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BBC News
22-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
EasyJet to open Newcastle airport base five years after leaving
Airline EasyJet is to open a new base at Newcastle International Airport nearly five years after it left the site, creating new company said it would open a three-aircraft base at the airport in March 2026, with130 jobs created, including pilots, crew and budget airline previously closed three sites in Newcastle, Stansted and Southend in 2020, with the loss of 670 MP for Hexham and Newcastle Joe Morris said the airline's return to the region was a "vote of confidence in the North East" and its workforce. "It's fantastic to see this significant investment coming to our constituency, bringing with it opportunities for skilled employment from pilots to engineers and onboard crew," he said."It also opens new doors for visitors to our area, allowing more people from across Europe to experience our world-class natural landscapes and rich history that make this region so special." Newcastle Airport chief executive Nick Jones said the new airbase would create a "significant boost to the local economy by creating high-quality jobs and attracting more inbound visitors to the region". "We already know the airport is a key economic driver for the North East, contributing more than £1bn in gross value added (GVA) each year," he said. EasyJet currently offers flights and holidays on eight routes from Newcastle Airport, to destinations such as Malaga, Paris and Amsterdam, but the company said the new base would allow it to open a range of new chief executive Kenton Jarvis said the airline's return would make travel "easy for more customers in the North East and beyond"."The UK is an important market for easyJet, and we are excited to be opening yet another UK base, in Newcastle, driven by the demand for our flights and package holidays," he said. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Chamber invites public to make $20 pledge to support local businesses
It's National Small Business Month, and the Daviess County Chamber of Commerce is inviting people to step up and support local businesses. 'We are doing a $20 pledge where we encourage people to go out and spend $20 at a local small business that they have never shopped with before,' said Executive Director for the Daviess County Chamber of Commerce Joe Morris. 'It can something a simple as buying a gift card. It is graduation season and I can't think of a better way to help a graduate celebrate than a gift card from a small business. This campaign and pledge this month is happening all over the country.' Morris says that he feels a commitment to spend $20 with a new local business will have a tremendous impact on the entire local economy. 'It's the same kind of impact that we see during the holidays when we talk about shopping small and supporting local business,' he said. 'For every $100 spent at a locally owned business, $73 remains in the local economy and $27 leaves. Where it stays it supports all of our local non-profits, our booster clubs and philanthropy. So, for every $100 you spend locally $73 recycles through the local economy.' Morris says that simply spending with a local business make a difference to every operation. 'This has a positive impact on your merchants, your restaurants, beverage partners, our pubs and clubs, out merchants and retailers,' he said. 'It helps our downtown and the retailers there. It's the same impact in the smaller communities and on organizations like the Odon Business Alliance.' Morris points out that finding a small business, even one you might not have done business with in the past, should be easy. After all there are nearly 3,000 small businesses in the county dealing with everything from apples to zucchini. 'When you look at those businesses, they are almost all small. Whether you are going to a local nursery to buy flowers and plants or produce, whether you are going to a retail shop to buy clothing, small business is a big deal and it is the local heartbeat of our economy,' said Morris. 'Every day a small business starts. And that means the number of them are growing in Daviess County and that is exciting.' He points out that when money is spent at a local small business, the profit doesn't get sent off to a large, out-of-state corporation or its shareholders. Often those profits go back into the business to improve or expand its operations. 'Typically the yearbooks, the booster clubs, and the other organizations that support our youth and the youth education initiatives in our county, they always go to the businesses and those businesses are great about stepping up and helping our young people.' said Morris. 'It is always the local small business owner stepping up and supporting those initiatives.' He points out that small business is the glue to the community. The engine for the economy and the financial conduit that makes Washington and Daviess County what it is. 'We appreciate our small business partners and our members for all they do, not just for our local economy, but the entire community. This is what our community it about,' said Morris. 'We talk about it at Christmas with Shop Small Saturday, now people can do it for the whole month with the $20 pledge.'
