HomeSector ReportsNorth East VisionSpring 2007

City's new pool sparks Olympic dream

The building of the region's first 50-metre swimming pool is making progress. Read

Park adds fresh impetus to town's renaissance

A business park project, which could create up to 500 jobs, will add to the renaissance of a Northumberland town. Read

Second centre for Fusion

About 600 jobs are being generated thanks to setting up of a call centre in County Durham. Read

Apprentices guaranteed work on tap

Northumbrian Water has invested £680,000 to launch an apprenticeship scheme which guarantees a job at the end of it. Read

Spectacular opening for mima

A spectacular firework display marked the opening of a major new arts venue in the region. Read

Metro plots the way forward with £600m bid for massive overhaul

A £600m bid to overhaul the Metro transport system which spans Tyneside and Wearside has been submitted to Downing Street. Read

Experts to prepare eco-friendly plans for former cement works site

An eco-friendly development in Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, has moved a step closer with the appointment of a team of experts to prepare a planning application. Read

Kiersten's driven ahead by a Common Purpose

Kiersten Wasson, who was recently appointed regional director North-East and Humber for Common Purpose, has gone from studying animal behaviour at university to encouraging individuals to come together and lead the pack towards a brighter future for the region. Sarah Judd reports. Read

Space is the big attraction

Mark Gallilee is about to realise a life-long ambition to work alongside some of the world's most talented engineers at Nasa. Here, he tells Sarah Judd why, when he is not busy with space missions, he is always happy to be back in the North-East. Read

Appointments

Former chief executive of Wearside-based transport company Arriva, Bob Davies, is the new chairman of the Confederation of British Industry North-East regional council. Read

Don't take your gas for granted

Gas. At the flick of a switch, at the turn of a control, it's there. Available to heat our homes, provide hot water and to provide the energy which fuels our businesses. But how does it get to us; what journey does it have to complete before it makes our lives so comfortable? Read

Newcastle Science City leading the way for energy and the environment

Newcastle Science City is an ambitious initiative that will help establish the North-East as a world leading centre for scientific research and commercialisation. Read

Biofuels is top in the UK, but there is not room for complacency

A Teesside alternative fuels firm is going from strength to strength and continues to grow with increased production all part of Biofuels Corporation's future plans. Read

Supplying demand: vocational wind energy training in the UK

A qualification that is the only one of its kind in the UK has been developed by a North-East partnership. The course bridges the vocational skills gap to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding renewable energy industry. Read

Renewable energy tech-centre for Middlesbrough

In the early nineties motorists in Middlesbrough's Riverside Park would have barely noticed the regional presence of the World Centre for Materials Technology….a single ground floor office in the CadCam centre. Today the same establishment takes up a football pitch in area. Read

Working together to promote engineering

The Tees Valley Engineering Partnership (TVEP) is an alliance of directors and senior mangers from engineering companies and public bodies throughout the Tees Valley. The partnership has a single aim - to provide strategic direction ensuring the sustainability of the engineering sector. Read

Biomass to energy in the Tees Valley

By Dermot Roddy Chief Executive, Renew Tees Valley - Helius Energy plc, the first dedicated biomass-to-energy company to list on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), has confirmed that it has acquired an 18-month option on a site adjacent to Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station for one of its first UK plants. Read

Making money out of industrial waste

You know what they say - "one man's waste is another man's gold". Read

Get free advice on renewable energy for firms region wide

A Tees Valley-based team's wealth of skills and expertise in the rapidly expanding renewable energy market is now set to reach out and help firms across the region. And it's hoped the Centre For Process Innovation's latest venture will help scores of local firms attract investment, create new jobs and see new ideas and opportunities grow. Read

Growth continues at Econnect Construction

Hexham-based Econnect Construction has recruited six electricians in the last four weeks, in order to handle the company's massive growth and new contract wins in Scotland and the North-East. Read