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Sunderland seaside could become home to a stunning new leisure hub, as part of a wider plan to regenerate the area. Details of the first of a series of leisure developments planned for Seaburn have been revealed, with the company…

CYBG Group has announced 330 job cuts and several office closures across the UK as part of its restructuring plans for the next year. The firm, who acquired Virgin Money — formerly Northern Rock — in 2018, will axe 100…

A kitchen manufacturer is creating 25 jobs with the launch of a £1 million-plus North East showroom. Wren Kitchens has transformed part of a former B&Q building on Sunderland’s Trimdon Street Retail Park into a 15,000sq ft sales unit. Bosses say the…

A flagship North East shopping mall has switched to new management – with bosses unveiling initial £25 million investment plans to “inject new life” into the site. Sovereign Centros has today (Monday, October 26) taken over the running of Gateshead’s…

At the latest meeting of its monetary policy committee (May 7), the Bank of England has warned that UK GDP could shrink by 14 per cent in 2020, which would be the worst year for the economy in more…

A new micro-brewery is opening within a former Dominican friary in Newcastle. St Dominic’s Brewery is being launched by the owners of Blackfriars. The brewery is situated in the Chapter House where the friars used to meet to hear readings,…

The North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has launched a new open innovation programme to help solve some of the region’s biggest COVID-related problems. Through Challenge North East, the LEP is calling on the regional business community to come up…

A flagship service connecting the North East with the Middle East will return to daily operations in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, a carrier boss has said. Richard Jewsbury, Emirates’ UK divisional vice president, told North East Times Magazine…