The Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland has philanthropy at its heart, funding grassroots organisations across the North East in support of worthy people, places and organisations. Its ...

With a strong 12 months of deal activity having fuelled its progress, Newcastle-based law firm Hay & Kilner entered 2025 with great confidence. Here, Ben Jackson, senior associate in the firm’s ...

The Muckle Fund, run in association with the Community Foundation, was set up in 2002 as a way for Muckle to give back to people, communities and good causes across the North of England. Since then, ...

Following a landmark year of growth capped by becoming a Certified B CorporationTM law firm, EMG Solicitors is beginning 2025 with great confidence. Here, chief executive Emma Gaudern looks back on a ...

Kari Owers is the founder of O Agency, a creative strategy agency based in Newcastle. Now, approaching its 20th anniversary, O is one of the most-awarded agencies in the UK, representing some of the ...

Change is sweeping across the North East, and NET’s VISION 31 campaign has helped further drive the momentum. Through a high-profile London summit, featuring regional businesses and sector leaders, ...

“We’re good at performance marketing, but our brand sucks!” As marketers get ready for the ‘2025 brand building revolution’, even the biggest brands are realising that the time has come to refocus on ...

A planning application for the redevelopment of the Deptford Terrace site in Sunderland has been given approval, creating approximately 325 new operational jobs. The project will provide over 165,000 ...

A North East recruitment specialist is set for a record turnover of almost £80 million, following “sensational” growth. Washington-based Visuna is on course to almost double its turnover in just three ...

The North East is an innovation hotbed with the skills, passion and can-do attitude to drive great business and economic change, writes Kate Hewison, following NET's high-level VISION 31 London summit ...

The region’s space research prowess is set to rocket following £2.5 million support. The North East Space Communications Accelerator consortium (NESCA) has been backed by the Engineering and Physical ...

Womble Bond Dickinson has appointed Simon Rowland as the new head of its Newcastle office. Simon will succeed Nigel Emmerson, who has served as Newcastle office head since 2020. Simon joined the ...