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September 23, 2024

Feature

Home Comforts: Ally Thompson-Nietosvuori and Alex Nietosvuori

From a headline collaboration with Fenwick to a new endeavour alongside Close House and further ventures between, Restaurant Hjem is bringing its revered combination of Northumberland produce and Scandinavian cooking to ever-increasing numbers of palettes across the region. Here, Ally Thompson-Nietosvuori, who runs the Wall-based, Michelin-starred restaurant with partner and Swedish chef Alex, tells Kate Hewison about its inception, its meticulously prepared menus and its plans for future growth.

January 27, 2020

Business & Economy

From Stockton to Singapore – trade mission aims to boost digital healthcare firm’s reach

Firms operating across the Tees Valley’s digital healthcare sector will have the opportunity to extend their international reach in a trade mission. The ‘Stockton to Singapore’ trip, led by the Department for International Trade North East, aims to introduce companies…

February 27, 2019

Technology

Teesside technology firm Appamondo announces plans for growth

A fast-growing Teesside tech company is gearing up for further growth with expansion into EU and international markets. Appamondo, based in Middlesbrough’s Boho One, is a Zendesk Premier Partner established in 2012 specialising in the design, build and deployment of…

June 14, 2019

Technology

North East firms urged to apply for Fintech Growth Programme

North East financial technology companies are being encouraged to apply for a growth support scheme. Tech Nation is calling for applicants for its 2019 Fintech Growth Programme, which is delivered as part of the Treasury’s Fintech Sector Strategy. Supported by fintech…

September 15, 2021

Business & Economy

Action over awareness – diversity and inclusion in the workplace

At the forefront of mental wellbeing and ED&I solutions, Hebburn-headquartered ed-tech firm eQuality Solutions Group (eQS) is all for driving positive change in the North East business community. Here, chief executive Andy Gough reflects on the need for action…

November 27, 2018

Business & Economy

RTC appoints managing director

Jamie Ollivere has been named as the new managing director of innovation and technology transfer company, RTC North. Launched in 1989 in Sunderland, RTC was one of the 12 Regional Technology Centres established around the country to help local manufacturers…

March 6, 2024

Promoted

The power of partnership

People; process; product. The route to business success, go the many commercial self-help compendiums, is found at the intersection of the so-called ‘three ps’. Yet any firm truly driving for growth knows accomplishment comes not without a fourth directional marker: partnership. Businesses…