We lay no false claim here, for at the latest Tom Cordner Press Awards – the region’s annual accolades for the industry – BQ was named best in class. The recognition, which comes just 19 months after our first issue, endorses the approval we already receive regularly from our readers and many supporters within the region’s business community. We’re pleased to be among the winners, particularly in these long-standing ‘Oscars’, which recognise the highest standards of North East journalism.

It indicates to us that – far from the media being an industry dominated by decline, as it is sometimes held up to be, BQ proves that good journalism, targeted marketing and a sound business approach still offer print a sound future.

We are thankful to all our readers, advertisers, supporters and contributors for your loyalty, support and enthusiasm. Our mission is to produce a bright, optimistic and profitable periodical to both inform and entertain, telling and interpreting North East business news and views honestly, without spin and churn. In this, we encourage entrepreneurial spirit, support regional goals, and pay tribute to businesses, organisations and individuals who contribute to the good of our region.

One of these is Graeme Lowdon – already a global pioneer in data communication who has now become director of racing for the new Formula 1 Virgin team. He says this would be impossible to achieve without his wife and sometime business associate, Wendy. We talk to Si Bales about the prodigious growth of her company, Bgroup, and her flair for attracting fine business brains to sit on her board. Talking of fine business brains, John Hays inherited his enterpreneurial streak from his mother, Peggy, and the continuing success of Hays Travel proves the point. He recounts his story within these pages, remembering how he and his brother Malcolm were inspired into business by the fine example of their mother, who beat debilitating illness to make her mark. We also have the story of Bryan and Jeannie Goodall, husband and wife and coentrepreneurs for some 40 years, and now patronising the arts on Teesside.

Stories of all the above, plus that of fair trade pioneer Richard Adams, who has spent four decades breaking down global trade barriers, are here, plus plenty more. All of them are inspiring, and all of them reflect a vibrant and influential business scene. And remember, since we’re the best North East magazine, you must be the North East’s best in readership and support. So thank you again.

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This accolade, conferred only 19 months after its first issue, endorses approvals we had already received from many within the North East business community that we serve, and which it has been our great pleasure to serve in turn in our relatively short life to date. BQ’s honour has been announced as one of the Cordner Annual Awards – the longstanding regional “Oscars” given in acknowledgement of highest standards achieved in North East journalism yearly.

We are particularly pleased because we feel it shows that, despite the very difficult times confronting print media – in this country and abroad – we are showing, and our customers are showing through their time and interest spared, that there will always be a place in the market for a publication relevant to its readers’ interests and priorities.
Our vision is simple: to produce a bright, optimistic and profitable periodical with both reference and entertainment qualities, telling and interpreting news and views of North East business simply, honestly and devoid of spin and churn.

Our editorial policy is simple too: we encourage the entrepreneurial spirit that has made this region great before and will do so again. We support regional goals. And we pay respect to businesses, organisations and individuals that have already set fine examples by making major contributions to the good of our region’s economy and its people over the years.

We try with all the tools we have – in words and lively, out-of-the rut photography and design – to bring this region’s great business and its allied communities closer, so improving the understanding of each other’s achievements, difficulties and opportunities.

We are soundly supported in all this by our large network of contacts, informants and every interviewee who co-operates with us, often at short notice.
Chris March, BQ’s managing director, had the foresight to trace a gap in the existing market: a need for a periodical of high print and content quality that readers could look forward to with each new issue, a publication proudly independent in its outlook. Thus, BQ was born.

We hope we achieve our objectives and help you to achieve yours. If at any time we don’t measure up, we feel our readers will respect us enough to tell us so, and why. A magazine is only as strong as its readership allows. So our thanks go to everyone giving us encouragement.
Since we are the best North East magazine, you must be the North East’s best in readership and support.

Thank you.

Brian Nicholls,
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