Stuart Mitton News Today

A Stockton firm which designs and supplies flat roofing is on target to increase turnover by 26 per cent to more than £9m.

Before the pandemic, Daniel Ojeda was used to supplementing his income with unemployment benefits. A 29-year-old ballet dancer and choreographer, Ojeda works about half the year as a freelancer, when hes not on contract with Ballet Idaho during the fall and winter. Last summer, those freelance gigs — about half Ojedas annual income — disappeared, as the curtain dropped and lights went out in theaters and studios.  Working in an arts industry decimated by the novel coronavirus, Ojeda, along...