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North East FinTech stars to shine bright at Newcastle conference
FinTech North is returning to Newcastle for its fourth annual event on Tyneside. The event, on July 17 at the Tyneside Cinema, will spotlight numerous regional success stories – from start-ups all the way to unicorns – and focus on building the region’s growing reputation as a fantastic place to launch and expand a FinTech business. Headline sponsored by regional unicorn Atom Bank, along with...
Newcastle couple launch second branch of popular restaurant
A popular Newcastle city centre restaurant selling authentic Chinese street food is expanding into Jesmond with the launch of a second eatery. Qian Liu and her husband Lin Shao met while studying at university in Newcastle more than 20 years ago and opened the Little Dumpling House in Ridley Place, Newcastle city centre, in 2019. Their new outlet in Brentwood Avenue, Jesmond, has created three...
S&A Fabrications reports ‘remarkable improvements’ after moving to four-day week
A Barnard Castle manufacturer says moving its factory workers to a four-day working week has led to remarkable improvements in both productivity and employee satisfaction. S&A Fabrications, known for its high-quality metal fabrications, decided to innovate its work schedule by extending daily hours from Monday to Thursday, while reducing break times following a successful trial earlier in...
Allan Brothers pledges to pay ‘real living wage’
Window and door manufacturer Allan Brothers has pledged to pay its workers the ‘real living wage’ at its factory in Berwick-upon-Tweed. The company, which employs 87 staff, is the first manufacturing business in Berwick-upon-Tweed (and the third in Northumberland) to sign up to this voluntary benchmark, which is set by the Living Wage Foundation according to the ‘real’ cost of living rather than...
Northern Housing Consortium appoints new executive director for operations and finance
The Northern Housing Consortium (NHC), the not-for profit membership organisation that represents social housing providers across the North of England, has appointed a new executive director for operations and finance. Andrea Downey brings with her more than 25 years’ experience of working in both the public and private sector, with previous roles in Network Rail and the NHS, as well as in the...