Today's North East business news from Insider |
Latest News | Insider is today announcing two more sets of shortlists for this year's North East Property Awards – the Residential Development of the Year and the Emerging Property Person of the Year. Read More… |
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Tom Whitfield, partner in the dispute resolution team at Hay & Kilner Law Firm in Newcastle, offers his advice on pursuing a business interruption insurance claim for issues caused by Covid-19. Read More… |
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Doncaster-based John Hudson Trailers has acquired a counterpart in the North East with the support of a £5m funding package from NatWest and Lombard Asset Finance. Read More… |
A specialist sports nutrition business set up by two former Newcastle United coaches is targeting growth after securing a five-figure investment. Read More… |
The banking and finance industry has approved more than £22bn in loans to more than half a million businesses through the three major government-backed lending schemes. Read More… |
Innovative businesses and start-ups are set to benefit from a £40m government investment to drive forward new technological advances. Read More… |
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Management and PR consultant Sarah Waddington from Astute.Work, offers her advice on why social capital matters in a time of crisis. Read More… |
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Teesside University and TWI have joined forces to launch two new innovation centres designed to help companies to reduce the impact of their operations on the environment. Read More… |
Almost £6m in funding has been awarded to a project that will use energy from a North East mine to heat homes. Read More… |
Convenience foods giant Greencore has implemented a "comprehensive set of actions" to ensure it is strongly positioned on the back of the pandemic. Read More… |
Marks & Spencer has reported a period of "substantial progress and change" in its full-year results, but Covid-19 pandemic has led to a drop in pre-tax profit of more than 20 per cent. Read More… |
Supermarket giant Asda has posted a rise in like-for-like sales for the period leading up to the UK's Covid-19 lockdown. Read More… |
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Gary Harmer, sales director at Hikvision UK & Ireland, says innovative technological approaches like temperature screening will be crucial in enhancing confidence in workplace and public safety – but potential users need to be aware of issues around their implementation, and realistic in their expectations about performance. Read More… |
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Plans for a farm experience centre and lodge park in County Durham have been submitted. Read More… |
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Rolls-Royce has confirmed plans to cut at least 9,000 jobs from its global workforce in a bid to save more than £1.3bn because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More… |
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