Category: Move on up
By Guy Currey, director Invest North East England (INEE) Inward investment from overseas or from elsewhere in the UK, has always been “incredibly important” for North East England. Nissan’s original £300m investment in its site in Washington in 1986 has led to billions of pounds of investment into the region over the last 35 years, […]
CGI formally announced the opening of its Newcastle office in the Newcastle Helix, which houses prominent UK technology and science businesses. This latest investment further supports the leading IT and business consulting services firm’s commitment to providing career opportunities for those in the local area, working in partnership with NewcastleGateshead Initiative (NGI), which CGI recently […]
Lycetts – a leading independent insurance broker is relocating its UK headquarters to the first phase of Newcastle’s Pilgrim Place, after exchanging contracts on 10,000 sq.ft of new office space. Lycetts has signed a 15-year lease at Bank House, which will see the firm occupy the entire sixth floor of the 14-storey building when construction […]
In line with its explosive growth, Verisure UK is to add an additional 120 employees to its 650-strong team by the end of the year, following the relocation of its Centre of Excellence within Quorum Business Park, North Tyneside. Following a £3.5 million investment, Verisure, Europe’s largest alarm provider, has moved from the Neon Building […]
Ocado Retail, the world’s largest online grocery retailer, is to continue investing in the North East, after almost doubling its expected headcount at its customer contact centre during its first two years. The retailer, which is partly owned by Marks & Spencer, made headlines when it signed a 15-year lease on a new contact centre […]
One of the North East’s most high-profile development schemes has secured an international law firm as its first occupier, seven months ahead of practical completion. DAC Beachcroft (DACB) has exchanged contracts to become the very first tenant of Bank House in Newcastle, the first of three new office buildings that will make up Pilgrim Place. The […]
A leading Tyneside office park is offering members of its community the option of a carefree commute through a new scheme starting this week. Quorum Park’s new fleet of e-bikes can be hired on a daily or weekly basis, and members of its workplace community that cycle to work on World Car Free Day this […]
Rachel Burdis, Inward Investment Manager explores the evolution of the office-based financial, professional and business services sector (FPBS), including BPO, shared services and contact centres. North East England is well known for attracting global brands across FPBS. The region’s highly skilled workforce, low cost base, and quality office space, all make the region an attractive […]