Jill Farmer

Travel Business News - A new, open-road-tolling system being introduced at the Tyne Tunnels to make journeys quicker and cut congestion, has created 80 new jobs. TT2, which operates the tunnels on behalf of the North East Combined Authorities, has created a range of new roles at its newly developed contact centre in Wallsend.

Property Business News - A multimillion-pound cash injection at Newcastle s St James Gate development has delivered brand new offices and a major upgrade of existing office space which were unveiled at a glittering launch event yesterday Thur 23 Sept .

Property Business News - Three growing businesses, including a national housebuilder, have created two new office lettings and a lease renewal at Rainton Bridge Business Park in Houghton le Spring. National housebuilder Bellway Homes is relocating its headquarters from Darlington to a 7,200 sq. ft.

Property Business News - The North East is being targeted by an electric vehicle EV charging hub developer after the region saw a sharp rise in EV ownership.

Property Business News - Prestigious plans for luxury homes, a country club and new community and leisure facilities at Wynyard Village have been revealed by Jomast Developments and Wynyard Golf Club.

Property Business News - North East developer, Modo Bloc, has submitted plans to sympathetically regenerate the derelict site of an old petrol station at Neville s Cross, Durham, with a development of high quality, family homes. Modo Bloc plans to build 12 four-bedroom, modern family townhouses on the site, which sits just off the A167 Newcastle Road.

Property Business News - North East design-led developer Modo Bloc has just completed one of its more ambitious and upmarket projects in Newcastle. The city developer has opened Chelmsford Lofts, a stylish 8-flat aparthotel in Sandyford, and sees this as the start of a new phase of growth and regional expansion. This 1.

Property Business News - A significant investment to refurbish and enhance the amenities at Generator Studios, Newcastle, has paid-off as two new tenants sign-up to take office space.

Property Business News - Knight Frank says investor demand for regional, multi-let industrial estates remains strong - despite the pandemic - as a major industrial zone in Sunderland is acquired by investors. Knight Frank Newcastle has brokered the sale of Pallion Industrial Estate, on behalf of UK Land Estates, for 7.6m, to purchaser M7 Real Estate Mileway .