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When Kuljeet Kaur moved to South Tyneside, she faced a challenge many locals will recognise: finding a beauty salon that could fit her in. “Most salons weren’t taking new clients, …

Megan Archbold first founded Trailblaze Electrical Services in May 2024. Although she was employed full-time at the time, Megan knew that she ultimately wanted to become her own boss and …

TEDCO Business Support has been recognised for its outstanding contributions to entrepreneurship in the North East, winning the Enterprising Partnerships Award at the National Enterprise Network Conference held in November 2024.  This accolade celebrates the …

Finding a great value and affordable wedding dress shouldn’t mean sacrificing the magic of that once-in-a-lifetime, boutique bridal shopping experience. That’s the message from the owner of the newly opened …

South Tyneside residents are being encouraged to prepare for self-employment this Autumn with a free course run by TEDCO Business Support. Hosted as a live online session, Ready to Start …

Free start-up support is available for would-be entrepreneurs in South Tyneside thanks to government cash. TEDCO was one of eight organisations to successfully bid for a slice of £8.8m from …

Two years ago, at the height of the pandemic, lecturer Claire Wardle took voluntary redundancy from a local college – now she employs 10 staff helping our region’s most vulnerable …

A North East warehouse logistics firm is celebrating a strong start to life in South Tyneside after experiencing a quick period of growth following several significant contract wins. Now, to …

Innovate UK is launching a brand new series of grants worth £30 million to back innovative UK businesses in fast starting innovation and boosting the UK economy. Fast Start: Innovation …

further two years. Bright Futures are currently further developing their community groups …

A ‘lockdown hobby turned start-up business’ is embracing, enhancing and celebrating some of South Shields’ finest creations by serving up a slice of success in its first few weeks of trading…

A micro brewery, which is the first of its kind in South Shields, is celebrating a successful first year of trading despite the Covid-19 pandemic and has ambitious plans for 2022…