COOtte j0' .4... i CONSTRUCTION firms are set to tender for the prestigious job of creating a 123 arts and entertainment centre for South lYneside.

'Tyne and Wear Development Corporation this week gave the green light for plans to -creates major new complex at Mill Dam in South Shields, which will be centred on the historic Custom House. NATAIIIIA WOODS Contractors tendering to carry out the work will be submitting their estimates to the Corporation soon after Cluistmas, with the successful bidder likely to start work on the site in late February. The project will not only sec the conversion of the Cus- tom House, a listed building which dates from 1863, but also the construction of a large extension at the back of, the building to house a new theatre. Once completed, probably in the summer of 1994, the complex will include a theatre, cinema and exhibition gallery among its facilities. Phase one of the project will focus on the conversion of the Custom House, phase two, due to start later next year, will invobie the building of an extension to house the main 400-seat auditorium.

director of development John Scally said he was delighted the project had got the go-ahead: "Local people have sought these facilities for a long time we are now pleased to be able to provide the money and support to bring them into being." Mthough the Corporation will be paying for the building work, the centre will be run by a trust including South I) neside Council, Northern Arts, TWDC and co-opted representatives of local arts Firm's soft spot for pineapples PINEAPPLES are not normally. associated with Christmas, but for one County Durham building firm they have, a special festive place amid the holly and the ivy. Team Building Services is moving to new 'headqUarters in Sedgefield during the holiday period to a manor house believed to date back to 1710. Mechanical director Mike Burke explained the firm, presently based on the Belmont Industrial Estate in Durham, had carried out a lot of restoration work on the property. Preparing for the move involved more than just renovating the fabric of the building because staff had also tried to find out a bit about its history.

Burke said they were particularly curious about stone pineapples mounted on the entrance gates. "We discovered that years ago they were seen as a symbol of friendship and wealth so were commonly used on properties to bring good luck," he explained. "It means we are really going to look after the pineapples after we move in at Christmas." Matey managers A GROWING number of small businesses are. Set to benefit indirectly from 'mire positive relationships with 'their bank managers thanks to an initiative from Westminster Bank 'and Durham University 'l3usiness Sdrool (Dubs). Nat West "has announced that by the of 1992, more than 500 of its key branch managers will have participated in the Dubs "Developing Effective Rela- tionships with Premium Small Business Customers" prograirune.

The initiative, designed by Dubs in conjunction with Nat West, salmi tor managers' understasdal of the prob. and development issues facing owner-managers of premium small Around 550 managers will have graduated. from the programme by the end of this 480 of these will be from major commercial locations influencing over 100,000 business clients. The first fiveklay residential programme ran in January 1991.. A further 18.programmes will run at Dubs during 1993.

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in at MAPPER COLLERION 1 1 PIUITIIERSHIP 'IIIII I A Do you'remember Trolleybuses? Believe it or not, it's 2.5 years since they the streets of Newcastle. These bright yellow vehicles were 'once a common sight in the City, and formed a major part of the transport system for three a Who can forget that two mile, six minute journey up the Westgate Road, or the sight of.