Vaux project gets underway
Vaux project gets underway
Vaux project gets underway

Work on the long-awaited redevelopment of Sunderland’s Vaux site, which has been vacant since 1999, has started. The area will be the first of five in Sunderland to be developed as part of a 20-year regeneration scheme managed by Siglion. The high-profile site will include office, retail, residential and leisure features, with a 60,000 sq […]

Arch Invests in Ramparts Business Park, Northumberland
Arch Invests in Ramparts Business Park, Northumberland
Arch Invests in Ramparts Business Park, Northumberland

Northumberland’s development company, Arch, have acquired 2,509 sq m of offices and 1.2 hectares of development land at Ramparts Business Park in Berwick-Upon-Tweed from the previous owner, Gladmans. This recent investment will help create new development opportunities in Berwick, providing a platform for additional commercial floor space and the creation of around 100 new jobs […]

Hitachi unveils first UK built Intercity Express Train
Hitachi unveils first UK built Intercity Express Train
Hitachi unveils first UK built Intercity Express Train

Hitachi Rail Europe (HRE), a global rail specialist with over 100 years of industry expertise, today celebrates the first Intercity Express (IEP) train to be built in the UK at its manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Hitachi will be joined by the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, Minister for Northern Powerhouse, […]

Guy Currey, Director, Invest North East England
Guy Currey Blog: North East England continues to pave the way in the automotive sector
Guy Currey Blog: North East England continues to pave the way in the automotive sector

I was fortunate to be in Westminster last week at the Houses of Parliament and was blown away by the building (my first visit) but also by the event that I attended. The event celebrated the success of the automotive industry in the North East of England and was hosted by Washington and Sunderland West […]

Leading international energy company, EDF Energy Renewables, opens Blyth office
Leading international energy company, EDF Energy Renewables, opens Blyth office
Leading international energy company, EDF Energy Renewables, opens Blyth office

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 […]

Call for business partners to join North East space and satellite hub
Call for business partners to join North East space and satellite hub
Call for business partners to join North East space and satellite hub

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 […]

North Tyneside datacentre to bolster region’s exciting tech scene
North Tyneside datacentre to bolster region’s exciting tech scene
North Tyneside datacentre to bolster region’s exciting tech scene

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 […]

Thousands of jobs to be created at automotive park near Nissan plant
Thousands of jobs to be created at automotive park near Nissan plant
Thousands of jobs to be created at automotive park near Nissan plant

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 […]