Today's Northern Powerhouse business news from Insider |
The North's digital infrastructure can play a key role in the region's recovery from social and economic upheaval, according to Virgin Media Business' head of public sector. Read More… |
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Many businesses were forced to adapt and adopt new processes in a rush as the pandemic hit. SafetyCulture’s Dan Joyce explores how we can build on those hasty foundations and optimise for safer, more productive and successful businesses in 2021. Read More… |
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News from the Northern Powerhouse | A Sheffield-based creative marketing and brand company has secured a six-figure loan from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, which is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund. Read More… |
The chief executive of Transport for the North is to step down next year. Read More… |
An application for 600 homes to built in Manchester, in a move which could create more than 190 jobs, looks set to be approved. Read More… |
The developer behind Middlesbrough’s Centre Square scheme has said the project could 're-establish the town as a key office destination' in the North. Read More… |
Leeds United's football ground will be central to regeneration in the city in the coming years Eve Roodhouse, Leeds City Council's chief officer of economic development told Insider's latest online forum. Read More… |
Plans to secure a multimillion-pound boost towards the ongoing regeneration of Crewe – which is considered "critical" to kick-starting the economy following the economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic – look set to move forward. Read More… |
Plans for a new energy generation and storage facility on Teesside are set to be brought forward. Read More… |
Construction work has completed on two further units at Muse Developments' flagship Logic Leeds industrial and distribution hub by Junction 45 of the M1. Read More… |
Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has revealed that the Tees Valley Business Fund helped companies in the region create and safeguard 652 jobs, with hundreds more in the pipeline. Read More… |
Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has appointed two senior bankers as co-heads in the North of England. Read More… |
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Powerhouse Perspective | In the latest instalment of Insider's Q&A series on the Northern Powerhouse, Guy Armitage, managing director of York Handmade Brick, outlines what the initiative means to him, the need for better transport links, and how cities can work together to help the North become more than the sum of its parts. Read More… |
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