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A boost of £4m has been pledged to help expand a major industrial estate in Redcar. In the first phase of the project, Redcar’s Skippers Lane Industrial Estate would be extended by almost eight acres to the east of the current site, with a new roundabout at the existing Skippers Lane/Sotherby Road junction. Additional work […]

Azets has revealed plans to add 100 staff to its North East workforce as it accelerates growth plans. The accountancy firm is investing in its mobile-enabled hybrid working environment. The national recruitment drive will create 650 roles in total over the next 12 months. In the North East, the company has plans to grow within […]

Games developer and publisher Double Eleven has doubled the size of its team after welcoming its 200th employee. The company, which started life in a loft 12 years ago, has remotely recruited 103 new crew members to its Teesside headquarters and grown its Kuala Lumpur studio to 20 in the last 12 months. Founder and […]

The leader of a local authority in the North East is urging staff to join their local regeneration efforts, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has asked construction managers looking for their next role across Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool to apply for vital […]

One of the UK’s best known monitored alarm systems providers has created 300 new jobs in the North-East, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to suggest. Verisure has trebled its first-year hire target, with the recruitment close to 300 staff at its Centre of Excellence in North Tyneside. Up […]

One of the UK’s best-know housebuilders has relocated its NE team in order to accommodate for future growth, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to suggest. Story Homes has invested in new office space for its expanding North East operation. The business has been operating in the region for […]

Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), a transatlantic law firm serving corporate, individual and nonprofit clients, plans to relocate 450 of its staff to the innovation hub Newcastle Helix in Newcastle city centre. Its future base is currently under construction, and the move is hoped to be completed by 2022. Both of its Newcastle bases will now […]

Downton Interiors, a family-run furniture company in Durham, has experienced such record sales during the COVID-19 pandemic that the business has moved into large premises. The company has been going since 2001, when the father-and-daughter team set it up. During lockdown its sales have risen by 75%, perhaps reflecting people’s desire to change the surroundings […]

Funding is secured for a new office scheme in Newcastle, and construction is due to start later in the month, and it is schedule for completion in April 2022. The office development would be called One Strawberry Lane, and would be six storeys tall, providing 70,000 sq ft of space. The new occupier of the […]

The Green Energy Advice Bureau (GEAB), an energy consultancy specialising in the procurement of renewable business energy, plans to create more than 100 new jobs. The vacancies will be created by the launch of its academy in Newcastle, and include positions such as lead generators and energy consultants. Marc Whitelaw, academy director, said: “This is […]

Miller Homes, a housebuilder with headquarters in Edinburgh, is constructing a housing development in Durham, in the town of Bedlington. Longridge Farm consists of a range of housing sizes from two to five bedrooms, along with 22 affordable homes. The scheme is bringing more than £1m to local infrastructure, including education, sports facilities at Gallagher […]

Willmott Dixon, a leading independent construction and property services company, has been appointed on the development of the new £21m Morpeth Leisure Centre. The leisure centre will include a six-lane swimming pool with spectator gallery, a learner pool, spa facilities, a four-court sports hall, a new 100 station fitness suite, a dedicated cycling studio, large fitness studios, a cafe […]