North East Business

Apart from being in Newcastle, what do the Discovery Museum, the Laing Art Gallery and Great North Museum have in common? They are all partnering with a champion catering firm, Totally Delicious, to deliver “immediate emphasis on improved public refreshments and new menus, including traditional North East delicacies”, pledging a...
Gateshead-based Turbo Power Systems Ltd (TPS) was honoured to welcome Chris Heaton-Harris (UK Minister of State for Transport), Cllr Martin Gannon (Leader of Gateshead Council), Tobyn Hughes (Nexus Managing Director) and Thomas Ahlburg (Stadler Group CEO), to their HQ on the Team Valley, 27th January 2020. The visit follows a...
PLANNING and development consultancy Lichfields has promoted Newcastle-based Director Anthony Greally to Senior Director.
Planning and development consultancy Lichfields has promoted Newcastle-based Director Anthony Greally to Senior Director. Anthony, who has been with Lichfields for 20 years, is a planning adviser to the commercial and industrial sectors.  He acts for owners of some of the North East’s main employment locations including Team Valley Trading Estate...
craft cola
You’ve heard of craft beer – the lovingly made tipple beloved of hipsters, students and real ale enthusiasts. The latest drinks trend to hit the north east is … craft cola. A Newcastle graduate has launched a start-up producing a tasty cola using all-natural ingredients that is just as obsessively...
John Terry
A Newcastle student has started an innovative new business – selling rare, out-of-stock trainers. And his customers include some household names. Ollie Simpson, 21, started his business – The SoleScene – two years ago, as part of an assignment for his degree in Entrepreneurial Business Management (EBM) at Northumbria University. Ollie...
bank
A new bank – which is owned by its customers and only does business in the north east – may soon become a reality. Funding for a study which will explore the feasibility of such a bank has been approved by the cabinet of the North of Tyne Combined Authority,...
Reward Me Now - Sam Morton and Gary Hunter
Sam Morton and Gary Hunter owners of REDU are behind Ashleigh Money Saver the UK’s leading shopping influencer. The business duo are now gearing up to launch the Reward Me Now shopping app with huge savings for UK shoppers. Sam Morton and Gary Hunter are two leading entrepreneurs based in...
energy efficient
Businesses in Newcastle and the surrounding area can now get help to slash their energy bills – providing vital savings and helping to reduce the emission of global warming gases. The Business Energy Saving Team is a new initiative that will advise small and medium-sized businesses on how to lower their fuel bills. Companies in...
catrina statue
A statue of the director of a Newcastle theatre company – made using innovative 3D-printing technology – is to be placed in the Great Hall of Newcastle Castle. Catrina McHugh MBE, the artistic director of Open Clasp, will be one of only 25 women nationally to be celebrated with such...
photo courtesy of Matthew Hurst, from Flickr Creative Commons
Newcastle University is to spearhead a project to encourage ‘garage-level’ breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Many of science’s greatest advances have resulted from people tinkering in their garages. The inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell set up a workshop behind his father’s house, and Walt and Roy...

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