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Wednesday 22 July 2020

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1,000 home plans for Northern Spire site

More than 1,000 homes could be built on a site at Sunderland's Northern Spire bridge under new proposals.
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Business Matters: North East businesses reveal their focus post-Covid

Astute.Work worked with Insider Media to ask organisations about the impact of Covid-19 and their plans for recovery. The results tell an uplifting story of resilient management teams and employees across the region who have invested huge energy in weathering the crisis, says Astute’s managing director, management and PR consultant Sarah Waddington.
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Deals

Ocean Certification joins British Assessment Bureau

Ocean Certification has joined the British Assessment Bureau, part of Amtivo Group.
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Praetura syndication sets up £100m SME fund

Praetura Commercial Finance has completed an increased syndication of its debt facilities, meaning it now has more than £100m to deploy to SMEs across the North.
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Adevinta swoops for eBay Classifieds in $9.2bn deal

Norweigian giant Adevinta has entered into an agreement to acquire eBay Classifieds Group, which includes the likes of Gumtree and Motors.co.uk in the UK, in a deal with a headline value of $9.2bn.
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Covid lending schemes near £48bn mark

Almost £48bn has been provided to more than 1.1 million businesses so far through UK Government-backed coronavirus lending schemes, it has been revealed.
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Secure Trust Bank hits £5bn lending milestone

The commercial finance arm of Secure Trust Bank has surpassed £5bn of invoices funded to British businesses.
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Business Matters: How digital communications can help businesses recover and re-engage

Dr David Hart - Associate Professor in Marketing at Northumbria University, shares top tips for businesses looking to harness the power of digital communications in their post-Covid recovery.
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Business

Latest cohort completes Entrepreneurs’ Forum scale-up programme

The latest cohort of North East business leaders has completed the Entrepreneurs' Forum Scale-up Leader's Academy.
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Alternative finance firm to be wound down

Growth Street is to wind down the business once its Resolution Event is complete. The company said the decision has been made by the board with the support of the executive team and major shareholders. 
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Property

Milestone reached in offshore energy base development

A milestone has been reached in the development of a new North East deep-water offshore energy base.
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Job-creating business park plans submitted

Plans have been lodged for a new Durham business park which could support the creation of about 4,000 jobs.
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St Modwen makes £150m half-year loss

Property developer and investor St Modwen made a pre-tax loss of more than £150m during the first half of its current financial year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Manufacturing

Modular housing manufacturer to establish North East facility

A modular housing manufacturer is set to create jobs with the creation of a new facility in the North East.
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