The North East Economy Notable News
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The North East Economy Notable News NORTH EAST ECONOMY: NOTABLE GOOD NEWS Introduction by Graham Robb We have conducted some evaluation of announcements published in the regional press about private sector growth in the North East. The research has sought out positive news to balance the negative. We are simply logging these good news stories every week, and have done so since the end of summer 2010. It makes interesting reading and I invite any organisation or individual to quote from it when talking about our region in public. The most interesting conclusion I have reached is that the rate of growth in the private sector is already in excess of the rate of job losses predicted in the public sector. For example BBC TV/Experian predicted 28,000 job losses in the North East over four years in its special programme about public spending cuts transmitted on 9th Sep 2010. This document provides strong evidence of new innovation, growing exports and new starter businesses throughout the North East. It is a live document and will be updated frequently. Please ask Graham Robb for the latest version [email protected] KEY POINTS: • Since Mid-August 2010 North East newspapers have reported the creation of 83,945 private sector jobs in the region. • Since Mid-August 2010 North East newspapers have reported approximately £29,360,292,807 of new investment by private sector business in the region. The North East Economy Notable News NEW JOBS FEBRUARY 2015 • Up to 1,000 jobs could be created following Sirius Minerals’ announcement of a proposed £1.5bn mine. Source: The Northern Echo 18/02/15 • 100 jobs are to be created following the opening of several ‘Bargain Buys’ stores across the North East. Source: The Journal 18/02/15 • A new 160 room hotel in the centre of Newcastle is set to open in March 2015, leading to the creation of 60 jobs. Source: Bdaily 18/02/15 • St Modwen has completed the sale of a 1.6-acre site in Billingham town centre to discount food retailer Aldi in a move which will create up to 30 jobs. Source: Insider Media 16/02/15 • Britcab is to create 12 jobs as it continues to expand. Source: The Northern Echo 11/02/15 • The Explorer Group, one of the major players in the UK’s caravan and motorhome manufacturing industry, has created 20 new jobs after receiving a six-figure funding boost from RBS. Source: The Journal 11/02/15 • The Range is opening a superstore in Darlington Retail Park which will create about 100 jobs. Source: Insider Media 10/02/15 • BARCLAYS is creating more than 100 North-East jobs at its Sunderland call centre. The North East Economy Notable News Source: The Northern Echo 09/02/15 • AIS launches new £1 million renewable energy campus on North Tyneside creating 12 jobs. Source: Bdaily 09/02/15 • 30 jobs to be created at Teesport as PD Ports signs seven year deal with SSI UK. Source: Bdaily 06/02/15 • Newcastle-based startup Omlis secures $31 million in contracts creating 40 new jobs Source: Bdaily 03/02/15 • Up to 100 new construction jobs could be created in the North East following a £35m investment into the region by housing and regeneration specialist Keepmoat. Source: The Journal 02/02/15 JANUARY 2015 • NORTH-EAST train-builder Hitachi has launched a recruitment drive for 200 people to work at its £82m Newton Aycliffe factory. Source: The Northern Echo 30/01/15 • 10 new jobs have been created at Route Monkey, in Gateshead, following a £2m expansion. Source: The Northern Echo 28/01/15 • Work has started on the construction of a new Co-operative convenience store in Pegswood, Morpeth which will employ 15 staff upon completion. Source: Bdaily 27/01/15 • Venture Properties has created three jobs following the opening of its Bishop Auckland office. The North East Economy Notable News Source: Insider Media 21/01/15 • Newcastle software firm Scott Logic has announced plans to create 70 new jobs in 2015 on the back of a hugely successful year for the company. Source: The Journal 21/01/15 • 26 jobs are being created at Middlesbrough College thanks to the opening of a £20 million engineering centre. Source: Bdaily 20/01/15 • Home Instead Senior Care, which has offices throughout the North East, is creating 150 jobs to meet rising demand. Source: The Northern Echo 20/01/15 • Newton Aycliffe-based Stiller Warehousing and Distribution has won a £15m three year contract with Coveris Rigid UK and is to take on 10 new staff. Source: The Northern Echo 14/01/15 • Sunderland-based Urosens is creating four new jobs over the next six months following a £2m investment to continue its cancer work. Source: The Northern Echo 14/01/15 • A McDonalds restaurant is to open in Darlington in February, creating 100 jobs. Source: The Northern Echo 10/01/15 • A renewable energy developer has significantly boosted the size of a planned investment into Northumberland, promising 240 jobs. Source: The Journal 09/01/15 • Hebburn cutting tool supplier purchases new premises and creates four new jobs with NatWest support. Source: Bdaily 09/01/15 The North East Economy Notable News • Housebuilder Barratt Developments North East has announced it is to create 600 new jobs this year as it forges ahead with plans to construct hundreds of new homes in the region. Source: The Journal 08/01/15 • MetroMail, one of the country's leading full service mailing houses, is creating at least 10 jobs including two apprenticeships after continuing to grow the business. Source: The Northern Echo 06/01/15 • Hartlepool’s J & B Recycling is to create 25 new jobs following its expansion. Source: BDaily 02/01/15 DECEMBER 2014 • Plans have been approved for a 72,000 sq ft helicopter centre in Durham which is set to create jobs. The site is located at Shotton Airfield and is primarily used by Sunderland Parachute Centre. Source insidermedia.com 16/12/14 • Newcastle-based Physiotherapy Matters has opened its new head office at Regent Centre in Gosforth this week.The company has recruited a new business manager and add to its seven-strong team of experienced chartered physiotherapists specialising in the treatment of neck pain, sports injuries, arthritis, whiplash, headaches and low back pain. Source bdaily.co.uk 15/12/14 • A Teesside salon, run by Chris Langley and based on Jubilee Road in Eston has created three jobs. Source insidermedia.com 10/12/14 • EE opens new Cramlington store creating 5 jobs Source Bdaily.co.uk 05/12/14 The North East Economy Notable News • Work has started on a 141-bed North East Hilton Hotel which is set to create up to 180 jobs. Source insidermedia.com 05/12/14 • North East-based offshore engineering specialist OGN has expanded its skills development programme with the recruitment of nine apprentices. Source insidermedia.com 01/12/14 NOVEMBER 2014 • The Mercure Newcastle George Washington Hotel in Washington, has invested £250k in a new Orangery and outside terrace, the expansion will create 30 new jobs. Source bdaily.co.uk 28/11/14 • A green technology firm plans to almost treble its workforce from 35 to 100 on the back of growing export demands, which could take turnover to £25m within five years. Gateshead firm nano-porous solutions ltd (n-psl) was established in 2007 by managing director Colin Billiet, the firm’s main investor – who was previously best known for building up filtration firm Domnick Hunter into a £200m business – alongside other directors and Bath University. Source Thejournal.co.uk 25/11/14 • Cummins is investing £10.4m into its production and development facility in Darlington, creating 66 new jobs and safeguarding 725. Source insidermedia.com 24/11/14 • The Newcastle-headquartered Hedgehog Lab, which focuses on the ‘post-PC’ world of smartphones and tablets, has seen turnover jump from around £280,000 last year to just under £1m in 2014, while staff numbers have risen from 11 to 27. Source Thejournal.co.uk 23/11/14 The North East Economy Notable News • Lear Corporation has signed an agreement to extend its existing Sunderland premises by 37,674 sq ft to provide more than 100 new jobs in Weardale. Source Insidermedia.com 19/11/14 • Bar titans Tokyo Industries have breathed new life into the former cellars of a Bigg Market building to create a Bavarian bier hall. The bar and club company – the firm behind Newcastle’s Tokyo and Digital – has invested £650,000 into the cellars of the Royal Buildings at City Vaults to create Stein Bier Keller, a venture also creating 50 jobs. Source thejournal.co.uk 18/11/14 • A Newcastle-based technology company is expanding its workforce to meet the growing demand for its software. OnBoard Pro provides agents, landlords and tenants with a faster way of renting properties. The software has received such a positive response in the four weeks since it went live, a second recruitment drive is underway to grow the workforce from 22 to 35 staff. Source insidermedia.com 18/11/14 • Durham’s Banks Group to invest £16 million in Teesdale wind farm and create 30 jobs Source bdaily.co.uk 14/11/14 • TRW, a Sunderland automotive steering systems manufacturer, is creating 130 jobs and doubling its factory floor space to cope with expected demand from international clients for a new technology developed in the city. Sunderland City Council is investing £4.6 million in US-owned TRW’s extension at the company’s Rainton Bridge site.