Clearer guidelines on furlough are needed amid growing confusion in the business community, according to HR experts. Nicky Jolley, the founder and managing director or HR2day, which provides specialist HR support for SMEs in the North-East, has written to the…

As the UK goes through this unprecedented period, the Department for International Trade is committed to standing behind businesses and is asking businesses to do their best to stand behind their workers. We understand that as a business owner or…

Energi Coast, North East England’s offshore wind cluster is undertaking a regional supply chain mapping exercise looking at the current and future capabilities for offshore wind in North East England. Stage 1 Stage 1 is collecting some basic data and…

The researchers used a novel approach to deliver the drug, called a microneedle array, to increase potency. This array is a fingertip-sized patch of 400 tiny needles that deliver the spike protein pieces into the skin, where the immune reaction…

Absolute Antibody is proud to be supporting the researchers who are working to better understand, diagnose, treat and prevent COVID-19. Our staff is working hard to provide antibody engineering and manufacturing services, as well as coronavirus-related reagents, to help in…

Health care services are being supported with expertise and equipment from Teesside University as they continue the fight against the coronavirus. The University’s School of Health & Life Sciences is running a series of webinars on developing critical care skills…

Can your business help with surgical/fluid repellent masks and aprons? The safety of our customers and staff is our priority and we need to ensure we have ample supplies to continue to provide essential care. If you’re able to help…

  Can you, or a company you know, help with this urgent requirement to support ventilator manufacture next week. Rotary Pot – Contelec or Megatron We are struggling to find 5,000 units for next week of the two below options…

Workers who have not taken all of their statutory annual leave entitlement due to COVID-19 will now be able to carry it over into the next 2 leave years. Government to amend regulations to allow annual leave to be carried…

Arcinova, a multi-service Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO) based in Northumberland, England, is delighted to announce that its Senior Director of Business Development Europe, Dr Nathalie Huther, has been named a 2020 Northern Powerhouse Export Champion by the UK…