Author: rebecca
Leading UK energy company, EDF Energy Renewables, has opened a project office in Blyth to manage the construction of a new offshore wind farm. Up to 40 new jobs will be created through the new project office investment and when complete, the new offshore wind farm will provide enough low carbon electricity to meet the […]
A CALL has gone out for organisations to help companies tap into the multi-billion pound space sector and create a leading hub for the development of space and satellite technology in the North East. Business Durham, the economic development company for County Durham, is creating the North East Space and Satellite Applications Hub (NESSA), a […]
Noel Meaney, founder of Citadel100 Datacenters, euNetworks and Seafibre Networks, will open the UK’s largest purpose built datacentre in Cobalt Business Park, North Tyneside, next month. The Stellium campus has the power, scale and flexibility to provide enterprise-level cloud infrastructure, dedicated and shared co-location services, and powered shell facilities that enable customers to configure the datacenter […]
PLANS to create IAMP, a major automotive manufacturing hub have moved up a gear, with public consultation getting underway later this month. WHEN ‘Job 1’ – Nissan’s first Bluebird – rolled off the line in July 1986, history was made. With that one car came many years of promise. The North East – perhaps unknowingly […]
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has officially broken ground for works to commence on the National Formulation Centre. The new national innovation centre will be based at NETPark, County Durham and will provide open access facilities and expertise to help companies to develop, prove and scale up new formulated products. The investment will enable […]
The North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA), which is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, will take to the floor again at the House of Commons on Wednesday 30 November during a Reception hosted by Sharon Hodgson MP for Washington and Sunderland West. Hot after the announcement that the new Nissan Qashqai and the X-Trail SUV […]
A Sunderland software business is set for expansion after a series of contract wins means it needs to almost double its headcount. Saggezza based in the Sunderland Software Centre offers software technology solutions to a range of clients both nationally and internationally. The business, which currently employs 20 people in Sunderland, is now adding to […]
A North West-based utilities company, Aptus Utilities, has chosen Follingsby Park in Gateshead as its new North East base as part of its expansion programme. Aptus Utilities, is an Independent Connections Provider (ICP), which has headquarters in Bolton, Manchester, has committed to a 10 year lease on a 7,112 sq ft newly refurbished unit on the estate. […]