News

Nissan-Renault Invests in Sunderland Plant With New Model Announced

In global terms £170m isn’t a huge amount, but in emotional terms it’s a welcome investment in UK manufacturing. The Kicks model is already made in Mexico and Brazil, on largely robot/automated production lines. Very […]

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Nissan’s Battery Plant Pushes The Button on The Great Reset

Nissan is betting big on electric cars, and the UK government, along with Sunderland Council, is supporting that transition by helping Nissan-Renault open a huge battery plant in the NE of England. The transformational project […]

Technology

Autonomous Car Parts Delivery? StreetDrone Are Working On It

StreetDrone, the full-stack autonomous technology company, has won UK Government funding as part of a consortium tasked with delivering an autonomous logistics capability to Nissan’s Sunderland car plant. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport […]

Insurance Brokers

North P&I Integrates Sunderland Marine Biz into Parent Company

North P&I Club completes integration of the Sunderland Marine Insurance Company Limited business into parent company The North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association Limited.    The formal transfer of business, which takes effect today […]

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Moneysupermarket Says Sunderland is Drink/Drug Driving Hotspot

As the festive season draws near, MoneySuperMarket today reveals the postal areas that have the highest rate of drivers with drink or drug driving convictions on their car insurance policies. The analysis, which looked at […]