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January 24, 2018

Business & Economy

Schools open doors to student choice

North East school students will see their educational horizons open up, as a new law that will help them make more informed decisions about their next steps comes into force As of January 2, 2018, all schools in the country…

January 24, 2020

Business & Economy

Durham School to open international sister school in Kenya

One of the oldest schools in England, Durham School, has announced plans to open a new international school in Kenya later this year. Founded in 1414 and re-founded in 1541 by none other than King Henry VIII, Durham School’s expansion…

October 31, 2019

Business & Economy

Hays Travel offers work to more than 2000 as 413 former Thomas Cook stores re-open

A family-run North East travel operator says it has offered work to thousands of former Thomas Cook staff after re-opening three quarters of the collapsed firm’s high street estate. Hays Travel, which swooped for Thomas Cook’s entire 555 retail portfolio…

November 30, 2022

Build & Sustainability

Network tasked with driving forward UK’s PEMD capability meet in the region

The North East played host to Driving the Electric Revolution Industrialisation Centres’ (DER-IC) first consortium event, bringing together organisations from around the UK which are at the forefront of accelerating supply chain growth in PEMD (power…

December 14, 2022

Technology

Sedgefield’s Kromek Group picks up £1.5 million security orders

A technology firm behind kit used to foil terror plots has secured two contracts worth a combined £1.5 million.

April 24, 2019

Business & Economy

CPI collaborates with LightOx to develop skin and oral cancer therapy

A North East organisation supporting the development of new, innovative products has collaborated on a project to advance the progression of next generation cancer treatment. CPI has worked with fellow North East company LightOx on light-based treatments capable of targeting…

July 10, 2023

Business & Economy

Interview: Him & her

Tea and biscuits. Ant and Dec. Gin and tonic. All things that just wouldn’t work without the other. A bit like Lucy Gardiner and Darren Richardson, really. Bringing words and design together with a dash of creativity, their…

May 12, 2023

Business & Economy

How businesses could save money via the UK’s GDPR equivalent

As the proposed Data Protection and Digital Information Bill – which ministers say will save the economy billions of pounds – undergoes its second House of Commons reading, Rhiannon Hastings, data protection paralegal in the commercial and data…