One of the UK’s best-known major retail groups has opened a new convenience store in Northumberland and created 15 new local jobs as part of its expansion programme in the North East, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to find.
The Co-op Group has opened the store on the site of the former Pegswood Ex Sports and Social Club on Main Street.
A Sunderland orthodontics manufacturer has completed a recruitment drive after deciding to move to a new and larger laboratory following continuous growth over the last 15 years, a news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.
A Newton Aycliffe-based logistics business has created jobs after investing heavily in overhauling its distribution system, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.
Plans for building 120 new properties in Sunderland have been officially approved by the local council, a recent news report has been able to reveal.
The 128-home scheme put forward by Miller Homes will be built at the former Shiney Row Campus. The derelict site, home to now redundant college buildings, will be transformed and could benefit the local area both socially and economically.
Plans for a new residential development in County Durham that would include 200 new homes could have a potentially positive effect on the local employment and economy, developers have argued.
Multiple jobs are likely to be lost as the coke ovens and blast furnace at SSI UK’s Redcar steel mill are to be closed, a news report has been able to reveal.
The SSI was wound up by the High Court in Manchester on 2 October 2015 at the company’s request after it confirmed plans to mothball some facilities.
23 new jobs have been created after a Co-operative Food store opened in Bedlington, Northumberland, a news report in the local media has revealed.
The store, based at the site of the former Ridge Farm Pub on Netherton Lane, is part of the company’s plan to open a total of 100 stores across the UK.
An accountancy firm has expanded its North East team by taking multiple new trainees on board, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to find.
Baker Tilly has appointed eight new graduate trainees that will be working across the company’s audit, corporate finance and accounting and financial reporting practices assisting clients from across the region.
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.