Today's Northern Powerhouse business news from Insider |
Sean Hutchinson, Senior Investment Manager at the British Business Bank, discusses the recent sector trends for businesses in relation to various Government-backed schemes available, and what lies ahead for Northern markets.
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News from the Northern Powerhouse | A West Yorkshire technology company that uses AI to detect misinformation and to provide a fact-checking service to combat fake news has raised £2.5m to further develop its product in time for the US election.
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Jacobs has opened an Engineering and Technology Centre in West Cumbria.
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Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen has called on the government to establish a National Hydrogen Transport Centre in Teesside.
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Manchester-headquartered Grafenia has outlined plans to create a £50m facility as it looks to weather the ongoing pandemic. The company noted that while the circumstances have placed "significant pressure" on its transformation, it is increasingly seeing opportunities to "start playing offense".
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Plans have been revealed for a multimillion-pound investment in an advanced automated pharmacy facility in Yorkshire which is set to create 100 jobs.
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Homes England has entered into a collaboration agreement with Hellens Group to progress with the development of the Burtree Garden Village site on the edge of Darlington.
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Plans for the Robbie Williams co-owned LMA to establish a presence in the city's Metquarter have been approved. The venture is set to create more than 100 jobs.
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A multimillion-pound funding deal has been struck to support the redevelopment of a former gasworks site in York.
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Citylabs – a joint venture between Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and Manchester Science Partnerships (MSP) – has taken a major step forward.
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The next steps in the development of the York Central scheme are set to be discussed at a meeting next week.
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Powerhouse Perspective | In the latest instalment of Insider's Q&A series on the Northern Powerhouse, James Hughes, chief executive of Liverpool-based Gone West Ltd, outlines what the initiative means to him, the need to tackle unemployment, and how the Northern Forest project can aid the North's recovery.
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