NORTH EAST BUSINESS NEWS

Bondgate IT is appealing to North East businesses to donate refurbished laptops to Tees Valley schools and support those lockdown students struggling to access...

Wharton Construction has begun work on the first phase to transform Darlington’s historic indoor market. Over the next three months, it will install an eco-friendly...

Responding to reports that the UK Government is considering changes to labour laws in a post-Brexit shake up, Patrick Lonergan, director of North East-based...

The Entrepreneurs’ Forum has described the latest figures that reveal the UK economy shrank by 2.6 percent in November as “sobering”. However, its chief executive...

A North East company has brought a British designed road bicycle to the market that offers a radical and revolutionary approach to the classic...

Nicky Jolley, the founder and managing director of Darlington-based HR2day, is urging the government to make an essential change to the furlough scheme, which...

CBK Adventures - an award-winning North East business - has unveiled a refreshed brand identity as it moves forward with plans to expand its existing offering across the region.

Newcastle based wealth management and property lending specialists Tier One Capital (Tier One) has appointed experienced consultant Martin Stout to support its new North...

Comparison site Trufl, headquartered in Sunderland plans to donate 100 computers in the coming weeks to local schools in an effort to help make...

Medi-Inn (UK) Ltd, the North East-based supplier of medical and hygiene consumables, has reported a surge in demand from businesses for lateral flow tests,...

As the UK enters another COVID-19 lockdown, Martin Anderson, managing director of Lemon Business Solutions, has warned that remote working is no excuse for...

Hellens Group, which has businesses in the construction, manufacturing, property and social housing sectors across the North East and North Yorkshire, has invested in...

Two brothers have both launched successful literature collections to help people through the challenges life is currently throwing everyone’s way. Gabriel and Tolu’ A. Akinyemi...

A healthcare assistant at James Cook University Hospital has entered a competition to win a dream wedding, hosted by the Teesside-based autism charity, Daisy...

Newcastle-based search marketing specialist agency, Evolved Search, has announced it has added Andrew Dipper to its senior team as Head of Digital PR. The firm,...

Leading North East Business and Tax Advisory firm Ryecroft Glenton (RG) is to extend its support of Primary Care Recruitment, which has secured a...

As the Tax Return deadline approaches, it may be useful to consider whether employees are still missing out on tax refunds and reliefs. These...

In his insightful new book, The Turquoise Brick Road, changemaker Rhys Marc Photis reveals how a theory created by US psychologist, Dr. Clare W. Graves, some 60 years ago can help create a viable way forward for modern society.

Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, has delivered a new data centre digital transformation project for Newcastle City...

Greaves West & Ayre (GWA), one of the region’s leading accountancy firms, is pleased to announce that two Associates, Carol Lindsay and Stuart Millar, are to become partners from 1 January 2021.

The Materials Processing Institute is continuing its support of Zoë’s Place Baby Hospice with a £500 donation. Previously, the charity was a regular beneficiary of...

A junior football team is proving to be a real match for their adult counterparts, thanks to financial support from My Property Box. The lettings...

Odyssey Systems has completed a £1m investment in new technology to help businesses protect data from cyberattacks. With more than 90 percent of all business...

One of the UK's fastest growing retailers has unveiled plans to open 25 new stores in 2021.

The North Shields Business Chamber has strengthened its governing body with the appointment of two new committee members. Philip Lancaster and Ken Mosley will join in January

Scott Bros is supporting Teesside Hospice with its annual Christmas Tree Recycling Scheme. Last year hospice volunteers collected 1,400 Christmas trees and raised more than...

A North Shields businessman, who has been based in the town centre for the past 18 years, has been appointed Chair of the North Shields Business Chamber. Rob Gibbons, co-owner of YPD Creative on Howard Street, will take over the reins in January.

As we near the end of 2020 and with finances stretched, Lee Watson, tax director at Clive Owen LLP, asks whether it is time...

A focus on helping businesses use cloud technologies to fight economic conditions caused by COVID has seen tech experts Synergi achieve over 30% growth this year.

The Iceland-based company CrankWheel has teamed up with Yell to help the UK's SMEs continue selling through the coronavirus crisis. Having recently celebrated its 100th...

North East-headquartered eQuality Solutions (eQS) is embarking on a major growth strategy, having completed a management buy-out (MBO) of the business led by CEO...

Pacifica Group has announced its latest acquisition as part of an ongoing strategy to grow the expertise and geographic coverage of its domestic appliance...

Bondgate IT has identified its top three significant cyber breaches of 2020 – highlighting the need for businesses to remain alert as the number...

FoodPenny, a revolutionary takeaway comparison app has launched for the Teesside area today, providing regional consumers with a brand-new way of ordering, by comparing...

Education is one arena that has suffered greatly throughout the 2020 Pandemic. Here, experienced practitioner Scott Biggs explores the industry looking at the challenges that...

Chief executive Jonathan Lamb said each has grown in prominence over the past nine months as businesses have adapted to overcome the challenges and...

A recent study undertaken throughout two UK lockdowns shows a significant rise in the number of women launching their own businesses for the first time. Print-Print, a nationwide leader in the provision of printed leaflets, brochures, posters, and bu

An innovative and ambitious new partnership, seeking to improve the health, wealth and wellbeing of everyone in Newcastle and transform the provision of health and social care in the City, has today (17 December) been formally agreed.

CREDIT lenders Smarterbuys Store has seen a rapid rise in new customers this year and a 235 percent increase in loan applications since the UK’s Coronavirus outbreak was announced in March.

Vertu Motors plc has appointed Anthony Masterson as franchise director for its newly acquired BMW and MINI dealerships in the North East and North...