Tag: Sunderland

A new milestone for plans to help deliver more than 5,000 jobs and attract more than £300m of development is looming.  The milestone is for the International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP) which is proposed for an area close to the A19 and to the north of Nissan’s existing manufacturing plant. The IAMP is a joint […]

Lear Corporation in Sunderland has been chosen as the location for the US automotive giant’s European research and development division, against competition across Europe. The company will build a £1.5m extension for R&D work following advice and support from Sunderland City Council’s Business Investment Team. The research and development facility will create new highly skilled jobs, and strengthen […]

A SUNDERLAND business that has pioneered cutting-edge technology that could transform the offshore sector has filed an international patent and is almost ready to begin trials. Frontier Technical has developed new technology that could create modular floating offshore wind structures expected to be more cost-effective, efficient and environmentally-friendly than conventional structures. The company, which was […]

IAMP – A giant advanced manufacturing park close to Nissan has been given the green light to move forward after securing £42million of government funding. The planned International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP), close to the A19 just north of Nissan’s car making plant, is designed to create more than 5,000 jobs across the two authorities […]

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 […]

Nissan has announced, that it will produce the next Qashqai and will add production of the next X-Trail model at its Sunderland Plant …