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Event review: North East leaders and Moderna roundtable on life sciences investment
Event review: North East leaders and Moderna roundtable on life sciences investment

On Friday June 30, in partnership with local MPs, leading academics, and industry experts from across the North East, Moderna hosted a discussion focussed on the potential for driving economic growth in the North East through investment in key health and life science sectors. Leading the discussion Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Innovation and […]

Ground breaking ceremony for the new Energy Central Learning Hub
Ground breaking ceremony for the new Energy Central Learning Hub

Today (5th July) marked the official breaking ground of the new Energy Central Learning Hub. The major new £13.6m facility is part of Energy Central Campus’ mission to lead the UK’s clean energy revolution from the North East. The project is being delivered as part of the £90m Energising Blyth Programme to grow, renew and […]

Key visit could boost North East England health tech in the wake of inaugural festival
Key visit could boost North East England health tech in the wake of inaugural festival

A delegation of investors from Spain has arrived in the region to see its many specialist facilities and innovations, and understand key opportunities in the health & technology space. It follows hot on the heels of 2022 analysis by accountancy firm EY published last week, which  revealed that North East England is now in the […]

North East England: a global hotbed for life sciences
North East England: a global hotbed for life sciences

The BioFocus 2023 conference showcases the North East’s life sciences sector and the region’s  impressive community of world class companies, innovation assets and academic research excellence. Invest North East England’s Michelle Duggan reflects on BioFocus 2023 and takes a look at the buoyant life sciences sector in the region The life sciences sector in the […]

12 months of the North East Battery Alliance
12 months of the North East Battery Alliance

Professor Colin Herron at Newcastle University reflects on 12 months of work since forming the North East Battery Alliance (NEBA). To celebrate the 12 month milestone, an afternoon event was set up to bring together the ‘triple helix’ of academia, industry and the public sector. NEBA has established a board of governance of which the […]

New original drama The Red King, supported by the North East Production Fund begins filming in the North East
New original drama The Red King, supported by the North East Production Fund begins filming in the North East

New original drama, The Red King, has recently begun filming in the North East, joining an array of productions using the North East as their filming base. The six-part series, supported by the North East Production Fund, is written by Toby Whitehouse (Being Human, The Game) and produced by Quay Street Productions, has been commissioned […]

Kinewell Energy enters global partnership with Equinor
Kinewell Energy enters global partnership with Equinor

North East cleantech scale-up Kinewell Energy has signed a multi-year global contract with Equinor for the use of its pioneering KLOC software. Initially launched in 2015, the market-leading Kinewell Layout Optimisation of Cable (KLOC) software designs economically optimised inter-array cable layouts for offshore wind farms. Kinewell Energy has collaborated with Equinor since its inception on […]

BLOG | Investment, Low Carbon and High Flying Cars
BLOG | Investment, Low Carbon and High Flying Cars

By Guy Currey, Director, Invest North East England Regeneration, inward investment, devolution, flying cars and much more were on the agenda at the recent UK Real Estate, Investment, and Infrastructure Forum, (UKREiif), held in Leeds.  Now into its second year, UKREiif brings together local and national government from the UK, investors and developers from all […]