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22 for 2022: BusinessLive’s companies to watch in the New Year
Ogel South Shields based Ogel is disrupting the construction sector with its revolutionary conversion of plastic waste into building materials. The firm has teamed up with a manufacturer which takes plastic waste and turns it into ‘profile’ which can then be used to build anything from a garden office or shelter to a flood defence …
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Midlands business leaders recognised in New Year’s Honours
Leading figures from the worlds of arts and culture, law and property across the Midlands are among those to have been named in this year’s New Year’s Honours list. They have been recognised for their work on issues as diverse as Shakespeare, HS2 and civil engineering and planning in the community. Here, we round up …
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Business leaders from around UK recognised in New Year’s Honours List
Supermarket bosses, accounting chiefs and heads of business organisationsa are among those recognised in the New Year’s Honours List. Steve Murrells, chief executive of the Co-op Group, and Roger Burnley, who stepped down as Asda chief executive earlier this year, will made CBEs after being honoured for services to the food supply chain, the Government …
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North East business figures take awards in New Year’s Honours list
Three leading figures from the North East business community have been honoured in the New Year’s Honours List. North East England Chamber of Commerce president Lesley Moody and Learning Curve Group chief executive Brenda McLeish have been awarded OBEs while Ian Green, training manager at Nissan’s Sunderland plant, has received an MBE. Ms Moody, who …
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Euro News
Web3, NFT2.0, the metaverse and a ‘human renaissance’: The tech trends to watch out for in 2022
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Ones to Watch: five North East firms tipped for great things in 2022
onHand Tech firm onHand aims to make volunteering easier for company employees. The onHand volunteering app (Image: handout from Northstar Ventures) The Gateshead firm secured a £1m investment in 2021 and was also selected as a Rising Star by Tech Nation. Its app – launched in collaboration with six of the UK’s leading charities – …
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Sky News
Chinese giant Tencent joins backers of £3.3bn digital bank Monzo
Tencent Holdings, the Chinese technology behemoth, is taking a stake in Monzo, the British-based digital bank which has confounded expectations by securing a $4.5bn (£3.3bn) valuation.Sky News has learnt that Tencent, which has become a prolific investor in Europe‘s burgeoning tech sector, has subscribed to shares as part of a $100m (£74m) top-up to Monzo’s …
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Evening Standard
Quantum Blockchain to Napster: The best — and worst — London stocks of 2021
Perhaps one of the surprising things about a year that was turbulent in almost every possible way is that the stock market, which is supposed to be choppy, actually did rather well.Big investors at least managed to put aside the terrible uncertainty of 2020, when some were plainly betting on the end of the world, …
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Ban on loyalty penalty for car and home insurance customers set to take effect
New rules banning a loyalty penalty for car and home insurance customers take effect from 1 January.The rules mean customers renewing their policy will have to be offered a price no higher than if they were a new customer. They are designed to tackle the practice of “price walking”, where firms offer below-cost deals to …
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Sara Davies’ firm Crafter’s Companion acknowledges ‘challenging year’ during pandemic
North East hobby business Crafter’s Companion has seen revenues rise during a “challenging year” for its growth plans, as Covid-19 triggered a raft of cost pressures. Dragons’ Den and Strictly Come Dancing star Sara Davies launched the Newton Aycliffe-based business in 2005, while she was still at York University, starting it with a simple envelope …
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How much Omicron financial support firms could get from the Welsh Government
Businesses in Wales impacted by the rapid spread of the Omicron virus can now find out how much they can expect to receive in emergency financial support from the Welsh Government. Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has committed £120m for retail, hospitality, leisure and tourism business and their supply chains affected by the move to alert …
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10 South West companies to watch in 2022 including Lush, Graphcore and Electroflight
The last year has been an uncertain one for the business community as the Covid pandemic, and the emergence of new variants, continued to put strain on UK plc. Changing rules and regulations hit sectors – such as retail, hospitality and events – hard, and many already struggling businesses were forced to shut up shop. …

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