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EventsNorth East businesses celebrated at 2025 Ward Hadaway Fastest 50 AwardsBusiness leaders from around the North East gathered at the Baltic gallery to celebrate the region's fastest growing firms
EventsNorth East businesses celebrated at 2025 Ward Hadaway Fastest 50 AwardsBusiness leaders from around the North East gathered at the Baltic gallery to celebrate the region's fastest growing firms
Pulling power on show in ProCon building awards
East Midlands
Trio of top regeneration projects come under the spotlight at 2025 ProCon Awards
Fastest 50: North East Businesses On The Rise
Events
The Ward Hadaway Fastest 50 event will take place on Friday, unveiling the North East's fastest growing companies
Living on the edge in new building awards
East Midlands
This week's ProCon Awards 2025 shortlist highlights Leicestershire's best medium residential schemes
Gallery: ProCon Awards 2025 hosts Finalists Showcase
East Midlands
See yourself at the showcase event which was held ahead of next month's 2025 ProCon Awards
By City AMSteven Bartlett steps down from director role at Diary of a CEO makerThe entrepreneur and former Dragons' Den star is no longer a director of the company behind his Diary of a CEO podcast, according to a new filing with Companies House
People on the move: North East appointments and promotions of the week
People
Companies featuring in this week's round-up include: Gardiner Richardson, GFW, Slater and Gordon, Lantern Building Consultancy, Artech Lighting and Salutem Care and Education
North East businesses celebrated at 2025 Ward Hadaway Fastest 50 Awards
Events
Business leaders from around the North East gathered at the Baltic gallery to celebrate the region's fastest growing firms
VAT reform could help the Chancellor balance the books
Economy
But abolishing or raising the threshold for VAT registered businesses both have pros and cons
Powerlist 2026: Full list of º£½ÇÊÓƵ's most influential Black people
Black Communities
The annual rankings celebrate Black excellence across various industries and sectors
AutomotiveVertu boss warns Government policies are harming car market Robert Forrester says the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate is leading to rationing of petrol cars and a proposed levy on the Motability scheme could threaten accessibility for disabled drivers
People on the move: North East appointments and promotions of the week
People
Companies featuring in this week's round-up include: Gardiner Richardson, GFW, Slater and Gordon, Lantern Building Consultancy, Artech Lighting and Salutem Care and Education
Almost 150 affordable homes finally to be built at former railway station site
North West
Develooper calls project 'Oldham's next flagship housing scheme'
Free parking for town centres is not a magic bullet to revive them
Retail & High Street
Former Welsh Government minister Lee Waters said government schemes were merely “plugging hole" and not rebuilding foundations
Persimmon secure approval for next phases of 1,850 new homes development near Llanharry
property news
The next phases will see 543 new homes
Top Stories
Cornish company becomes first to mine and refine lithium in º£½ÇÊÓƵ
South West
Cornish Lithium is extracting huge amounts of the mineral - used in the production of batteries - from a vast quarry near Penryn
Steven Bartlett steps down from director role at Diary of a CEO maker
By City AM
The entrepreneur and former Dragons' Den star is no longer a director of the company behind his Diary of a CEO podcast, according to a new filing with Companies House
Unilever reveals stronger than expected sales ahead of ice cream spin-off
Company Results
But the Dove and Marmite maker saw total turnover decline after a drag from currency exchange rates
'Steady start' to year for Renishaw despite global uncertainty
Company Results
The Gloucestershire-headquartered engineering firm has also started implementing a £20m cost-reduction programme
New workspace, production hub and 1,700 homes outlined in vision for Digbeth
West Midlands
Mayor Richard Parker has launched a new prospectus aimed at boosting the West Midlands' growing film and TV offer
Full list of Pizza Hut restaurants set to close as chain collapses
Insolvency and Administration
It will also shut 11 delivery sites around the º£½ÇÊÓƵ
Thames Water delays challenging watchdog’s ruling on bills amid rescue plan
Finance
The utilities firm has agreed to defer the case until further notice
Matalan names H&M's º£½ÇÊÓƵ boss as its new CEO for ‘exciting journey’ ahead
Retail & Consumer
Henrik Nordvall will join in February
US government shutdown delays Unilever's ice-cream demerger
Food and Drink
The spin-off had been expected to take place next month
SlimFast º£½ÇÊÓƵ  deal: Supreme vows to ‘bring fresh energy to this iconic brand’
Food and Drink
Manchester group behind Typhoo agrees £20m deal
Clean energy jobs boom to deliver more than 15,000 new North East jobs
Employment
The Government is publishing a clean energy jobs plan to train up the next generation of clean energy workers
Ice cream firm Joe Delucci's ceases trading
West Midlands
Supplier was hit by wet summer and cost of head office move