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Seta offers fully funded engineering courses to help Sunderland companies power ahead
Sunderland-based businesses are being urged to enhance their teams’ engineering skills and extend their capabilities, through fully funded courses delivered by training specialist Seta. As a partner of the Sunderland Skills and Inclusion Programme (SSIP), Seta is now providing fully funded training in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, machining, welding/fabrication,...

Sintons’ construction and engineering legal team grows, with multiple appointments in 2024
A North East team of construction and engineering legal specialists continues to grow, with multiple appointments and promotions so far in 2024. Law firm Sintons has recently appointed senior associate Sara Morgan, who joined the team in June with more than 16 years of specialist experience to focus on non-contentious and transactional work. Sara joins head of department Alex Rayner, partner...

New documentary tells story of 1914 bombardment of North East seaside towns
A new documentary telling the story of the 1914 bombardment of Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough is to have its gala premiere at the Tees Valley International Film Festival. The Baby Killers, which will be screened at the festival on November 6, is a co-production between Malton-based modern history museum Eden Camp, TVIFF and Hartlepool's Heugh Battery Museum. The film is directed by Mick...

Historic Ouseburn site transformed into luxury townhouses
Part of a former ropery site in Ouseburn, once a cornerstone of Newcastle’s industrial heritage, has been transformed into a new development of seven four-storey townhouses. Built by local developer Modo Bloc and marketed by Hive Estates, the Ropes blends the industrial history of the area with modern architectural design. With features such as floor-to-ceiling windows, exposed brickwork and...

Strawberry picked for top national award
An office’s design and culture that has broken with convention has won one of the UK’s top honours. One Strawberry Lane’s civic agenda has gained it the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Office of the Year Award at the British Council of Offices awards. The building, in the heart of Newcastle city centre, has disrupted traditional thinking of offices as being closed-off spaces to the...