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ARC Adoption North East celebrates ‘Outstanding’ rating by Ofsted
ARC Adoption North East (ARC Adoption) is celebrating an ‘outstanding’ start to the year after being highly praised in its latest Ofsted inspection. It’s the second, consecutive time that the Sunderland-based voluntary adoption agency has been rated ‘outstanding’ in all categories covered by the inspection, with inspectors describing both the services provided to families and the progress that...
Survey and listening events now live to help shape the cyber security landscape across the North
CyberNorth has joined forces with North West Cyber Security Cluster and Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster in collaboration with UKC3 to tackle the lack of investment and development in the cybersecurity landscape across the North. Together the cluster is on a clear mission to facilitate and level up the divide across the North through the Northern Cyber Clusters Collaboration project, which aims...
Key landmarks put accessibility under the spotlight
Two key landmarks in the North East are leading the way in developing accessibility and user experience at their sought-after venues. Bamburgh Castle and Spanish City are in the throes of an Access Audit with award-winning Tailored Leisure Company (TLC), a company on a mission to overcome the barriers and social exclusion faced by disabled people, specifically in terms of access to leisure...
Arco invests in Stuff4Life to further explore innovative circular polyester supply chain approach
Arco, the UK’s leading safety company, has further invested in polyester recycling start-up Stuff4Life to create a new joint venture company, which aims to create a circular supply chain for polyester, reducing the amount of used workwear which is sent to landfill as well as carbon emissions related to the raw materials used in their production. Based on Teesside, Stuff4Life Workwear is intended...
Record-breaking year for Amazing Jane ahead of Real women launch and Smart Works collaboration
Sunderland-based Amazing Jane is a brand transforming the fitness industry with its ethos dedicated to empowering women to lead healthy, active lifestyles through the power of clothing. The company caused quite a stir in the fitness and mainstream news in late 2022 when its new TrackHer range of activewear leggings hit the market, with high profile-features in Women’s Fitness, Trail Running and...