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ENTREPRENEURS helping to improve communities across South Tyneside are to receive a welcome funding boost. The Social Enterprise Boost (SEB) Fund will provide grants of up to £10,000 to the …

Entrepreneurs helping to improve communities across South Tyneside are to receive a welcome funding boost.  The Social Enterprise Boost (SEB) Fund will provide grants of up to £10,000 to the …

Established in 1981, the Great North Run is now the world’s biggest Half Marathon. 60,000 fun runners take part, and 250,000 spectators line the course from Newcastle to South Shields. The race …

Watch our latest Business Talk as host Ian Farrar chats to the Port of Tyne’s Chief Executive Matt Beeton. The Port of Tyne is one of UK’s most innovative and …

Watch the recording of the Business Talk below. Over 150 businesses have signed up to the South Tyneside Pledge since it launched 12 months ago. Pledgees range from large organisations …

The North East Automotive Alliance (NEEA) has been appointed by the Department for Education to lead the development of a new Local Skills Improvement Plan for the North East. The …

Our Business Talks are back with a live audience! View the Business Talk video below: After an investment of at least £37m, North East Screen (formerly Northern Film + Media), …

Dogger Bank Wind Farm will place South Tyneside and the North East at the centre of the UK’s offshore renewables industry. As the development of the state-of-the-art Operations & Maintenance …

Ian Farrar was joined by David Birchall, Technical Director and owner of db Show Control and Automation. The company’s solutions are at the core of the world’s most demanding multimedia …

Organisations across South Tyneside have signed up to the South Tyneside Pledge, committing to do everything they can to spend, recruit and support the local area to help residents and …

Equinor will operate the world’s largest wind farm for its lifetime of up to 35 years from the Port of Tyne. Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest wind farm …

Posted: 17th September 2021

South Tyneside entrepreneur to share his Dragon’s Den Experience. In our next Business Talk, Ian Farrar finds out what happened when Gary Giles pitched his revolutionary building system business to …

Posted: 16th July 2021