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May 27, 2020

Business & Economy

Transmit Startups backs 6000th business

The UK’s leading provider of Start Up Loans for business is toasting it 6,000th customer – its local pub in Gateshead. Transmit Startups has invested more than £64 million in new enterprises across the length and breadth of the UK…

February 20, 2017

Business & Economy

Big success for Big Nasty

Big Nasty Studios was formed with the help of a DigitalCity Fellowship and is based in Teesside Launchpad, the University’s start-up incubator. Since being set up in July last year, it has won a number of contracts and has made…

March 6, 2024

Ideas & Observations

The Big Question: March ’24

Kevan Carrick, Co-founder, JK Property Consultants Economic growth is crucial to bringing improved wellbeing to the people of our region. And there are key issues that need to be addressed to release property and help create that growth. We need a strategy…

July 16, 2024

Feature

A record of delivery, a promise of more: Ben Houchen

Having secured a third term as Tees Valley mayor, Ben Houchen is now rolling out a refreshed blueprint for the south of the region. Here, he tells Steven Hugill about the headline elements of his plan, which include a new hospital, an investment zone earmarked to create more than 2000 jobs and further development of Teesside International Airport.

March 20, 2024

Ideas & Observations

Guest Contributor: Professor Darren Duxbury, behavioural finance expert, Newcastle University

As Bank of England and Treasury officials assess the merits of a new digital pound, Professor Darren Duxbury, a behavioural finance expert at Newcastle University and member of an academic advisory group helping the…

November 3, 2022

Promoted

Don’t sweep away your success

Building an effective market strategy alongside a financial plan is a key factor in any business success story. However, if the two are not closely aligned, then it can lead to a disastrous final chapter, as Graham Sleep,…

March 31, 2020

Business & Economy

Sunderland University science department steps in to support NHS in fight against COVID-19

The University of Sunderland’s Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing has stepped up to help provide essential testing equipment that will support the NHS in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The University has supplied South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation…

November 29, 2022

Business & Economy

Northern law firm recruits 13 trainees and solicitor apprentice as growth continues

A Top UK law firm has recruited 13 trainee solicitors and one solicitor apprentice as it continues to grow strongly and expand its workforce. Ward Hadaway LLP, headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, has recruited seven trainees…