Today's North East business news from Insider |
Latest News | Plans have been published for the transformation of a number of listed buildings at a former school in Alnwick to create a new job-creating hotel and leisure facility. Read More… |
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Steve Plaskitt, partner at MHA Tait Walker, shares his expertise on cashflow planning and how it applies to SMEs as we come out of lockdown. Read More… |
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The banking and finance sector has so far provided more than £5.5bn of coronavirus support to SMEs, according to new figures from UK Finance. The British Chambers of Commerce welcomed the steady improvement in the number of firms accessing the scheme, but said the the pace of delivery remains "disappointingly slow". Read More… |
A Dutch bank's corporate finance arm has provided an almost £50m boost to a packaging conglomerate with sites across the East Midlands, the North and Kent. Read More… |
The Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) has now provided more than £5m of support to businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More… |
Three new lenders have been accredited under the British Business Bank's Bounce Back Loan Scheme. Read More… |
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Business groups have said Boris Johnson's announcement regarding Covid-19 last night offers "the first glimmer of light for our faltering economy" but called for more details on how restrictions could be eased over the coming weeks and months. Read More… |
Oakes Energy Services has completed an upgrade to the Coal Authority's Dawdon Mine Water Treatment Scheme in County Durham, designed to showcase how homes can be heated using geothermal energy from abandoned mines. Read More… |
Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen has said he wants the region to be the location of a new electric scooter rental scheme. Read More… |
Gateshead-based digital and cloud specialist Synergi is set to create jobs with the launch a new managed IT service. Read More… |
Clearwater International has made a "substantial investment" in its International Special Situations team. Read More… |
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A major upgrade to tackle congestion on a five-mile stretch of the A1 is set to move forward. Read More… |
Construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall has said it is "well-positioned to successfully navigate" through the current Covid-19 crisis. Read More… |
Specialist investor Primary Health Properties (PHP) has acquired a portfolio of 20 purpose-built medical centres across England and Wales for £47.1m. Read More… |
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