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September 22, 2016

Business & Economy

Vision for Newcastle’s Northumberland Street welcomed by businesses

Newcastle City Council and partners NE1 Ltd launched their collaborative approach to local retailers, traders, landlords, property agents, banks and building societies, setting out how the city can build on improvements already taking place, to extend Newcastle’s retail and…

April 24, 2019

Business & Economy

Ward Hadaway and RSM advise on launch of innovative North East marketing intelligence platform

Specialist technology lawyers at Ward Hadaway have advised two Newcastle entrepreneurs on the development and launch of a new cloud-based marketing intelligence platform, alongside RSM. Marketing Engine is an innovative SaaS platform, which offers marketers and business owners a chance…

January 31, 2022

Business & Economy

Teesside University ‘Buttery building’ to be redeveloped in £5m scheme

A Teesside University building is set to be transformed into a dedicated multi-functional study space for postgraduate students as Esh Construction is appointed as main contractor.

September 18, 2020

Business & Economy

North East BIC supports launch of new business

After 15 years of running restaurants for other people, Dadinha Carvalho is now doing it for herself after opening her own café in Newcastle. It was a family holiday spent answering work calls that gave Dadinha the push to explore…

September 9, 2024

Business & Economy

Technology firm secures Innovate UK grant for new AI features

Marketing tech firm PolyBox has secured the Innovate UK Creative Catalyst grant, with plans to further develop their data analysis and reporting technology. PolyBox, founded by Newcastle University graduates Rojin Yarhmadi and Nikolaos Benopoulos, specialises in automated data…

March 3, 2023

Promoted

Speak Up to Skill Up our region

The North East England Chamber of Commerce is leading efforts to create Local Skills Improvement Plans, which will act as education and training blueprints to take the region’s economy forward. Here, Rachel Anderson, the Chamber’s assistant director of…

July 1, 2020

Business & Economy

Northumberland College celebrates 100% equine exam success

Students and staff at Kirkley Hall Campus are celebrating an outstanding 100% pass rate in equine exams for the third year running. All 23 Equine Management students gained a pass, merit or distinction in their spring technical diploma and technical…

August 16, 2024

Ideas & Observations

Scrap the generation gap, why we are all more on the same wavelength than you think

Open a newspaper, scroll through social media or listen to workplace chatter and the topic of the generation gap is everywhere. From the Generation Z ‘quiet quitting’ trend to the millennial managers memes and endless media articles on the…