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Diversity is an essential part of any business’ toolkit. Take Karpet Mills, for example. Here, Steven Hugill speaks to director Joel Dickinson to learn more about the value of its versatility.

     

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.

A new £22.3 million North East university bioscience centre of excellence will bolster the Government’s Industrial Strategy and deliver stronger global partnerships for the UK, bosses say. Teesside University has officially opened its National Horizons Centre, which it believes will…

In the latest instalment of a series exploring businesspeople’s lives beyond the workplace, Steven Hugill speaks to Dr Sam Whitehouse and Professor Carrie Ambler, chief executive and chief scientific officer, respectively, at Newcastle-based life sciences firm LightOx. Here, they reveal how they combine their time overseeing LightOx’s development of light-activated treatment for early-stage mouth cancers and a light-based antimicrobial treatment for wounds with a passion for motorcycling.

With one in four people experiencing mental health issues each year, awareness has, over recent years, increased significantly, with national campaigns such as ‘Time to Change’ attempting to address the stigma amongst groups including young people and the student…

A lettings agency founder provided free refreshments to NHS staff to acknowledge their selfless efforts during the coronavirus pandemic. Ben Quaintrell, managing director of My Property Box, served teas and barista-style coffees to workers at Darlington Memorial Hospital. Ben hit upon…