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  • New Innovation Fund for region’s creative, digital and IT businesses

    • 5th September 2017

    Creative Fuse North East is looking for bright sparks to come up with exciting new ideas for its Innovation Pilot and Innovation Development Award scheme. Grants of up to £25,000 are available for SMEs and freelancers in the region’s creative, digital and IT (CDIT) sector to ...

  • Weschenfelder to enter German market after dramatic sales increase

    • 3rd August 2017

    Sausage making specialist Weschenfelder’s has celebrated a 25% increase in online sales this year and has set its sights on the German sausage making market, thanks to Forrest Digital. In a partnership that spans over 12 years, the digital marketing specialist has led t...

  • University helps Tapered Plus save money through innovation

    • 4th July 2017

    A North-East company has been helped to save money on cutting-edge innovation thanks to help from Teesside University. Tapered Plus, an independent roof design company specialising in tapered insulation for flat roofs, has developed a state-of-the-art app which customers ca...

  • Simon Green, Director of Venturefest Tees Valley, and Professor Jane Turner, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise and Business Engagement at Teesside University, unveil the new event’s branding at Wynyard Hall, the venue for the inaugural gathering.

    TEES VALLEY TO JOIN UK NETWORK OF EVENTS

    • 13th June 2017

    Tees Valley is to move onto the national innovation stage after securing a place in the Venturefest calendar of UK events, it was announced today (13 June 2017). The move has come following last year's successful trial event, Innovate Tees Valley Festival, which attracted 2...

  • Dozens of jobs created at digital showcase

    • 6th April 2017

    Dozens of job opportunities have been created following one of the biggest showcases of digital talent in the North East.   ExpoTalent, Teesside University’s annual showcase of work by the School of Computing’s second year students, attracted record crowds with almo...

  • Blog: The impact of working environment (and our new office)

    • 11th November 2016

    After two and a half years of working from home, and from the offices of clients, we have finally taken the leap and moved into an office at Fusion Hive on the North Shore in Stockton. From our humble beginnings when I started out on my own and a lot of our early work was i...

  • Fusion Hive is thriving one year on

    • 25th October 2016

    A university business and innovation centre is helping digital companies to thrive as it celebrates its first year of operation. When Fusion Hive on Stockton’s Northshore was opened by local MP James Wharton last October, he described it as a ‘driver for growth’. The sta...

  • Spurr-consulting Ltd at Fusion Hive

    The new Spurr to achieve great things in business

    • 20th July 2016

    A new company specialising in strategy consulting for medium-sized businesses has launched from offices on Teesside. Spurr, founded by MD Jonathan Lamb, focuses on helping business people achieve great things through expert business strategy development and execution. Ce...

  • mm&d move into Fusion Hive

    Award winning marketing agency returns to Stockton

    • 24th May 2016

    After being based in Hartlepool for over two years, mm&d have taken the decision to relocate to Stockton where they previously spent eight successful years. Mark Skirving, Digital Director at mm&d, said: 'We were very impressed with the newly built spaces on offer a...

  • MP opens software engineering firm’s new offices in Fusion Hive

    • 9th November 2015

    A move to the Tees Valley’s newest business and innovation centre is helping an software engineering company tap into fresh business opportunities. Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham officially opened Industrial Asset Management Technology Ltd’s (IAMTech) new base at Fusion ...