OIL and gas firm Flexible Engineered Solutions International (FES) is looking to increase its turnover by 50% after expanding its shop window and opening offices in Asia, USA and South America.Read
A VENTURE to finance renewable energy projects has teamed up with an international insurance giant to help take the risk out of new schemes in the low carbon energy sector.Read
FORMER Parsons Power Generation managing director Trevor Murch has been appointed as the new non-executive chairman of the Blyth-based National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec).Read
DESIGN and engineering firm Tharsus is to create around 80 jobs in South East Northumberland, which was last week warned to expect 500 redundancies with the planned closure of the Alcan smelter at Lynemouth.Read
A JOINERY business which specialises in supplying staircases to the some of the country's biggest housebuilders has been bought out of liquidation.Read
A MARKET-LEADING firm from Blyth has secured its second major investment in a matter of days - equating to more than £8m of new funds - in its hunt to commercialise a technological first.Read
TECHNOLOGY developed by a small Blyth company to protect the nation’s electricity supply has secured a £4m investment to support a further two-year product development programme.Read
OIL and gas firm Flexible Engineered Solutions International (FES) has seen its technology recognised by the US Government after it successfully helped quell last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill.Read
MORE than 140 jobs are set to be created in Northumberland as a result of the county's only successful bid to the Government's Regional Growth Fund.Read
A MULTI-MILLION pound scheme to install some of the world's largest wind turbines off the North East coast is in the running for a slice of European cash after receiving support from the UK Government.Read
A NORTHUMBERLAND business started almost a decade a ago by a former Royal Navy engineer to service and install second-hand food wrapping machines has won exclusive UK distribution rights for an Italian company.Read
A NEW joint venture which is looking to raise around £200m to fuel the growth of green industries from the North East is expected to focus on creating a "significant" number of jobs in the region.Read
EXPERTS in solar technology will be discussing the present and future of this growing form of renewable energy at the second Solar Flair conference in County Durham. Read
IN the midst of the most difficult economic times since the 1930s one local company in particular has risen to the challenge of driving the economy forward, and was last night announced as a UK-wide winner in the National Business Awards in partnership with Orange.Read
A NORTHUMBERLAND waste management firm has expanded its vehicle fleet and is on target for a 10% increase in turnover this year after securing a £47,000 investment.Read
THE Tagg Clothing Group has saved a well-known North East equestrian clothes and footwear brand after buying Blyth-based Thomas H Loveday out of administration.Read
THE Port of Blyth has a well - established reputation as a renewables port, being the site of the first offshore turbines in the UK, a pier-based wind farm and home of the UK’s leading renewables research centre.Read
AHAULAGE company is aiming to rebuild its profits as it prepares for a resurgence in the region’s motor industry by developing 20,000sq ft of extra warehousing space.Read
A TECHNOLOGY firm has won a £600,000 boost in its bid to win the race to improve the efficiency and stability of energy distribution around the national electricity network.Read
SIR Peter Vardy has netted a leading UK supplier of angling equipment with plans to help the North East company expand further into international markets.Read