NOF Network News

The Port of Tyne, South Tyneside Council, Northumbria Police Marine Unit and North Tyneside Council have come together to establish a marine leisure use management group to ensure the safety of those using the River Tyne for leisure use. The Leisure User Management Forum brings together a number...

Durham Lifting is marking its 25th anniversary. Here Amanda Gardiner, Managing Director tells us more about her 34 years working in the Lifting Industry.   Can you take us back to the beginning with a brief history of the company and how it all began? My father had an engineering and fabrication...

PD Ports has proudly registered Teesport as part of a new initiative called PortSafe to form a collaborative approach between law enforcement, first responders, partner agencies and industry to enhance security awareness within the UK ports industry. PortSafe, powered by CrimeStoppers, officially...

A pioneering hydrogen energy project set to be launched in the Tees Valley has today been welcomed by Mayor Ben Houchen. Northern Gas Networks (NGN) has been granted planning permission to use an area of land in the region for a world-first, to test hydrogen as a potential alternative to a househ...

After years of growth in Germany, this month Leap29 are thrilled to be awarded with an official German AUG license. Germany is one of the leading countries for cross border trade in Europe and offers a wealth of opportunities for both local and foreign businesses.  Leap29 have been operating in G...

PD Ports, Statutory Harbour Authority for the River Tees and the largest private employer in the Tees Valley, has joined forces with the Tees Valley Education Multi-Academy Trust, to create an Enterprise Charter for children and young people across Teesside. This shared commitment to do more for...

An introduction to intellectual property, and especially the patent system, for those in the offshore sector. The webinar will provide an overview of the process of applying for and being granted a patent, provide a practical example of building a portfolio of patents to protect a product as it d...

Leading regional law firm for businesses Muckle LLP has appointed an expert data scientist to its newly formed Data and Digital Team. Allen Roberton, from Darlington, has been appointed as Lead Data and Digital Developer to drive forward innovation and game-changing technological advances at the...

A £4million funding boost to help expand a major industrial estate, paving the way for a further £15.7million of business investment, has today taken a big step forward. In the first phase of the project, Redcar’s Skippers Lane Industrial Estate would be extended by almost eight acres to the east...

Sales and Marketing consultancy Far North has doubled its turnover, taken on new staff and expanded operations from its South Shields base.  The company, which was set up by Ian Farrar in 2016, took an office at One Trinity Green in 2019 and since then has moved to larger offices at the business...