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BUSINESS BITES
APPROVAL FOR
POTASH PROJECT
A company building a £2bn potash mine
has received absolute approval for a
number of aspects in the development.
Sirius Minerals says it has been given
final decision notices, formally granting
planning permission, for key facets of its
York Potash Project, near Whitby.
The firm, which aims to create 1,000
direct jobs at the mine, says Redcar
and Cleveland Council has given such
notices for the mine and a transport
system, which will take its fertiliser
mineral polyhalite to a handling site on
Teesside.
FAR EAST MISSION
Teesside University has launched The Forge,
their “front door to business”.
Forging a better future
for business
A dynamic new identity has been officially unveiled by Teesside
University for its award-winning products and services for business.
T
he Forge, the university’s national
business hub based in Darlington, will
provide a single point of contact for
businesses and triage them according
to their needs.
Based at the £13m campus at Central Park,
Darlington, now also home to the emerging
National Biologics Manufacturing Centre, The
Forge is the ‘front door’ to the university for
businesses ranging from start-ups and SMEs
to blue-chip multi nationals.
The university works with hundreds of
different companies providing research
and innovation, consultancy, knowledge
exchange, start-up incubation, mentoring,
graduate placement, leadership development
and professional education support.
The creation of The Forge responds to
recommendations made in a governmentcommissioned review by the chief executive
of GlaxoSmithKline, Sir Andrew Witty, which
said that universities should be drivers of
economic growth.
Rita Clifton, the former vice chair of Saatchi
A
and Saatchi and chair at Interbrand, the
world’s leading brand consultancy, launched
The Forge.
She said: “It’s very important to have a
single point of contact where you access
ideas and information. Bringing people and
businesses together is incredibly important.
When you have that sort of connection of
ideas and expertise across sectors – that is
where innovation happens.”
Laura Woods, the director of The Forge,
added: “We want businesses to come
and use this building. We