Invest North East England news
Five North East firms will share a £1.7m cash pot after being selected to showcase their innovative technologies to offshore wind industry giants, through the first round of the Technology, Innovation and Green Growth for Offshore Renewables (TIGGOR) programme. The companies will demonstrate their technologies to offshore giants Equinor and EDF Renewables. The successful companies […]
A new white paper published by the Mine Energy Taskforce and Local Energy Hub network has called for greater support for mine energy as a key low carbon heat source in the UK that can contribute to government’s ambition to reach net zero by 2050. The report also outlines how the introduction of large scale […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 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), […]