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February 28, 2022

Business & Economy

North P&I continues investment in 21st century maritime skills

Global shipping and marine insurer, North P&I Club, is continuing its investment in the sector’s skills base by backing a young engineer through South Shields Marine School.

October 21, 2019

Business & Economy

Teesside engineering firm Industro on course for £3 million turnover

A Teesside engineering business is on track to reach £3 million in turnover and double its 28-strong workforce by the end of 2020. Industro Solutions Ltd provides a range of specialist engineering services, including design engineering, steel fabrication, installation, and…

March 29, 2022

Business & Economy

Pearson Engineering secures £25 million British Army tank deal

An engineer has secured a £25 million contract to help produce the next generation of a fighting vehicle.

October 3, 2022

Business & Economy

PDQ Engineering ‘ready for further growth’ after management buyout

A precision engineering firm is primed to “build on excellent growth of recent years” following a management buyout, its new senior team has said.

October 23, 2019

Business & Economy

Bring It On inspires the next generation of engineers at the Beacon of Light

Earlier this month the Beacon of Light in Sunderland welcomed around 2000 children for Bring It On North East 2019. A collaboration of national and regional organisations, Bring It On aims to help reduce the skills gap within engineering by…

October 9, 2019

Business & Economy

‘Bring It On’ inspiring the next generation of engineers

Bring It On 2019 welcomed around 1200 primary school children to Sunderland’s Beacon of Light today (October 9), where they were given the chance to experience real-life STEM activities hosted by more than 80 local businesses and organisations. The major…

May 14, 2019

Technology

Adderstone Group back North East based counter terrorism firm

North East based property and investment business, Adderstone Group, has invested a seven-figure sum into OpenWorks Engineering, an award-winning, hi-tech product company which is developing security and counter-terrorism products. OpenWorks, which operates from premises in Stocksfield, Northumberland, has developed a…

October 24, 2023

Business & Economy

Sunderland ‘one of the places with greatest opportunity’, says Homes England boss

An influential housing policy expert has named Sunderland as a place where people “should be investing”.