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A North East train builder is bidding for a £2.75 billion contract to make rolling stock for the UK’s new high-speed rail link. Hitachi Rail is partnering with industry counterpart Bombardier on a submission to supply and maintain at least…

A new support fund for Teesside-based small and medium-sized businesses in the hospitality, tourism and events industry has been launched. The £250,000 Back to Business Fund will allow firms to get direct professional support, advice and guidance in areas such…

Julie Deeley, director of operations, reflects on a successful year for EN:Able Futures CIC as it launched its Flexi-Job Apprenticeship service into the North East. EN:Able Futures CIC specialises in the construction and built environment sector. Our headquarters is Sheffield, and…

The Chancellor must use his upcoming Spending Review to enable the North to develop smaller, short-term improvements for the North’s transport users – alongside the big-ticket items – says IPPR North. Sub-national transport body Transport for the North is currently…

Manufacturing & Engineering 2017 will feature its strongest conference line-up yet when it opens in Newcastle this July.  Visitors attending the event at the Metro Radio Arena, on 5-6th July can hear from world-class speakers including Liberty House Group,…

A North East battery technology developer has collaborated with an elevated platform manufacturer to deliver environmentally friendlier equipment. Sunderland-based Hyperdrive Innovation has worked with Washington’s Snorkel to develop new models using lithium-ion battery technology. Bosses at the businesses say the partnership…

Nourishing the lives of millions every year, the North East farming sector is a crucial cog in the country’s economic wheel. And with watershed environmental change sweeping across the industry at a time of wider climate awareness, its significance…

The £450 million Crown Works Studios are going ahead, with work expected to start on a former shipyard site beside Sunderland’s River Wear in the summer. And it’s all a dream come true for Leo Pearlman, a co-founder of production company Fulwell 73. Here, Leo speaks to Colin Young about the endeavour, its economic and employment potential – and his secret fear.