Site manager at Bellway’s Byron Heights, Geoff Ward, has been named as the winner of a National House-Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job Quality Award for his ‘excellence in site management’
Geoff, 59, who began working as a site manager at Bellway four years ago, has now secured his...
A chance meeting at an International Police Association conference with a Wearside bobby and his equivalent from Germany has led to a lifelong friendship, a new business importing Gin into the UK, strong links with mining communities in both countries and a beautiful family connection spanning three centuries.
Retired police...
As people's livelihoods are being destroyed by the government's lockdowns and restrictions, forcing them to rely on the government for Universal Credit, more and more are turning to food banks to keep themselves and their families fed.
As a consequence, food banks are fighting hard to keep up with the...
After spending the last three months with the NHS, nurse Hayley Fairweather thoroughly deserves her First Class Honours as she graduates this week.
After finishing her Adult Nursing Practice degree in March at the University of Sunderland, the 26-year-old dived straight in at the deep-end as an Emergency Department staff...
Education experts from the University of Sunderland are playing a key role in helping ease pressures as thousands of schoolchildren prepare to return to the classroom in September.
It comes after the Department for Education announced the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), designed to provide catch-up support to primary and secondary...
Where The Trade Buys has diversified its products in recent months, to help organisations around the country enforce antisocial engineering onto people.
And as schools prepare to implement the new abnormal on huge numbers of pupils in September, CEO Gary Peeling has noted the opportunity to sell more safety products...
Thompson Waste Centre at The Parade, Hendon has recycled a staggering 10,000 tonnes of waste during lockdown, repurposing everything from timber to glass to help protect the environment.
Boss Anne Ganley has pledged £10,000 to local charities in the coming months, £1 for every tonne of waste recycled.
Anne, who has...
Japanese corporation, Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems Europe, is gearing up for growth after becoming the first tenant at a new County Durham business park.
Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems Europe (SEWS-E), is expanding and relocating its workforce from its base at Rainton Bridge, Houghton-le-Spring to a new site at Jade Business...
The University of Sunderland today launches a new scheme designed to boost the career opportunities of thousands of workers
The scheme aims to retrain, reskill, and refocus workers who have been furloughed, made redundant, or are in danger of losing their jobs. And, by developing high-level skills in the workforce,...
Caitlin Robson, whose musical talents have had a huge impact on the mental wellbeing of dementia patients across the region’s residential homes, graduated with First Class Honours.
When Caitlin had to complete a 10-week community placement in the first year of her Performing Arts degree at the University of Sunderland,...
