Author: Rebecca Hall
The North East Local Enterprise Partnership (North East LEP) will unveil its first annual ‘Our Economy’ report at Sage Gateshead on Tuesday 6 March 2018. Presenting an overview of the North East economy and how it is changing over time, the new report will become an important resource for government, policymakers and businesses operating in […]
Over 350 leading lights of the North East contact centre industry came together on Friday evening (2 February 2018) to celebrate the achievements of both frontline and support staff that has made North East contact centres the best in the world in 2017. Back for its 15th year and following record entries, the winners and […]
Nissan Europe capped a record-breaking 2017 with the production of the three millionth Nissan Qashqai in the U.K., just over a decade after the category-defining vehicle made its debut. The landmark achievement by Nissan’s Sunderland Plant came as the company posted its best ever full-year European sales, totalling 762,574 vehicles across Datsun and Nissan models. […]
In our latest blog, Director of Invest North East England, Guy Currey talks about why quality of life is a major factor for businesses attracting talent Imagine you’ve just landed your dream job. It’s the role you’ve always wanted and the pinnacle of your career to date. Now imagine the job is in a city […]
THE vision for a £40m Newcastle-based International Centre for Connected Construction will be launched at the House of Lords today (29.01.2018). Northumbria University and regional IT network Dynamo have been working on the IC3 project for some months, aiming to further develop the region’s growing reputation for building information modelling (BIM), virtual reality, smart cities […]
Accord Healthcare held the official opening of its Fawdon factory today (25.01.2018), with business leaders and local politicians attending the state-of-the-art pharmaceutical facility. The factory will employ up to 500 staff at peak, predominately from the local community. The 22-acre factory was formally opened by Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North, Catherine McKinnell. Also […]
An X-RAY imaging specialist is on the cusp of transforming into a multi-million pound business as a number of large projects bring its cutting-edge technology closer to market. IBEX Innovations is expanding into bigger, custom-designed offices on County Durham science park NETPark (North East Technology Park) to accommodate huge growth over the next few years […]
Headquartered in Dublin, with an office in London, Phonovation provides solutions for high profile clients such as Vodafone, Three and Payzone. The company develops award winning software and processes in excess of 200 million international calls and text messages every year. However, being located in Ireland alongside Facebook and Apple, it found that quality developers […]