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September 30, 2021

Build & Sustainability

Port of Tyne and Equinor partner with North East Energy Catalyst network

A port operator and a firm supporting the delivery of a huge offshore wind farm have become partners of a regional energy organisation. The Port of Tyne and Equinor have joined the North East Energy Catalyst network. Founded in 2019, the Catalyst…

April 8, 2019

Business & Economy

Newcastle lawyers at WBD named as 2019 Acritas stars

Thirty Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) lawyers have been named as 2019 Acritas Stars, seven of whom are based in the firm’s Newcastle office. The Acritas report has a database of over 8,000 client nominated, stand-out lawyers in private practice. The…

July 17, 2019

Arts & Culture

intu contributed £600 million to North East economy in 2018

Retail company intu contributed almost £602 million to the North East’s economy in 2018, as well as supporting the employment of nearly 20,000 people, a new report has found. intu is one of the country’s biggest leisure and retail companies,…

November 26, 2019

Business & Economy

New survey reveals strong appetite for electric vehicles in the North East

New research from telematics company Geotab shows that more than half of people in the North East who are thinking about buying a new car are thinking about purchasing an electric or hybrid vehicle. However, while 57 per cent of…

June 10, 2022

Business & Economy

Report: Raising a glass to a changing landscape

A taste of things to come The last two years for the drinks industry have been as mixed as a cocktail night in a Quayside bar. Uncertainty, lost sales, halted production lines and months without…

December 20, 2019

Business & Economy

Northern Recruitment Group acquired by Galago Group

A recruitment organisation has been bought by a fellow market operator. Northern Recruitment Group (NRG) has been acquired by Galago Group. Bosses say the deal will see Newcastle’s NRG and its recruitment processing outsourcing (RPO) service greenbean become an integral part…

January 10, 2023

Build & Sustainability

Construction firm Merit ‘will build team’ after plant extension

An off-site building maker has pledged to create more than 50 jobs in a factory expansion.

May 26, 2020

Business & Economy

Invest Newcastle celebrates record year while recognising challenges that lie ahead

Despite a difficult end to the financial year, Invest Newcastle marked March 2020 with a record number of new investments and expansions. Between April 2019-March 2020, more than 900 jobs were created and safeguarded and 23 new businesses from outside…