The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy have published a guidance document for grant funding.  In response to the Coronavirus, COVID-19, the Government announced there would be support for small businesses, and businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure…

Teesside University and TWI Ltd have again joined forces with the launch of two new Innovation Centres which will help companies to reduce the impact their operations have on the environment. The Industrial Decarbonisation and Hydrogen Innovation Centre will focus…

Joanne Fryett is appointed business development director at industry cluster, NEPIC. The industry body that represents the chemical processing sector in the North East of England has made a senior appointment to support its long-term growth plans. Joanne Fryett joins…

Just a note to any NEPIC members who are also involved with the Royal Society of Chemistry. The 2020 elections are on-line right now. Election campaigning isn't really my thing, but I'm honoured to be nominated for the Presidency of…

Commercial law firm Square One Law has established a COVID-19 Business Response Support Group to help the business community navigate through the on-going crisis. It is a broad based and highly experienced team that consists of lawyers and specialist consultants…

SRG launches the COVID-19 rapid response team to be able to help companies scale up teams at pace. We continue to engage with the government (UK) around the subject of helping companies working within the supply chain for COVID-19 related…

As industries reboot following the lockdown measures imposed in March, many companies will now face a fresh set of challenges. Social distancing is key to protecting the health and wellbeing of employees, yet many roles can necessitate working in pairs…

A Middlesbrough firm has supplied the equivalent of 16,000 bottles of hand sanitiser to support key workers at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in their fight against Covid-19. Seqens Custom Specialties - still affectionately known locally by its former…

AlphaGraphics, a North-East based print and marketing agency, has successfully launched a new online store to provide social distancing materials to businesses operating through the COVID-19 pandemic. Within the first week of launching, AlphaGraphics’ online store processed orders from some…

As part of leadership succession planning, Sembcorp Industries (Group) has announced today that Andy Koss will succeed Nomi Ahmad as the new Head of its UK subsidiary, Sembcorp Energy UK (SEUK), from August 3, 2020. Mr Ahmad will relocate back…