NORTH East TV chef Stacie Stewart will be making an appearance closer to home in support of a showcase of Christmas gifts available from small businesses in the region.Read
SUNDERLAND chemistry firm Onyx Scientific has been bought by Indian contract manufacturer Ipca Laboratories in a deal it says will help it to provide a full development service to pharmaceutical companies.Read
YOU'RE halfway to work one morning and suddenly you're paralysed with dread. Your mind is full of visions of thieves raiding your house like a supermarket sweep, and you're tempted to turn the car around and speed back the way you came.Read
IT’S seen as a key component in many anti-malaria drugs, but the challenge of managing Artemisinin is more complicated than just sticking it on a list and picking it up from the shops.Read
WE CAN all talk until the next ice age about the wealth of tools for businesses being developed in the North East, but that talk is worthless unless businesses can actually find them.Read
A SUNDERLAND biotech company best known for paternity testing has gone live with a drugs and alcohol testing service, which is being trialled in the North East before being rolled out nationwide.Read
NORTH East-based outdoor firm Berghaus has signed a distribution agreement that will see the brand being introduced into Russia for the first time.Read
The Difference Engine helped to grow nine innovative technology-based businesses last year. John Hill talks to the companies coming through this year.Read
AN application which enables users to build and maintain a website without necessarily becoming web experts is on the hunt for new funding to develop the concept further.Read
OUTDOOR clothing firm Brasher has announced that its managing director will be stepping down later this month after helping the company to record sales.Read
THE walking boot firm set up by an Olympic gold medallist who helped found the London Marathon has revealed a third consecutive year of record sales growth.Read
SUNDERLAND Software City believes its proposed £10m development in the Sunniside Quarter will become "the home of regional and national software innovation".Read
A TECHNOLOGY company specialising in bespoke circuit boards and chips is expanding its operation and aiming to win new overseas clients after winning a cash boost.Read
AFTER a tough 2009 which saw staff cuts and sales fall by one-third, a Sunderland science research firm says it is having a much-improved year which may yet see it launch a bid for an American rival.Read
SOFTWARE firm Bond Solutions has started an ambitious expansion as the first company to sign up for a place at a new hub for digital companies in the North East.Read
THE growth of one of the region's networking groups to over 500 members has led to the creation of a new website to help create further business opportunities in the North East.Read
A MOBILE marketing business has been rescued from possible closure after enlisting the help of a software guru and is now planning to expand into the US and achieve a £3m turnover.Read
THE North East of England is being transformed into a hotbed of innovation and entrepreneurial flare with the help of organisations such as Sunderland Software City (SSC).Read
NEW and growing software companies in the region will soon have access to high-tech facilities and office space, thanks to a new £1m development for Sunderland Software City (SSC) at the North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC).Read
TECHNOLOGY developed by a North East company that worked on safety systems for the redeveloped Wimbledon tennis complex and Tate Britain is aiming to revolutionise life for people with hearing difficulties.Read
MTC Sunderland has been providing professional, accredited IT training services for over 20 years. As one of the North East’s leading providers of accredited IT training for Microsoft, Citrix, VMware, ITIL, PRINCE2™, Cisco, EC-Council and Microsoft Office Applications, it is a commercial unit of the University of Sunderland’s Faculty of Applied Sciences.Read
SOFTWARE Ventures has helped to launch three new businesses this year, and with another five about to commence trading, experts from the North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC) are gearing up to welcome more would-be software entrepreneurs on to the next programme.Read
TRAINING and staff development may been forced down to the bottom of many a firm’s agenda as overheads are cut to prepare for darker economic times ahead.Read