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July 3, 2018

Business & Economy

Social housing tender success for Ward Hadaway

Ward Hadaway has secured several new major clients for its social housing team The team at the Top 100 law firm, which has offices in Newcastle, Leeds and Manchester, now represents Leeds Federated, Your Housing Group, North Star Housing, Mosscare…

November 3, 2023

Business & Economy

Labour ‘will get North East building again and end Tory failure’, vows Sir Keir Starmer

Labour will hand “Britain its future back” and end more than a decade of “Tory failure” if it secures power at the next election, the party’s leader has pledged.

May 8, 2019

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Brett & Randall becomes latest Fairstone acquisition

Fairstone, one of the UK’s largest Chartered Financial Planning firms, has acquired Brett & Randall Financial Services. The purchase – the second of the year by the full-service wealth management house – further highlights the strength of Fairstone’s proprietary Downstream…

September 19, 2019

Business & Economy

Ocado Group kickstarts 300-job Sunderland recruitment drive

An online grocer is rolling out a North East expansion bosses say has the potential to create up to 300 jobs. Ocado Group has launched a recruitment drive for hundreds of customer service posts in Sunderland. The move comes after the…

March 29, 2021

Business & Economy

Sage’s Newcastle North Park office base up for sale

The home of a North East-founded international software firm has gone on the market. Sage’s North Park office building, in Newcastle’s Great Park, is up for sale. The move comes after the business – founded in the North East in the…

October 13, 2017

Business & Economy

Fairstone Group announces half-year results

Fairstone Group, one of the UK’s largest Chartered Financial Planning firms, today announces its half-year results for the six months to 30 June 2017 The company has delivered strong performance across all areas of the business with both advisory and…

March 27, 2024

Business & Economy

Plans seek to transform “failing” Durham Prince Bishops Place into “vibrant” hub

Developers are pressing ahead with plans to revamp a “failing” city shopping mall into a “vibrant” leisure and residential hub. Citrus Group and Galliard Homes have submitted a blueprint to redevelop Durham’s Prince Bishops Place shopping…

July 27, 2021

Business & Economy

£30,000 funding helps kick-start North East’s first sustainable facility

North East entrepreneurs, Jo Lennon and Jo Storie, founders of KnitLab North, have won £30,000 grant funding from the Rural Growth Network to purchase machinery enabling them to offer the latest in sustainable prototyping for the knitwear industry. Having applied…