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Representatives of the North East Fund are once again hosting in-person meetings and scheduled drop-in sessions as many of the region’s SMEs start to recover, look to expand, seek investment …

Port of Tyne has announced the completion of its border control post (BCP) building this month, ahead of schedule. The Port of Tyne’s new BCP is required to inspect food …

Envision AESC – the world-leading battery division of global green tech company Envision Group – has today welcomed formal planning permission for the UK’s first at scale battery manufacturing plant …

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

The creation of a new Manufacturing Zone within Jarrow Business Centre is complete and is ready to welcome new tenants. The bespoke space can accommodate six high growth SME businesses …

Family-owned Tea Times Trading has become the latest British company to trade road haulage for a more sustainable method of logistics and ship its tea containers straight into South Shields. …

SMEs in the North East are being urged to sign up to a new 12-week management course, providing critical skills and networks to help them innovate, grow and thrive beyond …

Dogger Bank Wind Farm will place South Tyneside and the North East at the centre of the UK’s offshore renewables industry.   Tom Nightingale, North East Stakeholder Manager at Equinor …

The North East’s longest-standing business investor is looking to further increase the number of regional firms with which it works after being confirmed as an accredited provider for the government’s …

Port of Tyne welcomed the Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, Minister of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy today.  The Minister took a tour around the Port’s estate to …

South Tyneside-based Metec UK has won a series of offshore renewables contracts worth over £6.5 million to supply the Dogger Bank Wind Farm phases A and B, and a second …

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