700 jobs to be created on North Tyneside
700 jobs are to be created at a new offshore wind turbine factory, to be built on North Tyneside.
Planning permission's been granted to Offshore Group Newcastle to build a £50 million factory at the former Hadrian Yard in Wallsend.
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