A developer has secured £75 million funding to create a 650,000sq ft industrial park.

Businesses from across the North East are invited to explore how they can save money whilst reducing their carbon footprint at an event being held in County Durham on July 6.

Common Place is located on Howard Street in North Shields, aimed at bringing the local community together and to encourage a variety of creative professionals to come together, collaborate and build greater things together. Andrew Bowers, creative director, and Jade Leigh Bowers, studio + people manager, tell us about the ambition for their new co-working space

The new Durham Distillery, buried beneath Durham High Street and stretching across the city to the riverside, has been five years in the planning, and has been an extraordinary challenge for Jon Chadwick and his team. Colin Young visits the site to see how the final stages are coming together

On May 26, the North East's B Corp community met to celebrate the launch of B Social, a community of people using business as a force for good, a new kind of business that balance purpose and profit. Graham Purvis, managing director of Robson Laidler, and Mandy Barker, founder and creative director of Sail, reflect on the collective momentum of the regional B Corp community

A law firm has announced two new partners.

Bosses behind the world’s largest offshore wind farm have reopened a financial scheme to find the next generation of clean energy workers.

A company behind an 8000-job Northumberland vehicle battery factory says it has secured a “multi-million-pound” partnership that will drive forward its plans.

A pharma firm has opened a £90 million-plus plant it says will “strengthen its global role in bringing new innovative medicines into production”.

An engineer is embarking on a factory expansion it says will create jobs.

A growing architecture practice is expanding into a former nightclub to maintain its momentum.