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May 13, 2024

Business & Economy

First Psychology: Redefining mental health support

First Psychology has opened a new counselling and psychology centre in Newcastle, offering a wide range of therapy and wellbeing services. Set up in Scotland 15 years ago by Professor Ewan Gillon, First Psychology now…

July 22, 2019

Business & Economy

Water company will use games technology to boost business

Northumbrian Water has teamed up with Gateshead College to pioneer a virtual reality training tool that will improve key areas of the business. Games students have made a splash at one of the North East’s biggest employers with a new…

July 4, 2023

Business & Economy

Five minutes with… Nicky Jolley

Nicky Jolley is managing director of HR2day, the Darlington-based provider of human resources support to firms across the North East and beyond. Here, she tells Steven Hugill about the company’s growth, why HR is far more than a…

June 13, 2023

Build & Sustainability

CENE Climate Group champions North East construction companies on journey to Net Zero

The Climate Group, part of Constructing Excellence in the North East (CENE), is championing construction companies on their journey to Net Zero. CENE members with support from the Climate Group, can calculate their carbon footprint and put in place a…

November 3, 2022

Business & Economy

Interview: A design for life

Charlotte Staerck has gone from playground provocation to the vanguard of sustainable luxury. Once mocked for taking a handbag to school, she has transformed her passion for style into The Handbag Clinic, which is leading the way…

May 11, 2021

Business & Economy

Aero Commerce hails potential after revealing Zip partnership

An ecommerce platform has joined forces with a payments processor in a move bosses say will help “partners and merchants grow”. Aero Commerce is working with global buy-now-pay-later provider Zip. Officials say retailers using the Aero platform can seamlessly offer Zip…

February 24, 2022

Business & Economy

Iced-drinks company ‘krushes’ sales record and announces growth plans

International iced-drinks company Polar Krush has announced its most successful finish to a year ever, despite a turbulent start to 2021.

October 12, 2020

Business & Economy

Young Communicator of the Year joins Newcastle’s McBryde & Co

Communications specialist Ruth Edmundson has joined Newcastle based PR and content consultancy McBryde & Co as a senior PR and content executive. She is the current Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) North East Young Communicator of the Year. The…