Sunderland businesses that haven’t yet signed up for the city’s gift card are urged to join – and take advantage of the thousands waiting to be spent.
The Sunderland City Gift Card was launched last year by Sunderland BID in partnership with Sunderland City Council and now around 118 businesses...
THE PIONEERING Sunderland City Gift Card is proving a huge success – giving the local economy a £40,000 boost within weeks of its launching.
The card scheme, the result of a partnership between Sunderland BID and Sunderland City Council, saw more than 100 businesses sign up to accept it initially,...
Sunderland has been highlighted as a ‘poster child’ for culture-led regeneration at the launch of a new All-Party Parliamentary Group.
MPs and cultural leaders from across the North of England heard how the city is reinventing its cultural landscape with an innovative partnership between the council, a charitable trust and...
The University of Sunderland and popular bakers Greggs have teamed up to encourage student marketing expertise.
The University of Sunderland hosted an event on 15th February which saw students demonstrating their marketing skills in front of an audience of regional business people, academics, fellow students and marketing experts.
As well as...
The venue is offering schools and colleges across the region a way of ensuring their proms can take place and still obey government rules.
Rainton Arena, near Houghton-le-Spring, has come up with a solution which owners hope will save thousands of youngsters from disappointment.
The arena, which can normally take up...
Architect and television presenter George Clarke surprised Teesside University students by dropping into an online lecture to offer a few words of encouragement.
The students from the University’s MIMA School of Art & Design have been working on a multi-disciplinary project to prepare bids for the University Design Challenge, set...
A North East couple has turned their passion for cooking into a business that they now plan to launch nationwide.
Sunderland-based Kam and Nedhi Chera set up the Funky IndianWali at home, offering authentic Indian dishes and their own special spice mixes to food lovers across the region.
And the success...
An independently owned insurance broking group has taken their business to Sunderland and reached new heights, expanding their workforce in the area.
iRevolution Group has accumulated various other growing businesses, and has shared this success in Sunderland, as they continue helping their clients.
The group has operated out of Sunderland since...
In what has been a year like no other, University leaders today praised students and staff for uniting “like never before”.
Sir David Bell, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of Sunderland, highlighted the “resilience, commitment and adaptability” shown by the University community during a challenging 12 months.
It comes...
A £150,000 investment in a state-of-the-art excavator at a Sunderland waste yard is paying homage to the longest serving member of the team.
Thompson Waste Centre at The Parade, Hendon has recently purchased a Doosan DL 250 excavator, which allows the company to handle huge amounts of materials in a...
