Silverstone Residential Surveys is kit sponsor of the under-9 team at Newcastle East End FC for a further year. The company has sponsored both the match and training kit throughout 2021 and will be supporting the team in the year ahead

After years of campaigning, and months of planning, the UK’s largest freeport opened for business last month in Teesside. The port area spans the Tees Valley and is expected to bring significant economic opportunities and 18,000 new skilled jobs to our region over the coming years.

Aer Lingus and Emerald Airlines have announced the restart of Aer Lingus Regional flights between Newcastle International Airport and Dublin Airport next year, with tickets on sale from today.

Two leaders in British retailing – who both founded their businesses in the North East – have joined forces to offer customers the ultimate shopping destination.

North-East-based renewable energy company, Engenera Renewables Group is gearing up to start work on the biggest project in its history after Nissan secured the green light to install an additional 20MW solar farm at its UK plant, the next milestone for its EV36Zero project and the company’s journey to carbon neutrality.

The Wates Group and Turner & Townsend have been appointed by Envision AESC to lead the design and project manage the build of its advanced car battery gigafactory at the International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP), which spans 50 hectares of land in South Tyneside and Sunderland.

Newcastle United legend Shola Ameobi cut the ribbon to officially open Newcastle Building Society’s new branch in West Denton.

Newcastle upon Tyne-headquartered digital transformation specialist whyaye has announced a major new partnership with Helsinki-based Employee Experience Management Platform provider HappySignals.

Mental health charity, Mental Health Concern, is lead partner of an employability programme, Moving On Tyne & Wear who help people with a health barrier, disability, additional learning need, or autism, get into employment, training, or volunteering.

North East housing association, Karbon Homes, has announced its construction partner for the delivery of a new retirement living scheme in the Northumberland village of Ponteland.

A micro brewery, which is the first of its kind in South Shields, is celebrating a successful first year of trading despite the Covid-19 pandemic and has ambitious plans for 2022.

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the UK’s leading research and innovation centre for offshore wind, wave and tidal energy, has promoted Andrew Macdonald into the role of Offshore Wind Development & Operations Director, effective from 1st February 2022.