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August 31, 2023

Business & Economy

Interview: Stephen Patterson – chief executive, NE1

Newcastle's Business Improvement District (BID) company is coming to the end of its five-year cycle. It faces its own ‘election’ before the end of the year and, if it is successful and reinstated for a fourth term, will secure an additional £10 million of ring-fenced investment for the city centre.

January 26, 2022

Ideas & Observations

Newcastle College student shoots for the stars with space engineering project

A Newcastle College student is set for interstellar horizons after leading a NASA-backed space engineering project to victory.

August 29, 2018

Business & Economy

Jonathan Edwards CBE leads fifth anniversary celebrations

Olympic gold medalist, Jonathan Edwards CBE, stepped up a gear over the August Bank Holiday to support Gateshead-based Team Cycles, by being special guest at its 5th birthday celebrations and a day later as VIP official starter and participant…

May 14, 2019

Business & Economy

Bloom procurement pledges its support in the fight against homelessness

Bloom procurement services is pledging its assistance to Crisis Skylight Newcastle, a centre offering support, education and training to homeless people. Research commissioned recently by Crisis and undertaken by Heriot-Watt University, shows that across the UK over 12,000 people were…

November 29, 2021

Business & Economy

Tech pioneers look to disrupt through big data

Two of the entrepreneurial minds from Compare the Market are looking to cause further industry disruption, after engaging with a popular business support programme.

March 20, 2024

Ideas & Observations

Guest Contributor: Professor Darren Duxbury, behavioural finance expert, Newcastle University

As Bank of England and Treasury officials assess the merits of a new digital pound, Professor Darren Duxbury, a behavioural finance expert at Newcastle University and member of an academic advisory group helping the…

November 12, 2023

Business & Economy

Fuelling innovation and collaboration at NETPark

The inventive mind of Andrew Turner has helped develop the innovations of tomorrow from Sedgefield’s North East Technology Park (NETPark) for years. Here, he talks about the premier science and technology hub’s great impact on his eponymous business.

March 3, 2023

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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…