Today's Northern Powerhouse business news from Insider |
A manufacturer of wearable mental wellbeing devices has developed a new model to help businesses and their staff through the Covid-19 pandemic following two rounds of investment totalling £450,000 from NPIF-Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Fund Managers and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.
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News from the Northern Powerhouse | An agreement has been secured with the government to bring the UK's first Hydrogen Transport Centre to Teesside. The new facility is expected to create hundreds of clean energy jobs.
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The owner of a North West office supplies specialist who overcame having coronavirus to steer his business through lockdown has secured a £200,000 loan to support his growth plans.
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New bank GBB has confirmed that its new headquarters will be based in Middlesbrough in a move expected to create up to 120 jobs in the town.
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Plans for a new office building and commercial units as part of Sheffield's Heart of the City II development look set to get the green light next week.
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Plans to build a 300-strong residential scheme in Liverpool look set to advance next week.
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Aer Lingus Regional, operated by Stobart Air, has launched its new route from Leeds Bradford to Belfast.
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An international tyre wholesaler has responded to the impact Covid-19 has had on the business by expanding its UK operation on the back of securing a six-figure CBILS loan from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance.
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Plans for a new £15.8m bus station in Halifax have been given the green light.
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Bolton-based Booth Industries has secured a multi-year contract worth £36m to supply cross passage doors for the HS2 rail link.
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A food packaging manufacturer has been selected by the UK Department for Health and Social Care to produce disposable aprons for the NHS from its site in Washington.
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Powerhouse Perspective | In the latest instalment of Insider's Q&A series on the Northern Powerhouse, Ged Mason OBE, chief executive of the Morson Group, outlines what the initiative means to him, the need to nurture future tech talent, and the importance of infrastructure to the North's future growth.
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