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A former advertising and marketing manager who previously worked in California’s Silicon Valley has used her life experience to grow her North Tyneside housekeeping business. Helen Ross runs Holystone-based, Bright and Beautiful North Tyneside, a professional home cleaning and housekeeping service with a premium level of customer care, eco-friendly products...
New CEO Appointed By Mental Health Service Provider 'Concern Group'
North East based specialist mental health and wellbeing service provider, Concern Group, has appointed Adam Crampsie as its new chief executive. Most recently, Mr. Crampsie was the Managing Director of Bloom Procurement Services which in 2019 delivered over £28 million of social value, leading them to win the Highest...
Employees from Local Housebuilder Take a Paws from Their Screens to Volunteer at Newcastle Animal Shelter
Employees from Barratt Developments North East donated their time at Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter this week to help prepare the centre for its reopening. Five members of staff swapped their desk view for dogs and volunteered their services at the shelter’s rehoming centre in Benton. The team spent the...
David Elliott Appointed New Chief Finance Officer At Malhotra Group PLC
A leading North East property, leisure and care company is strengthening its boardroom with the appointment of one of the region’s most senior and respected accountants. Newcastle-based Malhotra Group PLC, which owns some of Tyneside’s most popular hotels, bars and restaurants, along with a large care business trading under its...
Elon Musk Tesla Bitcoin
In an SEC filing, Tesla has disclosed that it has purchased $1.5 billion (USD) in bitcoin.   But why would Tesla do this?  As the man himself said, it was inevitable. On Friday 29th January, Tesla CEO Elon Musk changed his Twitter bio to just "#bitcoin." This is interesting, but not toally surprising,...
New Director For Expanding North East Engineers
Newcastle engineering specialists RWO has appointed a new director to oversee the development and expansion of its structural engineering operations. Jamie Corbett joins as director of structures at the firm’s Leeds office in a move that will see him working alongside the senior management team on planned strategic growth in...
Brexit hasn’t officially commenced, yet the UK is already feeling its impact — and not in a good way. The automobile industry in the northeast has felt the crunch. The Chronicle Live reports that an industry body believes that Brexit will be “ death by a thousand cuts”. This slump,...
North Tyneside Business Awards Winners
The best of North Tyneside’s businesses have been celebrated at the glittering North Tyneside Business Awards.  The annual awards, which are organised by the North Tyneside Business Forum, celebrate the huge contribution that businesses make to the local economy and how they make North Tyneside a great place to live,...
Hebburn Primary Voted 'Primary School Of The Year'
 A primary school in Hebburn voted Primary School of the Year at this year’s Times Educational Supplement (TES) awards is celebrating more good news following a recent Ofsted inspection. St Aloysius Junior School, which is part of Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust, has retained its Ofsted ‘outstanding’ grading following a...
Interior of Wildflower cafe. Brightly painted, reclaimed furniture and a small bar next to a blackboard menu.
A new vegan café, which aims to be a creative hub for Newcastle’s artistic community, has opened on Westgate Road. Wildflower, set up by artist Jessica Salmon and chef Asher Turnbull, specialises in “affordable, seasonal plant-based food”. Dishes on offer include vegan chorizo, bean pasties, and vegan cakes and toasties,...

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