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The region’s innovation conference today launched its annual search with experts at the North East BIC to uncover the area’s most innovative companies, together with their ground-breaking products and services. Those selected will be given the opportunity to exhibit during…

North East-based insight and engagement agency Explain Market Research is moving to The Core at Helix in Newcastle City Centre to support their team as a result of their unprecedented growth in the last 20 months. With a growing national…

Tech consultancy Opencast has gone through a period of hyper-growth over the last 12 months – and its new Newcastle headquarters has been a key part of its expansion. Its office at The Kiln in Hoults Yard, located in Byker,…

When financial uncertainty looms, it’s natural to look at ways to cut costs. But as Mark Armstrong, managing director of Chartered independent insurance broker Todd & Cue, tells North East Times, cutting back on insurance can be a…

Hydrogen vehicles and refuelling stations will soon be coming to Tees Valley after it was announced that a £1.3million bid to Government had been successful. Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen welcomed the result of a Government competition that will see…

A framework contract on the Grade II listed Jarrow Town Hall, to fully replicate its original features, is underway by building and roofing specialist, Hodgson Sayers. Built in 1902, it was the starting point for the famous Jarrow March which,…

A waste recycling firm is working with academics to give new purpose to a construction and excavation by-product. Scott Bros. Ltd has teamed up with Teesside University to find alternative applications for its particular brand of unwanted ‘filter cake.’ The company…

Gillian Ridley Whittle spent years at dizzying heights in the world of high street fashion, her CV reading like an industry who’s who. But she gave up the corporate world three years ago, to pursue a lifelong dream of setting up her brand Peachaus. Here, she charts her career journey with Colin Young, and reveals hopes of one day opening a store in Newcastle.