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December 5, 2017

Business & Economy

Professional Partners becomes latest Fairstone full acquisition

Fairstone, one of the UK’s largest Chartered Financial Planning firms, today announces that it has fully acquired Glasgow-based IFA, Professional Partners, in a deal which completes the purchase of the company following a period within Fairstone’s downstream buy out…

June 7, 2019

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Business leaders urge caution as HMRC publishes latest statistics on international trade

HM Revenue & Customs has released its international trade statistics for the first quarter of 2019 this week (June 6). The regional findings show that the North East has increased its exports to the rest of the world but key…

May 8, 2019

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Brett & Randall becomes latest Fairstone acquisition

Fairstone, one of the UK’s largest Chartered Financial Planning firms, has acquired Brett & Randall Financial Services. The purchase – the second of the year by the full-service wealth management house – further highlights the strength of Fairstone’s proprietary Downstream…

January 5, 2017

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Warning signs for North East economy in latest QES

The findings for Quarter 4 were published today January 4, in the North East England Chamber of Commerce’s Quarterly Economic Survey. Scores have dropped across a series of key indicators, including domestic sales and workforce, illustrating slower growth rates. And the score for…

August 8, 2022

Business & Economy

Cheers! BrewDog latest name confirmed for Durham’s Milburngate scheme

Bosses behind a city centre leisure development have secured a deal with a well-known beer maker.

January 10, 2019

Technology

Naylors helps power Newcastle’s FinTech boom with latest letting  

A financial technology start-up has moved into a newly refurbished city centre office suite in a deal secured by commercial property specialist Naylors. Number 2 Collingwood Street, a grade-II listed luxury five-storey property in the heart of Grainger Town is…

February 28, 2019

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Pensions and Wealth Management Services becomes latest Fairstone acquisition

Fairstone, one of the UK’s largest chartered financial planning firms, today announces that Pensions and Wealth Management Services Ltd (PWMS), has been fully acquired by the business. The purchase further highlights the strength of Fairstone’s proprietary Downstream Buy Out (DBO)…

June 15, 2021

Business & Economy

North East Local Enterprise Partnership reaction to ONS regional labour market statistics

The North East Local Enterprise Partnership’s (North East LEP) Strategy and Policy Director, Richard Baker, has commented on today’s regional labour market statistics, released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)*. “The headline North East regional employment data confirms the…