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Up to 20 new jobs could be created as part of a new leisure development that will incorporate a former World War II munitions factory in Newton Aycliffe, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

An IT consultancy based in the North-East has gone on a recruitment drive in order to meet the enhanced demand for its services, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

A Sunderland-based company has revealed plans to recruit and train more than 50 apprentices from a local college, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

A retail chain has announced plans to hire around 100 new employees after opening a new superstore in a local retail park, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. The new Range outlet in Darlington Retail Park will open in April and recruit a workforce of managers, warehouse workers and administrators.

Companies across the North East are set for an employment boom in 2015, recent research from CBI/Accenture has been able to reveal. The Employment Trends Survey polled 76 businesses that employ staff in the region and found that 55 per cent expect their workforce to grow in number over the next year.

A building services contractor based in Stockton-on-Tees plans to open a new regional office and hire more staff as part of a national expansion plan prompted by a £10m growth in turnover during the last financial year, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

More than 300 new homes are set to be built on three brownfield sites in North East Lincolnshire after developers secured £125,000 of grants for these projects, a recent media news report has been able to reveal. Three winning bids were made by the council in competitions run by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Planning Advisory Service (PAS) to pilot the use of Local Development Orders (LDOs) to stimulate more housing on brownfield sites.

A security company based in Newcastle has revealed plans to create 600 new jobs as part of an UK-wide expansion drive, a recent media news report into the matter has been able to reveal.

Over 160 jobs were saved after administrators from KPMG managed to secure a restructuring deal for for a supplier of steel fabrication with operations in Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and Teesport Commerce Park. Unfortunately, although 163 jobs were saved by the KPMG administrators, 52 employees were still made redundant, a news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

A North East house builder has revealed plans to develop close to 1,200 homes and create 500 new jobs in the region after securing £12m of funding, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

A pharmaceutical company is set to create up to 80 new jobs after securing the necessary funding to expand their operations, a news report in the local business media was able to reveal. Northumberland-based DE Pharmaceuticals is set to expand its sites in the North East and Doncaster, as well as adding new sites in Manchester, Barnsley, the South East, Belfast and the Midlands.

Several new jobs will be created by a health and fitness venture at Wynyard Park in County Durham, a recent news report in the local media was able to reveal. The new Atom Health and Fitness Club at Wynyard Park, which is housed in a 5,500 sq ft unit, is being opened by Phil Lamb, a personal trainer for nine years, and Gary Gibson, an engineer from Durham who has taken on a non-executive director role.