North East Business

Founder of "Your Tribe" Amongst The British Business Bank's Start-Up Loans Ambassadors
Your Tribe, a Newcastle based immersive paint-throwing therapy company, is among 12 small businesses to be selected as champions of UK start-ups by Start-Up Loans, part of the British Business Bank. Celebrating its fifth consecutive year the annual Start Up Loans Ambassadors programme celebrates exceptional business owners who have followed...
Tech Sectors Remains Most Attractive As Equity Activity Increased In 2020
The proportion of total UK equity finance going to smaller businesses in the North East is in line with the region’s share of UK high growth businesses, at three per cent in 2020, according to the British Business Bank’s Small Business Equity Tracker, published today.   The North East saw a...
Housing Development By PrP Igloo Attracting New Residents To The Region
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...
A black and green komodo electric car
An electric vehicle parts manufacturer based in Gateshead has announced expansion plans that will create 200 new jobs. Engineering firm Sevcon will be tripling its workforce and moving to new premises in the Team Valley as it profits from rising demand for low-carbon vehicles worldwide. The new, larger premises will...
Genee, a growing North East environmental consultancy, is expanding as demand grows for environmental accreditation regionally and nationally. Genee delivers Investors in the Environment (iiE) throughout the North East, a nationally recognised environmental accreditation programme designed to help organisations identify, measure and reduce their impact on the environment, and save...
GWA's Partner Stuart Millar Acknowledge As A Rising Star In Accountancy
Leading regional accountancy firm, Greaves West & Ayre (GWA), is proud to announce that partner Stuart Millar has been named in a prestigious list that showcases rising stars within the UK’s accountancy profession. The Accountancy Age 35 under 35 is an annual ranking that recognises the outstanding efforts of 35...
Paragon Aesthetics' Team Expands Following Ambitious Growth Plans
One of Newcastle’s leading medical aesthetics clinics, Paragon Aesthetics has expanded its team with three new practitioners in just four months following ambitious growth plans. Since April, Paragon Aesthetics has seen the addition of qualified dentists Dr Chloe Aucott, Dr Aran Maxwell-Cox and qualified skincare aesthetician Lucy Richardson to broaden...
Growing a Trade Business in the UK
If you’ve learned a trade, and you know that there’s public demand for your services, then starting a business of your own might seem like a tantalising option.  Why run a trade business in the UK? In the UK, millions of self-employed tradespeople earn a living. They’re able to spread the...
60% of North East Businesses Dissatisfied with North East's Infrastructure
A report by the employers’ organisation the CBI has found that 60% of the north east’s businesses feel the region’s infrastructure is in need of improvement. The same report claims, however, that if the local infrastructure was boosted, it could benefit the north east’s economy by £5.5 billion a...
Lizzie Simmonds, a proper Olympian swimmer and Vitality Performance Champion, did a canny speaking gig, ‘Time to talk’ about health and wellbeing at Newcastle Premier Health’s annual Health and Wellbeing get together on yesterday's (Thursday 6th February) ‘Time to talk day’ with words of inspiration and hope for employees,...

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