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 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.
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.