Chemical company boss Paul Booth has gone "back to the floor" as part of a campaign to promote the business benefits of apprenticeships. His path to becoming the UK President of SABIC, one of the world's industrial giants, started off through an apprenticeship on Teesside.
Paul went back to his roots to experience the sort of training on offer for apprentices today and to tell the young learners, and employers, what can be achieved through the programme.
A Gateshead-based project is aiming to keep the North East's brightest research brains within the region.Enterprise Europe Network, a project run by the Teesside-based Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), links universities and high-tech manufacturers in the region to sources of…
A Tees Valley firm has succeeded in its bid to establish a manufacturing, research and development facility in Malaysia.Hydrochem (UK) Limited, part of Hydrochem Group at Hartlepool, specialises in water treatment and environmental services. Launched more than 20 years ago,…
Bedlington Terrier Bramble and Alsatian cross Izzie have sniffed out a fragrant business deal for their owners.The dogs' determination to check out each other's scent meant David Virgo and Steve Pringle met in a field overlooking the Derwent Valley.The result…
New rules impacting the North East chemical industry were on the agenda at an event in County Durham earlier this week.The North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) hosted a workshop at Hardwick Hall Hotel on Monday to discuss REACH:…
A Derwentside company is launching trials of a new product that is expected to attract attention from the world’s major pharmaceutical companies.BioToolomics Ltd was set up in 2006 by Dr Chad Zhang, the developer of chromatography technology that gave the…
