BPE has appointed a new principal process engineer as it continues to expand. Karmele Sagarzazu joins the firm’s North West office in Daresbury, where she will advise and lead on projects for BPE’s growing raft of clients. Karmele has…

  Petrochemical company SABIC will welcome new maintenance partner Bilfinger to the North East following a €58m deal between the two firms. Bilfinger, which specialises in industrial services and is headquartered in Warrington, won the contract to provide maintenance to…

  Local payments from the company behind the development of Woodsmith Mine towards protecting and enhancing the environment, developing skills, supporting tourism and increasing rail provision, have reached £5 million – just two years after its construction commenced in May…

  B2B marketing agency Horizon Works will be helping to highlight the strength of Northumberland’s manufacturing sector next month, at SubCon, a major national industry conference. The company, which is headquartered at Northumberland Business Park near Cramlington, will be representing…

  Award winning Local Pump Distributor & Manufacturer – Tomlinson Hall – has this month donated 100 sleeping bags to one of the region’s most recognised homeless charities as it marks its centenary year in business. The Billingham based pump…

  Phusion IM has established a significant partnership with global IT solutions specialist, Sword, to deliver services that will empower organisations in the energy and engineering sectors to better use engineering data to drive safety and efficiencies. The collaboration disrupts…

  PD Ports has announced a multi-million-pound investment at Groveport in partnership with one of Europe’s fastest growing international steel traders and long-standing customer, All Steels Trading. This new long-term contract represents the largest single investment in the last decade…

  Tees Valley has for the first time played host to leading national pharmaceutical conference. The Bionow Pharma Manufacturing Conference is a one-day event exploring the challenges and enablers in the sector across the North. More than 100 delegates attended…

  The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018, and brought with it a big change as to how businesses approach data protection regulation. For example, the GDPR places much more emphasis on self-regulation and internal…

Small and medium sized businesses, who don’t pay the Apprenticeship Levy, will take full control over apprenticeships in their business as they come on board the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s award-winning apprenticeship service. Every apprenticeship employer in England will…