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July 30, 2024

Lifestyle

First-ever Red Bull Tyne Ride is coming to Newcastle

Red Bull’s inaugural Red Bull Tyne Ride is coming to Newcastle’s Quayside this Saturday. Taking place on Newcastle’s Quayside, the Red Bull Tyne Ride is an epic head-to-head motorcycle race, taking inspiration from motocross, enduro, mountain biking, BMX…

May 4, 2020

Business & Economy

Stockton’s px Group named one of the UK’s fastest growing companies

px Group – the energy and industrial solutions business headquartered in Stockton-on-Tees, has been ranked the 53rd fastest-growing business in the UK by The Sunday Times Profit Track. The league table ranks the UK’s 100 private companies with the fastest-growing profits…

May 4, 2020

Business & Economy

Heathline Commercials Limited drives on with £500,000 workshop investment

A commercial vehicle servicing and repair firm has strengthened operations with a £500,000 investment. Heathline Commercials Limited has opened a new service and repair centre. Bosses say the 6000sq ft unit on Cramlington’s Bolam Business Park has significantly improved the company’s…

April 22, 2018

Arts & Culture

Quality Hospital Solutions expands commercialisation of the Beverage Trolley

Quality Hospital Solutions (QHS), an highly innovative, problem-solving healthcare supplier, has taken a significant step forward in the commercialisation of the Beverage Trolley by handing over sole responsibility for all sales and marketing activities, to their long-standing healthcare marketing…

November 7, 2019

Technology

Ignite accelerator supporting Gateshead tech community

An accelerator scheme from Gateshead’s new digital production and innovation hub, PROTO, is benefitting from access to expert advice in the North East’s thriving technology sector. The Ignite pre-accelerator, which has been running at PROTO since September to support start-up…

June 2, 2020

Technology

Vianet reports strong results and is “well positioned” to come through COVID-19 pandemic

Data monitoring firm Vianet has reported strong full year earnings, with revenues and profits rising by 3.8 and 4.5 per cent respectively in the 2019/20 financial year. Total revenue was £16.28 million in the year ending March 31, with pre-exceptional…

November 21, 2018

Business & Economy

North East region responds to National Infrastructure Assessment

Representatives from the North East Local Enterprise Partnership, all seven local authorities and the region’s business community came together this week to discuss the future of infrastructure in the UK as part of a visit by the National Infrastructure…

March 17, 2020

Technology

Digital sector growing 6x faster than UK economy – Tech Nation Report 2020

As part of its 2020 report, Tech Nation has revealed that digital tech sector gross value added (GVA) grew six times faster than that of the rest of the UK economy in 2018. This amounts to a contribution of £149…