Award-winning journalist Tony Seymour has joined the Evening Press as Business Editor.

He replaces Ron Godfrey, who has vacated the seat to move on to the features desk as senior features writer.

Mr Seymour, runner-up in the Northern Business Journalist of the Year 1998 Awards, was formerly industry/business writer and sub-editor on the YEP's sister paper, The Northern Echo, at Darlington.

Prior to that he was Editor of Business North-East Magazine, and previously Business/Property Writer on The Journal, based in Newcastle.

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