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September 30, 2019

Business & Economy

Former Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend up for sale

The site of the former Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend has been put up for sale, over a decade after the last of the shipbuilder’s cranes were dismantled in 2007. North Tyneside Council, who own the land, hope that the…

March 6, 2024

Business & Economy

Greggs eyeing 3000-plus stores after record performance

A bakery chain founded on Tyneside’s streets has pledged to expand to “significantly more than 3000 stores” following record results. Greggs says it will continue bolstering its nationwide footprint after total sales topped £1.8 billion in…

July 18, 2023

Business & Economy

MIRA Marketing scores Darlington Mowden Park alliance

A marketing agency says it is looking forward to tackling further growth after striking a rugby club partnership.

July 16, 2024

Ideas & Observations

Five minutes with… Evangeline Atkinson and Laura Mills

Noggin HQ is a business with a real social conscience. Tell us a little about its founding and why you felt so impelled to launch the venture. Laura and I were both rejected for a mobile phone contract.

September 23, 2024

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Ad Gefrin celebrates Lammas with launch of limited release casks

A “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun”1 or – with any luck – an ‘Indian summer’, whichever way it falls, the month of September is one of the most beautiful in…

January 29, 2021

Uncategorised

UK economy could recover by Q3 2022, says EY

According to the latest EY ITEM Club forecast, the point at which the UK economy is expected to regain its pre-COVID-19 peak is now in Q3 2022 — two years earlier than previously thought. Thanks to a better-than-predicted performance in…

May 9, 2024

Ideas & Observations

Five minutes with… Martin Lawlor

The port recently announced record financial results for a third consecutive year. What were the key drivers behind the figures? Our success is primarily down to the continued growth of our core offshore renewable energy sector trade, which has been…