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Independent North East Mayoral Candidate Jeremy Middleton has announced he will stand down from the board of the North East Local Economic Partnership (North East LEP), in order to concentrate on his campaign and frustration at Government rules dictating…

Spire Washington Hospital has nominated Daft As A Brush Cancer Patient Care as its chosen cause for 2017.  The charity provides a free transport service for patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment at the Freeman, RVI and Great North…

The charitable arm of North East housing association, Bernicia, is fast tracking £200,000 to help charities and organisations tackle hardship caused by the Coronavirus crisis. The funds have been allocated to eight local authorities across the region, with councils being…

New figures on research & development investment, published this week (March 14) by the Office for National Statistics, show that the UK continues to trail a long way behind its competitors, says the TUC. In 2017, UK R&D investment was…

New research by challenger bank TSB shows that over half of people living in the North East have experienced money related issues, with 83 per cent of them saying that it has impacted their mental health. The research comes off…

Tyneside-based Elite Maintenance & Installation Services Limited, (EMI Services) which has shed half its workforce since 2017, has entered the year in confident mood following a refocussing of the business and two major public sector contract wins. EMI, which was…

Representatives from the North East are attending a major event in Japan for the global biotechnology industry. Invest Newcastle will be part of a delegation promoting the UK’s life science sector at BioJapan, with more than 1000 organisations from 34…

The University of Sunderland has been awarded £600,000 in new Government funding to create a University Enterprise Zone (UEZ) that will strengthen collaborative ties between higher education and businesses in the region. The aim of the initiative is to stimulate…