Vaux project gets underway
Vaux project gets underway
Vaux project gets underway

Work on the long-awaited redevelopment of Sunderland’s Vaux site, which has been vacant since 1999, has started. The area will be the first of five in Sunderland to be developed as part of a 20-year regeneration scheme managed by Siglion. The high-profile site will include office, retail, residential and leisure features, with a 60,000 sq […]

Arch Invests in Ramparts Business Park, Northumberland
Arch Invests in Ramparts Business Park, Northumberland
Arch Invests in Ramparts Business Park, Northumberland

Northumberland’s development company, Arch, have acquired 2,509 sq m of offices and 1.2 hectares of development land at Ramparts Business Park in Berwick-Upon-Tweed from the previous owner, Gladmans. This recent investment will help create new development opportunities in Berwick, providing a platform for additional commercial floor space and the creation of around 100 new jobs […]

Hitachi unveils first UK built Intercity Express Train
Hitachi unveils first UK built Intercity Express Train
Hitachi unveils first UK built Intercity Express Train

Hitachi Rail Europe (HRE), a global rail specialist with over 100 years of industry expertise, today celebrates the first Intercity Express (IEP) train to be built in the UK at its manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Hitachi will be joined by the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, Minister for Northern Powerhouse, […]

Guy Currey, Director, Invest North East England
Guy Currey Blog: North East England continues to pave the way in the automotive sector
Guy Currey Blog: North East England continues to pave the way in the automotive sector

I was fortunate to be in Westminster last week at the Houses of Parliament and was blown away by the building (my first visit) but also by the event that I attended. The event celebrated the success of the automotive industry in the North East of England and was hosted by Washington and Sunderland West […]

Call for business partners to join North East space and satellite hub
Call for business partners to join North East space and satellite hub
Call for business partners to join North East space and satellite hub

A CALL has gone out for organisations to help companies tap into the multi-billion pound space sector and create a leading hub for the development of space and satellite technology in the North East. Business Durham, the economic development company for County Durham, is creating the North East Space and Satellite Applications Hub (NESSA), a […]

North Tyneside datacentre to bolster region’s exciting tech scene
North Tyneside datacentre to bolster region’s exciting tech scene
North Tyneside datacentre to bolster region’s exciting tech scene

Noel Meaney, founder of Citadel100 Datacenters, euNetworks and Seafibre Networks, will open the UK’s largest purpose built datacentre in Cobalt Business Park, North Tyneside, next month. The Stellium campus has the power, scale and flexibility to provide enterprise-level cloud infrastructure, dedicated and shared co-location services, and powered shell facilities that enable customers to configure the datacenter […]

Ground is officially broken on CPI’s National Formulation Centre
Ground is officially broken on CPI’s National Formulation Centre
Ground is officially broken on CPI’s National Formulation Centre

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has officially broken ground for works to commence on the National Formulation Centre. The new national innovation centre will be based at NETPark, County Durham and will provide open access facilities and expertise to help companies to develop, prove and scale up new formulated products. The investment will enable […]

Largest Automotive Cluster to Speak at Westminster for a Second Consecutive Year to Cement the Regions Success
Largest Automotive Cluster to Speak at Westminster for a Second Consecutive Year to Cement the Regions Success
Largest Automotive Cluster to Speak at Westminster for a Second Consecutive Year to Cement the Regions Success

The North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA), which is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, will take to the floor again at the House of Commons on Wednesday 30 November during a Reception hosted by Sharon Hodgson MP for Washington and Sunderland West. Hot after the announcement that the new Nissan Qashqai and the X-Trail SUV […]