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July 9, 2019

Business & Economy

Funding boost for bioscience researchers in Tees Valley

Researchers at Teesside University could benefit from new funding that’s been made available to help explore ground-breaking developments in bioscience. The new funding has been granted through the THYME project which is a collaboration between Hull, York and Teesside Universities…

January 10, 2022

Arts & Culture

Explore: A day of history and charm in Stratford-upon-Avon

The charming town of Stratford-upon-Avon on the banks of the Avon River is known as being the birthplace of William Shakespeare – the legendary playwright also spent his formative years here.

July 26, 2022

Promoted

140 years and counting for Sunderland Marine

North East historian Dan Jackson takes a look at the intriguing history of one of the region’s longest-running maritime businesses. As this year marks its 140th anniversary, I was very pleased to be invited by Sunderland Marine  – now…

November 6, 2019

Technology

Newcastle-based esports jobs platform launches crowdfunding campaign

A job platform for the esports jobs market, Newcastle-based Hitmarker has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign to support expansion into the wider video game industry. All capital raised will be used to create a centralised hub for jobs of all…

May 12, 2022

Business & Economy

Raman Sehgal: Maintaining the momentum

A good number of start-ups begin life in an entrepreneur’s back bedroom, though not all of them go on to become internationally-based enterprises. But that’s what Raman Sehgal has achieved with ramarketing.

June 19, 2020

Uncategorised

UK retail sales rebound by 12 per cent in May as household stores reopen

Retail sales rebounded sharply in May 2020, with a 12 per cent increase from April’s historic decline of 18.1 per cent. This is particularly encouraging considering the vast majority of non-essential retailers had yet to reopen in May. Overall, sales were…

December 13, 2021

Business & Economy

BT announces 150 new jobs and second multi-million pound contract centre in Newcastle

BT Group today announced that it will be recruiting over 150 new local jobs as well as beginning a multi-million pound refurbishment of its second contact centre in Newcastle, located at its North Tyneside building. 

June 29, 2017

Business & Economy

Barclays Wealth supports The Suicide Fight

In the early 90’s Richard Clark and Tor Alexander Bruce were two South Tyneside-based teenagers just beginning to make their way in a reality which saw one embark on a journey into the private sector, and the other into…