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A pioneering scholarship that commemorates the victims of the world’s worst offshore oil disaster is set to mark its own landmark 10th anniversary. OPITO’s Piper Alpha Memorial Safety Scholarship was launched a decade ago to provide a fitting legacy for the 167 men who tragically lost their lives...

A new business support programme aimed at helping manufacturing SMEs in the North East increase digital technology adoption, innovation and skills has launched in the region. Made Smarter Adoption North East connects manufacturing businesses to digital tools that can transform the way they work....

Wilton Universal Group has announced the acquisition of a large manufacturing facility that extends to 58 acres adjacent to its current Teesside base, which will boost its capacity and capabilities for the renewable energy, defence and logistics sectors. The multi-disciplinary engineering service...

North East based tech resident Excelpoint is delighted to announce further growth with the appointment of Gary Swinburn as Partner Development Manager. In accordance with Excelpoint’s overarching objectives, Gary is responsible for the development and implementation of strategic relationships.  H...

Offshore Design Engineering Ltd has been chosen as Owner’s Engineer and Package Manager by Green Investment Group (GIG) for offshore wind farms in South Korea. GIG is a specialist in green infrastructure principal investment, project development and delivery, green impact advisory, and the manage...

NRL’s regional Recruitment teams are celebrating a second award shortlist this year for their compliance-led back office operations – after being announced as a finalist for the TALiNT International Recruitment Awards 2021. The shortlist, which organisers TALiNT Partners say represent 50 of the m...

Industrial technology service provider Tracerco, part of Johnson Matthey Plc, has been awarded a contract to provide tracer technology for inflow measurement to help maximise oil recovery from the Johan Castberg Field, offshore Norway. Operated by Equinor and its partners, the Johan Castberg fie...

A £1.4million grant signed off by the Tees Valley Mayor has helped a major engineering services company boost its production potential by buying a 58-acre manufacturing facility Wilton Universal Group, which works in the renewable energy, defence, logistics, offshore and oil and gas sectors, has...

Lessons learned from the last 18 months. One of the biggest changes we’ve seen since the first pandemic lockdown is in how people work and interact. Many of us had to adapt to working from home and getting to grips with digital technologies such as Teams and Zoom and it was no surprise that Zoom...

BUSINESSES in the North East are positive as they await the arrival of Freeports in England– but education and business leaders raise concerns over skills shortages and the need for more collaboration to drive success. Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), the largest law firm in th...