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The boss of a North East-headquartered van and car rental firm says the business has “in many ways” emerged stronger from the COVID-19 lockdown. Martin Ward, chief executive at Redde Northgate, says the company is still carrying good momentum, despite…

Almost 115,000 businesses waited an average of 57 days for payment in 2018 with more than 1,000 of these subsequently entering insolvency as a result, according to new data from insolvency specialist Begbies Traynor. The data, which was gathered from…

With the October 31 deadline arriving this week, a new survey by software consultancy agency ThoughtWorks finds that 63 per cent of UK businesses will not be ready for Brexit. It is now likely that there will be another extension…

The UK economy could recover earlier than previously thought as accounting firm EY significantly upgrades its economic forecast. Following initial predictions made in January, the EY ITEM Club now expects UK GDP to grow 6.8 per cent this year, up…

An on-site testing facility is helping to strengthen Parker Bioscience Filtration’s presence in the global biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry. The SciLog Suite, which was opened at Parker Bioscience Filtration’s Birtley, UK site in 2019, provides personnel from across the biopharma sector…

Having secured a third term as Tees Valley mayor, Ben Houchen is now rolling out a refreshed blueprint for the south of the region. Here, he tells Steven Hugill about the headline elements of his plan, which include a new hospital, an investment zone earmarked to create more than 2000 jobs and further development of Teesside International Airport.

Here, in the third high-level roundtable event of the series, individuals from a number of leading organisations, discuss the changing landscape of the North East, and the importance of maintaining the momentum through fresh investment, skills drives and infrastructure improvements.

The charity, Rise, has launched the #NEMovement campaign to help inspire and motivate people in local communities to continue to be physically active, by way of any movement that suits them, in any place, at any time. The campaign brings…