New Management Academy boosts business leaders’ skills
Fully-funded training and development for senior staff is being offered to businesses at a new Management Academy launched in Gateshead this week. Intraining, one of the UK’s leading recruitment and...
View ArticleUKTI Export Fair rolls into Ripon Racecourse
Image source: tallpomlin A UKTI Export Fair rides into a North Yorkshire racecourse this week, providing an opportunity for companies to find out more about the wealth of support available to help...
View ArticleTeeside single mum-of-two looks to take her fashion enterprise to the next level
At the age of just 17, Kelly Wright launched her own online fashion store after leaving college and giving birth to her first child. The 24-year-old has announced that her retail exploit, Krystellie,...
View ArticleSheffield dentist acquires her own practice with help from bank investment
A Sheffield dentist announced she had fulfilled her dreams of becoming a practice owner as she acquired the School Road Dental Surgery. Christina Rackham, who has worked at the practice for several...
View ArticleBMW Apprentice makes an Impact on Business
A Hailsham teenager has cause for double celebrations after being recruited by a leading motor dealership and discovering that she has the honour of being a national training provider’s 1000th...
View ArticleMore sign up to Teesside taxi firm’s Back to Work programme
A Teesside taxi firm is hoping to take on more drivers after successfully rolling out a Back to Work scheme. Middlesbrough-based Boro Taxis has entered the second phase of an initiative designed to...
View ArticleTV stars line up for expo North West kick off at Turf Moor
Image source: BFC - BY OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT BBC Apprentice finalist Neil Clough and Channel 5’s Gadget Show presenter Jon Bentley will be headlining a premier business event at the home of newly...
View ArticleSofa, so good, as Sunderland firm opens London showroom
A North East sofa company is celebrating the opening of new London premises. Luxury furniture crafting house, The Original Sofa Company, has opened the a new on Lower Sloane Street in Chelsea, London....
View ArticleLeeds Xercise4Less gym entrepreneur wins big at EY Northern entrepreneur awards
The entrepreneur behind Leeds-based budget gym chain Xercise4Less took home the Private Equity award at last night’s EY North of England Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards dinner in Manchester. The...
View ArticleCompetition for jobs in the North East falls to six-year low
Image source: marfis75 According to research carried out by classified ads search engine Adzuna, the number of job seekers to each job has reduced by half in the last twelve months in the North of...
View ArticleFive Finalists announced for Duke of York New Entrepreneur of the Year award
Ten National Business Awards semi finalists have pitched their business to a live audience and a panel of judges at Liverpool’s St George’s Hall. The judges have now decided the five finalists who...
View ArticleLeeds’ Howard Civil Engineering MD invited to Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small...
Image source: Erik Daniel Drost Michael Howard, managing director of Leeds-based Howard Civil Engineering (HCE), was one of just 22 entrepreneurs invited to take part in the prestigious Goldman Sachs...
View ArticleYork St. John boot camp welcomes graduate entrepreneurs
Graduate entrepreneurs from the region will gather next week at York St John University to turn their up and coming business ideas into reality at Yorkshire’s annual Graduate Entrepreneurship Boot...
View ArticleSheffield city region businesses urged to use overseas business networks...
Businesses across the Sheffield City Region are being urged to use the Overseas Business Network (OBN) to boost exports. A series of events with representatives from the OBN are being launched by...
View ArticleBID joins forces with Sussex procurement specialist to save Darlington...
Image source: London Chow The Business Improvement District (BID) overseen by District Darlington has partnered with Meercat Associates Ltd to launch a scheme to reduce costs for traders. Businesses...
View ArticleHorizonworks strengthens team and celebrates expansion
North East-based full service strategic marketing company Horizonworks is on the rise after doubling the size of its team in the last 12 months. The expanding firm has made two new appointments and...
View ArticleEntrepreneur couples start-up business-buying venture acquires Wirral...
Image source: Rodrigo_Amorim An entrepreneurial couple have made their first acquisition since setting up a venture to buy successful companies with growth potential. Raventa, which was established...
View ArticleFormer teacher opens new Teesside therapy centre
A company that’s helping scores of people find peace of mind has opened a therapy centre in Guisborough. Aspire 2 Mind has opened Bow Street Therapy Rooms, offering hypnotherapy and meditation to help...
View ArticleWayne Hemingway to head Newcastle Superfast Summit
Fashion entrepreneur Wayne Hemingway will head up a ‘Superfast Summit’ in Newcastle which will help firms learn more about free business help. The event this Thursday (July 3), organised by Go Digital...
View ArticleEntrepreneur couples’ start-up business-buying venture acquires Wirral...
Image source: Images_of_Money An entrepreneurial couple have made their first acquisition since setting up a venture to buy successful companies with growth potential. Raventa, which was established...
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