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December 10, 2018

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Report recommends help for North East businesses post-Brexit

A new report has recommended that regions like the North East should receive additional business support from the Government after Brexit. It suggests that ‘less favoured areas’ (LFAs) need extra funding to help rebalance growth across the UK. The report,…

May 4, 2021

Business & Economy

University of Sunderland ranked best in North East for supporting start-ups

New data has revealed that University of Sunderland is in the top 10 per cent of universities nationally for contributing to local growth and regeneration. According to the Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF), the university is estimated to be…

November 29, 2018

Business & Economy

Report recommends help for North East businesses post-Brexit

A new report has recommended that regions like the North East should receive additional business support from the Government after Brexit. It suggests that ‘less favoured areas’ (LFAs) need extra funding to help rebalance growth across the UK. The report,…

September 22, 2021

Business & Economy

‘It’s time to act for disabled people in the North East’

With the COVID-19 pandemic having deeply affected those with disabilities across the region, IPPR North senior research fellow Erica Roscoe tells North East Times Magazine that the Government’s ‘build back better’ mantra must include concerted measures to remove existing…

October 5, 2020

Business & Economy

Generator appoints Laura Partridge to its board of directors

Generator, the Newcastle-based music and business support agency, has appointed Laura Partridge to its board of directors.  Laura Partridge is the digital programme lead at the North East Local Partnership where she has responsibility for the…

July 24, 2018

Business & Economy

CPI Receives £107m Government Funding to Strengthen Industrial Strategy

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has today welcomed confirmation of a £107m Government funding package to help develop technologies for next generation manufacturing. The commitment, announced during yesterday’s (July 23) Cabinet visit to the North East, covers…

October 11, 2017

Business & Economy

Kielder Observatory receives further funding

Stargazers will be able to enjoy Northumberland’s night skies in a new facility at Kielder Observatory in early in 2018, when their second £250,000 state-of-the-art observatory opens its doors to the public Kielder Observatory, now in its ninth year, has…

August 6, 2021

Business & Economy

Funding support means growth for plant hire firm

A Teesside plant hire firm is scaling new heights after winning funding to purchase new equipment. Foster Plant Hire, which is based on Wilton International Centre, Redcar, has been providing equipment to the construction industry, councils and the Highways Agency…