NHS Innovations North helps support a new life saving device for premature babies

Date of release: Feb 2010

A device which allows vital heart readings to be taken from very small babies has been developed by doctors at a North East hospital.

Author: Jamie Ollivere at RTC NorthCategory: General

Healthcare companies pitch up ideas for Digital Creative Sector

Date of release: Mar 2010

Hundreds of firms from the region’s creative and digital sectors will learn about new business opportunities in healthcare markets this Spring.

Author: Jamie Ollivere at RTC NorthCategory: General

Event will highlight new rules for temporary agency workers

Date of release: Feb 2010

New rules affecting companies employing temporary agency workers will be the subject of a FREE workshop held next month.

Author: Jamie Ollivere at RTC NorthCategory: General

Diary Note: Building For Export Success Workshop

Date of release: Feb 2010

Newcastle University Business School is joining forces with UK Trade & Investment and RTC North to invite SMEs in the region to attend the first annual Herbert Loebl Export Workshop on Tuesday 9 March 2010. (Free to attend)

Author: Jamie Ollivere at RTC NorthCategory: General

Euros 20,000 up for grabs in short film competition

Date of release: Feb 2010

A €20,000 prize pot is up for grabs for short film makers as part of the European Commission’s annual SME week.

Author: Jamie Ollivere at RTC NorthCategory: General

Welbodi director thanks RTC North staff

Date of release: Jan 2010

Dr Matthew Clark – director of the Welbodi Partnership – has visited RTC North to thank staff for their efforts in raising over £25,000 for Freetown Children’s hospital Sierra Leone.

Author: Jamie Ollivere at RTC NorthCategory: General

Workshops aim to improve product development

Date of release: Jan 2010

Experts from the Institute for Manufacturing (IFM) at the University of Cambridge and Design Network North have teamed up to offer North East companies access to a suite of tools designed to aid the development of new products.

Author: Jamie Ollivere at RTC NorthCategory: General

Management training company signs 1.3m overseas deal

Date of release: Dec 2009

A Northumberland company specialising in leadership development and performance improvement programmes for managers has signed a deal worth £1.3 million over the next three years with South Africa’s leading strategic consulting group.

Author: Jamie Ollivere at RTC NorthCategory: General

RTC North CASE awards to aid biofuel research

Date of release: Dec 2009

Scientists at Northumbria University in Newcastle have joined forces with Nonlinear Dynamics - one of the world’s leaders in its field - in a collaboration which could lead to a major breakthrough in the production of biofuels.

Author: Jamie Ollivere at RTC NorthCategory: General

Hi-tech joint venture benefits from UKTI support

Date of release: Dec 2009

The development of handheld devices which can detect infectious diseases on the spot has moved a step closer with the launch of biotechnology company OJ-Bio.

Author: Jamie Ollivere at RTC NorthCategory: General