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March 1, 2022

Business & Economy

Provincial Seals launches new training site to create more career opportunities

An insulation products firm has updated its training base. Provincial Seals has revamped its site in Birtley. Bosses say the move allows the company to offer better training courses at larger capacities. Established in the 1990s, Provincial Seals supplies the construction industry with energy…

November 26, 2018

Business & Economy

Ryder Architecture unveil stylish designs for tech giant HQ

With completion wrapping up, the design team have unveiled the CGI for new £7m campus in Sunderland detailing the building’s stylish and modern interiors. Finishes, furniture and lighting throughout the new campus reflect the understated grace that is this project’s…

November 26, 2018

Business & Economy

Timber championed in the North East with WoodFest Newcastle

The North East will celebrate everything built with wood as the first WoodFest comes to Newcastle in December, with an exciting line-up of events organised by the UK timber industry’s campaign, Wood for Good. WoodFest Newcastle will bring together architects,…

September 17, 2021

Business & Economy

Topping out milestone celebrated at £10m Hexham bunker transformation

A key milestone has been marked in the £10 million redevelopment of a former nuclear bunker on the outskirts of Hexham as the new Travelodge reaches its peak. Contractor, Esh Construction, was joined by Union Property to witness the latest…

July 27, 2021

Business & Economy

£30,000 funding helps kick-start North East’s first sustainable facility

North East entrepreneurs, Jo Lennon and Jo Storie, founders of KnitLab North, have won £30,000 grant funding from the Rural Growth Network to purchase machinery enabling them to offer the latest in sustainable prototyping for the knitwear industry. Having applied…

March 20, 2023

Business & Economy

North East digital sector: 2023 outlook

Two high-level thought leadership discussions hosted by Womble Bond Dickinson, alongside North East Times Magazine, Invest Newcastle and UKTN, featuring industry experts and thinkers, debated the key issues of the region’s place in the tech pecking order.