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£75m funding for huge County Durham warehouse site
Citrus Durham has got £75m funding for Connect 298 - the largest speculatively developed industrial/warehouse unit in the North East for over a decade.

Julie Harrison, Ben Gash, John Wilkinson, Liam Crombie and Gary Campbell.

North East air con specialist wants to increase staff by 75 per cent

Richard Gray; Louise Cannell-Mirza, Partner (left) and Kerry Adcock and Robert Forrester, CEO of Vertu Motors with Peter Nicholas, Group Property Director

Appointments: A roundup of who’s in and who’s out at North East businesses

Matt Smith, Partner at Foresight Group

North East Fund targets £60m for growing firms

Freeport Director Nolan Gray. Picture by SARAH CALDECOTT

Fighting for the North East: We announce a new partner for our Level Up campaign

Thousands going to the airshow were forced to watch the displays from the roadside. Picture: CRAIG STODDART

Teesside Airshow: Everything we have learned as report finds ‘various failings’

Chase the Caremark dog with carers and head office staff and the top 20 award

Carers hailed as 'heroes' as North East company makes the top 20 again

Councillor Shane Moore with Gavin Cordwell-Smith and Katie Rumble from Hellens Group

Multi-million pound deal for North East business park with 100 tenants

Operations Director Matthew Gilmore, Accountant David 'Harry' Heslington, and founder Stuart Hall

New North East office for expanding accountancy firm

Research into the best ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer has never been more vital. But it requires funding.

Sponsored “I just couldn’t do anything without the support of charities like Cancer Research UK”

New figures from The Institute of Customer Service revealed 44% of frontline service staff have experienced hostility from customers in the past six months (PA)

Abuse of shop workers on the rise, which staff blame on cost-of-living stress

Johnathan Bulmer, Managing Director of Cleveland Containers with Gareth Marshall, Partner and Head of LDC in the North East

North East investment boost for UK’s leading supplier of shipping containers

Richard Cockburn

Sponsored New research from Womble Bond Dickinson explores the Energy Transition and opportunities for the North East

Andrew Baxter at the Europacom conference

North East freight firm hits £300m turnover target - and aims for £400m

Callum Marwood, Peter Marwood and Katharine Hawking (Chris Booth)

College partnership tackles joinery skills crisis in North East

Jayne Lawson, Head of Innovation and Marketing at Thirteen Group, Nik Turner, Executive Director of Communities and Customer Services at believe housing, and Caroline Gitsham, WISH Board member, answer questions from attendees

Sponsored Career masterclass fits in with levelling up agenda

BT has been forced to deny claims that call centre staff at its North East offices have been forced to set up an emergency foodbank

BT forced to deny that North East call centre staff at EE have set up foodbank for workers

Tom Addison is now the proud owner of a versatile band saw which is helping him to expand his Fine Furniture business

Fledgling bespoke furniture business gets a cash boost to help it grow

Former chairmen / founding members Nigel Mills CBE, Sir Peter Vardy, Lorna Moran OBE, James Robson MBE, Paul Walker and Tom Maxfield (Chris Bishop)

Business network doubles its charity fundraising target for 20th anniversary

Hornsea 2 windfarm

How North East firm is helping protect world's largest largest windfarm

Andrew Craddock, Darlington Building Society Chief Executive and Chris Martin, BuildLoan’s Head of Product Development and Underwriting

Building Society helping more people in North East to build their own homes

Peter Young Operations Director with Peter Moody Managing Director

Here's what to do if you have ONE MILLION fridges to deal with

Sophie Dale-Black, UK Network director for the North of England at the British Business Bank

Huge rise in equity deals across North East, says British Business Bank

The dogs at N21: Sugar, Honey and Treacle (Top Left), Sydney and Penelope (Top Right), Fudge (Bottom Left), and Woody (Bottom Right). Picture: PR

It's Bring Your Dog to Work Day - and this firm allows staff take dogs in EVERY DAY

Martin Anderson, chief executive, Lemon Contact Centre, with the accreditation

Lemon tested and awarded SafeSupplier status

The George, in Piercebridge, is set to reopen Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

Historic pub and hotel near Darlington to reopen after two-year closure

House of Fraser, in Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, closed on Sunday

Talks over town's House of Fraser after final day of trading

Kathy Scott of Ginger Tree Holistic Skin and Lifestyle Clinic

Double award win for Richmond holistic skincare clinic

The team behind the 5G CAL success

How driverless trucks could be used to bring supplies to Sunderland motors giant

Select Works' founder Mark Ranft with Mike Guellard of NEL Fund Managers

£25,000 hits the Mark for North East precision engineers

CoreHaus homes being lowered into plac at Thorpe Thewles

New type of modular home from County Durham firm installed on North East site

The Huntsman pub is to reopen

Delight as popular Newton Aycliffe pub is set to reopen months after sudden closure

Kitchings Beds & Furniture Superstore

Sponsored Popular Bedale furniture shop now offering more choice to customers

The new Alt Labs team with Louis Taylor and Jonathan Fletcher and Andy Kennedy

Appointments: Who's in and who's out at companies across the North East

Lockheed Martin cover many disciplines

Global aerospace giant targets supply chain in North East

The history behind an engineering icon as it celebrates platinum anniversary

Vicki Robertson has been charged £1,640 for a single month's water Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

Darlington business owner gets shocking £1,640 water bill for JUST ONE month

The Northern Tech Awards ceremony

North East tech firm is among fastest-growing in North

Mike Matthews with Paul Butler, NEAA’s CEO

Former Nifco boss to lead North East automotive team

From left, Mary Lanigan, leader of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, Jason Faulkner, principal of Redcar and Cleveland College, Nick Shepherd, managing director of Britcon UK Limited, Darren Winter, chair of the Redcar Town Deal Board (Tom Banks)

Work starts on Energy Education Hub to prepare people for green jobs in North East

Woodsmith polyhalite mine project in the North York Moors Picture: Northern Echo

Mine firm praised for positive impact its funding is having on national park

Calvert's Carpets has several branches across the region including in Richmond Picture: Google

Carpet warehouse store likely to be approved despite residents' concerns

The new £90m Q Block at Barnard Castle

£90m 'Q Block' will speed up drug production at vital North East site

Property Webmasters' CEO Jamie Arthur

Now you could buy your North East home with cryptocurrency

The 12-acre site at Port of Sunderland earmarked by Quantafuel Sunderland for the plant

100 jobs as plans submitted for North East site to handle 'impossible' plastics

ClearVue has partnered with Watford FC

Football Club hits the back of the net with its ambitious net zero goal

BIPC at Cockerton Library

Centre launched in North East to help turn new ideas into businesses

The vision for Sunderland’s central train station

This North East city has been named as a centre of innovative design

The former police station in Portholme Road, Selby

Plans for a new Aldi put on hold over highway safety fears

Ben Houchen at Tirana International Airport

Mayor meets Albanian PM as trade mission looks at investment links

Report reveals why Vietnamese cafe was handed a one-star food hygiene rating

Revealed: Why this North East cafe was handed a one-star food hygiene rating

David Baines, fourth from left, with the TMD team

Team should be incredibly proud, says global CEO of Hartlepool business

The new Twisted T450 on a recent sea trial Picture: TWISTED

North East firm which modifies Land Rover Defenders starts new business making boats

Cllr Mark Wilkes at the REV up North – EV Charging in the North event held in Durham earlier this year to highlight electric vehicles.

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