Graduation ceremony to celebrate student success

Sunderland College has celebrated the achievements of its higher education students at a prestigious graduation ceremony. The ceremony, which took place at The Quayside Exchange in Sunderland City Centre, saw almost 100 students gaining university level qualifications...

Stadium of Light Offers Up Exclusive Spice Girls Hospitality

The Spice Girls, one of the biggest female groups of all time, are set to light up the North East in the summer following the announcement of their hotly-anticipated reunion tour, Spice World. The iconic girl band haven’t performed together since 2012 and Sunderland...

The Spice Girls to Play Sunderland’s Stadium of Light

Sunderland AFC is delighted to welcome British pop sensations, the Spice Girls, to the Stadium of Light in June 2019. As part of their Spice World 2019 tour, the iconic girl band will play to a 50,000-capacity crowd on 6 June 2019, and will be supported by Jess...

Investigator who has helped catch UK’s most infamous criminals joins UoS

Nov 5, 2018 | Business

His face and name may not be familiar but without Gary Shaw some of the UK’s most infamous killers could still be walking the streets. During the course of his career, Gary revolutionised techniques used by detectives when interviewing suspects accused of heinous and...

Sunderland get branded taxi in support of this year’s Poppy Appeal

Oct 30, 2018 | Arts and Culture, Business, Good vibes

Sunderland’s longest established taxi firm has unveiled a special ‘Poppy Taxi’ to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice and show their support to the Royal British Legion’s annual poppy appeal. A newly branded Station Taxis vehicle has taken to the streets of the...

New co-chairs announced as Work Discovery Week Sunderland confirms 2019 return

Oct 29, 2018 | Business

A unique educational programme designed to improve the employability of young people across Wearside will return in 2019 with two new chairs at the head. Work Discovery Sunderland has recently welcomed John Green, retail liaison manager at the Bridges and Donna...

University of Sunderland website takes top marketing prize

Oct 22, 2018 | Arts and Culture, Business

The University of Sunderland is celebrating once again after scooping ‘Digital Campaign of the Year’ at the 2018 North East Marketing Awards. The success comes just months after the University’s Digital Content Team clinched Gold at the National Heist Awards - dubbed...

Community company proves to be Media Savvy

Oct 17, 2018 | Business, Good vibes

A community interest company, which helps train hard to reach and vulnerable people across the North East, is scaling up its operations after moving to a new head office in Sunderland. Media Savvy, which was founded by Dan Makaveli and Mark McKenna back in 2010, has...

One becomes six in fast-growing financial advice firm

Oct 16, 2018 | Business, Good vibes

A financial planner who spent 25 years operating as a one-man band has this year been on a rapid growth drive, building a team of six and taking up new offices in Sunderland. Adrian Holland founded Kudos Wealth Management in 1992 and, until recently, had been the sole...

Against the odds: How single mum Aimee fought her way to success

Oct 15, 2018 | Business, Good vibes, Wellbeing

A single mum who was inspired by her boxer grandfather has battled against the odds to make it to the top of her profession. University of Sunderland graduate Aimee Appleby was determined she wanted to devote her career to helping others after she witnessed first-hand...

Second year success for Jordan at national apprenticeship awards

Oct 12, 2018 | Business, Good vibes

An engineering student from Sunderland has built on his success after winning a top award at the 14th annual Stagecoach UK Bus Apprentice of the Year Awards. Jordan Davison, 26 from Southwick, an apprentice with Stagecoach North East, was recognised for his hard work...

Work, rest and fair play

Oct 11, 2018 | Business, Wellbeing

Employers from across the city gathered at a conference hosted by Sunderland City Council to discuss people’s health and wellbeing at work. The event at Hope Street Xchange was organised by the Sunderland Workplace Health Alliance in partnership with Pioneering Care...