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Application Closing Date: Friday 9th December 2011 Applications are now being accepted for Cycle 8 of the Business Growth Workshop System, which will be taking place at Boho One, Middlesbrough. The System is now fully accredited with Teesside University, awarding participants with a UCAPD (University Certificate in Advanced Professional Development) in Business Growth. We’re once [...]

We all know the feeling, you read or watch some ‘expert’ make a prediction  that you never believe will happen, but rarely is this checked up on to prove them right or wrong. Pundits Predict was created to solve that problem by keeping tabs on who said what. Created by Nick Reavill from Bolsover Networks [...]

The search is on for the best North East companies and we encourage Codeworks Members in particular to enter the Science & Technology Award. Have you launched a new product? Have you enjoyed success exporting? Have you been active in the community? Have you contributed to improving the environment? Or, have you just had a [...]

What: ‘Web Fuelled Business’ Where: Newcastle When: Thursday 22nd March How much: Free  More info: http://www.shell-livewire.org/news/web-fuelled-business/# FOUNDING DRAGON, DOUG RICHARD, AIMS TO RAPIDLY CREATE JOBS AND GROWTH IN ENGLAND WITH INNOVATIVE NEW ‘WEB FUELLED BUSINESS’ INITIATIVE. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is teaming up with School for Startups founder and founding Dragons’ Den [...]

New Media Now’s Hanna Miettinen, recounts the advice and views given from top tech journalists Stuart Dredge and Martin Bryant in the panel discussion with John Hill and Paul Smith last week. North East start-ups were given a chance to get first-hand advice on how to pitch stories to the media at an event in [...]

Is your office decorated up to the nines with Christmas baubles, fake snow and maybe even a singing santa? Or do you just have a token bit of tinsel hanging over your monitor? Whether your office looks like a Santa’s grotto or Scrooge’s filing cabinet we want to see some pics! Post a picture of [...]

Too often I land on a website where the first thing I am met with is a series of massive icons telling me to go and ‘like’ a dormant Facebook page or follow some Twitter profile with no avatar, no tweets, no description, no followers, and no following – so why bother? Is it really [...]

What: Design Interest Social Where: Salsa Cafe When: 7 December 2011 from 19:00 to 22:00 How much: FREE Register: designinterest.eventbrite.com Event Details ~ Two types of ticket are available ~ Meal tickets are now available to all interested designers. The drinks are open to attendees, partners and friends- and is ticketed just so we can [...]

What: Service Design Where:  Cobalt Business Exchange, Cobalt Park Way, Silverlink, Newcastle, NE28 9NZ When: Friday 9th December 2011 8.30am-11am How much: FREE Register: servicedesign.eventbrite.com Program: Registration – 8.30am Presentation – 9am to 11am Networking/exhibition – 11am to 1pm Customers want more than just your product… They want a fantastic experience throughout their interaction with you and [...]