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September 23, 2024

Arts & Culture

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) opens at Newcastle Theatre Royal

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) has opened at Newcastle Theatre Royal and runs until Saturday 28 September, before embarking upon a nationwide 35-date tour. In February this year, Newcastle Theatre Royal announced its first co-production for more than a decade,…

March 29, 2018

Business & Economy

Young Teesside entrepreneurs test business ideas

Budding entrepreneurs got a taste of what it’s like to run their own business thanks to a pop-up shop event at Middlesbrough College Powered by Natwest’s Entrepreneurial Spark programme, the event was just one activity being held as part of…

February 17, 2022

Business & Economy

Green light for next phase of Enterprise Zone

Multi-million-pound plans to make swathes of land at Port of Sunderland shovel-ready for development have been given the green light.

June 4, 2019

Business & Economy

Construction sector suffering “fragile dreariness” as output drops – report

The UK’s construction sector is shrouded by a “fragile dreariness” after output fell at its fastest pace for more than a year, an industry report has warned. The sector endured a tough month in May as lower volumes of commercial…

January 13, 2021

Business & Economy

Beanies drinks to GiveToLocal partnership

One of the region’s fastest growing companies has partnered with one of North East sport’s major players to support communities throughout 2021. Beanies Flavour Coffee featured in the annual Fastest 50 list — compiled by UK Top 100 law firm…

May 11, 2022

Business & Economy

Charting a path towards further growth

Like the planes that leave the neighbouring Newcastle International Airport, Wilson Gray Consulting is on a rapidly upwards trajectory. Steven Hugill speaks to partner and operations director Lewis Clark, and co- founder and director Adrian Gray, to find out more.

August 29, 2019

Technology

North East business leads the way with advanced drone capture system

A business based in the North East has launched a pioneering defence system that’s capable of shooting drones out of the sky — the first of its kind in the world. OpenWorks Engineering, based in Stocksfield, Northumberland, is about to…

June 20, 2023

Business & Economy

UKSE support adds steel to engineer’s Marske venture

An engineer whose skills helped launch a warship to sail the high seas is riding his own wave after funding support.