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Paul Woolston, chair of the North East Local Enterprise Partnership said: “This is good news for the North East LEP’s city deals. We are already benefitting from the city deal led by Newcastle and Gateshead and we hope this will soon be joined by the Sunderland-led bid now that it has been shortlisted. “We would […]

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A conference organised by the North East LEP brought together over 200 leading figures to discuss the evidence that has been gathered to date for the North East Independent Economic Review. This milestone event for Lord Andrew Adonis’s economic review was held on Friday 15 February at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead. Andrew […]

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Vantec Corporation President Akira Koyama celebrated the successful completion of Vantec Europe’s massive new warehouse at the North East Enterprise Zone in Sunderland by painting the second eye of a Daruma doll, signifying the successful conclusion of a major project. The 421,000 sq ft logistics centre will bring new jobs to the region as part […]

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Opportunities for economic growth in the rural areas of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham will be debated at an event on Friday 1 February at Kirkley Hall, Ponteland which has attracted leading regional names in both private and public sectors as speakers and delegates. The event is part of the North East LEP’s […]

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An event chaired by Lord Don Curry to discuss land markets in the North East LEP area brought together key property professionals in the public and private sectors in January at Durham Town Hall. The debate fed into the North East LEP’s North East Economic Review’s evidence base. High calibre delegates from business and local […]

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The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) brought together top names in construction and engineering at an event this week at Durham Town Hall to discuss the role of civil engineering in supporting the economic recovery of the North East, transport priorities and the transport contribution to the North East LEP’s Economic Review. Speakers included Nick […]

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World-leading academics are visiting the North East in the next few weeks as part of the North East Local Enterprise Partnership’s Economic Review, chaired by Lord Andrew Adonis. They form an expert panel which is assessing and reviewing options for economic growth in the North East region. The expert panel includes Professor Susan Christopherson of […]

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Lord Andrew Adonis, as chair of the North East economic review commissioned by the North East LEP, is visiting private and public sector organisations across the North East LEP area for a week of discussions and tours from Monday 29 October to Friday 2 November to inform the economic review, which will be published in […]

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The North East Local Enterprise Partnership has been allocated £30 million from the Regional Growth Fund to develop an infrastructure fund. By targeting those projects with the greatest economic returns the fund aims to create at least 2,300 new jobs over 10 years. The North East LEP will lever in matched funding from the private […]

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The North East Local Enterprise Partnership (NELEP) has commissioned a high profile team of leaders from UK finance, industry, public and civil society to produce a strategic, constructively critical review of the North East economy. NELEP’s economic review will be chaired by Lord Andrew Adonis, former Secretary of State for Transport and Minister for Schools. […]

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