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April 2, 2024

Events

Roundtable: Creating the office environment of tomorrow

HOW DOES THE COMMERCIAL OFFICE SECTOR LOOK POST-COVID-19? From kitchen tables to makeshift ironing board desks and box room revamps, the pandemic didn’t so much redraw as completely revolutionise working patterns. The time of the…

January 7, 2024

Business & Economy

Sola power

Hexis Lab has secured nearly £500,000 to “revolutionise” the cosmetic, personal care and pharmaceutical sectors’ green credentials across the globe. As he gets ready to launch new products in India, founder Sola Idowu talks to Colin Young.

June 27, 2022

Ideas & Observations

Common Place: encouraging community + collaboration

Common Place is located on Howard Street in North Shields, aimed at bringing the local community together and to encourage a variety of creative professionals to come together, collaborate and build greater things together. Andrew Bowers, creative director, and Jade Leigh Bowers, studio + people manager, tell us about the ambition for their new co-working space

May 17, 2021

Business & Economy

North East business steps up support for charities and communities

Three leading North East businesses have been named as the inaugural Honorary Corporate Patrons of the Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland, recognising their long-term generous support for North East charities and communities. Newcastle Building Society, Procter & Gamble…

May 11, 2022

Arts & Culture

Changing the face of engineering

The Common Room, the charity known for the restoration of Newcastle’s Neville Hall, recently hosted The Face of Engineering. The three-day festival, set against the backdrop of The Common Room’s historic Grade II* listed building of industrial significance, brought together a…

December 2, 2020

Business & Economy

Synergi finds synergy in new partnership

Cloud-based technology service Synergi has identified the transformative power of sport as the primary reason behind a new partnership set to benefit communities across the North East. The Gateshead-based ‘cloud first’ business has become the latest firm to back innovative…

November 25, 2020

Business & Economy

Shared commitment to community sport drives perfect pre-World Cup partnership

One of Rugby League’s key players is partnering with GiveToLocal ahead of a landmark year for the sport across the UK. The Rhino Rugby League company has built a reputation as a trusted global rugby and team sport brand during…

September 7, 2022

Arts & Culture

On the cover: Keith Merrin, TWAM

The Lindisfarne Gospels are coming home. Displayed in an atmospherically-controlled clear box, which has taken months to transport and install, the 1300-year-old manuscript is the centre piece of the Laing Art Gallery’s exhibition. It opens on September 17 and you have until December 3 to see it.