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Topics: Business enterprise

  • Enterprising student corners the market

    A business launched by a Northumbria University student as part of his undergraduate studies is expanding rapidly and attracting funding support.
    Having just completed his second year on an entrepreneurial degree programme at Northumbria’s Newcastle Business School, Matty Stokoe’s designer clothing business GarmGems has achieved early growth and is expanding.
    Students studying entrepr

  • Northumbria’s Summer 2022 newspaper is out now

    Packed with the latest news, features and interviews, the newspaper is the perfect way to keep up to date with the exciting developments taking place across the University.

  • Entrepreneurial talent shines at awards

    Students and graduates from Northumbria University, Newcastle, were among the winners of a high-profile awards ceremony championing entrepreneurial talent in the North East.
    Organised and hosted by learning and development agency FIRST, the Startup Awards North East celebrates early stage entrepreneurs and also facilitates significant business support, mentoring and investment opportunities. A

  • Partnership opens door to ideas and knowledge exchange for North East manufacturing

    Northumbria University’s Newcastle Business School has entered into a strategic partnership with the Advanced Manufacturing Forum (AMF).
    A community of industry experts, the AMF brings together the North-East of England manufacturing and engineering sector to engage with members and partners within the wider business community. A key remit of the AMF is to exchange ideas and knowledge to gener

  • Students explore the future of travel and tourism

    Students looking to develop future careers in travel and tourism have heard from industry experts about the range and diversity of opportunities available in the sector.
    The Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT) Future You Roadshow, hosted by Northumbria University, was held recently in Newcastle with invited guest speakers and an audience of tourism students from Northumbria and Teesside univ

  • Ethical business partnership extended

    Northumbria University, Newcastle, has extended a partnership agreement with the North East Initiative on Business Ethics (NIBE).
    The move follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two organisations in 2018, formalising their collaboration on initiatives to promote the moral and commercial benefits of ethical and responsible business practice. Extending the partnership reinforce

  • Space expertise brings £1.3m big data science boost to North East

    The North East’s reputation as a major hub for space, data science and the digital industries has received a further boost with the announcement of a new £1.3 million Centre for Doctoral Training in the field of data intensive science. The Centre – known as NUdata – will be run by Northumbria and Newcastle Universities and will be supported by over 40 industrial partners.

  • Entrepreneurial sisters put their fashion business to the ultimate test

    A start-up business co-founded by a Northumbria University graduate is set to appear on the BBC’s Dragon’s Den on Thursday March 31.
    Pretty Mama was formed in 2018 by Jenny McFadden, who was in her final year of a Business and Law degree at Northumbria at the time, and her sister Alex. The sisters wanted to design and produce a collection of maternity clothes, especially for breastfeeding moth

  • Northumbria’s Autumn 2021 Newspaper is out now!

    Packed with the latest news, features and interviews, Northumbria University News is the perfect way to keep up to date with the exciting developments taking place across the University – with the latest edition available to read online now.

  • North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll backs “People Power” to boost skills and productivity across the North East

    North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll backs “People Power” to boost skills and productivity across the North East
    North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll will attend a major business event in the North East dedicated to skills, training, staff wellbeing and productivity.
    The Mayor will join 250 leaders and managers at the People Power Conference to share best practise and promote a joint commitment

  • The Good, the Bad and the Greedy: A critical look at UK business ethics

    Public lecture at Northumbria University - Monday November 22
    Northumbria University, Newcastle, is hosting a public lecture in partnership with the North-East Initiative on Business Ethics (NIBE) featuring two eminent speakers with strong views on 21st Century corporate behaviour.
    The lecture will be held at Northumbria’s Newcastle Business School on Monday November 22 at 13:00pm. It will

  • Graduate intern contributes to growth plans for local business

    A North-East enterprise set up to help organisations measure and reduce their carbon footprint has seen its growth plans supported by a graduate internship programme from Northumbria University, Newcastle.
    Newcastle-based SmartCarbon Ltd has recently recruited Northumbria Master’s graduate Anindya Chatterjee through the Northumbria Enterprise and Business Support 2 (NEBS2)scheme, which offers f

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