County Durham’s “time has come” to be the country’s next cultural beacon – and businesses can play their part in lighting its way to success.

Work is set to get underway on Teesside University’s new research and innovation facility, with a commitment to sustainability underpinning the development.

Construction work has begun to extend a liquid fertiliser firm's presence in the region.

A window firm has been sold in a deal overseen by professional services firm Azets.

A financial advisory firm is expanding its presence in the region.

Central Park is returning to Times Square in Newcastle after a hugely successful first year.

Northumbrian Water has introduced a brand-new tool that could help to significantly reduce customers annual water and energy bills.

A mutual says it has "delivered a strong performance in a challenging environment" after securing record profit amid greater demand for mortgage support.

Support organisation East Durham Business Service is launching a new programme to help entrepreneurs to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keepmoat Homes, with support from Hartlepool Borough Council and the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority, will be building on a partly derelict site which has been untouched for the last two years.

Everflow, which comprises innovative business water supplier, Everflow Water, and software developer Everflow Tech, has ranked 54th in the Financial Times’ 2022 list of the fastest-growing companies in Europe.

GMI Construction Group’s (GMI) expansion into the North East is already paying dividends for Newton Aycliffe steel specialists Finley Structures.

Ciccarelli Ice Cream, South Beach, Blyth, has won a Gold Medal and Trophy at the National Ice Cream Championships 2022 run by the Ice Cream Alliance (ICA), the sector’s UK trade association. Their delicious dairy vanilla ice cream beat all comers in this, the most prestigious ice cream competition in the country which has been running for nearly 80 years.

Narrated by Joanna Lumley and based on a children's book by former poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, The Lost Happy Endings is a new piece of dance theatre from Newcastle-based Ballet Lorent.