A chain of skincare clinics under the ProSkin brand have been bought from administration, resulting in 85 jobs being safeguarded, a business news source can exclusively reveal.
The North Eastern engineering sector has surpassed even London in terms of growth over the past year, fresh research from Nixon Williams, an accountancy provider to the engineering sector, has been able to reveal. The report suggests that between 2014 and 2015 the number of engineering businesses in the North East jumped by 17.6 per cent from 595 to 700.
A new residential development scheme from developer Bellway Homes set to be built in Newcastle has been granted planning permission, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find.
A four-star hotel’s luxury spa in Durham has become so successful that it had to expand its team, a news report in the local media has been able to find.
A well-known business services provider has revealed plans to add 700 new members of staff to its already sizeable workforce, a news report can reveal.
A Sunderland-based automotive component manufacturer has created multiple jobs after investing £13m in the business last year, a news report in the local business media has found. Japanese-owned Unipres has recently launched two new press machines which are now working around the clock on three shifts producing lightweight, high tensile strength steel parts, mainly for use at Nissan.
A housing scheme that is likely to create 100 new jobs in County Durham is likely set for approval, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find. Persimmon Homes has submitted a proposal to erect 47 homes in Urpeth following extensive discussion with planning officers, local ward members and the conclusions reached from a public consultation exercise carried out by the developer.
One of the UK’s largest telecom companies is set to recruit about 50 staff in South Shields as part of plans to employ 1,000 new contact centre workers in the UK, a news report has been able to reveal.
A Sunderland-based provider of financial products for the over 50s has revealed plans to create more than 100 jobs by April next year and more than double its workforce by the end of 2016, a news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.
A well-known residential developer has submitted plans for building up to 1,200 new homes on the site of a former hospital in Middlesbrough, a news report in the local media has been able to find. The Hemlington Grange development has been proposed by Taylor Wimpey, with the application site – the former Old Hemlington Hospital – covering 118 acres.
Up to 3,300 new jobs could be created in the construction industry across the North East after output has risen for a second consecutive year, a recent report released by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has been able to reveal. The annual Construction Skills Network report shows that the 16 per cent rise means the sector was, up until 2015, worth £4.6bn to the region. The predicted jobs rise would take the region’s total number of construction jobs to 98,130.
A high rise maintenance company based in Darlington has gone on a recruitment drive after winning multiple large contracts, but a lack of skilled workers prevents it from filling up all available positions, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find.
