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Two of the North East’s leading sports tech innovators have agreed a wide-ranging national partnership focused on supporting community sport. Okkulo has reached the final of Tech Nation’s Rising Stars competition after the Newcastle-based firm’s pioneering training system caught the…

A North East recruitment and outsourced people services firm has launched an open access platform to help highly skilled workers who have found themselves out of work during the coronavirus pandemic. The Jackson Hogg Open Network has been created in…

More than 1000 North East jobs are set to be created in a multi-million-pound medical development aimed at combating COVID-19. Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle City Council have announced plans to create a Lighthouse Laboratory and COVID-19 hub in the region. Bosses…

An Italian entrepreneur has arrived in Sunderland as part of a cross-border exchange programme to learn about brewing and launch a new beer in the city. Gianni Lombino is working with Sunderland-based organisations, Darwin – a micro-brewery, and Brewlab –…

A leading North East provider of business support is encouraging those aged 50 and over to consider self-employment, after it saw enquiries for start-up support increase throughout the pandemic. Proving that entrepreneurship isn’t just a young person’s game, the North…

A firm behind work to drive electric vehicle battery development says it has moved closer to production following “very positive” lithium trials.

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Confusion and misunderstanding in the SME business community when it comes to harnessing the power of social media has been highlighted in new research carried out for the Marketing Trust by Northumbria University. The Marketing Trust and academics from Newcastle…