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A quartet of aspirational women were recruited by Westfield School in Gosforth to shine a light on careers in the region’s creative, consumer and charitable sectors for its pupils. Representing a diverse mix of job sectors, sometimes lesser-known amongst school leavers, were…

The North East played host to Driving the Electric Revolution Industrialisation Centres’ (DER-IC) first consortium event, bringing together organisations from around the UK which are at the forefront of accelerating supply chain growth in PEMD (power…

A North East life sciences company developing molecular diagnostics kits has announced it has raised £11 million in its latest funding round. QuantuMDx has said that the investment will be used to complete manufacturing and commercial scale up of Q-POC…

The tech sector is providing the highest levels of new employment in the North East, according to new data from Tech Nation and job search engine Adzuna. Tech vacancies are now thought to make up 14 per cent of all…

The UK’s construction sector is shrouded by a “fragile dreariness” after output fell at its fastest pace for more than a year, an industry report has warned. The sector endured a tough month in May as lower volumes of commercial…

A baker founded on the streets of Newcastle is making its move into the teatime and evening markets. Greggs is progressing trials to open a number of shops later into the evening. The business is also pushing ahead with plans to…

Optimism in the financial services sector is improving at its fastest pace since 2015 as trading volumes are expected to return to growth in 2020, according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey. The quarterly survey of 94 firms was…

A business based in the North East has launched a pioneering defence system that’s capable of shooting drones out of the sky — the first of its kind in the world. OpenWorks Engineering, based in Stocksfield, Northumberland, is about to…