UK’s first overseas wind farm set to create 15,000 jobs with £200m North East plant
UK’s first overseas wind farm set to create 15,000 jobs with £200m North East plant
UK’s first overseas wind farm set to create 15,000 jobs with £200m North East plant

A renewable power company has announced that the country’s first overseas wind farm will create 15,000 new jobs across the country. Hecate Independent Power (HIP) has today launched its HIP Atlantic Project, which will be based in the North Atlantic and connected to the UK by a £200m power cable plant that will be manufactured […]

DSTL latest to join Helix ecosystem
DSTL latest to join Helix ecosystem
DSTL latest to join Helix ecosystem

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) is creating a new unit based at the National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD) in Newcastle. Around 15 new staff will be recruited to work at the unit which is due to open in late 2021. The NICD seeks to address the shortage of data analytics skills in […]

Cybersecurity company, Healthymity, makes Sunderland base for fast-growth start-up
Cybersecurity company, Healthymity, makes Sunderland base for fast-growth start-up
Cybersecurity company, Healthymity, makes Sunderland base for fast-growth start-up

A world-renowned cyber security expert has built a base in Sunderland, and is targeting rapid expansion that will see his business create 10 new jobs this year.  Dr Igor Kotsiuba, who relocated to the North East from Ukraine under a Global Talent Visa, has launched Healthymity Limited, which aims to support AI and decision-making in […]

How inward investment trends are helping drive growth in the North East economy
How inward investment trends are helping drive growth in the North East economy
How inward investment trends are helping drive growth in the North East economy

By Guy Currey, Director, Invest North East England March 2021 marked the anniversary of the UK’s first national coronavirus lockdown, and many people reflected on where they were and what they were doing when the news was announced. I was leading a familiarisation visit, showing a potential investor around key employment sites in the North […]

PLANS FOR PHASE TWO DEVELOPMENT SUBMITTED BY AIRVIEW PARK
PLANS FOR PHASE TWO DEVELOPMENT SUBMITTED BY AIRVIEW PARK
PLANS FOR PHASE TWO DEVELOPMENT SUBMITTED BY AIRVIEW PARK

Plans to construct a new multi-million pound office scheme for North East companies to launch, scale-up or take advantage of global trade and export links have been submitted to Newcastle City Council by Tynexe Commercial Ltd, developers of AirView Park. The application, which will become phase two of AirView Park next to Newcastle International Airport, […]

In conversation | Why did Verisure chose North East England for its new offices?
In conversation | Why did Verisure chose North East England for its new offices?
In conversation | Why did Verisure chose North East England for its new offices?

In February 2020, Europe’s largest domestic alarm provider, Verisure UK Services Limited, opened its new North East office at Quorum Park in North Tyneside, with the ambition to create 1,000 new jobs over the next ten years. A year after locating in the region, Verisure have exceeded their target of job creation (for year one), […]

Verisure far exceeds recruitment forecast creating 300 jobs in first year with more to follow in 2021
Verisure far exceeds recruitment forecast creating 300 jobs in first year with more to follow in 2021
Verisure far exceeds recruitment forecast creating 300 jobs in first year with more to follow in 2021

Europe’s leading monitored alarm provider, Verisure, has trebled its first-year hire target, with the recruitment of close to 300 staff at its Centre of Excellence in North Tyneside, with up to 100 new jobs on offer during this year. The company, which arrived in the region in April 2020, as the country went into pandemic […]

Battery manufacturer, Cell Pack Solutions, powers growth with significant acquisition
Battery manufacturer, Cell Pack Solutions, powers growth with significant acquisition

South Tyneside custom battery pack manufacturer Cell Pack Solutions is fuelling further growth with the acquisition of the battery division of East Anglian based Tracer Power. Award winning Cell Pack Solutions, which was established over 20 years ago, doubled the size of its business in January 2021 when it bought the Tracer Power Battery Division […]