Budding entrepreneurs across the North East are being encouraged to celebrate their achievements and prepare to scale-up their businesses with the support of a new business network.
Startup Awards North East aims to connect entrepreneurs and business professionals, acknowledge the breadth of talent across the region and encourage more people...
A clever invention created by Teesside University graduate Wayne Taylor has been honoured with a top business award from the Queen.
Rehook, a cycling tool designed to reinstate a cycle chain without the mess, has been recognised in the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2022.
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are...
Fire investigators have been working with a Newcastle housing provider to keep high-rise residents across the city safe.
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) last week conducted a series of tests at a high-rise tower block in a bid to reduce dangerous fires.
They were joined by staff from...
LICHFIELDS has partnered with the Planning Advisory Service (PAS, part of the Local Government Association) to gather and share information about how Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) in England are operating during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Lichfields launched its online COVID-19 tracker last week, and has now agreed an arrangement with PAS...
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...
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,...
An innovative North East housing development is attracting ‘ex pats’ who have decided to return to the region.
Around 90 percent of the 28 properties at Steenberg’s Yard in Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley have already been sold, with buyers preparing to move in this summer.
The development, created by PfP Igloo, has...
Sister cafés, La Vina in Cleadon and No.4 in East Boldon, have joined forces to feed their local community's isolated elderly
La Vina, which is usually a cosy café by day and a romantic bistro by night, closed their doors in accordance with government guidelines, but have kept their kitchen...
As shopping centres and high streets reopen, one entertainment venue - The Gate, Newcastle - is tempting shoppers and thrill-seekers back to Newcastle’s city centre with a new immersive experience. Selfie Central is a North East first - the ultimate photo studio and one of the only selfie shops...
A North East property lawyer is inviting local charities and community groups to survey her extensive office gardens to see if they can be used for the benefit of others.
Sue Shaw-Toomey runs her Toomey Legal practice from the historical Surveyors House in Cramlington Village which first appeared in maps...
