Skip to content

March 11, 2022

Business & Economy

Square One Law to host free sessions to help firms support Ukrainian visa applications

Square One Law is hosting special information sessions to advise North East businesses how they can support Ukrainian refugees secure visas to the UK.

January 29, 2019

Business & Economy

North East firm fits UK’s first plastic packaging-free cosmetics store

Last week saw leading cosmetics retailer Lush make history by opening the UK’s first plastic packaging-free concept store – fitted by a North East company. Newcastle-based Aptus, a specialist commercial fit-out and refurbishment company headquartered at Hoults Yard, has completed…

March 31, 2020

Technology

Echo Events supports critical care nurses with free online learning portal

Echo Events and Association Management has announced a new project with the British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN) to provide online educational resources for nurses being redeployed to critical care areas. As part of the scheme, Echo Events will…

April 8, 2020

Business & Economy

Teesside University announce free digital skills training

Public, private and voluntary sector professionals in the Tees Valley and County Durham will be able to sign up to free digital skills training – both technical and creative – as part of Teesside University’s response to COVID-19. The Digital…

April 8, 2020

Business & Economy

Materials Processing Institute makes free hand sanitiser for Marie Curie nurses

A research and innovation centre is lending its scientific and technological expertise to support key healthcare workers during the coronavirus crisis. The Materials Processing Institute is making hand sanitiser for Marie Curie nurses. The organisation has set up a specialist team…

September 11, 2020

Business & Economy

DigitalCity to offer free expert-led workshops to Tees Valley SMEs

Teesside University-led initiative DigitalCity is holding a series of free online workshops and bespoke mentoring opportunities this autumn for SMEs based in the Tees Valley. Led by industry experts, the workshops will cover key themes that are paramount to businesses…

October 16, 2018

Business & Economy

Harvey & Hugo’s training and recruitment division celebrates successful first year

North East-based PR, social media and content creation agency, Harvey & Hugo, is celebrating the successful first year of its training and specialist recruitment division, Hugoversity. Launched in September 2017, Hugoversity has already provided support to over 200 individuals from…

October 6, 2021

Business & Economy

New partnership helps to decarbonise North East England construction

Constructing Excellence in the North East (CENE) has partnered with SmartCarbon Ltd, to offer companies in the construction sector a rolling programme of activity to reduce their carbon emissions.