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Smoking cocktail entrepreneurs look for backers
Two North East entrepreneurs are looking for investors for their smoking cocktails idea. NiteOwl founders, Colin Myers and Rob Flunder, have developed a machine that injects dry ice into the bottom of...
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Communisis announce job losses in Manchester
London-headquartered communications and direct mail business, Communisis, has announced its Trafford Wharf site in Manchester will close as part of a “planned re-structuring”. The Northern base will...
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Banks must back innovation, says Lancaster University
Lancaster University has warned that pioneering small firms are finding it significantly harder than their peers to secure funding for expansion, despite being “crucial” to jobs and growth. The...
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Sunderland’s Work Discovery Week backed by Government agency
The Work Discovery Week project to introduce young people to working life has won sponsorship from the National Apprenticeship Service. The National Apprenticeship Service, which supports, funds and...
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Student designs ‘office on rails’ for busy travellers
A pioneering Northumbria University student has invented cutting-edge ‘office on rails’ train carriages to allow business class passengers to hold meetings while travelling. Lewis Cunningham, a final...
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Turnover success sparks recruitment drive at digital agency
A fast-expanding digital media agency is spearheading a recruitment drive to double its workforce after enjoying a growth in turnover. Shout Digital, a Newcastle-based firm, has enjoyed a 35 per cent...
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EDM welcomes Malaysian trade delegates to Manchester
Manchester-based aviation training firm, EDM Ltd. hosted a VIP Malaysian trade delegation at its Newton Heath factory this week. The company, which makes training hardware for commercial aviation and...
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Manchester business group supports Wigan entrepreneur
Wigan entrepreneur Steven Hunt has launched a new start-up with the help of business support group Blue Orchid. Atherton Craft Workshop produces wooden items such as bird boxes and feeders which are...
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Redx Pharma joins fastest growing UK businesses
Merseyside-based firm Redx Pharma has been highlighted by Sir Terry Leahy and Lord Young as one of Britain’s fastest up and coming businesses. The company will join the ranks of the ACCELERATE 250 in...
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Careers advice is "on life support," say CBI
The CBI has lambasted the provision of careers advice in schools, following reforms that placed the responsibility with schools last year. Echoing previous concerns from the cross-part Education...
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Liverpool and Cumbria to measure Government regulation schemes
The North West is to host two of six Government pilot schemes that will investigate ways for regulators to work with enterprises to support growth. Liverpool’s public services delivery organisation,...
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Work starts on £1.5m Aycliffe Soccer Factory
Work has started on an exciting £1.5m football facility which will provide seven state-of-the-art indoor pitches in Newton Aycliffe. It’s now hoped the Soccer Factory, on the site of the old...
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Friends land same apprenticeship at leading digital agency
Two friends have navigated the route back to work together after winning a full-time apprenticeship scheme at a leading digital agency. Nicola Booth and Daniel Jackson, both 23, have been friends for...
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Entrepreneurship top source of wealth for North East
Entrepreneurship has been named one of the main sources of wealth in the North East, taking the top spot alongside personal finance, in a new set of figures. The latest edition of Barclays Wealth...
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Family construction firm enjoys 36% increase in turnover
A family-run construction firm has reported a 36% increase in turnover, going from £11m, to £15m in the year up to the end of March 2013. Finley Structures, based on Aycliffe Business Park has also...
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Behind the business with Grono
Grono is a Manchester-based supplier of artificial grass to landscapers, builders and homeowners. The firm specialises in supplying the highest quality artificial grass which it sells through Jewson...
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Young entrepreneur wins £3,500 start-up funding
A young Teesside entrepreneur has secured £3,500 start-up funding for his online bespoke sticker business. Luke Robertson, 20, launched Wallchimp as a teenager and now sells his range of wall stickers...
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High profile speakers for Tees Valley Business Summit
A roll call of high profile speakers are lined up to address this year’s Tees Valley Business Summit. Among the keynote speakers are, BBC economic commentator, Steph McGovern, from Middlesbrough, and...
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Innovation expert joins forces with North East LEP
An eminent commercial innovator has taken on a key role at the North East LEP to transform the region into a centre for innovation growth. Professor Roy Sandbach has agreed to work with the North East...
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Lancashire to reap £7.2m from Business Growth Hub
Image source: MiiiSH Lancashire’s economy expects to receive a £7.2m boost from a Business Growth Hub, which is being developed by the county’s Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). Work started at the...
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