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History graduate launches coffee business straight out of University of York
Image source: umershabib University of York graduate Bethan Vincent has started her own sustainably sourced coffee business less than a year after leaving university. Graduating from York in the...
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Student entrepreneurs face the lions for chance to scoop £10k prize
Entrepreneurial students from Newcastle University Business School will go head-to-head with their pitches at this week’s Lions’ Den event. Cosmetic products and App businesses are among this year’s...
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This week’s North East appointments
The Newcastle office of property and facilities management firm DTZ has appointment Josie Streets and Chris Dent as graduate surveyors. Their appointments closely follow the arrival of Peter Atkinson,...
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This week’s Yorkshire appointments
Image source: Wonderlane Search Laboratory, Nicola Winters and Kira Lauber Leeds-based search marketing agency, Search Laboratory, has boosted its SEO offering with the appointment of two new senior...
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Fitness entrepreneur who invested £100k savings eyes expansion
Fitness entrepreneur John Famelton’s Inline Fitness Centre Ltd in Blaydon is fast approaching half its planned capacity, just four months after opening. The 30 year-old invested £100k in his business...
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Young Teessiders help open door with steel money
Young people on Teesside from a range of cultural backgrounds are helping others in their community by transforming a drop-in centre for Middlesbrough-based charity Open Door North East. The 16-strong...
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Northumberland craft brewers eye expansion following advice from former...
The husband and wife team behind a Northumberland-based craft brewery are targeting further expansion and exports after receiving specialist business coaching. Simon and Dawn Miles established Anarchy...
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Liverpool Chamber invites firms to Talk Turkey
The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce is hosting a video conference with the British Chamber of Commerce of Turkey on 25th March to make companies aware of the opportunities of trading overseas and to...
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World famous giftware firm joins thriving Gateshead business centre
One of the UK’s best known giftware manufacturers has become the latest company to move into Bizspace’s Team Valley Business Centre in Gateshead. OddCo Ltd, the firm behind the world famous Bad Taste...
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Senior Commonwealth leaders come to Newcastle
Image source: smlp.co.uk Senior Commonwealth leaders will come to Newcastle this week as part of a project to tackle challenges that businesses, governments and society face. The CSCLeaders programme...
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South Yorkshire FSB "declares war" on youth unemployment, teaming up with...
Image source: Inspire Kelly According to the FSB: "Youth unemployment is the most worrying barometer of economic growth and, until it is resolved, the UK cannot genuinely claim to be on the road to...
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North East children’s charity on the hunt for trustees
A North East special educational needs school, residential care home for children and vocational skills centre is looking for professionals to join its board of trustees. The Talbot House Trust in...
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Redcar office supplies business to create up to 20 jobs
Image source: Daniel MacDonald A pair of Teesside entrepreneurs are planning to create between 15-20 jobs at their new office supplies business. James Lees and Graham Huntley met at Rye Hills School...
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Three siblings become separate business owners with funding from NatWest
New business owner Alex Caffery, who has no prior experience in the trade, is now running a picture framing business in Richmond, and is following in the footsteps of her older siblings Siobhan...
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Assembly Rooms entrepreneur starts gourmet food delivery
The man perhaps best known for operating one of the North East’s most popular conference and event venues has now added a gourmet food delivery business to his portfolio. Antony Michaelides, whose...
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23 year old Sheffield graduate leaves investment banking to set up Moonpig rival
A young Yorkshire entrepreneur has given up on a career in investment banking to launch her own card company designed to rival industry giants Moon Pig and Funky Pigeon. Lauren Nicholson, 23, will...
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Affordable homes boost for Blyth
An affordable housing scheme at South Newsham in Blyth is progressing as one of the first schemes in Northumberland County Council’s new ambitious affordable housing programme. The development will...
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Student business accelerator weekend proves a hit at Northumbria
Enterprising students have been honing their entrepreneurial skills during an intensive and hands-on weekend of learning at Northumbria University, Newcastle. A cohort of 40 came armed with business...
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Chef and bodyguard man develops high protein ice cream idea
A chef who also worked as a highly-trained bodyguard has combined his twin loves of fitness and food to produce a range of high protein ice creams. Graham Wood, who has set up his Protein First...
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Over 5,000 Yorkshire entrepreneurs helped off benefits says Government
Image source: Pink Sherbet Photography More than 5,000 unemployed people in Yorkshire & the Humber have stopped claiming benefits after setting up their own business using Government support. The...
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