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Thursday 24 March 2022

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A Darlington-based family-run software company, which provides services for clients in the floristry industry, has secured a £175,000 investment to help it expand and develop routes to market.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Joanne Finkeldey from razorblue, says the digital landscape is evolving rapidly, the last decade has seen huge amounts of growth for the technology sector. Tech professionals are the second most sought after role in the marketplace and a considerable amount of research shows that the UK is suffering from a digital skills gap.
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DEALS

A Gateshead-based digital-only brand focused on the gaming and entertainment market has been bought by a listed company as part of a double deal.
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Telefónica Tech has acquired one of the fastest growing Microsoft partners in the UK for up to £175m.
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INSIDER FEATURE

After rent, rates are often the biggest expense for business owners. The rateable value of a property is periodically set by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), part of HMRC, with the next revaluation due in 2023, for which the preparation is already ongoing. Business rates expert Nick Vincent discusses the options available to those working in the licensed and leisure industry.
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How can manufacturing SMEs embrace and adopt innovation and new technology into their businesses and factories? Roger O'Brien from University of Sunderland offers his advice.
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PROPERTY

Outline approval has been granted for a further job-creating development at Teesworks, with up to two million sq ft of floorspace.
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Plans for the proposed £15m Housing, Innovation and Construction Skills Academy in Sunderland, which looks to transform the way in which the next generation of students are taught about building design and construction, look set to be backed by the council.
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Listed construction company Breedon Group has moved into a newly refurbished office space at DurhamGate to provide room for future growth.
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Lookers has launched a new premium used vehicle showroom in Newcastle with an investment of more than £500,000.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Sally-Ann Cain, relationship director at Barclays, looks at five ways to enable sustainable business practice.
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BUSINESS

Shipping container leisure venue STACK Newcastle is set to close this May to make way for office development works.
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Businesses from across the North East have reacted to Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Spring Statement, where he outlined how he will help the UK economy against rising inflation, soaring costs and significant global uncertainty.
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Venues across Newcastle and Gateshead have joined together in a campaign designed to bounce back from Covid and recapture the £150m-a-year business events and meetings market.
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County Durham-based Apex Wiring Solutions is expanding its work across London after completing on a new development in Canary Wharf.
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Arbuthnot Banking Group has reported a return to profitability and growth and reinstated its practice of paying interim and final dividends.
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MANUFACTURING

The UK automotive industry has invested almost £11bn in electric vehicle and battery R&D and production since 2011, according to the latest figures.
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