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Latest News | A grade II-listed property in Newcastle is set to be converted into accommodation for key workers after the companies behind the project secured a £1m loan. The development is expected to create 50 jobs.
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CPD is incredibly important for growth, whether that's for yourself or an employee. Dianne Sharp, CEO at The Leadership Academy, shares three reasons why CPD shouldn't be forgotten about in this new remote working world.
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A Tyneside web design and digital marketing agency is creating new jobs after securing investment from the North East Small Loan Fund.
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Nordic bar and club operator REKOM has bought Deltic out of administration in a move that could save more than 1,300 jobs.
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Global confectioner The Ferrero Group has acquired cereal bar and granola brand Eat Natural.
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Shawbrook Bank has acquired RateSetter's peer-to-peer funded development finance business.
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Steve Williams, head of mergers and acquisitions at Waterstons, follows up his last piece discussing why it’s important to consider technology in the dealmaking process; after all, IT can be the forgotten relative in M&A deals, lost amongst legal and financial wrangling. We think it’s more important than that, and while we’ve talked about the ‘why’, it’s now time for us to give some insight into the ‘what.’ We set out below the key things we’d recommend considering in your next deal.
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Revenue has grown at professional services giant PwC UK but profits have fallen due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The UK-wide furlough and Covid-19 business loan schemes have been extended. The extensions come ahead of the Budget, which the Chancellor has confirmed will take place on 3 March 2021.
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A Teesside-headquartered company has agreed a distribution deal with a global tech business.
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When it comes to talking through the challenges you face in business, working with like-minded business leaders can be an effective way to share knowledge and find solutions.
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Gasification technology specialist EQTEC has signed a call option and exclusivity agreement to acquire a power plant project site in Billingham.
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Port of Tyne has signed an option agreement with Dogger Bank Wind Farm, bringing the preliminary phase of development to build the operations and maintenance base to a close.
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A new board member has joined Construction Alliance North East (CAN) as it targets procurement opportunities for contractors in the region in 2021.
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Plans for a new café in Newcastle's Exhibition Park have been revealed.
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Alan Welby, director of innovation at the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), says a new open innovation programme called Challenge North East is offering financial support to SMEs who can help find solutions to two specific COVID-19-related problems.
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BAE Systems has outlined plans to hire more than 1,250 trainees into its early careers programmes in 2021.
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The UK arm of a building materials manufacturing giant grew its turnover to almost £800m in the year before it completed a £178m deal with counterpart Breedon, new documents have revealed.
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