Tag: Innovation

Last week I attended Thinking Digital Newcastle. Now in its tenth year, the conference brings together a large crowd and a stellar group of speakers; from company CEOs, entrepreneurs, scientists and artists, the conference draws on all things ’digital’ and how innovation and breaking boundaries is what we all should aspire to. In a room […]

THE NEXT phase in ambitious plans to attract more high-tech, fast growing companies to one of the country’s leading science parks gets underway today. Local dignitaries and business leaders will be among those at a special ground breaking ceremony at the North East Technology Park (NETPark) in Sedgefield, County Durham, for the new £7.4m ‘Explorer’ […]

The North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC) has welcomed three European entrepreneurs to the region as part of an internationalisation project. The Spanish entrepreneurs are visiting the city to gain best practice insight from business leaders and technical experts in the region, as part of a ‘soft landing’ programme in association with EOI, our […]

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 […]

£3.4 million Salvus House has opened for business at Aykley Heads, Durham.  The building is aimed at supporting new entrepreneurial businesses who wish to locate in Durham. The building is home to a new collaborative partnership between the council, Durham University and New College Durham to support new entrepreneurial businesses who wish to locate in […]