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January 8, 2024

Promoted

Steering a course to success

Founded more than 60 years ago to provide tailored support for the North East business community, independently-operated insurance broker Lycetts has evolved to ensure that farm and estate operators are comprehensively protected against industry fluctuation. Here, Steven Hugill speaks…

November 4, 2021

Business & Economy

Lumiere light spectacular returns to Durham as City of Culture 2025 bid ramps up

Durham’s light festival returns this month aiming to impress the City of Culture 2025 judges as well as visitors from across County Durham and beyond.Lumiere 2021 will light up the…

November 21, 2019

Business & Economy

Tolent reach new heights with Β£4.5 million Whitburn development

Contractor Tolent celebrated a new milestone recently as their latest development β€” a three-storey independent living facility based in Whitburn, South Tyneside β€” reached its highest point. The contractor held a topping out ceremony earlier this week to mark the…

January 15, 2021

Uncategorised

UK recovery in jeopardy as economy contracts in November

The groundwork has been laid for a double-dip recession in the UK as the latest figures showed the national lockdown in November caused the economy to contract for the first time in six months. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data…

October 31, 2017

Arts & Culture

Movember man talk could save your life

Make time for man talk! That’s the advice being given to men as part of the national Movember campaign – the month that spotlights men’s health issues A Movember survey showed that while 70% of men say their friends could…

May 9, 2024

Feature

Life’s a Peachaus

Gillian Ridley Whittle spent years at dizzying heights in the world of high street fashion, her CV reading like an industry who’s who. But she gave up the corporate world three years ago, to pursue a lifelong dream of setting up her brand Peachaus. Here, she charts her career journey with Colin Young, and reveals hopes of one day opening a store in Newcastle.

January 18, 2022

Business & Economy

Newcastle Building Society reopens new and improved branch at the heart of Bishop Auckland

After a significant investment, Newcastle Building Society has reopened its newly refurbished branch in the heart of Bishop Auckland.

November 10, 2023

Business & Economy

Opinion: Revolutionising sporting experiences: Sunderland’s vision for the future

How we experience sport is undergoing a technological revolution. And the movement has strong foundations on Wearside, where Β£5.7 million grant funding for the Sunderland Open Network Ecosystem (SONET) project is primed to transform live sport involvement at the Stadium of Light and British Esports’ nearby national performance campus.