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April 20, 2020

Business & Economy

XE.com holds free webinar to offer currency support during COVID-19 outbreak

An international fintech operator is holding a free webinar to offer support during the coronavirus pandemic. XE.com says the event will share insights into how businesses, which have a commercial exposure to the currency markets, can look to protect their…

May 9, 2024

Ideas & Observations

The Big Question: May ’24

Gavin Cordwell-Smith, Chief executive, Hellens Group Devolution is one of a number of policies to emerge in the last few years, alongside freeports and investment zones, that are designed to stimulate regional…

September 27, 2019

Business & Economy

Tees Components adds thrust to RSS David Attenborough launch

A family-run heavy engineer added extra momentum to the launch of a £200 million polar research ship. Tees Components supplied four of its Tees White Gill thrusters to shipbuilders constructing the 15,000-tonne RSS Sir David Attenborough, which will carry out…

May 9, 2019

Business & Economy

Sunderland College students recruited by tech company tombola

Three students from Sunderland College have been recruited by a leading technology company after impressing bosses with their digital talent. Tombola selected three digital and computing students from Sunderland College to join their new degree training programme, following an intense…

June 9, 2022

Business & Economy

Haines Watts adds new specialists to not-for-profit team

Leading accountancy firm, Haines Watts, has bolstered its not-for-profit offering with a trio of senior appointments across audit, tax and VAT in the North East. The new appointments collectively bring over four decades of not-for-profit experience and come as the…

June 10, 2022

Promoted

Womble Bond Dickinson welcomes new partners to support North East growth

Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has welcomed three partners to its senior team, who are now providing crucial support to help the North East, and its many organisations, secure further growth. With an upcoming move into new…

October 15, 2019

Business & Economy

Sumitomo named first tenant at new Durham business park

A division of a global Fortune 500 corporation has been named as the first tenant to sign up for a unit at the new Jade Business Park in Durham. Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems Europe (SEWS-E), is an international company that…

November 14, 2019

Business & Economy

Port of Tyne to provide funding for uncovering Tyneside’s shipbuilding past

The charity which curates a web-based historical archive reflecting local life in North Tyneside has received funding from the Port of Tyne Community Action Fund at the Community Foundation. As told by those who lived and worked in the area,…