Huddersfield chemical firm Syngenta takes on 20 new recruits
One of Huddersfield’s largest businesses, chemical firm Syngenta, is set to employ 20 apprentices and is encouraging other Kirklees firms to do the same. Syngenta, which employs over 400 people at its...
View ArticleSweet results for North East business
In the midst of recession one business over the last 12 months has continued to grow and bring smiles to its customers across the region. Now the business is looking to expand its sweet army even...
View ArticleStockport-based Terry’s Fabrics expand forty year portfolio by launching new...
After four decades within the fabric industry and soft furnishing sector, Stockport based Terry’s Fabrics is now expanding their online portfolio and in-house public relations team. The company also...
View ArticleMother & daughter property firm announces new office opening
A recently established local property management company has unveiled its new office in North Liverpool. Bespoke Lettings, which is owned by mother and daughter duo, Susan Hind and Hannah Frankland,...
View ArticleNorth East employment sees “statistically significant” increase
Image source: KellyB. According to a recent report from Office of National Statistics (ONS), employment in the North East has risen by 15k over the quarter, and 64 over the year. Employment in the...
View ArticleProminent North East businessman joins Museum Development Trust Board
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM) has recruited North East business consultant, Ammar Mirza CBE to the Board of the TWAM Development Trust. Ammar, who has over 20 years’ experience leading...
View ArticleShock fall in UK wages despite employment being on the rise
Image source: lydia_shiningbrightly Figures released by the Office for National Statistics have shown that unemployment is at its lowest since 2009, at a rate of 6.4%, compared with 6.5% last month....
View ArticleLiverpool firm introduces Avatar interview technique for recruiters
A Liverpool start-up has created an online interviewing system, using 3-D avatars, to simplify the recruitment process for companies and candidates. Interviewpeopleonline.com, has been set up by David...
View ArticleNECC reports positive outlook for North East businesses tackling skills gap
Image source: comedy_nose North East businesses are to benefit from the increasing pass rates in STEM A Level stubjects across the region. NECC policy adviser Lucy Humphreys noted that the increase in...
View ArticleJessica Flinn goes nationwide with House of Fraser
Award winning Sheffield jewellery designer Jessica Flinn is going into one of the country’s most popular department stores. Working with concessions specialist Hallett Retail, Jessica Flinn Designs...
View Article75% of business owners are concerned with the North/South divide, says SageUK
Image source: Eric Fischer Research from business software and services provider Sage UK has revealed three quarters of business owners are concerned at the country’s ‘North/South divide’. More than...
View ArticleSmall business suffers under hidden patent renewal costs
Over eight million patents are held worldwide by many thousands of businesses. All have to pay regular renewal fees, usually every year, to the Patent Office for each country to keep their patents in...
View ArticleEducation recruitment firm builds on last year’s results
With the school summer holidays almost over, a North East specialist recruitment firm is gearing up for the new term after their increased workload demanded a move to newer and bigger premises....
View ArticleApprentice star offers new opportunity for North West talent
Apprentice Season 9 finalist, Neil Clough is on a recruitment drive with a new opportunity for a group of budding sales and recruitment specialists in the North West. With 15 years experience in sales...
View ArticleDoncaster Chamber encourages businesses to expand in Poland
Image source: R/DV/RS Doncaster Chamber is encouraging the towns businesses to learn more about overseas markets, particulary Poland. The Chambers event was the first in a new series run by the...
View ArticleDoncaster Chamber encourages businesses to expand in Poland
Image source: R/DV/RS Doncaster Chamber is encouraging the towns businesses to learn more about overseas markets, particulary Poland. The Chambers event was the first in a new series run by the...
View ArticleGovernment announces new package to support home-based entrepreneurs
Image source: Policy Exchange Entrepreneurs will be given greater freedom to start and grow a business from their home under new measures announced by the government. There are approximately 2.9...
View ArticleIt’s all aboard the BID for business
A North East BID initiative has appointed several new board members following a successful election process. Distinct Darlington, the town centre’s Business Improvement District, is now entering its...
View ArticleNorth West-based Kids Allowed partners with Kiddidrop.com scheme
Award-winning, leading North West-based childcare provider Kids Allowed has partnered with pioneering school run initiative Kiddidrop.com to assist busy parents in getting to and from their centres....
View ArticleThe Phonetic Group celebrate 15 years of B2B telemarketing
It’s 15 years since the award-winning telemarketing agency Phonetic launched and in that time communication has changed considerably. Back in 1999 – the eve of the Noughties, when less than half of...
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