Shaun Fooy, North East senior manager at the British Business Bank, discusses the big issues impacting smaller businesses in the North East and the need to address regional and sub-regional disparities in access to finance. Read More
Stockton-based OPPORTUNI, which provides tools to small and medium sized companies to bid for government contracts, has acquired the procurement website Bidstats. Read More
Tech investor Tenzing has revealed the close of its Tenzing Belay I fund, which provides the firm with additional capital, allowing it to underwrite equity investments of about £150m in businesses across the UK and Northern Europe. Read More
Plans for a new holiday and leisure complex in Northumberland could create upwards of 20 jobs during the construction phase along with the creation of five full time and 15 part time roles. Read More
Professional services giant Accenture has outlined plans to create 3,000 roles over the next three years, with a focus on three Northern cities including Newcastle. Read More
Swinburne Maddison has revealed an appointment and promotion following its "busiest year to date" with increased workload in all parts of the business. Read More
BAM Nuttall has been appointed as the principal contractor to build the new southern entrance at Sunderland's train station, following council approval for the development in the summer. Read More
Turnover has soared to more than £1.4bn at parcel delivery giant Hermes UK as growth in online retail during the pandemic led to a sustained increase in demand for its services. Read More
Nissan has hailed the importance of its Sunderland plant during a press conference where it unveiled plans to spend more than £13bn on electric vehicles over the next five years. Read More
