GFW is the new name for one of the North East’s leading property specialists after ambitious bosses insisted the time is right for a full brand refresh. George F White has provided property and business advice to the region’s residential, commercial, development and rural property sectors since 1979. And after a year that’s seen 17 …
It’s official, people: we’re firmly in the tech calendar’s busy season. Won’t someone please think of the writers incapable of resisting fancy award show puddings? This quarter saw the launch of UK Tech Week, while the North East’s very own tech festival TechNExt will return in June. Before then, in May, the region will enjoy …
A new North East startup is aiming to revolutionise the way clothes are bought online while drastically reducing the amount of returns that currently inundate the sector. With the rise in returns reflecting badly on the balance books of some of fashion’s biggest names, one Seaham entrepreneur has come up with the makings of a …
I’m enjoying the articles I’m reading in The QT each week. With enhanced devolution fast approaching, there’s rightly a lot of speculation and concern relating to how we get the most out of the opportunity. What’s interesting is the commonality of attitudes I’m seeing, irrespective of which sector commentators hail from. It seems most of …
When Jack White, The Wonderstuff and chart-topping North Tyneside neighbour Sam Fender agree to headline Newcastle’s Innovation Festival, it’s likely that Angela MacOscar will feel her work there is done. It’s an ambitious wishlist but then Angela is an ambitious type. In just eight years she has transformed Northumbrian Water’s sector-disrupting summer shindig from the …
Not so long ago, Graeme Stammers spent much of his time playing on a games console at home. Fast forward to today and there’s a chance the footballers he used to play with on FIFA could be sat in the back of his car. The former taxi driver found himself permanently parked up during the …
Several top-class universities churning out future lawyers; international firms rushing to expand; and a stream of new offices opening this year. Newcastle and the North East have a legal sector that is growing quickly. An area which tended to specialise in a few sectors and boasted well-run local firms has experienced huge change in the …
These are tense times for everyone involved with Key Subject Tuition. Last week, founder and director Claire Wardle submitted an application that could transform the South Tyneside education provider’s ability to arm a generation of young people and adult learners with vital skills and improved prospects. Should Key Subject Tuition be successful in its bid …
“Immersive technology is the future and the future is in Gateshead,” they said. Well, one of them said it and they always say things, don’t they? It was a chilly, wet and windy morning in November 2017 when I first entered Proto, the emerging technology centre based in Gateshead’s Baltic Business Quarter. The rain had …
Three quarters of a million drinks cups are expected to be used at this year’s Wimbledon — all supplied and washed by a North East firm. Event Cup Solutions, based at Middlesbrough’s Skippers Lane Industrial Estate, already has deals with Premier League giants, major sport and music venues, and outdoor music festivals. But landing the …
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