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A new product set to revolutionise our reliance on plastic is being quietly developed in a small house garage in a remote County Durham village. Rosie Bath only started experimenting and creating household items using wax cotton…

Innovators from the North of England descended on London this week (March 5) to pitch their businesses to a roomful of heavy-weight investors. Representing some of the North’s best entrepreneurs and innovators, a total of 22 businesses formed part of…

Ethical Superstore has partnered with an environmental activist to launch the UK’s first online ‘Eco Period Box’, collecting donations of plastic-free period products to help alleviate period poverty in an eco-friendly way. Ella Daish is a well-known activist and started…

Award-winning dementia campaigner and Sunderland University graduate Emma Boxer has landed her dream job as a hospital pharmacist. The 23-year-old began her new role this week as a lead pharmacist at City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust outpatients’ department, at…

In a year where the world has operated almost entirely online, the University of Sunderland has launched a new scheme to support the next generation of digital entrepreneurs. The University’s Digital Incubator has officially launched and is already playing a…

A national financial planning firm has increased its workforce as business booms following a rebrand. Paraplanning Hub has recruited four new members of staff since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The business is the brainchild of former independent financial advisor…

With the final round of Brexit negotiations starting today (September 28), more than three-quarters of businesses (77 per cent) say they want a deal to be agreed. Only 4 per cent would prefer a no deal scenario, according to…