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November 10, 2023

Build & Sustainability

Roundtable: Making the North East the UK’s best place for business scale-up

If the North East is to maintain its position at the forefront of change, it must ensure breakout firms are suitably supported to scale. A roundtable discussion, hosted by North East Times Magazine alongside the Entrepreneurs’ Forum, RTC North, Raymond James, Monument and Northumbria University, analysed the situation in detail, laying out action points for growth.

November 10, 2023

Business & Economy

Lycetts focused on maintaining the momentum

Having switched headquarters from Newcastle’s Milburn House to the city’s new Bank House development over the summer,  independent financial adviser Lycetts is matching the momentum of its move with fresh impetus across its financial services division. Here, Steven Hugill speaks to Chris Booth, the firm’s head of financial services, to find out more.

August 1, 2024

Ideas & Observations

Harnessing creativity to drive investment and growth in the North East

Music, film, TV, radio, photography, advertising and marketing, fashion and design, publishing, arts and crafts, museums and galleries, libraries, cultural venues, animation, video games and interactive media. Just some of the areas captured under the umbrella of the ‘creative industries’,…

May 25, 2021

Business & Economy

£8.3 million low-carbon development and solar energy farm coming to County Durham

A transport depot in County Durham is set to benefit from an innovative £8.3 million low-carbon retrofit, including a solar farm that will generate green energy for the local council’s fleet of electric vehicles. A team of consultants, led by…

February 2, 2023

Business & Economy

Armstrong Watson announces Association of Apprentices partnership

Armstrong Watson has strengthened its commitment to providing top-class apprenticeships for young people by partnering with the Association of Apprentices (AoA). It comes as the firm celebrates its rising stars during National Apprenticeship Week, running from 6-12 February 2023, and…

May 16, 2018

Business & Economy

Newcastle Startup Week advises attendees on getting started

After being inspired on Day 1, we provide a round-up of Day 2 at Newcastle Startup Week with a series of talks on ‘getting started’ and highlight some of the guest speakers. A varied and comprehensive look into how to…

March 3, 2024

Lifestyle

Cutting, shaping and restyling the future

When you think of a barbershop in 2024, what do you see? Hypermasculinity? Noise? Lad banter? Here, Steven Chapman, founder of The Hoi Polloi, tells Kate Hewison how he is doing things differently by (pardon the pun) cutting through the stereotypes.

January 8, 2023

Promoted

Providing the Kno-How on networking

As the region’s largest and most influential multi-sector membership organisation, supporting more than 2000 businesses from SMEs to multinationals, the Chamber is a trusted business community with the largest business events programme in North East England. Since 1815…