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Verisure far exceeds recruitment forecast creating 300 jobs in first year with more to follow in 2021
Verisure far exceeds recruitment forecast creating 300 jobs in first year with more to follow in 2021

Europe’s leading monitored alarm provider, Verisure, has trebled its first-year hire target, with the recruitment of close to 300 staff at its Centre of Excellence in North Tyneside, with up to 100 new jobs on offer during this year. The company, which arrived in the region in April 2020, as the country went into pandemic […]

Battery manufacturer, Cell Pack Solutions, powers growth with significant acquisition
Battery manufacturer, Cell Pack Solutions, powers growth with significant acquisition

South Tyneside custom battery pack manufacturer Cell Pack Solutions is fuelling further growth with the acquisition of the battery division of East Anglian based Tracer Power. Award winning Cell Pack Solutions, which was established over 20 years ago, doubled the size of its business in January 2021 when it bought the Tracer Power Battery Division […]

How collaboration will help drive inward investment and create a better future for the region
How collaboration will help drive inward investment and create a better future for the region

Earlier this month, Xplor, who provide management software for health and fitness clubs, chose Newcastle its new base for their service delivery business and will look to create over 200 new jobs this year as part of their global expansion plans. Working together, Invest North East England (INEE), Invest Newcastle plus other partners showcased the […]

International technology firm Xplor, moves to Newcastle creating over 200 jobs
International technology firm Xplor, moves to Newcastle creating over 200 jobs

Newcastle has beaten off stiff competition from nine other UK cities as a business location for international software and payments firm, Xplor. As part of their global expansion plans, Xplor, a leading provider of enterprise software, payments and commerce-enabling solutions for businesses, has selected Newcastle city centre as the location of its new customer service […]

AIRVIEW PARK – DEVELOPER PLANS NEW OFFICE SCHEME TO SUPPORT NORTH EAST’S RECOVERY DRIVE
AIRVIEW PARK – DEVELOPER PLANS NEW OFFICE SCHEME TO SUPPORT NORTH EAST’S RECOVERY DRIVE

Tynexe Commercial Ltd, developer of AirView Park, has agreed the release of funds to submit a planning application for a new, 18,000 sq ft, high quality office-based scheme. It will comprise of two buildings aimed at delivering new jobs, inward investment and business growth opportunities to strengthen the North East’s recovery.   The scheme could […]

County Durham Growth Fund injects £225k cash boost to create manufacturing jobs
County Durham Growth Fund injects £225k cash boost to create manufacturing jobs

The County Durham Growth Fund has awarded grants of nearly quarter of a million to two manufacturers from across the county, helping to create over 30 jobs. Established in April 2019, the fund is a £8.9m capital grant scheme providing grants to small and medium enterprises in County Durham to accelerate their growth. Each of […]

Successful Innovation Programme extended
Successful Innovation Programme extended

A programme that has already nurtured the bright ideas of 200 regional businesses is to be extended by the North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC). Since its launch in 2011, the Innovation Programme has provided advice and funding worth more than £1,400,000 to help companies become more innovative and competitive – creating 128 jobs […]

Ocado Retail chief celebrates Sunderland team’s success
Ocado Retail chief celebrates Sunderland team’s success

Ocado Retail’s CEO, Mel Smith CBE, has spoken of the ‘huge significance’ of the firm’s Sunderland site, less than two years after the global grocer arrived in the city.  With 300 full time employees already in post, less than 18 months since it opened a new base in the city centre’s Beam building on Riverside […]