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March 20, 2024

Ideas & Observations

Guest Contributor: Matt Boyle, Chair of trustees, Common Room of the Great North

As bosses behind the Common Room of the Great North seek to secure the historic institution’s future, chair of trustees Matt Boyle reflects on its celebrated past and appeals…

September 6, 2019

Business & Economy

Maven leads £750,000 investment in Aero Commerce

Maven Capital Partners has led a £750,000 equity investment into innovative ecommerce platform, Aero Commerce Ltd. A total of £550,000 was provided via the North East Development Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Maven, £200,000…

July 3, 2023

Business & Economy

‘Maximising the opportunities to make a difference to patients’

Three years since the commercial enterprise team’s formation within The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, its associate director Wayne Elliott assesses its progress and the difference it makes to patients’ lives.  The commercial enterprise…

May 12, 2023

Business & Economy

Fastest 50: No containing the momentum

Steven Hugill speaks to Andrew Thompson, the Stockton-headquartered firm’s recently appointed chief executive, to learn more about its successes and plans for the future.

June 10, 2022

Promoted

Making data more personal

We live in a world driven by data. Every second of every day, machines gather trillions of bits of information, churning their findings into reports and statistics that are analysed and used to make decisions. But although data…

June 18, 2020

Business & Economy

North East firms joins forces in support of community sport

Three North East firms continuing to push through the coronavirus pandemic have joined forces to tackle the deepening crisis in community sport. Technology solutions provider Advantex, engineering consultancy RWO Associates and sport organisation GiveToLocal are working together to support grassroots…

March 27, 2017

Business & Economy

RGS students win big at national science and engineering competition

Sixth Form students Chengyi (Simon) Zu of Fenham, Eve Oakley of Gosforth and Gregor Pearce of Gosforth created a multi-stud insertion tool which impressed the judges who awarded them the first-ever JCB prize for innovation in engineering. The team has…

April 8, 2021

Technology

Spectrum Community Health celebrates 10 years of community healthcare

A community interest company operating across Northern England is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a series of new campaigns and initiatives. Spectrum Community Health CIC has conducted more than 1 million healthcare appointments in the last decade and is driven…