Airline operator Jet2 is creating around 60 new jobs at Newcastle International Airport after ramping up operations. Jet2.com and Jet2holidays is preparing for its biggest ever summer operation at the airport, where it now has eight aircraft based on site with plans to increase to nine during the peak summer season. The airline and tour […]
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Around 3,300 bus drivers and engineers at National Express in the West Midlands are set to go on strike later this month. Almost the entire West Midlands bus network will be shut from March 16 as a result of all- out action which will continue indefinitely in the ongoing row over pay, after more than
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Venture capital investment into South West businesses is rising with innovative firms securing almost half a billion pounds last year. New data from financial services giant KPMG has shown companies in the region secured £455m across 124 deals in 2022. This represented a 9% rise from the £416m raised in 2021. KPMG said almost half
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A landmark ‘planet positive’ office development is set to power up the second phase of development work at Newcastle’s key regeneration zone Stephenson Quarter. The Pioneer – a 100,000sqft building set over 10 storeys with indoor and outdoor workspace – has been unveiled by the joint venture leading the redevelopment of the area, having been
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A rail group is now under UK ownership and sporting a new name following the completion of a management buyout from its Dutch parent company. Abellio UK is now called Transport UK Group and functioning as a standalone entity after the MBO deal was completed with its state-backed owner Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The buyout has received
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Commercial property firm UK Land Estates has re-acquired significant chunks of three North East industrial estates in a major multimillion-pound deal. The landlord and developer, which now has about 600 tenants across its properties, has bought parts of North Tyneside’s New York Industrial Estate, Cramlington Nelson Park and Boldon Industrial Estate in an undisclosed deal.
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Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has announced a new partnership with the British Army which will see it provide more than 170 homes for soldiers and their families in Gloucestershire. The company said a “landmark” purchase agreement it had reached with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation – the operator of the MoD’s built and rural estate.- would help
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The Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) has launched a brand-new podcast this week, OxTalks, for businesses in Oxfordshire and beyond wanting to take their organisation to the next level. OxTalks explores the big questions in business, from finding and retaining talent, to adopting new technologies, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and creating equal opportunities. The
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Liverpool has reported a pre-tax profit of £7.5m for last season, with rocketing off-field costs reducing the overall benefit of a £107m increase in revenue. In a campaign in which the Premier League club came within two matches of winning an unprecedented quadruple, finishing with an FA Cup and League Cup double, revenue rose to
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By Colin Harrop Originating from the late 17th century meaning ‘passing out of use’ or falling into disuse, the term ‘obsolescence’ in relation to the construction sector may be understood as being the result of physical deterioration, technological advances, and changes in preferences. Often referring to a growing divergence between rising demand-side expectations due to
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