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October 13, 2022

Arts & Culture

Q&A with Julie Milne, Chief Curator of Art Galleries, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

What makes The Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery different to how the Gospels are normally displayed and how they’ve been displayed in the North East previously? We have taken a less traditional approach although we do still…

December 7, 2020

Business & Economy

Regional inequalities still growing despite levelling up promise

A new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR North) has laid bare the scale of the economic and social challenges facing communities across the North of England. The State of the North 2020 report is described as…

November 3, 2022

Business & Economy

Interview: Thinking outside the box

The film industry is alive and kicking in the North East. And young, ambitious companies like Motif are thriving in the sector and helping put the region on the map. From their small, but expanding, base in…

June 11, 2019

Business & Economy

Special sponsorship in place for EMCON 2019

The Engineering and Manufacturing Convention (EMCON) is this year being sponsored by a firm which generated over £170,000 in sales as a direct result of last year’s event. Engineering and software company, E-Max Systems, has confirmed it will be one…

October 1, 2020

Business & Economy

1 in 3 employers are likely to make redundancies over the next three months – Acas survey

A new survey from employment arbitration service Acas has found that more than one third of employers (37 per cent) are likely to make redundancies in the next three months. Acas commissioned YouGov to ask British businesses about their redundancy…

October 18, 2019

Business & Economy

Durham-headquartered Hargreaves to provide charcoal to power light installation at 10th Lumiere festival 

Hargreaves Land is sponsoring this year’s 10th anniversary edition of Lumiere Durham by providing three metric tonnes of charcoal to power one of the festival’s spectacular light installations. The Durham-headquartered property company forms part of Hargreaves Services Plc, which has…

June 3, 2021

Business & Economy

Ramside Estates pledges support to Open North Foundation

Durham-based, hospitality specialist, Ramside Estates, is the latest North East business to offer a financial donation to the not-for-profit, Open North Foundation. While much of the hospitality sector has been ravaged over the last 15 months by the covid-19 pandemic,…

July 2, 2020

Technology

Luminous Group develops software to detect COVID-19 on surfaces

Newcastle-based technology company, Luminous Group, has launched an extension to its environmental monitoring software, traXR, to support food producers in the detection and tracking of COVID-19 on surfaces. Initially launched in 2019, the technology can test and track for high…