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In the post-COVID world where everyone has a lockdown project, one North East company can lay claim to delivering the most impressive. In 34 weeks Osbit – which designs, develops and manufactures bespoke engineered systems – created an 800-tonne “pile…

A North East clinician has authored the first major clinical knowledge summary about COVID-19 for general practitioners in England. Dr Gerry Morrow of Clarity Informatics has been providing evidence-based clinical information to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence…

Former KPMG partner Mick Thompson (pictured left) has been appointed as independent non-executive director of Newcastle headquartered shipping insurer, North. Mick, who retired as a senior partner in 2018, has joined North’s international board of directors, chaired by Pratap Shirke…

Silverstone Building Consultancy has launched a new COVID-19 Workplace Assessment Survey in response to the latest Government guidelines. The Newcastle-headquartered firm, which also has an office in Leeds, is using the latest digital data capture and reporting technology to conduct…

Newcastle International Airport has announced the opening of a new ‘premium meet and greet’ car park. Located only 30 metres from the terminal, the new car parking facility allows passengers to drop their cars off and head straight into the…

Fairstone, a Chartered financial planning firm, announce that it has signed up new firm MT Financial Management to its unique Downstream Buy Out (DBO) programme. The deal brings more than 560 clients, five advisers and 11 support staff to the…

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has fallen sharply across the UK this year, but the North East could benefit from an increase in reshoring activity from British manufacturers. A shift in foreign investor priorities has seen the attractiveness of the UK…

The number of employees on UK payrolls has fallen by 730,000 (2.5 per cent) compared with March 2020, suggesting that labour market conditions have deteriorated significantly since the coronavirus pandemic began. While the headline unemployment rate remained static at 3.9…