North East innovators to exhibit at upcoming VentureFest showcase
Wearable tech and smart healthcare are two of the themes set to be explored by innovators at this year’s VentureFest North East. Selected startups will demonstrate their innovations to an audience of...
View ArticleStance chooses Covent Garden for first non-US store
Fast-growing clothing company Stance has chosen Covent Garden to be the location of its first bricks-and-mortar store outside of the US. The brand will set up shop at 3 Neal Street in early-November,...
View ArticleNorthern recruitment firm reaches £5m turnover target ahead of schedule
Castlefield Recruitment, which has offices in Manchester and Leeds, has reached the £5m turnover mark sooner than expected, and is forecasting more impressive growth for next year. The company says its...
View ArticleLeeds IT solutions firm reveals £28m turnover and biggest ever revenue increase
Leeds-headquartered pure technology group (PTG) has recorded its largest annual revenue growth in the group’s history. The 23 per cent organic uplift comes as the firm’s second year of its three-year...
View ArticleBupa acquires Halifax’s Old Church Dental Practice
A dental practice set within a former church building in West Yorkshire has been acquired by healthcare company BUPA. The Old Church Dental Practice, located in Halifax, occupies a Grade I-listed...
View ArticleSri Lankan entrepreneurs launch Newcastle startup for 'smoother' university...
A startup business is planning its global expansion by launching its online platform hoping to ‘revolutionise’ the process of university applications and placement for international students....
View ArticleLatest Stockton offices welcome first entrepreneurial occupant
Teesside’s latest ‘luxury’ office building, Level Q has welcomed its first tenant. Beverley Goodall has moved into Surtees Business Park in Stockton following the launch of her new accountancy...
View ArticleWatford recruitment firm McGinley swoops for Yorkshire consultancy
Specialist recruitment consultancy McGinley CEP has acquired Yorkshire firm First Choice Recruitment. McGinley, headquartered in Watford and forming part of the McGinley Group, fills jobs in the...
View ArticleRetailers at Newcastle’s STACK share insights with entrepreneur students
Independent retailers at Newcastle’s STACK shipping container village gathered recently to advise entrepreneurial students from Northumbria University. Companies teamed up with Newcastle Business...
View ArticleBoard games and fishing bait among innovations in latest Teesside Uni FUEL...
A North East startup programme offering thousands of pounds’ worth of support for early-stage businesses has announced a new cohort of entrepreneurs. Teesside University’s eight-week Launchpad FUEL...
View ArticleThis week's London appointments
Nick Kingsbury and Volker Hirsch, Amadeus Capital Partners Investment firm Amadeus Capital Partners has added two UK-based partners to its team early stage venture capital investors. Nick Kingsbury...
View ArticleRegional business scaleups to be celebrated at Summit next month
The Scaleup Summit is taking place next month to shine a light on scaling companies in the region. When published in 2016, the ScaleUp Institute’s review on economic growth report concluded that whilst...
View ArticleJohn Lewis Partnership programme invests in startups to 'shape future of retail'
Today (October 29), the John Lewis Partnership’s retail tech innovation programme, JLAB has launched a challenge to find startups and established businesses which could shape how we shop in the future....
View ArticleHusband-and-wife team establish brewery and taproom at Newcastle’s Benfield...
Anarchy Brew Co. has joined the entrepreneurial community at Benfield Business Park in Newcastle. The craft ale company signed up for 11,000 sq ft of space at the development for a new brewery, taproom...
View ArticleNew mentoring programme to connect North East SMEs with UK’s biggest businesses
A new mentoring scheme that pairs small businesses with senior figures from some of the UK’s biggest companies is calling for applicants from the North East. Mentoring for Growth will give the region’s...
View ArticleLanguage tutoring platform Fluentify gets £1.5m backing for French expansion
Online language tutoring platform Fluentify has secured a seven-figure investment to develop its product and expand across the channel. The London-headquartered company will use the £1.5m boost to...
View ArticleEmployee referral platform in £275k investment deal with London’s Fuel Ventures
An online platform that helps businesses improve employee referrals and cut hiring costs has received a £275k investment. Real Links will use the six-figure boost, secured through London-based...
View ArticleJeffersons Brewery secures £10k funding from Liberis' business competition
Liberis, a supposed alternative funding provider, has announced the winner of its first Boost Your Business competition. Liberis launched this competition to support and fund businesses who need to...
View Article‘Tremendous results’ for entrepreneurial duo’s new hybrid property agency
Two former high street estate agents who launched a hybrid agency in the summer are celebrating after receiving hundreds of instructions within five months’ trading. Agent & Homes, set up in June,...
View ArticleNewcastle entrepreneur launches 'Vets on the Meowve' pet consultation service
A local veterinary nurse and entrepreneur has launched a unique mobile vets’ practice aptly named ‘Vets on the Meowve’. Launched in 2018 by 28-year-old entrepreneur, Christine Murphy RVN, Vets on the...
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