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A businesswoman from the North East has been announced as one of the winners of the 2019 Best Business Women awards at a gala final in London. Sophie Milliken from SRS Recruitment won best business woman in recruitment and was…

Sunderland's blue flag beaches, acres of green space and landmarks are to be celebrated through a new national tourism campaign.

The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority Cabinet have allocated £60 million worth of funding for schemes to improve transport links and bolster innovation across the region. Of that figure, £39.4 million has been ring fenced for transport projects, such…

Funded by the UK European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), CPI, an independent technology innovation centre and founding member of the UK Government’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult, today announced the launch of the PROSPECT programme to assist small and medium-sized…

A project aimed at creating the world’s first sustainable sportswear range has received £25,000 funding to boost its progress. A scheme led by Middlesbrough-based Presca has been backed by the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority’s Collaborative Networks Programme. Bosses say…

A Middlesbrough-based price optimisation platform has raised £650,000 in a funding round with support from Mercia Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF). Bubo.AI’s platform uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse customers’ behaviour to understand what they…

Iconic buildings at a former steelworks will be razed to the ground in a £150 million redevelopment. Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today (Thursday, August 13) unveiled a blueprint to demolish a number of structures at the ex-SSI UK site,…

Boosting HGV driver salaries is long overdue. However, in an industry at the centre of a global logistics crisis, Emily Pearson, managing director of Our Mind’s Work, looks at why we should be offering more appealing working conditions A recruitment crisis…