McDonald’s has celebrated 30 years of fundraising for Ronald McDonald House Charities UK by throwing birthday parties in their restaurants throughout the UK.
McDonald’s is the biggest supporter of the charity – contributing an estimated £100 million over the last 30 years, via its collection boxes and fundraising efforts of...
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...
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...
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,...
Researchers from Newcastle University have suggested a ‘credit curfew’ could help stop consumers from spiralling into debt.
The experts claim that banning people from taking online loans between 11.00 pm and 7.00 am could reduce problematic borrowing. Statistics show that if more people take out payday loans between these hours,...
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...
A Newcastle student has launched an innovative business to help save the world’s oceans from the perils of pollution.
Nathan Smith, 21 – a second-year Entrepreneurial Business Management (EBM) student at Northumbria University – has established a start-up that aims to reduce the problems caused by ghostnets and pollution from...
A team of researchers led by experts from Newcastle University has highlighted how slick, well-designed websites and apps can be used to sell high-cost loans to poor and vulnerable people.
The websites include sliders that customers can play around with, brightly coloured ‘apply now’ buttons, forms that are simple to...
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...
Fake goods with a value of thousands of pounds have been seized in Newcastle.
Jewellery, clothes and footwear – destined to be sold over Facebook – were confiscated from a home in the city’s East End.
Trading Standards suspect the goods seized would have been sold during the lucrative run-up to...
