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One of Northern England’s leading law firms has partnered with one of the UK’s largest providers of legal education to help develop its future lawyers. Ward Hadaway has teamed up with The University of Law to provide all of its…

A life sciences firm behind a new COVID-19 vaccine has revealed £400 million growth plans it says will create up to 350 North East jobs. FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies is expanding its Billingham base in the “largest investment in British biopharmaceutical manufacturing…

Young people looking to work in the creative sector are now able to gain skills and learn their trade in a way that completely reflects how the industry operates thanks to a new approach by Gateshead College. CoLab at Gateshead…

Northumberland companies are being boosted by large-scale support programmes, which are helping them to diversify and supercharge their growth plans across the rural economy. Here, Advance Northumberland looks at some of the success stories. “I’m really optimistic…

Entrepreneur  Helen McArdle has donated £50,000 to help North East babies, children and young people in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. At the start of lockdown, Children North East, the region’s oldest independent children’s charity, launched an urgent appeal…

Northumbria University, Newcastle, is developing a purpose-built incubator hub to support its flourishing community of student and graduate start-ups – and is urging business partners to offer mentoring and financial backing. Innovation Northumbria: Incubator will open in October as a…

Spinning plates is part and parcel of Neil Gardiner’s busy working week but how does the multi-tasking managing director of technology catalyst firm N17 Growth Partners stay ahead of the game? Your role with N17 requires you to take a…

The UK’s high streets have suffered in recent years, with falling demand and switches to digital shopping and banking, for example, forcing plentiful closures. However, Chris Dixon, youngsRPS business development consultant (pictured, on opposite page), says hope is not…