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Local leaders met for the State of Daviess County Address
DAVIESS COUNTY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Many people gathered at the Gasthof Amish Village in honor of the State of Daviess County Address on Thursday afternoon. The quarterly legislative luncheon gave local leaders, business professionals, and community members the opportunity to come together to discuss key issues and the future of the county. 'It's to bring our community together to talk about what were going to do and why Daviess County is a great place to live, work, and play,' said Joe Morris, Executive Director of the Daviess County Chamber of Commerce. 'The ultimate goal is to be the advocacy arm of the county. (The address) is for us to engage our members to bring those benefits and value to the membership.' Those who attended heard from local officials about the county budget, and upcoming projects including the renovation of the Daviess County courthouse. Plus, another key discussion at the meeting was Senate Bill 1, and how that will impact residents in Daviess County moving froward. 'It's very important to talk about the future, what the future holds, and that the future is actually bright in Daviess County,' stated T.C. Cook, Daviess County Commissioner. 'We're excited about the things going on in the county. All of the different entrepreneurs, businesses, quality of life things we got going on, so to highlight that for our constituents is a big deal.' For more information on the Daviess County Chamber of Commerce and upcoming events, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Daviess County Chamber of Commerce honors local businesses
WASHINGTON, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV)— Thursday evening, the Daviess County Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual dinner and awards ceremony. One of the highlights of the evening was the presentation of several awards on businesses or individuals who made impacts in the community. Some examples of those awards were, 'small business of the year' and 'business of the year'. Those were awarded to Graber's Handcrafted Furniture and Taber Owens Construction respectively. This event gave attendees the opportunity to connect with local leaders, gain valuable insights, and celebrate the community's achievements. 'It's important as you know, as anytime we work real hard like these businesses do, that they put so much into their business, put into their people, and put into their community. It's a great opportunity for us to recognize them.' said Daviess County Chamber of Commerce executive Director Joe Morris. Other awards given out were: 'Outgoing President' Recognition won by Sarah McCracken 'The Hagel Award' won by Bill Dobson, the Daviess County 'Impact' Award won by Washington Community Schools the 'Dillon Tourism Award' won by Discover Downtown Washington the 'Firestarter Award' won by Tracy 'TC' Cook Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-02-2025
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- Yahoo
Community-owned solar farm plan a step closer
A village group is looking for investors after its plan to build a solar farm were approved. Residents in Humshaugh, near Hexham, have been granted planning permission to install about 2,000 solar panels to generate energy for the community. They received the support of Hexham MP Joe Morris, who brought a bill to Parliament in January asking the energy secretary to conduct a review of help available to community energy projects. David Still, a member of Humshaugh Net Zero, said villagers wanted to "use our land to create our energy". "This project here will generate about half of the electricity we currently use in the village," Mr Still said. Planning permission for the farm was granted by Northumberland County Council. Nick Hayward of the net zero group, said the fund had so far received £100,000 in pledges. "The profits from selling the electricity will go into a community fund," he said. "We're going to use it to give grants to residents in the parish to adopt low-carbon technologies like solar panels and electric vehicle chargers." In January Morris highlighted the efforts of the village group in Parliament as part of a Ten Minute Rule Bill. He asked the energy secretary to review the potential of community energy plans and provide more support. "It's about making sure we can decentralise our power supply and our decision making. "This is so local communities like Humshaugh with genuine community buy-in, can get the infrastructure in place so they can get producing energy locally," Morris said. "This could have a potentially transformative effect on communities. "We need to make sure we have a system which encourages community energy rather than stall it, which I think has been the case for too long." BBC Politics North is at 10:00 GMT on Sunday and on BBCiPlayer. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram. Send your story ideas here. Solar farm landowners urged to put 'community above profit' Community-owned solar farm plan approved Humshaugh Net Zero BBC Parliament: Community Energy Debate
