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December 17, 2021

Business & Economy

Teesside freeport is open for business: what does this mean for North East businesses?

After years of campaigning, and months of planning, the UK’s largest freeport opened for business last month in Teesside. The port area spans the Tees Valley and is expected to bring significant economic opportunities and 18,000 new skilled jobs to our region over the coming years.

August 8, 2019

Business & Economy

Biotech firm Biosignatures secures £3.5 million funding to develop cancer diagnosis

A biotechnology firm has secured a £3.5 million investment to improve cancer diagnosis, saying it has the potential to save billions of lives and the global healthcare industry millions of pounds. Biosignatures has developed a machine learning system capable of…

November 8, 2016

Business & Economy

Square One Law becomes the fastest growing commercial law firm in the country

The firm, which has a financial year ending on 30th April, announced turnover growth of 39% to £5.3m for the year ending in 2016.  This follows year-on-year growth of 36%, averaged over the past three years. Newcastle-based Square One Law, which…

March 16, 2018

Business & Economy

Showcase event provides fantastic platform to promote SME capability to the North East automotive sector

SME companies from across the region are invited, fully funded, to promote their products and services at the North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA) SME Showcase. The event, on Thursday 22 March 2018, from 9.00am until 4.00pm, is at the Nissan sports…

April 28, 2020

Business & Economy

Bondgate IT helps Catalyst charity launch community COVID-19 support

An IT firm helped a voluntary organisation adapt to the coronavirus crisis and launch a support programme in a matter of hours. Bondgate IT worked with Catalyst to ensure it continued its work with charities across Stockton-on-Tees. Catalyst called in the…

September 4, 2018

Technology

Innovate Tees Valley support for software development company

A company which provides bespoke software development to start-ups has added extra capacity to its team thanks to the support of Innovate Tees Valley. Techquity, based in Fusion Hive on Stockton’s North Shore, has employed senior developer Tim Spratt to…

May 22, 2022

Promoted

Shifting up a gear on gender equality

Gateshead College’s focus on attracting increased numbers of females into the automotive, engineering and manufacturing sectors is getting results. With a record-breaking automotive cohort mirrored by strong progress across other areas, the college is ending industry stereotypes and providing…

November 22, 2021

Business & Economy

Tech firm Saggezza UK looks to the future with ten graduate hires

A global technology solutions provider has bolstered its UK team with ten new graduate hires.