PD Ports has today submitted its response to the Government’s consultation on Freeports. The response underlines the huge investment and jobs boost that a Freeport located on the River Tees can deliver for the local and regional economy. Within its…

Plans for significant preparation and clearing works designed to allow for the development of 120 acres of land at the former steelworks in Redcar have been submitted. The work – proposed by the South Tees Development Corporation – would be…

Northumbrian Water has named its new chief financial officer. Mike Porter has experience at listed and private companies and was most recently chief financial officer of Bailey Group. He said: "I'm delighted to have joined Northumbrian Water at what is…

Micropore to use Britest Tools to evaluate client technical queries. Britest Limited, the internationally recognised leading exponent of whole process design for the process industries, has entered into a licensing agreement with Micropore Technologies, the world's foremost authority on membrane…

BES has completed a viral vector suite facility for Cobra Biologics (“Cobra”); a biologics specialist at the forefront of COVID-19 vaccine scale-up and manufacturing. Located within Keele University campus, Cobra has invested in upgrading part of its existing development and…

PD Ports has won a major pipeline contract with global oilfield services company, Saipem to service the Tolmount gas field, one of the largest undeveloped gas discoveries in the Southern North Sea. Owned and operated by PD Ports, the Port…

We are happy to announce Bilfinger UK are now an employer partner of the Heriot-Watt University Graduate Apprenticeships programme! Read about our partnership here. Read our about our apprenticeships here.  

Tees Valley Combined Authority aim to have a geographical spread across Tees Valley as well as the Priority Sectors, as demand is likely to be high there is no guarantee that all applications will be successful. All applications will be…

A North East consultancy, Wellbeing Works, have diversified and entered a new market thanks to the support of the Supply Chain North East programme and the North East Process Industry Cluster, NEPIC. Following the firm’s involvement with Supply Chain North…

Teesside University are considering setting up a higher degree apprenticeship around the Supply Chain Leadership standard, please see here. This would be an opportunity for employers such as yourselves to offer appropriate existing employees this professional development while working. However,…