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Roundtable: Making the North East the UK’s best place for business scale-up

Lycetts focused on maintaining the momentum

Having switched headquarters from Newcastle’s Milburn House to the city’s new Bank House development over the summer,  independent financial adviser Lycetts is matching the momentum of its move with fresh impetus across its financial services division. Here, Steven Hugill speaks to Chris Booth, the firm’s head of financial services, to find out more.

Rewriting staff progression and recruitment

Northumbria University – Breaking down barriers

The Big Question

With Chancellor Jeremy Hunt preparing to deliver his Autumn Statement in late November, what measures do you believe the country’s chief financial minister should prioritise to stimulate economic growth? And, with a General Election tipped to take place next year, what areas do you believe the new Government – regardless of political colour – should set at the top of its to-do list?

Opinion: Where music lives and grows

Opinion: Revolutionising sporting experiences: Sunderland’s vision for the future

How we experience sport is undergoing a technological revolution. And the movement has strong foundations on Wearside, where £5.7 million grant funding for the Sunderland Open Network Ecosystem (SONET) project is primed to transform live sport involvement at the Stadium of Light and British Esports’ nearby national performance campus.

Politics: Rail reversal far from a funny joke

Teesside steelmaking poised for revival in £1.25 billion British Steel blueprint

‘Major corporations’ innovation plans? It’s all just Elvis to me…’

Universal Coatings & Services hails potential of ‘powerful’ Denholm Industrial Services partnership

A coatings firm has pledged to “bring new work and opportunities to the area” after agreeing a “landmark” partnership.

Kitwave Group ‘looking for growth opportunities’ after ‘strong’ performance

An independent wholesaler has refused to rule out further expansion following a “strong” financial and operational performance.

Labour ‘will get North East building again and end Tory failure’, vows Sir Keir Starmer

Labour will hand “Britain its future back” and end more than a decade of “Tory failure” if it secures power at the next election, the party’s leader has pledged.

Cocktail of success as Sloobie Ski Wear partners with Mother Mercy

A skiing apparel brand has teamed up with a cocktail bar in a move bosses say will add fresh fizz to its latest lines.

Feature: Taking a hands-on approach