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Innovative, Low Carbon Projects in North East Secure HNIP Funding
Innovative, Low Carbon Projects in North East Secure HNIP Funding

£6.7 million of funding has been awarded to proposed heat network schemes in the North East of England today through the Government’s £320 million Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP). Seaham Garden Village and Newcastle University are among the schemes to have been awarded funding through HNIP, which has now awarded over £125 million in its […]

Satellite Application
RHEA Group is the first tenant moves into new co-working space at NETPark
RHEA Group is the first tenant moves into new co-working space at NETPark

An international engineering and solutions company in the cybersecurity and space sectors is the first tenant at a new co-working space at the North East Technology Park (NETPark). RHEA Group has opened a new office at the Satellite Applications Catapult CO-SPACE at NETPark in Sedgefield, County Durham, to join the region’s growing space sector. The […]

Growing Fintech company, Growth Capital Ventures, has secured £1 million investment and plans to create jobs
Growing Fintech company, Growth Capital Ventures, has secured £1 million investment and plans to create jobs
Growing Fintech company, Growth Capital Ventures, has secured £1 million investment and plans to create jobs

Rapidly growing Fintech company, Growth Capital Ventures (GCV), has secured £1 million of growth capital from institutional investors to continue its expansion and fast-track the growth of Britain’s burgeoning tech sector.  GCV has now opened up the investment round to new private investors via its online investment platform – growthfunders.com Investment from the current round will […]

Hyperdrive Battery Plant, Sunderland
Hitachi Rail and Hyperdrive agreement opens way for battery trains across Britain
Hitachi Rail and Hyperdrive agreement opens way for battery trains across Britain

Hitachi Rail and Hyperdrive Innovation have signed an exclusive agreement to develop battery packs to power zero-emission trains and create a battery hub in the North East. The two North East manufacturers will now accelerate the creation of batteries that can be mass-produced to provide emission-free power for hundreds of battery trains across the UK. […]

INEOS to build hand sanitiser plant in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham in 10 days to make 1 million bottles per month
INEOS to build hand sanitiser plant in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham in 10 days to make 1 million bottles per month
INEOS to build hand sanitiser plant in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham in 10 days to make 1 million bottles per month

INEOS, one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies, has today announced plans to produce 1 million hand sanitisers per month to help with the European shortage. The chemicals company plant to construct two purpose built factories for this, one in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham and another in Germany. INEOS, who have sites in Grangemouth, Middlesborough […]

Plans approved for multi-million pound business park development
Plans approved for multi-million pound business park development

Planning consent has been given for a new multi-million pound business park which could see the creation of more than 2,500 jobs in County Durham As a first phase, Durham County Council is funding the construction of seven speculative units (comprising 155,000 sq ft) at Jade Business Park, next to the A19 and Dalton Park, […]

SAINTS programme brings powerful space data to earth
SAINTS programme brings powerful space data to earth
SAINTS programme brings powerful space data to earth

Innovative businesses in the North East are at the forefront of a new programme to capitalise on insightful data from satellites and earth based sensors and use it to tackle major problems facing businesses, governments and communities. SAINTS – Situational Awareness Information National Technology Service – will bring together experts from business, universities and the […]

Brian Archer, managing director of Business Durham, Sarah Slaven, operations director at Business Durham, Dawn Fairlamb, vice principal at New College Durham, Dr Tim Hammond, director of commercialisation and economic development at Durham University and Leon Howe, Durham City Incubator manager.
Specialist incubator launches for County Durham’s small businesses
Specialist incubator launches for County Durham’s small businesses

An incubator designed to help fledgling companies grow and thrive in County Durham has been launched at one of the region’s fastest growing business hubs. Durham City Incubator, based at Salvus House, in Aykley Heads, Durham, will be open to businesses that have been trading for under 12 months and are based in County Durham.  […]