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PR and content agency, McBryde & Co, has welcomed a new member of staff into its team, while also celebrating the promotion of another, following a string of new business successes. Emily Bloor, a recent graduate of Newcastle University, has…

About the interviewee: My name is Kimberley and I’m the owner of Kimberley Creative, a freelance graphic design business. I’m originally from Hartlepool but moved to London in 2008 to study Graphic Design at Kingston University. My career started…

A Sunderland-based business incubator is celebrating after two of its tenants announced plans to relocate to new, larger premises in the city. Sunderland Software Centre opened in 2013 and is the city’s flagship venue for innovative technology and creative businesses,…

The DBO model sees Fairstone take an initial minority stake in an IFA business and integrate the firm over a number of years.  This helps to minimise Fairstone’s exposure to integration risk and allows the acquired company to profit…

South Tyneside Council has been awarded £3m from government’s Getting Building Fund to support the creation of a proposed state of the art, glass-fronted riverside office building in the town. The Glassworks – subject to planning permission – will be…

A quartet of aspirational women were recruited by Westfield School in Gosforth to shine a light on careers in the region’s creative, consumer and charitable sectors for its pupils. Representing a diverse mix of job sectors, sometimes lesser-known amongst school leavers, were…

You know the cost of living crisis is really biting when the UK, a nation of TV fanatics, switches off. According to recently announced figures from market research firm Kantar, more than 1.5 million streaming subscriptions were cancelled in the…

Pioneering plant-based food business, VBites, has announced a minority investment from German, family-owned food conglomerate and parent company of Intersnack, ‘Pfeifer & Langen Industrie- und Handels-KG’, who have reached agreement to purchase 25.1% of the company.