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Three North East entrepreneurs have joined forces to launch a strategy framework solution designed to help businesses understand how to grow through visual route mapping. VISMAP®, a programme of workshops and visual mapping tool that distils MBA learning, enables organisations to involve the wider team in strategy creation. Combining strategy, product, market and finance, the VISMAP®-hosted workshops use a software system to gather…

Monitored alarm provider Verisure has trebled recruitment targets at its office in North Tyneside, with up to 100 new jobs on offer this year. The company has plans to create 1000 jobs in the North East over a ten-year period. Verisure…

More than 80 per cent of nightclub businesses will not survive past February according to a recent survey that has shown some “catastrophic” results. The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) warns that 2021 will see the “extinction” of nightclubs without…

A wealth management firm has vowed to continue expanding after completing two takeovers. Newcastle-headquartered Fairstone has bought firms in the Scottish Highlands and Yorkshire. Bosses say the deals – for Nairn’s East2West Financial Services and Huddersfield’s Brantwood Financial Planning, respectively -…

Fairstone Group, the integration-led national wealth management house, is delighted to announce that globally-experienced executive Iain Jamieson will join the business as Chief Financial Officer. Iain, who has over 20 years’ experience working worldwide, takes up the role at Fairstone…

A learning provider says it has laid foundations to nurture the builders of tomorrow after opening a £1.7 million base. New College Durham has transformed an ex-factory into a training hub. Described by bosses as…

The UK’s largest car plant and one of the North East’s biggest employers, Nissan, is planning a phased resumption of production in early June. Nissan first suspended production on March 17, following a collapse in demand for cars across Europe…

National Apprenticeship Week returns in February, shining a spotlight on vocational learning and its impact on company workforces and marketplace success. However, despite a push for greater work-based training, many commentators believe a disconnect still exists between industry…