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A collapsed electric vehicle battery firm behind 3000-job factory plans could be saved.

Port bosses have unveiled a blueprint to secure a site’s long-term future. Officials at Port of Tyne say their Tyne 2050 vision will strengthen the base’s domestic and international presence and place it as a pioneering force in ecology and…

Plans have been approved to create a “world-class” £36 million eye hospital. Sunderland City Council has backed a blueprint to replace Wearside’s existing eye infirmary with a new base. The hospital – which will sit as part of the ongoing Riverside…

Manufacturing company bosses have unveiled a blueprint for job creation after completing a management buyout. Officials behind SE-TEK Limited say they are “confident” of growing their “highly-skilled and dedicated workforce” after acquiring Komatsu Mining’s UK conveyor making operation. The deal will…

There was something wonderfully ironic about UN secretary general Antonio Guterres reading the wrong script at the recent COP-27 summit. After all, the world has been fluffing its lines on climate change for a good while now. There is always plenty…

Astute.Work founder and managing director, Sarah Waddington, has been awarded a CBE for services to public relations and voluntary sectors. The honour was announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honours on Saturday, June 12. Astute.Work is a 12-year-old management consultancy and…

Sunderland Business Partnership has been collating the level of investment being ploughed into the city since last year, and with new projects like The Launch – the new promontory to be built on the Vaux site; the extension of…

A former energy firm boss has told North East Times he hopes to tap into an innovation “holy grail” after launching a new venture. James Ritchie Bland wants to make the region “best in class” across the renewables sector with…