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UK-wide sites announced as preferred bidders for National Training Centres for the Advanced Therapies Skills Training Network

Tees Valley-based National Horizons Centre, RoslinCT and the University of Birmingham will deliver cell and gene therapy and vaccine manufacturing specific on-site and digital...

GREEN LIGHT TO DEVELOP 9,000 JOB MANUFACTURING SITE PRIMED FOR OFFSHORE WIND

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has confirmed plans to develop a world-class manufacturing site at Teesworks for offshore wind, creating 9,000 jobs, have reached...

‘A key part of the solution’ – Teesside University chief industry advisor Steve Bagshaw on how Tees Valley can be at the forefront of next generation bioscience work

As the United Kingdom looks to reshape its manufacturing base in the aftermath of COVID-19, Steve Bagshaw, the former chief executive of Fujifilm Diosynth...

GOVERNMENT BACKS NET ZERO TEESSIDE

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed the Government’s backing for Net Zero Teesside, the UK’s ground-breaking carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project,...

MAYOR UNVEILS PLANS FOR NEW £90MILLION QUAY ON RIVER TEES FOR WORLD’S BIGGEST WIND FARMS

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (11 November) unveiled plans to develop a new £90million quay at South Bank on the River Tees...

PD PORTS SECURES £230 MILLION INVESTMENT TO BRING ADVANCED WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANT TO THE TEES VALLEY

PD Ports, owner and operator of Teesport, has entered into an agreement with Wentworth Clean Power Limited (WCP) to bring a £230 million, state-of-the-art,...

FUJIFILM TO EXPAND ITS VIRAL VECTOR CDMO SERVICES TO TEES VALLEY

TOKYO, October 7, 2020 – FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) is expanding its gene therapy offering with the addition of viral vector process development...

Government Minister Visits Tees Valley To Announce UK’s First Hydrogen Transport Centre

Government Transport Minister Rachel Maclean has visited the Tees Valley to meet Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and announce that the UK’s first Hydrogen...

Novavax to Partner With FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies in Billingham to Manufacture Covid-19 Vaccine

Gaithersburg, MD — August 14, 2020 — Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a late stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today...

Port of Middlesbrough is reborn

  Teesside logisitics business, AV Dawson has named its new port facility Port of Middlesbrough – bringing a name back to the area from...

TREASURY PLEDGES £71MILLION TO BOOST REDEVELOPMENT OF FORMER SSI SITE

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak MP today (January 10) visited the South Tees Development Corporation to announce a £71million commitment to the...

National Bioeconomy Strategy 2030: Delivered Through Collaboration

Teesside University is leading on this showcasing event which celebrates the collaborative approaches being undertaken to address the needs of the bioeconomy. The UK...