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The North East Local Enterprise Partnership has awarded more than £90k through its Project Development Accelerator Fund to expand the work of a new partnership aimed at growing the North East’s battery sector. The North East Battery Alliance (NEBA), which is led by Newcastle University, aims to build on the North East’s existing strengths in electrification, […]
By Michelle Duggan, Inward Investment Manager, Invest North East England The UK Space Opportunity The UK has a vibrant space economy built on renowned science and technology, along with leading manufacturing and operational capabilities. There are highly innovative companies based in the UK that are part of an international space economy, with well-established global supply […]
The region’s booming tech sector is well set for a year of further expansion and success, according to several of its main players. At a recent board meeting of the advisory board of Dynamo, the region’s tech network, companies were reporting buoyant order books and the promise of plenty of work in the pipeline for […]
Blog | Rachel Burdis, Inward Investment Manager With the world opening up a little more each month, it feels as though 2022 is going to be a good year for business growth and job creation in North East England. 2021 saw a number of global brands expanding into the region, with Just Eat, Amazon, Xplor, […]
With the support of Invest Newcastle and £1m from the North of Tyne Combined Authority, Ireland-founded digital transformation and technology provider Version 1 is bringing two hundred new jobs to Newcastle and setting up a base in the region. The announcement is the second big tech jobs boost for the city in the first few […]
Sunderland is set to become the UK trailblazer in esports – of one of the fastest-growing industries in the world – following a multi-million-pound deal. The British Esports Association (BEA) – the national body for esports – has announced it will open a performance and education campus at Riverside Sunderland, which will nurture and support […]
Artic Wolf, a global leader in security operations has announced the opening of its Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters in Newcastle, following a period of continued expansion and rapid growth for the business. Founded in Silicon Valley, Arctic Wolf’s Newcastle city centre headquarters will bring hundreds of jobs to the city over […]
BT Group today announced that it will be recruiting over 150 new local jobs as well as beginning a multi-million pound refurbishment of its second contact centre in Newcastle, located at its North Tyneside building. Demonstrating BT’s continued commitment to Newcastle and to the North East, the new and full-time contact centre roles will be recruited by EE, part of BT Group, over the next six months. The current North Tyneside building will undergo a major revamp to modernise it with state-of-the-art technology and […]