A mature student at the University of Sunderland has swapped the aviation industry for a place among the stars. Astronomer John Race, currently in the final year of an electronic and electrical engineering degree, was volunteering at a local observatory when the idea for a new telescope system came to him. The concept, which uses …
Questions surrounding the site of the failed Britishvolt factory on the outskirts of Blyth could soon be answered after talks to bring a giant data centre to the North East began. Discarded plans for a new car battery plant on the outskirts of Blyth could open the door to Europe’s biggest data centre and …
Grabbing Gill Hunter for a quick coffee and a chinwag is easier said than done — even if she used to be your neighbour and you share a passion for ear-bleeding heavy metal. In fact, our last meeting only came about because I’d rather hastily agreed to appear on Square One Law’s increasingly popular podcast, …
In my column for The QT last week I explored where the North East’s tech sector fits into the wider narrative of a region set to embrace deeper devolution. In the piece I talked about how we must assess the size of the sector and understand the strength of its constituent parts if we are …
A new £250m contract rubber-stamping a partnership between North East-based UK Docks and the Ministry Of Defence (MoD) will create or safeguard more than 100 jobs. The contract will see the company — headquartered in South Shields and operating dry docks on the Tees and the Tyne — provide in-service support to Royal Navy River …
Earlier this month Ronnie O’Sullivan, arguably the greatest snooker player to grace the game, momentarily paused his post-match press conference to make a point of praising an opponent ‘who loves the game so much’. The Rocket was describing North Tyneside’s Gary Wilson, just moments after defeating the 38-year-old in the semi-final of the Johnstone’s Paint …
He has come a long way from sleeping in his Fiat 500 and living in a derelict Spanish farmhouse, but as Jay Byers expands his North East-based gin and vodka firm into whisky and rum production, it seems his Teesside entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. Jay, 51, is the brains behind Steel River Drinks …
A Tyneside business specialising in vintage furniture and retro fashion has been shortlisted for a national award celebrating small firms. Conscious shopping brand Bibelot Nook was founded in 2023 and has just celebrated a year trading out of Ouseburn in Newcastle. With a focus on breathing new life into old furniture, the innovative outlet expanded …
“We’ve fielded dozens and dozens of inquiries,” admits Callum Thompson, managing director at North Tyneside-based Business Energy Claims. “Our web traffic has gone through the roof. We’ve been flooded with calls and emails and we’re just trying to assess each potential claim on a case-by-case basis. “We knew it was going to get busy but …
A fresh commitment to securing a new nuclear future for the North East can create hundreds of jobs and fuel further positive change for the region. That’s the verdict of Hartlepool MP Jill Mortimer after the Government’s Future Nuclear Enabling Fund (FNEF) awarded £3.34m to the company proposing to build a nuclear reactor plant in …
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