LAW firm Watson Burton has advised The Lakes Distillery Company on the creation of Cumbria’s first whisky distillery in over 100 years in a £2.5m venture.Read
BIOSCIENCE company UroSens Ltd can move into the clinical trials stage for its test to diagnose and monitor bladder cancer after receiving more than £750,000 in funding.Read
A SKIN care specialist has secured an exclusive retail contract with the Queen’s pharmacist after teaming up with a logistics firm in a deal potentially worth £7m to the two businesses.Read
I'VE written here before about the opportunities afforded by the tax allowances introduced by HMRC on research and development, and the benefits businesses can get from investigating and utilising them.
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ARTISAN bakery Geordie Bakers are looking forward to working with new owners after being acquired out of administration in a deal securing the jobs of the whole workforce.Read
UTILITY services provider Fastflow has won the chance to work alongside the sector’s giants after securing a place in a multi-million- pound framework agreement with National Grid – a deal which could take its turnover to £40m.Read
AN audio visual equipment firm has acquired part of Tyneside-based Bastion Security Installations (BSI) in a significant deal intended to strengthen both businesses.Read
DARLINGTON-based DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group, has acquired a 50% interest in the leading 3D sonar visualisation company ADUS to form ADUS DeepOcean.Read
HARTLEPOOL-BASED Seneca Global Energy has bought a company in Yorkshire operating a large disposal site generating enough renewable energy to power 4,000 homes.Read
LIGHTING costs at one of the Tyne & Wear Metro’s repair and maintenance depots are being cut by 60% after a project to install 500 energy efficient lamps.Read
FAST-growing Solutions Recruitment brought together a top team of corporate finance advisers and funders from the North East to help advise on and deliver its recent fundraising and refinancing deal.Read