Business

People, innovation, skills, inward investment, digital, planning and development, professional services – there’s a lot to cover. And we still make things here, of course.

Business

People, innovation, skills, inward investment, digital, planning and development, professional services – there’s a lot to cover. And we still make things here, of course.

Employability

Could further education reform cripple our future workforce?

Scrapping BTecs in favour of a renewed focus on a three-pronged approach to further education will ‘obliterate opportunities’ for thousands of young people across the North East and only serve to widen the region’s skills gap. That’s the verdict of experienced college principal Darren Hankey who is urging Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson to ‘pause and …

Champions of business

Honoured for connecting communities

Fund helping businesses to accelerate growth

Growth funding

Funding chiefs have pledged to further fuel the North East business community’s appetite for growth after striking a landmark first deal in the region. Tyneside-based marketing agency B7 has secured investment from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II). And in accessing the NEL Smaller Loans Fund, B7 becomes the North East’s first beneficiary …

Sport

Basketball is back in business

Law

Public sector hat-trick for Muckle

FILM & TELEVISION

On location in the North

Tech challenge

Technology challenge to transform our healthcare

EYES &

EARS

Click HERE for your weekly round-up
of what’s happened in the past seven days.
We read everything so you don’t have to.

Innovation

How Northumbrian Water is tapping into innovation

Websites

Experts set up camp in Spanish City

Visitor Experience

Ad Gefrin toasts design success

Smart Technology

Smart tech to revolutionise sewer control

Ports

Port of Tyne outlines ambitious plans

The Port of Tyne’s activities are worth more than £720m to the North East economy and are supporting around 11,400 jobs, according to its annual report. Matt Beeton, the chief executive, said the business was looking to grow jobs after a year in which it delivered increases in turnover, profits and investment. The report showed …

Energy Claims