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August 2, 2023

Ideas & Observations

Behind the entrepreneur: Rachel McBryde, McBryde & Co

McBryde & Co is a communications agency, established in 2019 and we’re based in the centre of Newcastle. It is focused on providing PR and content services to the public sector, professional service, sustainable and renewable sectors.

May 5, 2020

Technology

North East tech sector will play a key role in COVID-19 recovery

The North East’s tech firms will play a huge role in the region’s COVID-19 recovery, according to a sector network which champions them. Dynamo, which was established in 2013 to promote the region as a hub for the enterprise IT…

August 1, 2022

Business & Economy

Jackson Hogg: redefining the working week

Specialist recruitment and outsourced people services partner Jackson Hogg is switching to a four-day week. Beginning today, the company says the move will increase productivity, provide even greater quality of client service and deliver a significant boost to employee mental health and wellbeing.

July 16, 2024

Ideas & Observations

Talking point: Finding consistency in a changing world

STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN AUTOMATION AND HUMAN INPUT Mark Lancaster Supply chain operations manager Bergen Logistics UK, Newcastle Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming supply chain management, offering significant improvements in…

October 13, 2022

Arts & Culture

Q&A with Julie Milne, Chief Curator of Art Galleries, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

What makes The Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery different to how the Gospels are normally displayed and how they’ve been displayed in the North East previously? We have taken a less traditional approach although we do still…

December 7, 2020

Business & Economy

Regional inequalities still growing despite levelling up promise

A new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR North) has laid bare the scale of the economic and social challenges facing communities across the North of England. The State of the North 2020 report is described as…

January 22, 2021

Business & Economy

NGI conference looks at North East COVID-19 response and plans for region’s prosperous future

More than 200 North East businesses came together to hear about the region’s response to coronavirus at a virtual conference. The event, run by public and private sector partnership NewcastleGateshead Initiative (NGI), saw leaders from the region talk about the…

November 22, 2021

Business & Economy

2021 marks record year for MHA Tait Walker corporate finance

MHA Tait Walker Corporate Finance team are celebrating a record year in 2021 following completion of over £100m worth of deals for businesses in the North East and beyond, marking the busiest 12 months for the firm in almost a decade.