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November 10, 2023

Ideas & Observations

Five minutes with… Professor Lynne McKenna

Professor Lynne McKenna, dean of education and society at the University of Sunderland, tells Steven Hugill about her time in the learning sector, developing teachers and female leaders, and why impending retirement won’t mean stepping away entirely from academia.

January 15, 2021

Business & Economy

Britishvolt works with Siemens to ensure Blyth gigaplant opens in 2023

The company behind an 3000-job industrial investment in the North East has entered into an exclusive technology collaboration agreement with Siemens. Battery technology investor Britishvolt made national headlines last year when it unveiled a £2.6 billion blueprint to open a…

March 9, 2023

Ideas & Observations

What can we expect in the 2023 Spring Budget?

Jeremy Hunt will outline the Government’s spending plans and changes to tax policy in the 2023 Spring Budget on March 15th. It comes against a backdrop of the cost of living crisis and at a time when the Government…

May 8, 2024

Events

Revealed! The 2024 North East HR&D Awards finalists

The 2024 North East HR&D Awards are nearly upon us – and we can today exclusively reveal the showpiece event’s finalists! More than 30 companies and organisations spanning a raft of sectors will vie for honours…

August 16, 2021

Business & Economy

CityFibre gets to work on future-proofing Sunderland’s digital foundations

Work to bring full fibre connectivity within reach of almost every home and business in Sunderland gets underway today as CityFibre, breaks ground on a new infrastructure rollout.

December 13, 2021

Build & Sustainability

Tyneside’s North P&I Club fixes sights on net zero

Shipping insurer North P&I Club has announced it aims to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030.

July 14, 2020

Business & Economy

EBE partners with Cambridge University to transform teaching through new thinking

Evidence Based Education (EBE) is working with Cambridge University to improve the quality of teaching across the world. The Sunderland-based teacher training business has joined forces with Cambridge Assessment International Education to publish a review of what is being dubbed…

October 6, 2020

Business & Economy

Kromek launches all-in-one personal radiation detector

A global supplier of detection technology has launched a new personal radiation detector (PRD) for first responders, armed forces, border security and CBRNE experts. Kromek Group has produced the all-in-one gamma device as it continues to expand into the medical,…