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Building work is set to start on a multimillion-pound project in Northumberland that will create 100 new jobs on the long term, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. The 14.2m Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre will become one of the UK’s first dedicated landscape discovery centres and is expected to attract more than 100,000 visitors.

Multiple jobs have been lost after the company behind a North East hotel and bar were placed into liquidation, a news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. The Avalon Bar and Hotel traded from 26 to 32 South Parade in the seaside town of Whitley Bay. Despite being a very busy place for four years, the venue was significantly affected by the 2008/2009 recession.

Up to 700 direct jobs will be created after Hitachi opened its new £82m Newton Aycliffe facility. The new factory, the company’s first in Europe, willbuild the next generation of trains for the East Coast and Great Western main lines, as well as the Scottish commuter trains.

A construction firm has increased its headcount from 60 to 75 in the last few months following a number of high profile contract wins including The Key on Newcastle University’s Science Central scheme and the £2m redevelopment of Durham University’s Collingwood College, according to a news report on this matter.

26 members of staff working for a County Durham-based energy saving firm have been made redundant after the company experienced "challenging trading conditions" and was forced to go out of business, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

An employment scheme backed by a £6m grant from the Regional Growth Fund has managed to create 700 new jobs across the Tees Valley, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

A Sunderland-based business services provider has revealed plans to create 300 new jobs across Sunderland in the coming months, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. Parseq is based at Doxford International Business Park, where it already operates a 1,000-strong workforce.

A Darlington-based real-estate agency has revealed plans to open additional branches and further extend its business, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. Arc Estate Agents was established by three brothers-in-law and said it will "offer transparency to estate agency".

An engineering company specializing in rebuilding bus engines has entered administration and has ceased trading, resulting in the loss of 18 jobs, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

Businesses across the North East are increasing their staff numbers at the fastest rate in 20 years, recent figures released by the North East Chamber of Commerce have been able to reveal. The NECC’s Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) found that the workforce score is higher now than at any point since this survey started in 1995.

A Morpeth-based engineering company has doubled the size of its factory and created multiple new jobs after securing the necessary funding as part of a major investment programme, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find.

One of the UK’s largest car manufacturers has revealed plans to go on a hiring spree after completing a £250m investment in their Sunderland plant, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.