Sunderland start-up Gillespie Recruitment hires new workers to bolster growth Laura Gillespie launched her recruitment business in 2021 smack bang in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the huge challenges of launching a company while the nation got to grips with lockdown, her company soon doubled its expected turnover in the first year of business, grew from a one-woman operation to...

Pelaw Coffee keeps it in the family with the launch of new artisan cafe Gateshead has a new cafe, bringing speciality, barista-style coffee to the Tyneside community or Pelaw for the very first time. Having been open for just three months, the freshly renovated cafe is proving a hit among the residents and beyond. Prior to the cafe opening, Pelaw’s coffee lovers had to travel to Newcastle and...

Ocean Road is well known for its wide variety of restaurants – particularly of the Indian type, hence the name the Curry Mile. Nestled centrally, we have Zeera, a family-run business owned and operated by the 3 Choudhury brothers – Shahanoor, the Director; Kohnoor, the Head Chef and finally, Abadur, the Second Chef. Shahanoor, or Shah as he is known locally, was going to be looking after us....

The Canny Chocolate Company transitions from hobby to booming confectionary company South Shields has its very own golden ticket in The Canny Chocolate Company, as local entrepreneur and chocolatier Kevin Reay plans to sweeten up the seaside town with his mouth-watering creations. The Canny Chocolate Company only started serving its sweet treats back in 2020, but the business has gone from...