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Deals North East deals of the week: key contracts, acquisitions and investments Companies featured in this week's round-up include Karbon Homes, Ceto, Black & White Engineering, Ryder Architecture, Tilly, Bailey & Irvine and AESC

People on the move: key North East appointments and promotions

Companies featuring in this week's round-up include: Hill Dickinson, The Digital Lighthouse, Novus Property Solutions, Kromek and High Force Research

Big rise in Transport for Wales services on new trains

This month the number of services running on its Wales and Borders network will be at 70%

Offshore wind tech firm collapses with loss of jobs in Bristol and Scotland

Insolvency and Administration

Just last year the company announced plans to hire 200 staff globally and open more offices in Europe and Asia

Trump's new pharma policy sends GSK and AstraZeneca shares tumbling

The President announced the new plans in his latest Truth Social tirade

Enterprise ‘Significant’ capital boost for family-run building firm Carroll Group as it looks to continue growth Knowsley company secures funding through NPIF II

Bristol Airport instruct lawyers over £205m Welsh Government subsidy plans for its rival Cardiff

Cardiff Airport

Bristol Airport claim that the planned subsidy support would give Cardiff Airport an unfair competitive advantage

Energy specialists nexos creates jobs with new onshore energy services division based out of Hull

The firm says it has seen increasing demand for its engineering services from onshore developers

Bristol social enterprise Babbasa launches fundraising appeal for 'youth unemployment crisis'

The Bristol-based organisation supports disadvantaged young people with moving into employment, business or education

Delyth Evans confirmed as the new chair of Welsh language channel S4C

The channel also has five new board members

Automotive Nissan to shut seven factories and axe 20,000 jobs as losses top £3.4bn The Japanese car giant has endured a tough few years, with a number of financial losses prompting major restructuring plans

FCA to 'put the public back in IPO' after brutal few years for London Stock Exchange

The Financial Conduct Authority has told industry stakeholders at the London Stock Exchange's annual IPO Forum that it would "put the P back into IPO," sources attending the event told City AM

Midgard wins brief to build 46-storey apartment complex

Contractor is expecting to break ground on new apartment scheme in Birmingham city centre in the coming months

Barclays share price surges to near decade high after upgrade

The lender has gained over 17 per cent since the beginning of 2025 and 46 per cent over the last 12 months.

Virgin Media O2 and Daisy Group announce plans to create new communications and IT giant

The move will see Virgin Media O2 and Daisy Group combine their direct B2B (business to business) operations

Jaguar Land Rover JLR posts highest profit in a decade Car maker enjoys healthy sales and profits but cannot shake spectre of debt

Guy Ritchie opens smokehouse restaurant at Dorset airfield

Lore of the Sky will serve Texas-inspired barbeque food and local Dorset and Wiltshire beer, ale and cider

‘Significant’ capital boost for family-run building firm Carroll Group as it looks to continue growth

Knowsley company secures funding through NPIF II

Treasury woos Monzo and Revolut bosses amid plea for London listings

The Treasury has hosted a meeting with top ��Ƶ fintech names including Monzo and Revolut in a bid to convince the country's most valuable unicorns to list on the London Stock Exchange.

Bristol Airport instruct lawyers over £205m Welsh Government subsidy plans for its rival Cardiff

Cardiff Airport

Bristol Airport claim that the planned subsidy support would give Cardiff Airport an unfair competitive advantage

Major ��Ƶ heritage and belonging project awarded £1.25m from National Lottery

Black Communities

The 'UnMuseum' project will work with Black-led organisations across the region to deliver events, commission cultural works and create spaces of learning

Bristol Airport instruct lawyers over £205m Welsh Government subsidy plans for its rival Cardiff

Cardiff Airport

Bristol Airport claim that the planned subsidy support would give Cardiff Airport an unfair competitive advantage

Call for ‘new industrial strategy’ to help North and Midlands firms grow exports and close gap with London

Airports group MAG and the Growing Together Alliance launch ��Ƶ Trade Barometer

Offshore wind tech firm collapses with loss of jobs in Bristol and Scotland

Insolvency and Administration

Just last year the company announced plans to hire 200 staff globally and open more offices in Europe and Asia

Home Bargains owner's property push continues with 200-home development plan near £100m station

The proposals would see a 13-storey residential-led mixed use scheme developed in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle

'How I created a successful business in two years with minimal investment'

Toluwa Oyeleye set up her behavioural change consultancy in 2023 to help workplaces empower staff

Mayor of London's Oxford Street plan must include 'vital' new feature, ��Ƶ business leaders say

Sadiq Khan has been told that his plan to pedestrianise Oxford Street must include a key new feature, which is vital to the success of his plan, according to business leaders

The impact on Welsh farmers from trade deals with the US and India

NFU Cymru deputy president Abi Reader dissects the two trade deals the ��Ƶ has struck

Interest rate reduction by Bank of England set to decrease mortgage costs, analysts predict

The Bank of England's decision to cut interest rates is set to encourage major banks to cut mortgages, analysts have predicted

Boss of restaurant chain Steak of the Art on future of Bristol site

Steve Bowen spoke exclusively to Business Live about fighting to keep his Bristol restaurant open for business

David Beckham and Gary Neville target Premier League after joining Salford City ownership group

Economic Development

Former England captain inspired by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's work at Wrexham

��Ƶ-US trade deal provides 'much-needed certainty' - West Midlands business leaders react

The news that import tariffs on vehicles going into the US have been dropped to ten per cent has been seen as a major boost to the West Midlands manufacturing sector