VRTGO conference 2017
EVENT: VRTGO 2017 – 2nd November
EVENT: VRTGO 2017 – 2nd November

Now in its 4th year, the VRTGO 2017 Conference and Expo is a specialist VR and AR event – with an audience of VR decision makers, developers, innovation managers, press, as well as those looking to buy VR solutions. There is over 300 people from 103 different organisations attended and over 30 companies exhibiting and […]

Lord Prior at PragmatIC
Business minister visits NETPark’s global tech leaders
Business minister visits NETPark’s global tech leaders

A GOVERNMENT minister heard how the North East is leading the way in the global security and printable electronics sectors when he visited two companies at the North East Technology Park (NETPark), in County Durham. Lord Prior of Brampton, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Business and Industrial Strategy, visited two of the […]

Raising the profile of the North East contact and shared services
Raising the profile of the North East contact and shared services
Raising the profile of the North East contact and shared services

Contact centre professionals collaborate to change perceptions and support sector growth  Representatives from some of the region’s largest contact and shared services operating in our region including Sage, Virgin Money, Home Group, Computershare and The AA came together yesterday for the inaugural ‘Changing Perceptions’ event; a new public and private sector initiative led by Newcastle […]

Exhibition to showcase Swans Offshore Energy Park
Exhibition to showcase Swans Offshore Energy Park
Exhibition to showcase Swans Offshore Energy Park

Swans Offshore Energy Park is a state-of-the-art offshore energy park for companies in the offshore energy, subsea and marine industries will be showcased at a major exhibition. The 19-hectare site in Wallsend, which has over 17 hectares of development land, a working quay and a wet berth, is aimed at offshore energy sector businesses looking to […]

METEC, South Tyneside
North East England foreign investment second only to London
North East England foreign investment second only to London

The North East is outstripping every other area of the UK outside London for creating new jobs from foreign investment compared to population size, new analysis of data reveals. In the last financial year, the North East Combined Authority (NECA) area from County Durham to the Scottish Borders also created nearly twice as many new […]

SMD EXPANDS SERVICING OPERATIONS AT THE PORT OF TYNE (1)
SMD EXPANDS SERVICING OPERATIONS AT THE PORT OF TYNE
SMD EXPANDS SERVICING OPERATIONS AT THE PORT OF TYNE

Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) is relocating its servicing operations to the Port of Tyne’s Tyne Dock estate in South Shields. The Tyneside based manufacturing company is already a global leader in building remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), deployed underwater in the global oil and gas, telecommunications and renewables industries. SMD’s head office and heavy production facility […]

NETPark infrastructure upright
NETPark continues to expand with multimillion pound investment
NETPark continues to expand with multimillion pound investment

WITH construction work on-going on multi-million pound redevelopment plans, there has never been a better time to invest in the North East.  And among the region’s biggest shining lights is the North East Technology Park, (NETPark), in Sedgefield, County Durham – home to internationally recognised science and technology companies. It is uniquely placed to offer […]

Nick Atkinson, Director, HTA, Blog 17
Guest Blog: With Nick Atkinson, Director of HTA Real Estate Ltd
Guest Blog: With Nick Atkinson, Director of HTA Real Estate Ltd

Our latest guest blog is with Nick Atkinson. Director of HTA Real Estate Ltd.   Nick has been involved with many of the region’s largest industrial developments such as Radial 64 in Washington, Teeslink at Wynyard Park and the region’s largest speculative development, Drum Park in Chester le Street. He has experience in dealing with Brownfield […]