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North East manufacturers report record exports
Image source: Official U.S. Navy Imagery North East firms provided the best possible start to Export Week, with manufacturers reporting the most positive set of overseas sales and orders figures ever...
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This week’s North East appointments
Tees Valley law firm Archers Law has strengthened the firm by appointing two of its solicitors as Associates. Wendy Edwards has been promoted within the firm’s wills, probates and trusts team and...
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Unions launch legal action against East Coast privatisation plans
Image source: Gene Hunt The three main rail unions have launched legal action in a bid to stop the Government’s proposed privatisation of East Coast trains. RMT, Aslef and TSSA want to see a juidicial...
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This week’s Yorkshire appointments
Reset, Terry Hodgkinson Reset Certification Scheme Ltd (“Reset”) the competence management solutions provider have announced the appointment of Terry Hodgkinson as a non-executive director. Terry is...
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North East businesses urged to take advantage of apprenticeship schemes
Intraining North East, part of NCG and based at Newcastle College, is able to offer North East employers a free recruitment and matching service for Apprenticeship positions within the majority of...
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Chambers report mixed results for Yorkshire business confidence
Image source: kwc909 Confidence amongst businesses in the region remains high according to the latest survey results from West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, but mixed results in Sheffield...
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North East manufacturer hosts regional launch of Export Week
One of the North East’s most prominent exporters, GT Group, has hosted the regional launch of UK Trade & Investment’s (UKTI) Export Week. The launch at GT Group, which exports to more than 60...
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Boro Taxis reveals £1 million investment strategy
Tees Valley’s largest taxi firm has revealed a £1 million investment strategy. Boro Taxis, which has been in existence for more than three decades, recently has spent more than £400k upgrading its...
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Leeds LEP makes a bid for new HS2 college
Image source: Jon Curnow Leeds LEP will make the case for locating a new HS2 college in the region today. Chair of the LEP, Roger Marsh, will meet with key regional businesses and rail industry...
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Labour promises Regional Ministers to rebalance economy
Image source: EdMiliband Labour MP Michael Dugher has promised Labour would introduce Regional Ministers to represent their areas in Whitehall and draw together LEPs, local authorities and central...
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Bio firm’s Merseyside move brings jobs
A business which has developed a product to help prevent stretch marks during pregnancy has secured £400,500 in equity funding from The North West Fund for Biomedical. Stuff of Life, which will be...
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Barratt Yorkshire West graduate secures place on the Rising Stars list
Image source: L.Bö Leeds-based Barratt Yorkshire West graduate, Alex Cook, has secured a place in the Rising Star Award category at the UK’s biggest graduate awards event, the National Graduate...
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Chadwick Lawrence and Council’s Business Support programme partner for...
Image source: Ben Sutherland Wakefield Council’s Business Support Programme will support the city’s business week for the second year running as a key partner alongside others including principal...
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Sheffield Council aims to get 860 businesses exporting internationally
Image source: Sudhamshu Sheffield Council is launching a new International Trade and Export Strategy to drive up the export performance of businesses in Sheffield and the City Region. SMEs make up the...
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Sunderland Marine charity expands with £315k investment
A charity which provides challenging Outdoor Education opportunities for young people is securing its long term future by expanding and improving its facilities. Marine Activities Centre (MAC) is...
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Rally driver turned entrepreneur invests in karting business
A North East rally driver-turned-entrepreneur has invested almost £400k creating what he says is now one of the most complete motor and action sports venues in the UK. Guy Wilks has dramatically...
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Lighting the way to overseas markets – UKT&I Director visits Barrow...
Clive Drinkwater, Regional Director of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) North West has visited Barrow company Lumier Ltd as part of Export Week - to witness one of the region’s leading lights in...
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Three Yorkshire businesses announced as HSBC regional finalists for potential...
Image source: wwarby HSBC has revealed three businesses from Yorkshire have been put forward to the next stage of Global Connections, a competition in which winners could receive up to £120,000...
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Oldham sees 24% drop in unemployed young people
Image source: HelenCobain Oldham has seen a significant drop in the number of ‘NEETs’ young people not in education, employment or training. The borough’s NEETs fell by almost 24% in the year to March...
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Middleton hopeful that social investment tax relief could transform North East
One of the region’s biggest investors has said Government plans to give tax incentives to people investing in social enterprises could act as a funding catalyst for thousands of North East businesses....
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